Richard W. Pickering

Birth Date

1822-01-10

Death Date

1907-04-15

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, constable. Kentucky native. Married to Julia Ann Scott Pickering in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on June 6, 1848. Father of Zachariah Taylor Pickering, Louisa Pickering, and Nancy Pickering. Filed a marriage bond to Elizabeth A. Cook Pickering in Caldwell County on March 1, 1864. Stepfather of Colonel Hooper. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Constable in Long Pond in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Long Pond in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 361B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 13.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 216A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Tennessee, p. 536A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 269.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000546374, p. 119.
"Richard Wilkenson Pickering (1822-1907 )," Find A Grave, Memorial #158087368, accessed April 13, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158087368.

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