Individual Details
(October 9, 1823 - October 18, 1884)
"Col. John T. Pickett, of Washington, D. C., born Oct. 9, 1823; died Oct. 18, 1884; was educated at Transylvania University; in 1841 was appointed cadet to West Point, but resigned before finishing the course, to accept a Diplomatic appointment as U. S. Consul to the West Indies, and served until 1848, when he became associated with Lopez in the movement to free Cuba; after Battle of Cardenas, Col. Pickett had the distinction of having a $25,000 reward offered for his head by the Capt. Gen. of Cuba. From 1853 to 1861 he was U. S. Consul to Vera Cruz; in 1861 he was appointed Secretary of the American Peace Commission, and later served as Commissioner for the C. S. to Mexico; in 1862 he was Col. and Asst. Adjt. Gen., on the staff of Gen. John C. Breckenridge, C. S. A., and so served until the surrender; after the Civil War he located in Washington, D. C." (COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA, 1911, Second Edition with Revisions and additions by the author, 1958, by Stella Pickett Hardy, page 431.)
Events
| Birth | October 9, 1823 | | | | |
| Death | October 18, 1884 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Marriage | | Kate Keyworth | | | |
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