Sarah Frances (Hall) Pickens (abt. 1745 - 1814)

Born about 1745 in Halifax, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Elias D DeJarnette — married about 1755 in Halifax, Virginia

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1814 at about age 69 in Anderson, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Sara was born about 1740 to 1755. She passed away about 1814.

Parents William Lent Hall and Janet Franklin

Brother Nathaniel Hall Hall-30335

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She was widow of Elias DeJarnette of Halifax Co., Virginia, whose will shows that he died in 1783, leaving her with daughters: Frances, Hannah, Elizabeth and Nancy, and one son, Reuben (not of age). Witness of the will: Nathaniel Hall, John Hall and Wiley Hall. The widow DeJarnette moved with her brothers: Fenton F. Hall Sr., John Hall and Nathaniel Hall to Pendleton District, South Carolina, where she met and married Israel Pickens in 1790. The census of Pendleton District for 1790 shows Israel Pickens with the largest number in family of any Pickens family. It can be explained that they were his children and step children. Both Frances and Hannah DeJarnette married Beaty Tucker, Elizabeth married Joab Mauldin and Rueben married Ellender Pickens. In an lawsuit involving the Halls and DeJarnettes, Joan Mauldin testified that Mrs. Sarah DeJarnette told him on March 10, 1790 that she was going to marry Israel Pickens the next day (E. M. Sharp, Pickens Families of the South, Published 1963, Memphis, Tennessee, pg. 47).

Narrative from Find A Grave:

Sarah Frances Hall was born about 1750 in Virginia, though some give her birth as early as 1735 and as late as 1755.
Some say she was the daughter of a William Hall whose family lived on the Banister River in Halifax County, but who appears to be confused with the William and Elizabeth Choice Hall family of Snow Creek, Pittsylvania County, by some researchers.

Historical Southern Families by John Bennett Boddie, vol. 5, traces the family of Sarah Hall DeJarnette Pickens and her brothers, Fenton Hall, John Hall, and Reverend Nathaniel Hall, but could not document the parents of these four siblings who moved from Virginia to South Carolina together or about the same time.

Sarah Hall married first to Elias DeJarnette Jr. in Virginia.^[2] She married her second husband, Israel Pickens, on 11 March 1790 in Pendleton Dist., S.C.^[3] Israel Pickens was a first cousin of the father of the Alabama governor of the same name.

Sarah Hall Dejarnette Pickens passed away in 1814 and she is buried in Rocky River Church Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina. The church was was established by her brother, Rev. Nathan Hall, about 1790.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 February 2022), memorial page for Sarah Frances Hall DeJarnette Pickens (1750–12 Feb 1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #50926996, citing Rocky River Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA; maintained by Ray Isbell (contributor 47188697), Burial Details Unknown.
2. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Source number: 1317.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CD2 (Spouse Name Elias Dejernette)
3. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Source number: 1148.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CD2 (Spouse Name Israel Pickens)

• Pickens, Monroe. Cousin Monroe's History of the Pickens Family. Easley, S. C. : K.P. Day, 1951.
• Sharp, Eron M. Pickens Families of the South. Memphis : Sharp, 1963.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/K8F1-CSM