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PICKLE, William Chesley

PICKLE, William Chesley

Male 1820 - 1884  (64 years)

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  • Name PICKLE, William Chesley 
    Birth 20 Oct 1820  Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence Aft 20 Oct 1820  Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1830  Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1840  Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Military 1863/4  Henderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Company A, 1st Cavalry Regiment, CSA 
    Misc 16 Jan 1884  Neches, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Filed patent for seed planter and fertilizer spreader 
    Misc 1 Apr 1884  Neches, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Patent for seed planter and fertilizer spreader issued 
    Death 4 Nov 1884  Brushy Creek, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Brushy Creek, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Address:
    Olive Branch Cemetery 
    Person ID I11  Pickel_Bartlett
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2018 

    Father PICKEL, William,   b. 30 Oct 1776, Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1867, Williamston, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Mother WILSON, Elizabeth,   b. 2 May 1782, Edgefield District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1869, Williamston, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage Bef 4 Aug 1800  Edgefield District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence Abt 4 Aug 1800  Edgefield District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • The official date for the 1800 Census is 4 August, 1800. On this census his name was spelled 'William Pickle.'

      There is one male between 16 and 25; William would have been 24. There are three females: one under 10, one between 10 and 15 and one 16-25 (this was probably Elizabeth Wilson Pickle who would have been 18).

      Three lines down there appears to be a James Wilson. If so, could this have been Elizabeth's father?

      Click here to read 1800 Census.
    Residence Abt 7 Aug 1820  Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Name listed as William Pickle
    Residence 1830  Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Listed as William Pickle
    Residence 1840  Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Listed as William Pickle
    Residence 19 Sep 1850  Eastern Division, Anderson County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Farmer 
    • William's birthplace was listed as So. Carolina, and Elizabeth's as No. Carolina. Their surname was spelled Pickell.
    Residence 5 Jul 1860  Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Farmer 
    • William's birthplace is listed as South Carolina and Elizabeth's, as Virginia
    Family ID F8  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 MURPHEY, Mary (Polly),   b. 26 Dec 1823, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1866, Brushy Creek, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 1841  Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 19 Sep 1850  Eastern Division, Anderson County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Farmer 
    • Listed as Chestley Pickell; his birthplace was listed as So. Carolina
    Residence 23 Aug 1860  Plenitude PO, Beat No. 5, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Farmer 
    Children 
     1. PICKLE, William Murphey,   b. 15 Nov 1842, Williamston, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1917, Poyner, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. PICKLE, Charity Elizabeth,   b. 4 May 1845, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1918, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     3. PICKLE, Lucinda Jane,   b. 3 Jul 1847, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1907, McLennan County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     4. PICKLE, James Albert,   b. 2 Jan 1850, Buford, Anderson County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1912, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     5. PICKLE, Nancy Catherine,   b. 17 Mar 1852, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1907, Hunt County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     6. PICKLE, Charles Chesley,   b. 29 Aug 1854, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1903, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     7. PICKLE, Martha Lee,   b. 2 Feb 1857, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1932, Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     8. PICKLE, Chesley Robert,   b. 12 Apr 1859, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1905, Modoc, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     9. PICKLE, Ruth Ann S. F.,   b. 25 Jul 1861, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1947, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     10. PICKLE, Tulula Mary,   b. 22 Sep 1863, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1944, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     11. PICKLE, Jacob Nathaniel,   b. 12 May 1866, Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1885, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
     12. PICKLE, Obediah J.,   b. 12 May 1866, Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1944, Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

    Family 2 HUDDLESTON, Almedia E. A.,   b. 12 Apr 1833, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1887, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 8 Apr 1868  Henderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence Jun 1870  Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Farmer 
    • She is listed as "Amelia" Pickle.
    Residence 25 Jun 1880  Precinct 7, Anderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Farmer 
    Children 
     1. PICKLE, Sarener Lavina,   b. 21 Jan 1869, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1885, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     2. PICKLE, Joseph (Josiah) Littlefield,   b. 28 Oct 1871, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1945, Henderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. PICKLE, Almedia Savilla Ann,   b. 8 Feb 1874, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1875, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

  • Photos
    William Chesley Pickle    		William Chesley Pickle
    (1820 - 1884)

    Documents
    William Chesley Pickle's Seed Planter and Fertilizer Spreader    		William Chesley Pickle's Seed Planter and Fertilizer Spreader
    1880 Agricultural Census - Anderson County, Texas    		1880 Agricultural Census - Anderson County, Texas
    A page from this census showing the census record for some in this genealogy.

