The Jackson Mountaineers
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Charles Ferdinand Carson, Jr.

 Introductory Notes

Genealogy is said to be only second in numbers to Stamp Collection as a Hobby. Since childhood, "kin folks" has been an interest to me. My father and Mother lived with Francis Marion Duckworth, Uncle Frank, a number of years and he passed on to them much early history of the family. And much of this history was passed on to me. All of which increased my desire to know more about my ancestors.

About 1953 a serious research and study was begun. About all of my ancestors, Duckworth, Jackson, Noblet, Goforth, Spivey, Collins, Sullivan, Williamson, Cook, came from Burke and/or Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, to Georgia.  Unfortunately many of the County Records have been lost or never existed and those records that existed were studied carefully and notes made of all pertaining to my family. Also, contact was made with numerous older people in search of information on my relatives. Where available, Church Records were examined.

In this search and study I find no murderers, horse thieves, outlaws, or dead beats. These people were mostly farmers and very much interested in Church attendance and education. The majority lived comfortably, none were rich or beggars.

The internet contains much information on ancestors and some of it is interesting and correct. But there is so much there that is guess work and often inaccurate that one must be careful in accepting any of it as fact. I am thankful that my research was nearly completed before the internet appeared.

In 2001 I had a very severe stroke which has left me with a paralyzed right leg and arm. Now, what to do with the notes on the Jackson Family?  I was not able to turn them into a readable form and just kept thinking as what to do with them. Then one day while conversing with Ferd Carson I told him of my problem and he volunteered to review the material and see what could be done.  He said it was a shame to let this data go unpublished as it might be of value to others.

I then began sending Ferd my Jackson files and he has worked earnestly with them and I believe others will find them valuable in their study of the Jackson Family.

Now, what to do with all this information?  There are many people now and later who will be searching for their ancestors. It has been a problem as what to do with or where to deposit this study. It seems publishing it in book form and depositing the books in State Archives, Libraries, and making them available to interested relatives is best.

Happy ancestor hunting and good luck.

John F. Duckworth

How to Read This Book

This book may be read from front to back, like any other book, or it may be used as a reference work, in which case the index will be helpful.  Because of Dr. Duckworth’s careful, pre-internet research, this book is probably more accurate than many genealogical studies being produced today.

This book is divided into chapters.  If we consider that Nathan Jackson is the first generation, then Nathan Jackson, his son Edward (second generation), and each of Edward’s children (third generation) are the subjects of chapters.  Within the chapters, sections about members of the fourth generation are headed by bold print in the center of the page, and within those sections, members of the fifth generation are noted by bold print at the left margin.

Whatever information, if any, is known about the life of each individual is presented in one or more paragraphs.  After the paragraph is a list of the individual’s children, usually in birth order.  Following the list are paragraphs containing whatever is known about the children, each followed by a list of his or her children, and so on.

Names may have a variety of spellings, and I’ve often noted several of the variations.  It’s impossible to tell if the variations are simply typographical or other errors, or if the spelling was not standardized during the lifetime of the individual.  I’ve noted alternate spellings in parentheses.

Individuals were sometimes known by their formal, given names, and at other times by a nickname.  Wherever possible, I’ve noted nicknames in quotation marks.

There are variations in some of the dates.  It may sound odd, but an inscription from a tombstone may give one date, an obituary another, a family Bible a third, courthouse documents a fourth, and census records may have another date – all for the same individual.  However, dates for most individuals are reasonably consistent from one source to another.   So please don’t be disturbed by small inconsistencies in dates and spelling.

Don’t overlook the References near the back of the book.

Enjoy!

Charles Ferdinand Carson

November 30. 2004

Chapter 1

Nathan Jackson

Nathan Jackson was probably born about 1730.   Knowledgeable Jackson researchers believe he was most likely born in Ireland, and they suspect he was the brother or cousin of Charles Jackson who came to Rowan County, North Carolina from Ireland and later went to Surry County, North Carolina. John and William Jackson, also possible cousins or brothers, appeared in Surry County about the same time. 

Nathan was in Rowan County, North Carolina, by 1759, in an area that is now southeastern Guilford County.  The April 19, 1768 term of Rowan County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions appointed Nathan Jackson  “oversear of the roade” from Peter Dick’s mill on Pole Cat Creek to the county line.  He was often called for jury duty. 

In 1771, a Nathan Jackson and a number of others signed a petition seeking the release of a prisoner, Jeremiah Field, who was involved in a riot in Hillsboro, North Carolina, and it is possible that this was the same Nathan Jackson.

Nathan Jackson appears on the 1773 Debtor List of Col. John McGee, a successful merchant of an area which is present-day northeast Randolph County.  Nathan Jackson appears to have been illiterate.

Knowledgeable researchers say that Nathan Jackson was not related to the Quaker Jackson family of Pennyslvania and Rowan County, nor was he part of the Jackson family who came from Virginia into eastern North Carolina.

The name of Nathan’s wife is unknown, but we know that Nathan Jackson had at least two sons, possibly three, of whom Edward Jackson was one.  The others may have been named John and Joseph Jackson.

Chapter 2

Edward Jackson

Edward Jackson, son of Nathan Jackson, was born ca. 1746 – 1752.  “Edward, son of Nathan Jackson,” is named in the tax rolls of Rowan County, North Carolina, adjacent to present-day southeastern Guilford County. 

Some researchers say Edward Jackson was a member of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church in Rowan County (now Randolph County), North Carolina, although there is no evidence that he was a member of Sandy Creek or any other church.  If he had any religious affiliation, he was probably a member of Centre Friends Meeting – it’s several miles closer to Peter Dicks’ Mill.  Like his father, Edward Jackson appeared on the debtor list of Col. John McGee.  Although he was of the right age, there is no record that Edward Jackson served in the Revolutionary War on either side, nor was he involved with the Regulators.  Similarly, there is no evidence that he was a Quaker, although he was in the right place. 

The Tenor of the Times

Whether or not Edward Jackson was a member of Sandy Creek Baptist Church, we ought to mention something about that church here.  It will help describe the tenor of the times.

Reverend Shubal Stearns was a Baptist from Connecticut.  He and his wife came to Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1755 with six other couples, and they founded Sandy Creek Baptist Church.  By 1771, the church had grown to 606 members.  Many missionaries were sent from this church, and many other churches trace their roots to Sandy Creek.  The Regulators used the church as their headquarters.

Who were the Regulators?  The Regulators were a group of settlers who organized to protect themselves from unfair taxation and harsh treatment by the representatives of the royal governor, who governed from his palace in New Bern, NC.  The Regulators met the governor’s troops at the Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771.  The Regulators were soundly defeated, and fourteen of them were taken to Hillsborough for trial.  The settlers rioted to get the prisoners released, and that’s how Jeremiah Field (see previous page) got himself arrested.

Shubal Stearns died in 1771.  After his death and the defeat of the Regulators in the same year, many of the settlers lost all hope for a better life in Rowan County and moved further west.  By year’s end, the membership of Sandy Creek Baptist Church was back to sixteen.  Nevertheless, this little-known country church survived, and some consider it  the mother church of the Southern Baptist Convention.

The Move West

Edward Jackson, son of Nathan Jackson, went to Burke County, North Carolina (now McDowell County), between 1782 and 1790 where he died about 1820.  He married Susannah, probably Susannah Chaffin, daughter of Joseph Chaffin.  Joseph Chaffin was the son of John Chaffin and his wife Mary. Edward Jackson lived on Jackson Branch of Crooked Creek south of Old Fort. 

On September 13, 1792, Edward Jackson bought 185 acres of land from Edward Vance.  He received a grant of thirty acres of land in Burke County, NC, on August 24, 1802.  On January 14, 1815, Edward Jackson deeded 187 acres of land to Amos Jackson.

