Life Lucy Pickens

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lucy pickens depicted on 1864 confederate $100 banknote (with george w. randolph).



lucy taught lucinda read , write in english, , speak french , russian. young slave woman cared douschka , later returned pickens south carolina.


a longing south carolina , worries leaning toward secession caused pickens family return home in august 1860. settled @ pickens plantation of edgewood, located in country region of state. francis w. pickens elected governor general assembly of south carolina on december 17, 3 days before legislature voted secede union.


an advocate of secession, lucy holcombe pickens woman depicted on currency of confederate states of america (three issues of $100 csa bill , 1 issue of $1 csa bill, printed in columbia, south carolina). featured on 1 issue of $1,000 csa loan certificates. in april 1861, lucy , friends witnessed shelling of fort sumter rooftop in charleston. in november 1861, unit of confederate states army formed; called holcombe legion in honor. designed , sewed flag. claimed financed equipment sale of of jewels given tsar.


during war years, pickens lived of time @ husband s plantation of edgewood. there had along daughters earlier marriages, , manage overseers and, through them, slave force. own family s plantation wyalusing in marshall, texas, used base of trans-mississippi agency of confederate post office during war.


after war, francis w. pickens chose take oath of loyalty in order gain amnesty offered president andrew johnson, had succeeded office following assassination of president abraham lincoln. provisional governor of south carolina, benjamin f. perry, thought pickens unlikely pardoned part in way worth more $20,000. lucy, visiting family in texas, sold of jewelry, including pieces given tsar in russia, raise money them.


many freedmen stayed work @ edgewood sharecroppers, transition free labor wrenching. lucinda stayed lucy pickens continue caring douschka. francis valet tom left them after end of war , migrated north. lucy accepted offer vice-regent of south carolina mount vernon ladies association, formed purchase , preserve founding father george washington s plantation along potomac river south of washington, dc. beset problems , taxes, husband able retain edgewood (with help), selling or losing taxes plantations in mississippi , alabama.


in 1869 francis died. lucy, young widow @ 37, had learn how manage plantation , affairs.








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