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See also:PICKENS, See also:ANDREW (1739- 1817) , See also:American soldier in the See also:War of See also:Independence, was See also:born in See also:Paxton, Bucks See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 19th of See also:September 1739. His See also:family settled at the Waxhaws (in what is now See also:Lancaster county), See also:South Carolina, in 1752. He fought against the Cherokees in 1761 as a See also:lieutenant. In the War of Independence he See also:rose to brigadier-See also:general (after See also:Cowpens) in the South Carolina See also:militia. He was a See also:captain among the American troops which surrendered at Ninety Six in See also:November 1775. On the 14th of See also:February 1779, with 300-40o men, he surprised and defeated about 700 See also:Loyalists under See also:Colonel See also:Boyd on See also:Kettle See also:Creek, Wilkes county, See also:Georgia; on the loth of See also:June he fought at Stono See also:Ferry; and later in the same See also:year at Tomassee defeated the Cherokees, who were allied with the See also:British. Upon the surrender of See also:Charleston (May 178o) he became a prisoner on See also:parole, which he observed rigidly until, contrary to the promises made to him, See also:Major See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Dunlap plundered his See also:plantation; he then returned to active service_ His command (about 15o men) joined General See also:Daniel See also:Morgan immediately before the See also:battle of Cowpens, in which Pickens commanded an advance guard (270-350 men from Georgia and See also:North Carolina) and twice rallied the broken American militia; for his services See also:Congress gave him a See also:sword. With Colonel See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee he harassed Lieut.-Colonel Banastre See also:Tarleton, who was attempting to gather a Loyalist force just before the battle of See also:Guilford See also:Court See also:House; and with Lee and others, he captured See also:Augusta (June 5, 1781) after a See also:siege. At Eutaw Springs (See also:Sept. 8, 1781) he commanded the See also:left wing and was wounded. In 1782 he defeated the Cherokees again and forced them to surrender all lands south of the See also:Savannah and See also:east of the Chattahoochee. After the war he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives for a number of years, of the See also:state Constitutional See also:Convention in 1790, and of the See also:National House of Representatives in 1793-1795. He died in See also:Pendleton See also:district, South Carolina, on the 17th of See also:August 1817. He had married in 1765 Rebecca See also:Calhoun, an aunt of See also:John C. Calhoun. Their son, ANDREW PICKENS (1779-1838), served as a lieutenant-colonel in the War of 1812, and was See also:governor of South Carolina in 1816-1818.
End of Article: PICKENS, ANDREW (1739- 1817)
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