Thomas W. Pickering

Birth Date

c1814

Death Date

c1882

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Minerva Pickering. Father of Martha Pickering, John M. Pickering, Napoleon B. Pickering, Sarah Pickering, Malachi Pickering, Thomas Pickering, Rodolphus R. Pickering, and Minerva Pickering. Constable in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860. High sheriff of Caldwell County in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 377A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 799.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 25.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 224B-225A.
Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Wills, 1809-1967; Vol A-B, 1809-1889, p. 321-22.
KYR-0001-020-0017.

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