He fought in the southern theater and in the Battle of Kettle Creek.

About 50 of them were convicted, and five men, including some of the men captured at Kettle Creek, were hanged.

The stream of Black Kettle Creek runs through this township.

Kettle Creek and it tributaries are excellent cold water fisheries.

The water quality of Kettle Creek and Ole Bull Run is very good.

There is a special fishing area of children and people with disabilities near the dam on Kettle Creek.

There are two camping areas on the banks of Kettle Creek.

The picnic area is on the bank of Kettle Creek across from the swimming area.

A record survives indicating that Pickens later kept careful accounts, as public property, of items captured in the fight at Kettle Creek.

Shot in the thigh during the Battle of Kettle Creek on February 14, 1779, he recovered, but was crippled for life.