Pickering County, Mississippi Territory

Pickering County was one of the original counties of Mississippi Territory in the United States. Together with Adams County, Mississippi Territory, Pickering County was a first-level subdivision of the land that had been known as the Natchez District under the British and Spanish.^[1] The dividing line between Pickering and Adams was at Fairchilds Creek.^[2] Established in 1798, and originally named for Cabinet member Timothy Pickering, the county was subdivided into Claiborne County and Jefferson County in 1802.^[3]^[4] The original Pickering County also included some of the land that was later to become Warren County, Mississippi.^[1] Pickering County was the seat of power of the Green family–Cato West faction in territorial politics.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "1800 Mississippi Map".
^ Haynes, Robert V. (2010). The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795–1817. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-8131-2577-0. OCLC 460059239.
^ "Pike County: Older than Mississippi itself". Enterprise-Journal. 2015-11-12. pp. A014. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
^ r2WPadmin. "Jefferson County". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Haynes, Robert (2010-05-21). The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795-1817. University Press of Kentucky. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8131-7372-6.

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