Albert J. Pickett

Albert James Pickett
BornAugust 13, 1810
Anson County, North Carolina
DiedOctober 28, 1858
Montgomery, Alabama
OccupationHistorian
Notable worksHistory of Alabama and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi from the Earliest Period

Albert James Pickett (Anson County, North Carolina, August 13, 1810 — Montgomery, Alabama, October 28, 1858) was a planter and lawyer in Autauga County, Alabama. He is known as Alabama's first historian, having published a two-volume history of the state in 1851.