Colonel George E. Pickett (1752-1821)

Colonel George E. Pickett

Birth

1752

Fauquier County, Virginia, USA

Death

9 Nov 1821 (aged 68–69)

Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA

Burial

Hollywood Cemetery

Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map

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Son of William and Elizabeth (Cooke) Pickett.
Drummer in Revolutionary War
15 Apr. 1777 - 22 Apr. 1783
Merchant, Lawyer in Richmond, Va.
Land owner - nearly 300,000 acres in KY and OH plus VA land
paternal Grandfather to General George Edward Pickett, CSA
Married Margaret Flint (Sanderson), a widow at St. John's P.E. Church 17 Oct 1789 - Richmond, VA.

(Bio - K.M. )

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF
GEO. E. PICKETT & MARGARET SAUNDERSON
HIS WIFE
WHOSE REMAINS, WERE DISINTERRED
FROM THE FAMILY CEMETARY ON THE
NORTH LINE OF MARSHALL BETWEEN
22ND & 23RD STRS. THIS CITY, ON THE
16TH FEB. 1892.
& REINTERRED AT THIS SPOT, WITH
FULL EPISCOPAL SERVICE ON THE
13TH APRIL 1893.
REV. LANDON MASON OFFICIATED.
THEIR CHILDREN & THEIR DESCENDANTS
WERE INTERRED AT THE SAME TIME VIZ.

GEO. E. PICKETT & HIS 2 INFANT CHILDREN.
MARY A. & GENL. WM. LAMBERT
HER HUSBAND
& THEIR 2 INFANT CHILDREN.
MRS. CAROLINE P. CURRIE
ELIZABETH H. & CHAS. J. MACMURDO
HER HUSBAND
& THEIR CHILDREN VIZ:
CATHARINE A. BOLLING. HELEN P.
& RAVENSCROFT.