South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Verdin
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Introduced in the Senate on February 20, 2007
Introduced in the House on February 21, 2007
Adopted by the General Assembly on February 21, 2007

Summary: General Andrew Pickens

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/20/2007  Senate  Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-5
   2/21/2007  House   Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ-7

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/20/2007

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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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