Edward Jackson’s children were:

·       John Jackson

·       Joseph Jackson

·       Elias Jackson

·       Eli Jackson

·       Amos Jackson

·       Azeriah Jackson

·       Polly Jackson

·       Peggy Jackson

·       possibly one other daughter
 

Chapter 3

John Jackson and His Descendants 

John Jackson, eldest son of Edward Jackson, was born about 1772 in Guilford County, North Carolina.   He married first about 1796.  Altogether, he married two or three times; one of his wives was named Susannah. 

John Jackson lived in Burke County, North Carolina, but moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina, before 1810.  He lived in the Broad River section of Rutherford (now Buncombe) County with his brothers and his sons.  The other Jacksons in Rutherford County were not related and they resided in that part of Rutherford County that became Polk County.

John Jackson bought 115 acres of land from John Gilliland on March 1, 1797.  In 1809, he sold this 115 acres to James Hase.  On May 13, 1807, Stephen Morgan sold John Jackson of Burke County, North Carolina, 150 acres In Rutherford Co., N.C., west of Stone Mountain, on both sides of the Main Broad River including the mouth of Rock Creek for $300. On April 19, 1808, John Jackson of Rutherford County, N.C. sold this land to Harris Gilliam.  Strangely, Harris Gilliam waited 27 years to record this deed.  In 1809, John Jackson sold 115 acres to James Hase.

By 1810, John had a new wife who was born before 1765.  Apparently, she brought two daughters by a previous marriage into the household, but nothing more is known of them.

John Jackson received 100 acres of land in Rutherford County on February 22, 1819, another 50 acres on January 7, 1820, another 100 acres on March 6, 1827, and another 100 acres on October 17, 1827.  Apparently, John Jackson was a “squatter” on the 50-acre tract before he had a legal claim to it.

About 1838 -1840, John moved to Union County, Georgia, where he became a member of Choestoe Baptist Church on August 3, 1840.  He  probably lived with his son, William Marion Jackson.  John Jackson died before 1843 in Choestoe, Union County, Georgia.

Children of John Jackson were:

·       William Marion Jackson Sr.

·       Susannah Jackson

·       Hardy Jackson

·       Levi Jackson

·       Sarah Jackson

·       James Jackson

·       Mary “Polly” Jackson

·       Brinkley Jackson

William Marion Jackson, Sr., and His Descendants 

William Marion Jackson, Sr., son of John Jackson, was born about 1798 in Burke County, North Carolina.  [Note:  William may have been the son of Joseph Jackson instead of John, but he was definitely a grandson of Edward Jackson.]  He married Nancy (Elizabeth?) Owenby (Ownsby) Stanley (1794-1861) on December 23, 1814, in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  Arthur Owenby was bondsman for the marriage.  The Census Records indicate they lived in close proximity to both John and Joseph Jackson.

Family tradition is that Nancy Owenby Stanley was a young widow with one infant son when she married William Marion Jackson on December 23, 1814, in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  Her maiden name was Owenby.  Nancy was born in 1793-94 in North Carolina, so she was a few years older than William, and she died in 1861 in Union County, Georgia.  She was a granddaughter of John Owenby and Nancy “Nanney” Porter and in all probability the daughter of Ambrose Owenby and Elizabeth Henson, who were married January 1, 1793.

William Marion Jackson, Sr and Nancy Owenby Stanley spent the first few years of their marriage in Rutherford County, North Carolina. 

In the early 1820's there was a rather large migration of families from Burke and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, to Habersham County, Georgia.  At the time of the 1827 Land Lottery, Joseph and Amos Jackson, sons of Edward Jackson, drew land, and to qualify to draw land they had to have been residents of Georgia for two years.  By 1830 the following with known family ties to Edward Jackson in Burke County, North Carolina, were in Habersham County, Georgia: Jehile, Joseph, Sampson, William, and Amos Jackson, Leason Spivey, and Amos and Joseph Chaffin. William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley were in Habersham County, Georgia, by 1830.  At the time of the 1832 Gold Land Lottery, Joseph, Jehiel and Sampson Jackson were residents in Chastain's Company and William Jackson and Leason Spivey were residents in Brock's Company, Habersham County, Georgia.  Family tradition says there were four Jackson brothers who moved from North Carolina to Mount Yonah.   

William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley moved to Mount Yonah in Habersham County (now Cleveland in White County), Georgia, by 1828, and on to Union County, Georgia, by 1833.  It is not known for certain the year William Jackson moved into Union County from Habersham County, but fragments of information indicate that he may have actually been in the area prior to 1832.  They settled on lot #158, Town Creek, north side, "lower", Choestoe, Union County, Georgia.  This was later known as "The Ben Collins Place". Their log house was not removed until the mid 1980's.  Union County, Georgia, was created in 1832 from Cherokee County Indian Lands of the Gold Land Lottery.

In 1850 they were neighbors to David Duckworth, Leason Spivey, William Sullivan, Miles Goforth, John Noblet, and Aaron Wimpey. Several of the children who were married lived near by, namely, Susannah, Kimsey, Jehile, Marion, Rebecca, and Mira.  The population of Union County in 1850 was 6,958 people in 1,141 families.  Real estate was valued at $485,688.

William Marion Jackson, Sr., was said to be a politician who wore a shoe on one foot and a moccasin on the other foot.  The shoe was for the Whites and the moccasin was for the Indians.  A Spanish Oak stood over William’s grave on the Souther Farm in Choestoe. The slabs for his coffin were said to be made out of a poplar tree, and were three inches thick and were fastened together with locust pins.  Even, the lid of his coffin was fastened down with locust pins.  This story has been wrongly attributed to Andy Jackson instead of William.

The Baptist Church of Christ at Choestoe, Union County, Georgia, was organized before 1834, the first date in The Church Book being September 5, 1834 and the earliest extant list of the membership was that of April 7, 1838.  Among the sixty-nine members on this list were John, Joseph, and William Jackson. However, the minutes show that John Jackson was received by letter March 8, 1840, and on "12 June 1841 in Conference, The Church, took up the letter from Sister Church in North Carolina praying the exclusion of Brother John Jackson and still retain him in fellowship.”  Nancy was listed as a member on the 1839 membership list.

William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley were members of the Choestoe Church at the time of their deaths.  Both are buried at the small cemetery at the forks of the road east of Old Liberty Baptist Church and less than two miles west of their home on Town Creek.   Miles Goforth, the grandfather of Thomas Kimsey Jackson, is also buried there.

William Marion Jackson, Sr., died in Union County July 27, 1859. 

Children of William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley were:

·       Rebecca Jackson (see below)

·       Amelia Jackson (see below)

·       Jehile (Jehial) Jackson (see below)

·       Susannah Jackson (see below)

·       Mary Mira Jackson (see below)

·       Kimsey Jackson (see below)

·       William Marion Jackson, Jr (see below)

·       Andrew William Jackson (see below)

Rebecca Jackson

Rebecca Jackson, daughter of William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley, was born May 26, 1816.  She married Johnathan Cook February 18, 1837, and they lived together on Arkaquah  in Union County, Georgia.  They died died at an old age and were buried at Old Liberty Baptist Church.  They raised 2 boys and 4 girls. Among their children was Nettie Cook who married William Brown.  Nettie and William lived and died on Gum Log  in Union County and raised a large family.

Amelia Jackson

Amelia Jackson, daughter of William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley,  was born August 3, 1820.  She married William Neely (Neally), and they moved to Tennessee.

Jehile (Johile) Jackson

Jehile (Johile) Jackson, son of William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley, was  “borned” June 9, 1822.  On January 18, 1844, he married Jane Duckworth, daughter of Johnathan Duckworth.   They lived on Arkaquah, Union County, Georgia, where they were members of Choestoe Baptist Church.   Jehile Jackson requested a letter of dismissal from the church on June 11, 1859.  They both died at an old age.   They raised a family of four boys and four girls.

