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View Tree for Rachel Harrison PickensRachel Harrison Pickens (b. July 20, 1788, d. November 20, 1875)

Rachel Harrison Pickens (daughter of Jonathan (Jr.) Pickens and Lydia Harrison) was born July 20, 1788 in South Carolina, and died November 20, 1875 in Robertson County, Texas.She married William McKnight on March 16, 1809 in Maury County, Tennessee.
 Includes NotesNotes for Rachel Harrison Pickens:
Probate record, dated January 1876 states that Rachel died November 20 (1875?)Probate Records, Robertson County, Texas(Franklin, Texas)
PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):p. 52
"The SHANNONs and MCKNIGHTs are a numerous family that settled in Davidson and Williamson Counties as early as 1790.The two families were intermarried in various ways.Many descendants went out from this part of Tennessee to Kentucky, to western Tennessee, to Arkansas, and to Mississippi,it will be noted that four of Andrew PICKENS' oldest children...married into the SHANNON-MCKNIGHT families..."
More About Rachel Harrison Pickens and William McKnight:
Marriage: March 16, 1809, Maury County, Tennessee.
 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for Rachel Harrison Pickens and William McKnight:
from 35,000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds:1783-1870Vol. 2, G-W
by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr.Southern Historical Press, 1981
information also found in Marriages of Maury County, Tennessee1808-1852
compiled by Edythe Rucker Whitley
McKnight, William to Rachel Pickens -- March 15, 1809
(March 16, 1809)
Bondsman:John Pickens, Maury County
Children of Rachel Harrison Pickens and William McKnight are:
  1. Robert McKnight, b. May 02, 1810, d. date unknown.
  2. John R. McKnight, b. March 22, 1812, d. date unknown.
  3. Jonathan Pickens McKnight, b. July 01, 1815, d. date unknown.
  4. Samuel B McKnight, b. June 22, 1817, d. date unknown.
  5. Cynthia Ball McKnight, b. May 05, 1819, d. date unknown.
  6. Margaret W. McKnight, b. February 16, 1821, d. date unknown.
  7. Elizabeth Ayers McKnight, b. August 16, 1825, d. date unknown.
  8. +Lydia Elvira McKnight, b. May 06, 1827, Tennessee, d. February 28, 1914, Beeville, Texas.
  9. Rachel H. McKnight, b. December 02, 1828, d. date unknown.
  10. +Nancy Jane McKnight, b. April 25, 1830, d. April 30, 1899, Stephenville, Erath County, Texas.