Home of Lucy Holcombe Pickens

Home of Lucy Holcombe Pickens is a Tennessee historical marker in Fayette County.

Fayette Co, LaGrange, intersection Holcombe Pickens of TN 57 & Pine St.

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The "Queen of the Confederacy" was born here January 11, 1832. In 1858 she married Francis Pickens, United States Ambassador to Russia and later Governor of South Carolina. During the Civil War, Lucy was the only woman honored by having her portrait used on Confederate money. Union Army officers were quartered here during occupation from 1862 - 1865.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1823 · Mississippi. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Kentucky (Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1833 · Missouri, Ill., Ky., Tenn., Ala., Miss., Ark. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1835 · Chickasaw Cession, Mississippi (1835) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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