Susannah “Sucy” Jackson

Susannah “Sucy” Jackson, daughter of William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley, was born about 1824.  She married John Williamson Duckworth, son of David Duckworth and twin brother of Johnathan Duckworth.  They lived and died on Choestoe Creek in  Union County, Georgia, where they died at an old age. They raised a family of four boys and seven girls.

Kimsey Jackson

Kimsey Jackson, son of William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley, was born about 1826.  He married Louicinda (Louisinda) “Sendy” Thomas January 30, 1848.  Loucinda Thomas was a daughter of John Thomas.  Kimsey and Lousinda lived on Choestoe, Union County, Georgia, where they raised three boys. 

Kimsey Jackson was active in the Choestoe Baptist church, where he was elected Clerk on December 8, 1855, and Deacon on August 8, 1857.  He resigned from the Clerk’s position in 1859, but was re-elected on June 10, 1865. 

Kimsey Jackson got killed in an accident with a wagon about year 1869.  Loucinda continued as a member of Choestoe Baptist Church at least through 1879.  Loucinda Thomas died near Blairsville, Georgia, about 1909.

Mary Mira Jackson

Mary Mira Jackson, , daughter of William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley, was born about 1827. She married John Jehew (Jehen) Wimpey on March 27, 1858.  They lived on Choestoe in Union County, Georgia.  They raised five  boys and eight girls.  They died at about 75 years old.  They were buried at Old Liberty Church.

William Marion Jackson, Jr.

William Marion Jackson, Jr., son of William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley, was born May 9, 1829, in White County near the foot of Yonah Mountain, two miles from Cleveland, Georgia.  He moved to Choestoe, Union County, Georgia, with his family by 1830.

William Marion Jackson, Jr.,  married Rebeccah Jane Goforth December 19, 1850.  He and Rebeccah lived on Choestoe in Union County, where they became charter members and Deacon and Deaconess of Liberty Baptist Church, where they both lie buried.

Rebeccah Jane Goforth was born March 6^th, 1833, a daughter of Miles Goforth.  Rebeccah was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and moved to Arkaquah, Union County, Georgia with her people while a girl. Rebecca died June 5, 1901, at an age of 68 yrs, 3 mos. 1 day.

William Marion Jackson, Jr., was just one of many men and boys from the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia who slipped past the Confederate guards and joined the Union Army because of their sincere belief in the Union.  He joined the Union Army as a private ca. October 3, 1863, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was two years a Federal Soldier in Company H, 2nd. Regiment (North Carolina Mountain Infantry, Volunteers).  His captain was named Ames and his Colonel was named Bartell.  He was stationed at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, where his detachment guarded the Gap.  He was honorably discharged ca. August 16, 1865, physically unfit for service. 

After the death of Rebecca Jane Goforth, William Marion Jackson, Jr.,  married Jane Davis in the year 1903.  She died and he married third Marindy Seabolt. She died in April, 1911.  William Marion Jackson died in 1912.

William Marion Jackson, Jr., and Rebeccah Goforth had born to them eleven children, three boys and eight girls, to wit:

·       Nancy Elizabeth Jackson (see below)

·       William Miles Jackson (see below)

·       Sarah Catherine Jackson (see below)

·       Larseary M. Jackson

·       Mary Louise Jackson

·       Marion Cicero Jackson (see below)

·       Martha Ann Jackson

·        Thomas Kimsey Jackson

·        At least three more, possibly seven more

Nancy Elizabeth Jackson, daughter of William Marion Jackson, Jr., and Rebeccah Goforth, was born November 21, 1851.  She married John W. Souther who came from North Carolina while a boy and lived with Johnny Souther,  his uncle, until he married in 1873.  They moved to Colorado, stayed three years, came back and stayed three years, and went back to Colorado, living near Pueblo.  Nancy Elizabeth Jackson died at about age 45 years.

Nancy Elizabeth Jackson and John W. Souther raised 7 or 8 children; 5 boys and 2 or 3 girls:

·       Isabel Souther (died in Colorado only a few years after her marriage)

·       Van Souther

·       James Souther (died about age 21)

·       Napoleon Souther (soldier in the Indian War, lived in Colorado)

·       Sheridan Souther (lived in Colorado)

·       “Dollie” Souther (lived in Colorado)

·        Another daughter (very thin, lived in Colorado)

·       Possibly another son

William Miles Jackson, son of of William Marion Jackson, Jr., and Rebeccah Goforth,  was born August 30th 1853.  He married Nancy Souther,  daughter of Jessie Souther and his wife Lendy.

Sarah Catherine Jackson, daughter of William Marion Jackson, Jr., and Rebeccah Goforth,  was born Oct 2nd 1858. She married James M. Hood, son of Earl and Sallie Hood.  James M. Hood had one sister, Nancy, and five brothers, Enic, Mac, Jess, Perry, and John W. Hood.  They lived in Union County Ga.   Sarah Catherine Jackson died of tuberculosis about 1905 and was buried at Old Liberty Baptist Church. James M. Hood, her husband, moved to Lindale, married again, and died about the year 1914. He was buried at Lindale.

Sarah Catherine Jackson and James M. Hood had born to them ten children, three  boys and seven girls.  Among their children were:

·       Marion Cicero Hood

·       Allie Hood

·       Melvin Corbin Hood

·       Mattie Hood (lived at Barnesville, Georgia)

·       Jess Hood

·       Addie Hood

Marion Cicero Hood, son of of Sarah Catherine Jackson and James M. Hood,  was born January 1st 1873.  He married Rendy Turner, daughter of William Turner. They lived for a number of years on Choestoe Creek, and later moved off to Dalton Ga.  While there his wife died, and Marion Cicero Jackson married again at Dalton.

Marion Cicero Hood and Rendy Turner had four children:

·       Carollis Hood

·       Ethel Hood

·       Ader Hood

·       Esco Hood

Allie Hood was the second child of Sarah Catherine Jackson and James M. Hood.  She married Wiley Roads in Union County. They had born to them two or three children. They moved to a cotton factory at Dalton, Georgia.  While there, they separated.  Afterwards, Allie moved to Barnesville, Georgia, and married again.

Melvin Corbin Hood, third child of Sarah Catherine Jackson and James M. Hood, was married in Union County to Emer Cook, daughter of J. Kimsey Cook and his wife Mary.  Melvin was a farmer for some time, a teacher in the public schools, tax receiver of Union County, Georgia, for two years, and a salesman in Arkaquah, Union County, Georgia. 

Melvin Corbin Hood and Emer Cook had born to them 2 children:

Baby (died in infancy)

Descie Hood (married Archie Jenkins, son of Pat Jenkins, at Young Harris, Georgia)

Jess Hood, son of Sarah Catherine Jackson and James M. Hood, moved to Arizona to take charge of some copper mines as he was an expert on smelting copper ore. He died with pneumonia fever in Copperhill, Tennessee and was buried in Arizona.  He and his wife had born to them four children, two boys and two girls.

Larseary M. Jackson, daughter of William Marion Jackson, Jr., and Rebeccah Goforth, was born July 17, 1855.  She died in infancy on September 9, 1856, aged 1 yr. 1 mo. 22 days, and was buried at Choestoe Cemetery. 

Mary Louise Jackson, daughter of William Marion Jackson, Jr., and Rebeccah Goforth, was born January 14, 1861.  She married A. Benjamin Collins, son of Francis Collins and his wife Bertha. They lived on Choestoe, Union County, Georgia, where he was engaged in merchandising and farming. A. Benjamin Collins died April 4, 1897.

