Dear Joan, General Andrew Pickens was born in Paxton or Faxton, Pennsylvania (so says a letter he wrote shortly before he died to some notable person - would have to look it up). >From Wikipedia Andrew Pickens (September 13, 1739 - August 11, 1817) was a militia leader in the American Revolution and a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina. Pickens was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the son of Scots-Irish immigrants, Andrew Pickens, Sr. and Anne (nee Davis). His great-grandmother however was Esther-Jeanne Bonneau of South Carolina and La Rochelle, France [1]. >From there his family moved to Old Augusta Co., VA. From there to the Waxhaws in SC. After the Rev. War he received the land on which Hopewell stands as part payment for his services in the RW. Built a home there, etc. Any further question e-mail me. God Bless. Herb_316@Bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: JYoung6180@aol.com To: pennsylvania@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [PA] Fw: Hopewell, Home of General Andrew Pickens - Update, etc Hi, Herb- I'm confused as to how your post pertains to Pennsylvania genealogical research. If there is a connection please let us know what that might be. If the post doesn't pertain to Pennsylvania, then it doesn't belong on this list. Thanks for your clarification in this matter. Joan, co-admin PENNSYLVANIA@rootsweb.com In a message dated 5/26/2008 4:18:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, herb_316@bellsouth.net writes: Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 4:10 PM Subject: Hopewell, Home of General Andrew Pickens - Update, etc Dear People Concerned for Hopewell, historic home of General Andrew Pickens, 5/24/2008 **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PENNSYLVANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message