    Headstones
    Gravestone of William Chesley Pickle and his two wives.     		Gravestone of William Chesley Pickle and his two wives.
    The left-most stone is that of Mary (Polly) Murphey Pickle, William's first wife. William's is the center stone, and the right-most stone is that of his second wife, Almedia E. A. Huddleston Pickle.
    William Chesley Pickle (1820 - 1884)    		William Chesley Pickle (1820 - 1884)
    Company B Texas State Trp
    Confederate States Army

    Histories
    PICKLE/PICKEL - William Chesley Pickle    		PICKLE/PICKEL - William Chesley Pickle
    1820 - 1884
    PICKEL - Origin of Anderson County, South Carolina    		PICKEL - Origin of Anderson County, South Carolina
    Anderson County, South Carolina was the home of William Pickel and many of his descendants. However, it was only in the latter two-thirds of his life that the area in which he lived had the designation of Anderson County. This page shows how the territory developed from 1769 until 1826 when Anderson and Pickens Counties were established.
    Life in Brushy Creek, Anderson County, Texas    		Life in Brushy Creek, Anderson County, Texas
    PICKEL - The Pickel Family of South Carolina    		PICKEL - The Pickel Family of South Carolina
    This page will introduce the subject then take you to a pdf file which contains the information.

  • Notes 
    • William Chesley Pickle, left the Anderson District of South Carolina before the Civil War, on October 11, 1859 and "landed" in Anderson County Texas on November 25, 1859 some forty-six days later according to written notes by his grandson. Several additional family members and other founding families of Anderson County made that same trip.

      Fortunately for his descendants, that journey by wagon trail was just the beginning of the bold investments in Texas made by the Pickle clan. William Chesley first purchased land near what is now called Pert where he farmed and opened a way station for an early stage line, building a bridge across Brushy Creek that is still known as Pickle Bridge. William Chesley was an also an accomplished blacksmith and secured a patent on a seed planter.

      William Chesley had a large family of fifteen children. His fourth child, James Albert Pickle, moved further west to what was then known as Liberty Springs on Otter Creek (now Bois d'Arc) and purchased several hundred acres of land. James Albert had thirteen children, many of whom also settled in this area.

      The second of James Albert's children, Albert Welborn Pickle born in 1874, acquired several tracts of land in the Springfield community (two miles west of his parents' land). Each generation has continued to add to that parcel of land. Albert Welborn's property was passed along to his only son, Hampton Pierce Pickle. Hampton and his wife Ruffie Brasfield Pickle farmed the land, and it flourished and grew under their hard work and determination. The land continued to pass along to their heirs, and now, Albert Welborn's grandson, Mike Pickle, and his wife Lyzz still live on a portion of the original property, their own 117-acre Pickle Farms. They are adjoined by tracts of land still held by Mike's siblings.

  • Sources 
    1. [S305] 1820 Federal Census, Pendleton District, South Carolina (Ancestry pg 21 of 98).
      3 Males under 10: James, Crawford and William
      1 Male 10 to 16: Jacob
      1 Male 26 to 45: William
      2 Females under 10: Jane
      2 Females 16-26: Esther and Theresa
      1 Female: 26-45: Elizabeth

    2. [S301] 1830 Federal Census, Anderson County, South Carolina (Ancestry page 95 of 166).
      Male of five and under ten: Obediah (7)
      Male of ten and under fifteen: William (10), Crawford (13), and ?
      Male of fifteen and under twenty: James (15)
      Male of twenty and under thirty: Jacob (22)
      Male of fifty and under sixty: William (54)
      Female of ten and under fifteen: Jane (15), Theresa (17) (Wrong age grouping?)
      Female of forty and under fifty: Elizabeth (48)

    3. [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Anderson County, South Carolina (Ancestry page 258 of 642).
      Two males fifteen and under twenty: Obadiah (17) and William (19)
      One male sixty and under seventy: William (64)
      Two females twenty and under thirty: Jane (25) and Theresa (27)
      One female fifty and under sixty: Elizabeth

    4. [S68] History of the William Pickle Family, Page III-38.
      "He was a farmer, gunsmith, and a Mason. He served in the Confederate Army, shod horses, and also worked in a gun factory during the Civil War."

    5. [S114] Miscellaneous, Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System www.itd.nps.gov.

    6. [S114] Miscellaneous, United States Patent 295939.

    7. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, MEMORIAL NO. 19836503.

    8. [S68] History of the William Pickle Family, Page III-1.

    9. [S304] 1800 Federal Census, Edgefield District, South Carolina Ancestry pg 80 of 115.

    10. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Eastern Division, Anderson County, South Carolina Dwelling 868.

    11. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Regiment 42, Anderson County, South Carolina Page 92 Dwelling 669.

    12. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Plenitude P.O., Beat No. 5, Anderson, Page 129 Dwelling 916.

    13. [S68] History of the William Pickle Family, Page II-65.

    14. [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Palestine, Anderson, TX Page 172 Dwelling 1268.

    15. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Precinct 7, Anderson County, TX ED 7 Page 33 Dwelling 306.


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