Four boys and four girls were born to Mary Louise Jackson and A. Benjamin Collins:

·       Francis Author Collins (died at age nine months)

·       Nina Idaho Collins

·       Mauny Doc Collins

·       Laura Elmer Collins

·       Norman Vester Collins

·       Callie Kate Collins

·       Jean Benjamin Collins (born February 16, 1894, married Jessie Gravitt)

·       Dora Dorthy Collins (born March 2, 1896, married b. George Sims)

Nina Idaho Collins, daughter of Mary Louise Jackson and A. Benjamin Collins, was born September 9, 1881.  She married Albert Dyer, oldest son of Bud Dyer and his wife Sarah.

Mauny Doc Collins was born July 5, 1884.  He married Winnie Byrd Braxton in Coffee County, Georgia, and served as state school superintendent for several years.  He was also a Baptist minister.

Laura Elmer Collins, daughter of Mary Louise Jackson and A. Benjamin Collins, was born January 29, 889.  She married Edward Shuler, son of W. Jack Shuler.

Norman Vester Collins, son of Mary Louise Jackson and A. Benjamin Collins, was born September 16, 1886.  He studied medicine Atlanta Medical College and practiced one or two years in Union County, Georgia.  He was tax receiver of Union County, Georgia, for two years. He married first Gardy Keys of Ringold Georgia, and second Gladys Ward.

Callie Kate Collins, daughter of Mary Louise Jackson and A. Benjamin Collins, was born January 24, 1893.  She was a teacher and  married Johnie Reed  of Oakwood, Georgia.

Marion Cicero Jackson, son of William Marion Jackson, Jr., and Rebeccah Goforth,  was born May 20, 1863 and died June 9th 1864.  He lived 1 year and 20 days.

Martha Ann Jackson, daughter of William Marion Jackson, Jr., and Rebeccah Goforth, was born January 18, 1866.  She married William Hunter, son of John A. Hunter and his wife Elizabeth, at Choestoe, Georgia.   He died in a short while leaving her with two young sons.  Some four or five years later she married John P. Collins, and three children were born to them. Her second husband, John P. Collins, died, leaving her so lonesome she was sent to the insane asylum at Milledgeville, Georgia.  She died there and was buried in Choestoe Cemetery, Union County, Georgia, by her first husband's children.

Children of Martha Ann Jackson and William Hunter were:

·       M. Vannis Hunter

·       William Hunter

M. Vanus Hunter , elder son of Martha Ann Jackson and William Hunter, was raised by his grandfather, William Marion Jackson, Jr., who gave him liberal education.   He studied dentistry and practiced in Commerce, Georgia.  He belonged to the Baptist Church and F & A.M. Lodge.  He married Miss Lonnie Miller, daughter of Bud and Jane Miller.  Like his mother, he was sent to the insane asylum at Milledgeville.

Children of Martha Ann Jackson and John P. Collins were:

·       Rosey Collins

·       Parker Collins

·       Watson Collins

Rosey Collins. Parker Collins, and Watson Collins all worked at the New Holland Cotton Factory near Gainsville, Georgia.

Thomas Kimsey Jackson, son of William Marion Jackson, Jr., and Rebecca Jane Goforth, was born December 17, 1867 in Choestoe, Union County, Georgia.   He was named for his uncle, Kimsey Jackson. 

He married first, December 13, 1885, Mary Jane E. Collins.  She was born November 26, 1869, a daughter of John P. Collins and his wife Fronia.  They were married by Tompy Collins, N. P., her great uncle.  They were married for one year, one month, and four days, and she died of convulsions caused by giving birth.  She never was conscious any more, dying on January 17, 1887.  She was buried at the Little Cemetery near Old Liberty Baptist Church.  She was a Christian woman and consecrated wife and was 17 years, 2 months, and 21 days old at her death.  She had brother, Jasper M. Collins, four sisters, Anner Collins, Margaret Collins, Olive Collins, and Verdy Collins.   Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Jane E. Collins had one child, Therman Sylvester Jackson, born January 15, 1887 and died January 19, 1922. 

Thomas Kimsey Jackson married second, January 13, 1889, Mary Caroline Collins (April 9, 1872-July 3, 1952),  who was a first cousin to his first wife and daughter of Elijah Kimsey Collins whose father was Archy Collins and grandfather was Thompy Collins.  Elijah Kimsey Collins had six brothers, James N. Collins, I. Car Collins, John P. Collins, Thomas F.Collins, Marion Collins, and Issom A. Collins, and four sisters, Caroline Collins (who married Jack Sutton), Emiline Collins (who married General Duckworth), Ollie Collins (who married James Nix of White County), and Lenda Collins (who married Frank Wimpey).

Mary Caroline Collins also had two brothers,  William Elisha Collins (who married Sarah Turner and lived on Arkaquah in Union County) and Emery Speer Collins (who married Margaret Sullivan and lived in Texas).  Mary Caroline Collins also had three sisters, Sarah Collins (who married George W. Thompson and lived in Dalton, Georgia), Lida Collins (who married Sam Garrett and lived in Towns County, Georgia), Emily Collins (who married Thomas Turner and lived in Canton, North Carolina), and a half sister, Cordia Collins.

Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Caroline Collins were the parents fifteen children.  Five children died young.  Thomas Kimsey Jackson died February 2, 1951, and Mary Caroline Collins died July 3, 1952.

Thomas Kimsey Jackson was a man with many talents. Although he had a limited education, he no doubt was most noted for his school teaching, which he followed for seventeen years at Old Baptist Church in Choestoe.  Some of his students became Ministers, Doctors, Dentists, Lawers, Teachers, Busines Men, and others of note.

He also was a merchant, operating a general merchandise store which was located adjacent to his home which was at the top of the hill above Town Creek.  He was also a carpenter and constructed  well-planned homes over Lower Choestoe, some of which are standing today. He along with other men read the Law Books of Col. Virgil Waldrop which prepared them to be able to write deeds, settle estates, etc. Thomas Kimsey Jackson was a very religous man.  He attended Church and took a big hand in the Church Services. He was always present at Association Meetings.

After some seventeen years teaching school at Old Liberty he sold his home and moved to Young Harris, Georgia, so his children could attend a school of higher education. Here he became involved in politics and was elected Towns County Representative to the Georgia Legislature.

In later years he sold his property in Young Harris and removed to Danielsville, Georgia, where he died February 21, 1951.  He is buried at Old Union Baptist Church in Young Harris, Georgia.

As noted earlier, Thomas Kimsey Jackson's first wife, Mary Jane E. Collins, gave birth to one boy child whose name was Therman Silvester Jackson, born Jan 15, 1887. He never knew what what a mother was until he was going on 3 yrs old,  when he was taken away by William Marion Jackson, Jr., and Rebecca Jane Goforth, who raised him. Therman Silvester Jackson joined Old Liberty Baptist Church in his teens and became one of the leaders of his church and Sunday School.  On December 27, 1900, when he was seventeen, he married Lolia Souther (daughter of William A. Souther). They lived on Choestoe Creek, where he was engaged in farming and merchandizing.

