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James Pickett
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Birth: 1827
Death: Nov. 10, 1829

The baby's grave that is there today is the grandson of Joseph Desha. It was the child of his daughter Ellen who was married to James Chamberlayne Pickett (CHARGE' D'AFFAIRES, Latin America). According to the Duffy ladies this child died of cholera. The Duffy ladies were the last of the Desha family to live on the family plantation. The last died about 1992. They were the granddaughters of Lucius Desha who was Gov. Joseph Desha's son. It is believed that this cemetery was quickly made because of a cholera epidemic in the Desha Household. James' grave is the only "white" grave known to be here.
Thanks goes to Tom Hicks - who works for the Harrison County Slave Cemetery Preservation Society. 
 
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 Parents:
  James Chamberlayne Pickett (1791 - 1872)
  Eleanore Ellen Desha Pickett (1800 - 1837)
 
Burial:
Desha Family - plantation
Harrison County
Kentucky, USA
 
Created by: K M
Record added: Dec 18, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 6035048
James Pickett
Added by: K M
 
James Pickett
Added by: K M
 
 
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-Anonymous
 Added: Sep. 13, 2010

- Sharon Benefiel Palmer
 Added: Aug. 20, 2009
Taken so young.....
God Bless
- Debbie Pickett
 Added: Feb. 7, 2004
 
 
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