Individual Details

"Col. Martin Pickett of "Paradise," Fauquier County, Virginia, the eldest son of William and Elizabeth (Cooke) Pickett, of Fauquier County, Virginia., born December 25, 1736 in King George County, Virginia; died April 1804 in Fauquier County, Virginia; served three terms as a Burgess, and represented Fauquier County in two of the most important Conventions ever held in Virginia, the COnvention fo 1776, which assembled at Williamsburg, and declared Virginia independent of the British Empire, and a Sovereign State. He was also a delegate to the Convention of 1788, which accepted the Constitution of 1787, under which the Union now is governed. He served with distinction in the French and Indian War, 1761, as Lieut. in Capt. William Edmunds Company of Virginia Troops; and in the Revolutionary War, as Lieut. Col. of the 3rd Virginia Reg. of Infantry, of which Col. Thomas Marshall, of "Oak Hill," was in command; was Sheriff, 1759; Justice, 1776; Tax Commissioner of Fauquier County, 1782; Coroner, 1783; and High Sheriff, 1785; he was a staunch supporter of the Episcopal Church, and a Vestryman; was a most generous and public spirited citizen, and gave the land on which the City Hall of Warrenton is built; also on which the various Churches are built (those that were established there before his death). He made will May 4, 1803, to which he added codicils April 12, 1804; the same probated April 24, 1804. He married mary 31, 1764, Ann Blackwell, born 1747; died about 1800; daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Steptoe) Blackwell, of Fauquier County, Virginia. (See Blackwell and Steptoe lineage.) Issue." (COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA, 1911, Second Edition with Revisions and additions by the author, 1958, by Stella Pickett Hardy, page 417.)

"Martin Pickett served as a colonel in the Revolutionary war from Virginia." (AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS & DESCENDANTS, VOL II compiled by Mary Carter, 1983, page 237. Also listed in the DAR PATRIOT INDEX, 1966, page 533.)

Birth	December 25, 1736	Warrenton, King George County, Virginia
Marriage	May 31, 1764	Fauquier County, Virginia - Ann "Anna" Blackwell
Death	April, 1804	Fauquier County, Virginia

Spouse	Ann "Anna" Blackwell (1747 - 1800)
Child	Martin Pickett (1765 - 1776)
Child	Lucy Pickett (1767 - 1825)
Child	Ann Pickett (1770 - 1831)
Child	Judith Steptoe Pickett (1772 - )
Child	Mildred "Milly" Pickett (1777 - 1805)
Child	Letitia "Letty" Pickett (1780 - 1802)
Child	George Blackwell Pickett (1789 - 1829)
Child	Elizabeth "Betsy" B. Pickett (1788 - )
Child	Steptoe Pickett (1790 - 1843)

Father	William Pickett (1700 - 1766)
Mother	Elizabeth Cooke (1712 - 1800)
Sibling	Capt. William Pickett (1742 - 1814)
Sibling	Rev. John Pickett (1744 - 1803)
Sibling	Rev. Reuben Pickett (1745 - 1825)
Sibling	Mary Ann Pickett (1747 - )
Sibling	Sarah Pickett (1750 - )
Sibling	George Pickett (1752 - 1821)