Children of Therman Silvester Jackson and Lolia Souther were:

·       Emma Jackson

·       Donald Jackson

·       Worth Jackson

·       Adell Jackson

Thomas Kimsey Jackson and his second wife, Mary Caroline Collins, had born to them fifteen children, four boys and eleven girls:

·       Rosettia Iowa Jackson

·       Sarah Christine Jackson

·       Thomas Watson Jackson

·       Elmey Jackson

·       Martha Nevada Jackson

·       Fannie Jane Jackson

·       Ollie Mary Jackson

·       Lillie Bell Jackson

·       Mary Leona Jackson

·       Margaret Viola Jackson (attended Young Harris College)

·       Pearl Jackson (March 23, 1909-July, 1909)

·       Pat Jackson (born March 23, 1909, twin of Pearl Jackson)

·       Anna Maud Jackson (born ca 1913)

·       T.J. Jackson (born March 5, 1914)

·       Hugh Dorsey Jackson (died with measles)

Rosettia Iowa Jackson, daughter of Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Caroline Collins, was born December 5, 1889.  She joined the Bpatist Church at an early age.  She married B. Vasco Dyer (son of Bud E. Dyer and his wife Sarah ) on December 22, 1905.  They were farmers living on Choestoe, Union County, Georgia.  They had five children:

·       Ernest Dyer

·       Greely Dyer

·       Mary Dyer

·       Luneda Dyer

·       Vance Dyer

Sarah Christine Jackson, daughter of Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Caroline Collins, was born January 7, 1892.  She joined the Baptiist Church at an

early age.  She married Frank C. Duckworth (son of John F. & Lauria Duckworth) April 19, 1908. They were farmers and lived on Arkaquah Creek, Union County, Georgia. They had born to them two boys:

·       Hoke Duckworth (died in infancy)

·       Ansel Duckworth

Thomas Watson Jackson, son of Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Caroline Collins, was born Oct 21, 1893.  He was an obedient, quiet, and loving boy. He entered school at Young Harris with expectation of gaining an education.  He took typhoid fever and died on January 19, 1910 at 4 o'clock A.M.  He was buried in Union Cemetery at Union Baptist Church near Young Harris, Georgia. He lived to be 16 years, 2 momths, and 29 days old.

Elmey Jackson, daughter of Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Caroline Collins,  was born August 1, 1895, and died in infancy October 1, 1895. She lived two months and was buried in Little Cemetery near Old Liberty Church, Choestoe, Union County, Georgia.

Martha Nevada Jackson, daughter of Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Caroline Collins, was born August 2, 1896.  She joined the Baptist Church at an early age.  In December, 1915, she married Bob L. Jackson (son of William A. Jackson and his wife Elizabeth). They lived in Young Harris, Towns County, Georgia, where he was engaged in Merchandising. They had three girls:

·       Willie May Jackson

·       R.C. Jackson

·       Mozelle Jackson

Fannie Jane Jackson, daughter of Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Caroline Collins, was born March 14, 1898.  She joined Union Baptist Church at an early age.  She was a freshman student at Young Harris College.  She taught public school one year at Gumlog.  She married Earl Penland (son of Homer Penland) in 1918.  They lived 2 1/2 miles north of Young Harris.  He was a farmer and teamster.  They had one child, Lucile Penland.

Ollie May Jackson, daughter of Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Caroline Collins, was born March 15th 1900. She joined the Baptist church at an early age.  She married Benjamin Frank Sargent (son of William A. Sargent of Young Harris) March 12, 1818.  They lived in Young Harris where he was a blacksmith.  They had two children born to them:

·       William Sargent (who died in 1 or 2 hrs after birth)

·       Virah Bell Sargent (born August 30, 1921)

Lillie Bell Jackson, daughter of Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Caroline Collins, was born September 22, 1902.  She joined the Baptist Church in August,  1919. She had rheumatism at 9 years old.  She was in the Freshman Class at Young Harris College when she had the measles which injured her health. She had influenza followed by pneumonia and relapsed with it after she had got up and returned to college, and never saw a well day after that. The pneumonia set up tuberculosis.  She passed from this earthly life February 26, 1922, at 4:30 A.M.  She was buried in Union Cemetery by her brothers Watson Jackson and Dorsey Jackson.

Mary Leone Jackson, daughter of Thomas Kimsey Jackson and Mary Caroline Collins, was born October 10, 1904.  She joined Union Baptist Church in August, 1920.  She married McKinley Puett (son of Bent Puett and his wife Julia) March 5, 1921.  McKinley Puett was a farmer, and they lived three and one half miles northwest of Young Harris.  They had one baby boy named after its father, J. McKinley Puett, born Dec 26th 1921.

Andrew William Jackson

Andrew William Jackson, the youngest child of William Marion Jackson, Sr., and Nancy Owenby Stanley, was born in 1831.  He married Margaret Minerva Goforth on November 11, 1855.  He was drafted into the Confederate Army and, according to family tradition, he deserted or went AWOL, was caught, arrested and placed in jail.

The story is told that Andrew requested another prisoner give him his wooden leg so he could make a key to open the cell door.  The man refused and Andrew told him he would have no use for it after tomorrow as the Confederates were going to shoot them all in the morning.

They escaped the jail and Andrew went home. The Confederates came looking for him and he climbed up the chimney and hid for several hours until he was sure they were gone. Shortly after this he and Minerva, his wife, returned to the old home, gathered up what they could with the children and headed for California.

The wife and children rode the horses and Andrew walked in the woods. When they met anyone she would tell them that they were going to visit someone.  They crossed the Missisippi and on to Kansas and freedom. The two middle aged children died on the way, the oldest was nine and able to walk and take care of himself, and the youngest, a baby, was carried and made the trip.        

They reached California and settled on the Creasy plains and started farming. 

Susannah Jackson and Her Children

Susannah Jackson, daughter of John Jackson, was born in 1800 in Burke County, North Caroina.  She married Powell Owenby January 19, 1821, in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  Powell Owenby owned land adjacemt to Susannah’s father.  Susannah joined Bill’s Creek Baptist Church October 15, 1831, and was dismissed in 1835.  Powell died, and Susannah was in Union County, Georgia, by 1850, where she lived near her sister-in-law, Mary Jackson.  Powell Owenby was a son of Powell Stamper Owenby.

Children of Susannah Jackson and Powell Owenby were:

·       Barbara Owenby (born in 1823 in North Carolina)

·       John Owenby (born in 1825)

·       Arther Owenby (born in 1827)

·       William Owenby (born in 1830)

·       Matilda Owenby (born in 1834)

·       Ann Owenby (born in 1837 in North Carolina)

                Brinkley Jackson and His Children                    

Brinkley Jackson, son of John Jackson, was born about 1802.  He married twice.  His first wife is unknown; she died before 1860.  His second wife was Sarah Walters, whom he married on October 12, 1862 in White County, Georgia.  Brinkley Jackson drew lot 133 in the 5^th District, 3^rd Section, in the Gold Land Lottery.  He later sold land in Habersham County to Irby Jackson, and the deed was witnessed by Levi Jackson.

Children of Brinkley Jackson and his first wife were:

·       David Jackson (born 1844 in North Carolina)

·       Nancy Jackson (born 1846 in Georgia)

·       James Jackson (born 1849 in Georgia)

·       Ely Jackson (born 1850 in Georgia)

·       Jemima Jackson (born 1853 in Georgia)

·        Caroline Jackson (born 1856 in Georgia)

Hardy Jackson and His Descendants

Hardy (or Harda) Jackson, son of John Jackson, was born in 1803 in North Carolina.  He was in Habersham County, Gerogia, by 1830, where he married Violet Arthur, and they were still there in 1850.  (Part of Habersham County became White County in 1860). Violet Arthur was born in South Carolina.  Hardy and Violet had three sons killed in Civil War. 

