Children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun: Mary (Harris), Ezekiel, Ann (Simpson), and Jane (Miller)

Transcript of a bible register listing children of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun, published by Edward A. Claypool in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 63,2 (April 1909), pp. 196-7

Or, Subtitled: Presbyterian ministers and Princeton graduates at every turn in the Pickens-Calhoun family tree

In this posting and a subsequent one, I will share information about the children of Andrew Pickens (1739-1817) and Rebecca Calhoun (1745-1814) of Abbeville County and Pendleton District, South Carolina. This posting will discuss Andrew and Rebecca’s first six children Mary, Ezekiel, Ann, an unnamed son who died in infancy, and Jane, a name given to two daughters in a row after the first Jane died in infancy.

John Green (1768-1837): Pendleton District, South Carolina Records to 1799

Tombstone of John Green, Tannehill Historical State Park, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, my photo

Or, Subtitled: “Tell her I have got 5 guns all sure fire and when danger is approaching myself and jane will Each of us shoulder a few of them and march up the hill as a Reinforcement”

John Green’s Birth and Marriage

John Green was born 21 January 1768. This date is recorded on his tombstone, whose inscription reads,[1]

Sacred to the memory of JOHN GREEN, ESQ., who was born January 21st 1768, and departed this life March 18th 1837, aged 69 years 1 month & 28 days.