Congrats! You Discovered Howell Lester Pickett

Pickett County was created in 1879 from parts of Overton and Fentress counties. It was named after Howell Lester Pickett whom was a member of the state legislature representing Wilson County. In about 1882, he left Tennessee and headed west to New Mexico to practice law. However he returned to Tennessee in 1884 when he married Evaline “Emma” Cook on March 25, 1884. He and his wife returned to New Mexico and there he was instrumental in the statehood of Arizona after he moved to Tombstone, Arizona.   

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