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(February 6, 1793 - July 10, 1872)
"James Chamberlayne Pickett was educated at West Point and served as a captain in the US Army, and in the War of 1812, he was an Officer of U. S. Artillery; he also served in the US Army, 1818 - 1821. He resigned and entered upon the practice of law in Mason County. He was a State Legislator in 1822; Secretary of State, 1825 - 1828; appointed by President Jackson Secretary of the U. S. Legation to Columbia, 1829 - 1833, and part of the time acting Charge d' Affairs; Commissioner of the U. S. Patent Office, 1835; fourth auditor of the U. Sl. Treasury, 1835 - 1838; Commissioned plenipotentiary to Ecuador, 1838; Charge d" Affaires to Peru, 1838 - 1845, when he retired to private life." (COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA, 1911, Second Edition with Revisions and additions by the author, 1958, by Stella Pickett Hardy, pages 430 - 431.)
Events
| Birth | February 6, 1793 | | | | |
| Marriage | October 6, 1818 | Ellen Desha | | | |
| Death | July 10, 1872 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
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