Children of Hardy Jackson and Violet Arthur were:

·       General M. Jackson

·       Mahaly Jackson (born1827 in South Carolina)

·       M.E. Jackson (born 1833)        

·       Nancy Elizabeth Jackson (1834-1903, married Leander F. Crumley)

·       Mary A. Jackson (born 1835)

·       William M. Jackson (born 1837 or 1839)

·       Newman W. Jackson (born 1839 Faith Luthern Church)

·       M.L Jackson (born 1841)

·       Alfred T. Jackson

·       L.J. Jackson (born 1843)

·       Malinda Jackson (born 1844)

·       Caroline Jackson (born 1848)

·       Tennie Jackson (born 1851)

General M. Jackson

General M. Jackson, son of Hardy Jackson and Violet Arthur, was born in 1830.  He joined the Confederate Army as a private on August 24, 1861, and died May 30, 1862, at Richmond, Virginia.  “General” was his given name, not a military title.  He married Malinda -----, and their children were:

·       Cornelius Jackson (born 1858)

·       M.M. Jackson (female, b. 1859)

Alfred T. Jackson

Alfred T. Jackson, son of Hardy Jackson and Violet Arthur, was born in 1842.  He joined the Confederate Army as a private on August 24, 1861, and died at General Hospital #14 at Richmond, Virginia, February 6, 1863.

Levi Jackson and His Descendants

Levi (or Levie) Jackson, son of John Jackson, was born about 1808 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.   He married first Jemima -----and was in Habersham County, Geprgia, by 1849. (Part of Habersham County became White County in 1860).  Levi Jackson was the first Sheriff of White County.  He married second Saphronia Jay, and he died 1874 in McMinn County, Tenessee.  Jemima lived in Milton County, Georgia, in 1870.

Children of Levi Jackson and Jemima ----- were:

·       William L Jackson

·       Evan Calloway Jackson

·       Curtis A. Jackson

·       Francis Marion Jackson

·       M.A. Jackson, (born 1842, died 1863 in the Civil War)

·       Jordan Jackson (born 1844)

·       Elizabeth Jackson, (born 1846)

·       Kevu G. Jackson (born 1848)        

·       Levi H. Jackson (1848-1904).

·       John Jackson (1852-1910)

·       Erly (Irby) Jackson (b. 1852, married Keziah  Vandergriff, on November 13, 1877, in Meiggs County, Tenessee)

·       Lucinda Jackson (born 1856, living with Jemima ------ in Milton County GA in 1870) 

Children of Levi Jackson and his second wife, Saphronia Jay, were:

·       Julia Alma Jackson (1867-1932, married Calvin Thomas in 1885 in Loudon, Tenessee)

·       Mary L. Jackson (born 1868)

·       Victoria Jackson (born in 1870, married George Robinson in Loudon, Tenessee)

·       Hattie Jackson

·       Robert Jackson (born 1869 or 1872)

·       James E. Jackson (1872-1920, married Molly)

William L Jackson

William L Jackson, son of Levi Jackson and Jemima -----,  was born in Georgia in 1834 and died in 1863.  He married Elizabeth Morris, and their children were:

·       Martha Jackson, (born 1855)

·       Lucinda “Adda”  Jackson (1858-1944)

Lucinda “Adda” Jackson, daughter of William L. Jackson and Elizabeth Morris, never married.  She lived with her uncle, Francis Marion Jackson, and after his death, she lived with her cousin, William Andrew Jackson, former Sheriff and County Representative of White County, Georgia.   She was still living there at the time of her death, and she is buried in the William Andrew Jackson Family Lot.

Curtis A. Jackson

Curtis A. Jackson, son of Levi Jackson and Jemima -----,  was born in Georgia in 1838.  He joined the Confederate Army as a private on August 24, 1861.  He was captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864.  He died of gangrene at the Federal prison at Elmira, New York (sometimes called Hellmira) on January 2, 1865, and lies buried in Grave #1505, Woodlawn National Cemetery.

Curtis A. Jackson married Caroline -----, and their children were:

·       J.M. Jackson (born 1858)

·       Wm. A. Jackson (born 1860)

Evan (or Evans) Calloway Jackson

Evan (or Evans) Calloway Jackson, son of Levi Jackson and Jemima -----, was born in 1834.  He married  Rachel-----, born in 1836.  He joined the Confederate Army as a private on August 24, 1861, and surrendered at Appomatox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865.  Children of Evan Calloway Jackson and Rachel ----- were:

·       William H. Jackson (born 1858)

·       James M. Jackson (born 1861)

·       Julius L. Jackson

·       Sarah Jane Jackson (married William Richard Parker)           

·       Henry A. Jackson (born 1868)

·       Hannah Jackson (born 1870)

·       John G. Jackson (born 1876)

·       Jessie Jackson (born 1880, married Ruth Blalock)

Julius L. Jackson, son of Evan C. Jackson and Rachel -----, was born in 1862.  He married first Canduce Stroud, second Saphronia Black,

Francis Marion Jackson

Francis Marion Jackson, son of Levi Jackson and Jemima -----, was born in Georgia in 1839 and died in 1870.  On June 6, 1860, he married Sarah Ann Nix (1840-1928) in White County, Georgia.  He joined the Confederate Army as a private on August 24, 1861.  He was transferred to Company B, Third Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, and was appointed First Corporal on June 8, 1863.  The last roll on file, dated August 31, 1864, shows him present.  He died and lies buried in White County, Georgia.

Sarah Ann Nix was a daughter of William H. "Billy" Nix and Elvira Smith.  Sarah Ann Nix's brother, William Kinley Nix, married Minerva J. Jackson on January 4, 1871.

Children of Francis Marion Jackson and Sarah Ann Nix were:

·       Martha Jackson (1863-1962, married Wilburn K. Dean in White County)

·       William Andrew Jackson (Sheriff of White County, Georgia, and member of the State Legislature from White County)                                   

·       Johnny Jackson (born 1868)

·       James Francis Jackson

William Andrew Jackson, son of Francis Marion Jackson and Sarah Ann Nix, was born in 1866 and died in 1949.  He married Frances Rachel Elizabeth Freeman in 1884, and their children were:

·       Icy Nora Jackson (1886-1886)

·        John H. Jackson (1888-1910)

·       George B. Jackson (1891=1891)

·       Harriet Elvira Jackson (1892-1953)

·       Toliver Lewis Jackson (1895-1940)

·       William Marshall Jackson (1897-1898)

·       Thomas Albert Jackson (1899-1899)

·       Andrew Lester Jackson (1901-1989)

·       Isaac Perry Jackson (1905-1984)

·       Mary Lee Jackson (1907-2004)

James Francis Jackson, son of Francis Marion Jackson and Sarah Ann Nix,was born in  1869 and died in 1940. His wife is unknown; their children were:

·       Marion Wesley Jackson (1892-1983, married Minnie Nix)

·       Charles Wilburn Jackson (1894-1984, married Bertie Stancil)

·       Alice Melvina Jackson (1898-1992, married  Lonnie D. Tyner in 1923)

·       Nancy Lou Dora Jackson (1900-1990, married Oscar Arlington Whiting in 1919)

·       Fannie Jackson (1902-1947, married James F. Mathis in 1926)

·       William Carter Jackson (1905-1965, married Fannie Denson)

·       Robert Henry Jackson (1911-1982, married first Clyde Grogan and second Evelyn Rogers in 1940)

·       Rosa Lee Jackson (1911-1981, married Robert Bascam Cox)

·       Edward Norton Jackson (born 1915, married Pauline Genell King in 1936)

·       Edna Jackson (born 1915, married Allen Freeman Smith in 1936)

·       Joseph Andrew Jackson (born 1920, married Lela Chapman)

Sarah Jackson

Sarah Jackson, daughter of John Jackson, was born 1809.  She was the only one of John Jackson’s children who did not go to Georgia.

James Jackson and His Descendants

James Jackson, son of John Jackson, was born June 27, 1810, in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  He married Matilda Hartgrove Chastain November 24, 1831, in Hall County, Georgia.  (Hall County adjoins White County on the north.)  James Jackson died in November 19, 1887 in Barrettsville, Dawson County, Georgia, in a part of Dawson County that had been part of Lumpkin County, and Hall County before that.[Years ago my Mother tild me her grandfather, William Marion Jr. Jackson was a cousin to D.D. Jackson of Gainsville, GA. To date I have found no  document supporting this statement.]

