Talk:Fifth Virginia Convention

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This article is a daughter of Virginia Conventions. Editors are invited to expand it with additional research to develop better historical context prior to the Convention itself, and to elaborate the main features of the Constitution that are not addressed in the summaries at Virginia Constitution. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 06:54, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Col.Martin Pickett Information

Ann Blackwell, b. 1747, in Prince William Co., Va.; d. prior to 1800 in Fauquier Co., Va., m. May 31, 1764, Col. Martin Pickett, of "Paradise," Fauquier Co., Va., b. 1740 in King George Co., Va.; d. 1804, in Fauquier Co., Va. He represented Fauquier in two of the most important Conventions ever held in Virginia, the Convention of 1776, which assembled at Williamsburg, and declared Virginia Independent of the British Empire, and a Sovereign State. (See writings of Hugh Blair Grigsby; Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Families, Vol. I. p. 153; Stanard's Colonial Virginia, p. 208). He was also a delegate to the Convention of 1788, which accepted the Constitution of 1787, under which the Union now is governed. (See Elliott's Debates; Col. John Scott's Lost Principles). He served in the French and Indian War, 1761, as Lieutenant in Capt. William Edmonds Co. of Va. Troops; (Hening's Statutes). In the Revolutionary War, as Lieutenant-Colonel, Fauquier Militia, Sep. 28, 1778 (Crozier's Virginia County Records, Vol. VI.), Colonel Virginia Militia, 1778-1779, (Heitman's Historical Register), Colonel, 2nd Battalion, Aug. 27, 1781, (McAllister's Virginia Militia, p. 201). He received for his services, 243 acres, 1780; 798 acres, 1758; 183 acres, 1789; 1/2 of 93 acres, 1790; 139 acres, 1792, (Crozier's Virginia County Records, Vol. VI. p. 90, 91, 92 and 235). He served as Major at the Battle of Monmouth, (Letters of that period). He was Tax Commissioner of Fauquier Co., 1782; Coroner, 1783; and High Sheriff, 1785; (Fauquier County Records). He was a staunch and liberal Churchman, and a Vestryman, of the old Church at Warrenton. His will is dated May 4, 1803, Codicils, Apr. 12, 1804; probated Apr. 24, 1804, in Fauquier Co., (Will Book No. 3, p. 518), in which he names his daughters, Lucy Marshall, Nancy Brooke, Millie Clarkson, Judith Slaughter, and Betsy Pickett; and "representatives of daughter Lettie Johnston," his sons, George Blackwell Pickett and Steptoe Pickett; his sons-in-law, Charles Marshall, Francis Brooke, Charles Johnston, William Clarkson and Stanton Slaughter; Executors, George Blackwell Pickett, Stanton Slaughter and Joseph Blackwell. He was the son of William & Elizabeth (Cooks)) Pickett, of Fauquier Co., Va., Issue.

He was one of the Grand uncle's to General George Pickett of CSA. 2601:407:4180:8D80:123:E293:441D:17E3 (talk) 01:34, 10 January 2024 (UTC)