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William & Elizabeth Pickle
This article has a lot of information about William and Elizabeth, to include the alternate spelling of Pickel or Pickell. He is buried Big Creek Cemetery in a red vault above ground which is pictured:
"Here lies the remains of William Pickel, born Oct. '30, 1776, died Feb. 26, 1866, aged 89 years, 3 months, and 26 days. He was a citizen of this district for 50 years, a member of the Baptist Church for 68 years, he was a peaceful citizen, a good neighbour, a kind parent and was beloved and respected by all who knew him. Farewell dear children. Peace I give unto you."
Elizabeth lies in the same vault:
"Here lies the remains of Elizabeth Pickel, born May 2, 1782, died Mar. 4, 1869, aged 89 years, 10 months, and 2 days. She was a member of the Baptist Church for 52 years, a kind neighbor, beloved wife --- (broken and illegible). Those who knew her best loved her most. Farewell, dear Mother. 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

Some of the various proposed origins of the family include the "three brothers" story. In a biography of a grandson, published in History of Texas. Lone Star State - Centennial Texas. page 669, is to me the most likely scenario given what I know about the Pickel family in New Jersey. It is true, however, that I find none of the Pickel family in New Jersey having gone to South Carolina in the time period to include this William - no was the given name common in that New Jersey family.
"William Pickle, the father of C. W. Pickle, was reared and passed his life there (Williamston, S. C.), being a slaveholder and a prominent farmer and dying in that state at the extreme old age of ninety-one years. His father had emigrated to this country from Holland and made settlement in South Carolina at a very early date."

FindAGrave #9696060
Big Creek Cemetery, Williamston, Anderson, SC
"Died at his son's residence at Williamston, Anderson County, S.C. on the 26th of February, 1867, in the 91st year of his age, Mr. William Pickle. He as a pious and devout Christian, a kind neighbor, a devoted husband and father. He had been a member of the Baptist Church and served as Deacon and Clerk for some sixty-five years. He always had plenty and to spare his needy friends, never turned his back on the poor and needy, his house was ever open to the suffering. During the war, he never sold corn for more than one dollar per bushel to the soldiers and their wives, and went to rest none the poorer for it. He never had a lawsuit with his neighbors but always lived in peace and love with them. He was strong-minded,active and hearty until near the close of his days, attending to his farm until the fall of 1866, and never relinquished that robustness till a few days of his departure for the spirit land. During his entire life, he lived in the fear and love of the Lord, advising those around him, in his dying moments to live for Christ. He died strong in the faith, not fearing to meet his God."

Birth	30 Oct 1776	South Carolina
Death	26 Feb 1866	Anderson County, South Carolina
Marriage		Elizabeth Wilson

Spouse	Elizabeth Wilson (1782 - 1869)
Child	Crawford Wilson Pickle (1817 - 1881)
Child	William Chesley Pickle (1820 - 1884)

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