Children of James Jackson and Matilda Hartgrove Chastain were:

·       Alfred Marion Jackson (born November 9, 1832, see below)

·       William Chastain Jackson (born April 22, 1834, see below)

·       Jasper N. Jackson (born April 27, 1835)

·       Almarinda Jackson (born November 23, 1836)

·       Asbury Ralph Jackson (born February 3, 1839)

·       Robert H. Jackson (born 1841)

·       Mary Arminda Jackson (born January 12, 1843)

·       Madison Cleveland Jackson (born 1845)

·       Sophronia Adeline Jackson (born March 12, 1847)

·       Emila A. Jackson (born March 3, 1854)

Alfred Marion Jackson

Alfred Marion Jackson, son of James Jackson and Matilda Hartgrove Chastain, married Arminda H. Hughes in Forsyth County, Georgia, and he died in Forsyth County.  Their children were:

·       Lavinia Jackson

·       D. D. Jackson

·       Charles Jackson

·       Linton Jackson

D. D. Jackson, son of Alfred Marion Jackson and Arminda H.Hughes, became a merchant in Gainesville, Georgia.  He was there in 1900 when he joined the Mounted National Guard.

William Chastain Jackson

William Chastain Jackson, son of James Jackson and Matilda Hartgrove, married Nancy Emiline Bond October 29, 1837.

Children of William Chastain Jackson and Nancy Emiline Bond were:

·       Georgia Emma Jackson (born June 22, 1856)

·       James Andrew Jackson (born September 20, 1858)

·       Martha Eleslie Jackson (born January 5, 1861)

·       India Iantha Jackson (born January 17, 1866)

·       William Thomas Jackson (born August 18, 1868)

·       Virginia Ophelia Jackson (born May 24, 1871)

·       Mary Emiline Jackson (born August 31, 1873)

·       Ann Elizabeth Jackson (born November 17, 1875)

·       Harriett Matilda Jackson (born February 18, 1878)

·       Madison Lee Jackson (born June 18, 1882)

Mary “Polly” Jackson and Her Children

Mary “Polly” Jackson, daughter of John Jackson, was born in 1811 in North Carolina, but moved to Georgia about 1849.  No record of her marriage can be found, and she always used the name, “Jackson.”  In 1850 and in 1860, she was in Union County, Georgia.  Her children were:

·       Sarah Ann Jackson  (born 1834 in North Carolina, maried Robert R.(or B.)  Saxton in Union County, Georgia, May 23, 1857)

·       Martha Jackson  (born 1838 in North Carolina)

·       Possibly, Malinda Jackson

·       Susan Jackson  (born 1848 in North Carolina)

·       John A.(?) Jackson (born 1849 in Georgia)

·       Possibly, Hulda J. Jackson (born ca 1847)

·       Possibly, James S. Jackson (born ca 1851)

Malinda Jackson

Malinda Jackson, possible daughter of Mary “Polly” Jackson, was born in North Carolina March 7, 1841.  She married Larkin H. Helton (born April 9, 1835, in Lumpkin County, Georgia) on March 13, 1859, in Union County, Georgia.  Shortly thereafter (December 12, 1859), she was dismissed from Choestoe Baptist Church.  She died in Floyd County, Georgia, on October 2, 1931.  Their children were:

·       Martin Alexander Helton (born May 23, 1861, in Lumpkin County, Georgia)

·       Joseph Hamilton (Doc) Helton (born July 24, 1866, in Lumpkin County, Georgia)

·       James McCage Helton (born 1869)

·       Sarah (Sallie) T. Helton (born April 10, 1871)

·       William Robert Helton (born September 7, 1873)

·       Lewis Calvary Helton (born September 14, 1877)

·       John David Helton (born December 28, 1874)

Chapter 4

Joseph Jackson and His Descendants

Joseph Jackson, second son of Edward Jackson, was born about 1774 in North Carolina.  He appeared on the 1797 Tax List of Burke County, North Carolina, listed with one poll, and no land, in Captain Hemphill's Company.

Joseph Jackson fathered an illegitimate child with Elizabeth “Betsy” Hollingsworth in Burke County, North Carolina, in 1798. In Burke County, North Carolina, Court January 1799 Term, Samuel Hollingsworth gave 250 pounds bond for the maintenance of a "base born" child begot on the body of Betsy Hollingsworth by Joseph Jackson.

Joseph Jackson was married in Burke County, North Carolina, about 1798.  His wife was probably not Elizabeth Holingsworth, mentioned above.  Her name may have been Nancy, but this is by no means certain.

On October 10, 1804, Joseph Jackson received 50 acres of land in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  It bordered land he already owned.

On April 17, 1806, John Miller sold Joseph Jackson 100 acres of land on both sides of the main Broad River near the mouth of Laurel Creek in Rutherford County, North Carolina, for $125. The sale was witnessed by S. Morgan, W. Graham, Willie Harris, and recorded March 2, 1811 in Book 24-26, p. 396.

According to the census, there was a young female living with Joseph Jackson in 1810.  This was most likely his sister, Polly Jackson.

By Grant 1221, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Joseph Jackson received 50 acres of land in on the Main Broad River, bound by Joseph Jackson on the East.  This grant was dated June 9th, 1815, and entered August 14, 1814, The chainbearers were Joseph Jackson and Jehiel Jackson.  On July 26, 1817, Joseph Jackson received 100 acres of land in Rutherford County.  On January 14, 1819, Joseph Jackson and William Dalton received 400 acres of land in Rutherford County.  On October 20, 1820, Joseph Jackson received 100 acres of land in Rutherford County, North Carolina, including a place called Alley’s Cabin. 

In 1824 Joseph Jackson sold Hiram Jackson 150 acres on the Main Broad River in Rutherford County. (Recorded in Book 38, P. 305.)

About 1825-1826, Joseph Jackson moved from Rutherford County,North Carolina, to Chastain’s Company, Habersham County, Georgia, where he drew land in the 1827 land lottery.  Jehiel and Sampson Jackson were also there.  William Jackson and Leason Spivey were in Brock’s Company, Habersham County.  Joseph Jackson was still there at the time of the 1832 Gold Land Lottery.   Later in 1832 he moved  to Union County, Georgia.

Each of them was entitled to two draws in the lottery, which indicated that each was a married man with a wife and/or a minor son under eighteen or an unmarried daughter, a three-year resident of Georgia, and a citizen of the United States.  Jehile (or Jehit) drew Lot 176, 26^th District of the Third Section.

Joseph Jackson was comissioned Clerk of the Inferior Court of Union County when the first officers were commissioned on March 20, 1833.   The other officers commissioned at that time were James Crow, Sheriff; Arthur Gilbert, Clerk of Superior Court; James Gaddis Sr., Coroner; Joseph Chaffin, Surveyor; and John Thomas, Representative.

Joseph Jackson was in Union County, Georgia, when he sold land to Joseph Smith on February 17, 1836. Joseph Jackson of Union County, Georgia, also sold 250 acres (lot #19) in the second district of Habersham County, Georgia, to Kitchen Corn for $300 (Book N, p. 598).

The earliest membership list of The Baptist Church of Christ at Choestoe is of 1838 and among the members listed are John Jackson, Joseph Jackson, William Jackson, Susannah Chaffin, and Leason Spivey.

Apparently, Joseph Jackson lived in the Coosa District, on Anderson Creek, and was a leader in establishing The Arm of Choestoe Church at Anderson Creek on June 10, 1843. Joseph Jackson is last mentioned in the Minutes of The Baptist Church of Christ at Choestoe on October 7, 1843.  Beside his name on the 1843 membership list is the notation, "dead." 

