Bill Pickett

Willie M. Bill Pickett was a cowboy, rodeo, and Wild West show performer.

Bill Pickett was born in the JenksBranch community of Williamson County, Texas in 1870, according to family records. He was the second ofchildren born to Thomas Jefferson Pickett, a former slave, and Mary Janie Gilbert. Pickett had four brothers and eight sisters. The familys ancestry was AfricanAmerican and Cherokee. By 1888, the family had moved to Taylor, Texas.

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