S*461 Session 117 (2007-2008)
S*0461 Concurrent Resolution, By Verdin
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND AND HONOR GENERAL ANDREW PICKENS, OF
PENDLETON DISTRICT, FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS A PIONEER, PATRIOT, AND STATESMAN WHOSE
DEDICATION TO LIBERTY HELPED ACHIEVE AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND WHOSE
DEDICATION TO SOUTH CAROLINA ENSURED HER STABILITY AND PROSPERITY DURING HER
EARLY HISTORY.
02/20/07 Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-5
02/21/07 House Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ-7
S. 461
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO COMMEND AND HONOR GENERAL ANDREW PICKENS, OF PENDLETON DISTRICT, FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS A PIONEER, PATRIOT, AND STATESMAN WHOSE DEDICATION TO LIBERTY HELPED ACHIEVE AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND WHOSE DEDICATION TO SOUTH CAROLINA ENSURED HER STABILITY AND PROSPERITY DURING HER EARLY HISTORY.
Whereas, Andrew Pickens was a successful farmer and was serving as a justice of the peace as the war for American independence began; and
Whereas, in 1775, Pickens became a Captain of Patriot militia, and then participated in the Snow Campaign in the winter of 1775, and then in the Fall of 1776, as a major of the militia, Pickens joined Williamson's expedition against the Cherokee Indians who had allied themselves with the Loyalists; and
Whereas, in July 1776, Pickens and a force of 25 militiamen were surrounded by over 150 Cherokees, but achieved victory in the "Ring Fight;" and
Whereas, on February 14, 1779, Pickens defeated Colonel Boyd at Kettle Creek, Georgia which destroyed Tory morale in South Carolina, while bolstering the numbers of Patriot militia; and
Whereas, at the Battle of Cowpens, Brigadier General Daniel Morgan gave Pickens command of the militia whose tactics proved decisive in the defeat of Banastre Tarleton; and
Whereas, following the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, Governor John Rutledge promoted Pickens to Brigadier General and he was also awarded a sword by Congress; and
Whereas, Pickens participated in the Siege of Augusta, Siege of Ninety-Six and Battle of Eutaw Springs; and
Whereas, Pickens was elected in 1782 by the Ninety Six District to the House of Representatives in the Fourth General Assembly at Jacksonborough and continued to serve in the House of Representatives through 1794; and
Whereas, Pickens was one of the commissioners named to settle the boundary line between South Carolina and Georgia in 1787; and
Whereas, in 1787, Pickens moved to his plantation at Hopewell in Seneca. Later in 1802, he moved to the site of the former Cherokee Village Tomassee where he lived until 1817; and
Whereas, Pickens was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1790; and
Whereas, he was the first United States congressman from Pendleton District serving from 1793-1795; and
Whereas, Pickens was appointed Major General of militia in 1795; and
Whereas, Pickens was a member of the State House of Representatives from 1800-1812, and declined the nomination for Governor in 1812; and
Whereas, Pickens was known by the Cherokee as Skyagunsta, or the Wizard Owl, as a tribute to his skill as a warrior; and
Whereas, Pickens remained an elder in the Presbyterian Church until his death in 1817 in Pendleton District whereupon he was interred at the Old Stone Churchyard. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, commend and honor General Andrew Pickens, of Pendleton District, for his many years of outstanding and dedicated service to the State of South Carolina as a pioneer, patriot, and statesman whose dedication to liberty helped achieve American independence and whose dedication to South Carolina ensured her stability and prosperity during her early history.
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