Tag: Ezekiel Pickens

New Material Added to Previous Postings about Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens and John Ewing Colhoun with Wife Floride Bonneau

February 26, 2025

This is a note to let readers know about new information I’ve added to a previous posting about Ezekiel Pickens, son of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun, and Ezekiel’s wife Elizabeth Bonneau, and to a posting about John Ewing Colhoun, Rebecca’s brother, and wife Floride Bonneau, a sister to Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens. As the first … More New Material Added to Previous Postings about Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens and John Ewing Colhoun with Wife Floride Bonneau

Benjamin Green (abt. 1766 – after 1805) of Abbeville and Pendleton District, South Carolina: New Information

January 13, 2025

Or, Subtitled: The Potential of FamilySearch’s New AI All-Text Search Tool to Discover New Information The following are several new pieces of information I’ve uncovered recently regarding a Benjamin Green Junior who was son of Benjamin Green Senior of the Long Cane settlement in what became Abbeville (and McCormick) County, South Carolina. As a previous … More Benjamin Green (abt. 1766 – after 1805) of Abbeville and Pendleton District, South Carolina: New Information

Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun: An Old Stone Church Photographic Essay

May 12, 2024

On the recent research trip that took me to Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives, I also spent time at Old Stone Church near the Clemson campus, and the Old Stone Church cemetery in which Andrew Pickens and his wife Rebecca Calhoun are buried. As a previous posting has noted, when Andrew and Rebecca … More Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun: An Old Stone Church Photographic Essay

Ezekiel Pickens and Wife Elizabeth Bonneau: New Material Added to Previous Posting

May 9, 2024

On my recent research trip to the Special Collections and Archives of Clemson University’s Library, I found interesting new information about the burial place of Ezekiel Pickens, son of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun, and of Ezekiel’s wife Elizabeh Bonneau, who was a sister of Floride Bonneau, who married Rebecca’s brother John Ewing Colhoun. In … More Ezekiel Pickens and Wife Elizabeth Bonneau: New Material Added to Previous Posting

Floride Bonneau, Wife of John Ewing Colhoun: New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 9, 2024

As I continue to add material to previous postings here after my recent research trip to the Special Collections and Archives of Clemson University’s Library, I have added an interesting new document to a previous posting discussing Floride Bonneau, wife of John Ewing Colhoun. When I first published the posting I’ve just linked, I included … More Floride Bonneau, Wife of John Ewing Colhoun: New Information Added to Previous Posting

Children of Alexander Noble and Catherine Calhoun (2): Alexander, Patrick, and Joseph

April 15, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “Here lie the bones of an honest man” This posting is a continuation of the previous posting discussing the children of Alexander Noble and Catherine Calhoun of Abbeville County, South Carolina. The previous posting discussed Alexander and Catherine’s first four children John, Ezekiel, William, and Jane. This posting discusses the last three children … More Children of Alexander Noble and Catherine Calhoun (2): Alexander, Patrick, and Joseph

Children of Alexander Noble and Catherine Calhoun (1): John, Ezekiel, William, and Jane

April 9, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “It is needless to enlarge on his professional talent, his urbanity of manners, and unblemished honor and integrity” The first four children of Catherine Calhoun and Alexander Noble were as follows (a subsequent posting will provide information about the couple’s other children):

Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: John Ewing Colhoun (1749 [or 1752] – 1802)

March 13, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “In the confidence of his Country, he filled at the time of his death the high Station of Senator of the United States” John E. Colhoun’s Birth and Early Life John Ewing Colhoun, son of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean or Jane Ewing, was born in 1749 or 1752. His tombstone in his Keowee … More Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: John Ewing Colhoun (1749 [or 1752] – 1802)

Children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun: Rebecca (Noble), Catherine (Hunter), and Joseph

March 3, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “Mrs. Hunter seems mortified at the asperity shown by Mr. Hillhouse, in consequence of his furnishing the ball-supper” This posting is the last installment in a series of postings discussing the children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun of Abbeville County and Pendleton District, South Carolina. This series began with a posting about … More Children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun: Rebecca (Noble), Catherine (Hunter), and Joseph

Children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun: Margaret (Bowie) and Andrew

March 3, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “I am most mortified that you did not write to Colonel Pickens, do write to him” This post continues a discussion that began with this previous posting of the children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun of Abbeville County and Pendleton District, South Carolina. The posting I’ve just linked discusses Andrew and Rebecca’s … More Children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun: Margaret (Bowie) and Andrew