Children of Joseph Jackson were:

·       Jehile (Johile) Jackson

·       Anna Jackson (see below)

·       Jane Jackson (see below)

·       Sampson Jackson (see below)

·       Susannah Jackson (see below)

·       Possibly, Margaret Jackson (see below)

·       Girl. Lost or died.

·       Melinda Jackson (born  1812, married Jessee Nix August 7, 1837 in Union County, Georgia, member of Choestoe Baptist Church 1856-1858)

·       Elizabeth Jackson (see below)

·       Jeremiah Jackson (see below)

Jehile Jackson

Jehile Jackson, son of Joseph Jackson, was born about 1799.  In 1830 he lived in Habersham County, Georgia.

Anna Jackson

Anna Jackson, daughter of Joseph Jackson, was born about 1800 in Burke County North Carolina.   She married Elijah Chaffin, son of Amos Chaffin, November 18, 1820, in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  Elijah was in Habersham County, Georgia, in the 1830 Census, in Lumpkin County, Georgia, in the 1834 Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, until 1855, and then in Clark County, Alabama. He was in poor health for some time before his death, having had a ulcer on his leg, and died of pnemonia February 5, 1863 in Clark County. Alabama.

Jane Jackson and Her Family

Jane (or Jean) Jackson, daughter of Joseph Jackson, was born 1802 or 1803 in Burke County, North Carolina, where she married Leason Spivey November 28, 1821.  By 1830, they were living in Habersham County, Georgia, and later they resided in Union County, Georgia, where they were members of Choestoe Baptist Church and later Harmony Grove Baptist Church.  They later removed to a part of Union County that became Towns County in 1860, and died there.

Children of Jane Jackson and Leason Spivey were:

·       Amanda Spivey (1823-1907)

·       Rhonda Spivey (1824-1905)

·       Roena Spivey (born 1826)

·       Adaniram Spivey (1827-1898)

·       Lucretia Spivey (1830-1900)

·       John Spivey (born 1833)

·       William Humphrey Spivey (1834-1896)

·       Joseph Newton Spivey (1835-1864)

·       Nancy Caroline Spivey (1836-1906)

Sampson Jackson and His Family

Sampson Jackson, son of Joseph Jackson, was born in 1804 (or 1806) in Burke County, North Carolina, and married Susannah Crook on November 18, 1829 (or December 16, 1823) in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He was in Habersham County, Georgia, by 1830 and at the time of the Gold Land Lottery in 1832.  By 1850 he was in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, with a new wife, Sarah (born 1806), where he was a farmer.

Children of Sampson Jackson and Susannah Crook were:

·       Margaret Jackson (born 1829 in Georgia)

·       Zilla Jackson (born 1830 in Georgia)

·       Anna Jackson (born 1834 in Georgia)

·       Elizabeth Jackson (born 1835 in Georgia)

·       Elijah Jackson (born 1837 in Georgia)

·       Jarrett Jackson (born 1839 in Georgia)

There may have been older children who had left the home by 1850.

Sampson Jackson and Sarah were the parents of:

·       Martha Jackson (born 1846 in Mississippi)

·       Lucinda M. Jackson (born 1847 in Mississippi)

·       Rosanina Jackson (born 1849 in Mississippi)

Susannah Jackson

Susannah Jackson, daughter of Joseph Jackson, was born in 1805 in Burke County, North Carolina.  She married Joseph Chaffin, son of Amos Chaffin, March 20, 1822, in Burke County.  They went to Union County, Georgia, where she was a member of Choestoe Baptist Church and he was the first County Surveyor.  By 1834 they were in Lumpkin County, Georgia. After the Civil War they moved to Howard County, Arkansas. Later, he moved to McCullock County, Texas, where he died.

Margaret Jackson

Margaret Jackson, possible daughter of Joseph Jackson, was born in 1812 (or 1807) in Rutherford County, North Carolina, where she married John Westmoreland July 6, 1825.  No documentation of her birth, parentage, children, etc. has been found.

Elizabeth Jackson and Her Family

 Elizabeth “Betsy” Jackson, daughter of Joseph Jackson, was born about 1813-14 and married James Gaddis (born ca 1805) March 3, 1829, in Burke County, North Carolina. By 1850 they were in Davis Creek District, Lumpkin County, Georgia, and they were still there in 1860.

Children of Elizabeth Jackson and James Gaddis, all born in Georgia, were:

·       William Gaddis (born 1832)

·       Martha (or Marim) Gaddis (born 1841)

·       Sarah Gaddis (born 1844)

·       Margaret Gaddis (born 1846)

·       Dennie (or Dovie) A. Gaddis (born 1848)

·       Franksey (or Frankay) Gaddis (born 1850)

·       Ellen S. Gaddis (born 1852)

There may have been other children. Documentation is lacking for much.

Jeremiah Jackson and His Family

Jeremiah (Jeriah, Pariah, Geriah) “Jerry” Jackson, son of Joseph Jackson, was born in 1815 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  He was a farmer, and he married Ginset Jane “Jinsey” Kittle (born in Georgia) January 20, 1837 (or 1835), in Union County, Georgia.  They removed to Cherokee County GA after 1850.

Children of Jeremiah (Geriah) Jackson and Ginset Jane Kittle were:

·       Joseph Jackson (born about 1838)

·       Jeremiah Jackson (born about 1840)

·       Lucretia Sarah “Cressie” Jackson (born about 1841)

·       William Jackson (born about 1842)

·       Elizabeth Sarah (or Sarah Elizabeth) Jackson (born about 1843, married a Padgett)

·       Ezekiel Pruett Jackson (born about 1845)

·       Jehiel “Bud” Jackson

·       Andrew James Jackson

·       Washington Jackson

·       Nancy Jackson (born about 1851)

·       Mary A. Jackson (born about 1855)

·       Freeman Brown Jackson (born April 13, 1859)

Jehiel (Bud) Jackson

Jehiel (Bud) Jackson, son of Jeremiah (Geriah) Jackson and Ginset Jane Kittle, was born October 20, 1846, in Blue Ridge, Georgia.  He married Sarah Jane Goodman on August 8, 1873 (?), and he died on February 8, 1928, in Seminole County, Oklahoma.

Andrew James Jackson

Andrew James Jackson, son of Jeremiah (Geriah) Jackson and Ginset Jane Kittle, was born April 26, 1848, in Georgia, and died January 6, 1878, in Georgia.  He married Susan Hawkins on February 17, 1867, in Cherokee County, Georgia.

Washington Jackson

Washington Jackson, son of Jeremiah (Geriah) Jackson and Ginset Jane Kittle, was born in 1849 in Georgia.  He married Elizabeth Blackstock on August 2, 1868, in Cherokee County, Georgia.

Freeman Brown Jackson

Freeman Brown Jackson, son of Jeremiah (Geriah) Jackson and Ginset Jane Kittle, was born April 13, 1859, in Cherokee County, Georgia.  He married first Mary Hunt about 1878 in Mount View, Missouri, and second Annis Collins, also in Mount View, Missouri.  Freeman Brown Jackson died November 5, 1944, in The Dalles, Oregon.

Chapter 5

Elias Jackson and His Descendants

Elias Jackson, third son of Edward Jackson, was born about 1776.  He married Edith Stanley (born ca.1775)  in Guilford County, North Carolina, about 1795.  He resided in Burke and Rutherford Counties North Carolina.

Elias Jackson was in Burke County, N.C. at the time of the 1800 Census with a wife and a daughter who was under 10 years old. He owned land on a branch of Crooked Creek joining the land of John Pitillo and Andrew Clements. On March 1, 1809, Elias Jackson bought 50 acres of land on both sides of the main Broad River in Rutherford County, North Carolina, from Reverend Stephen Morgan for $75.  This was near his brothers John, Joseph, and Eli Jackson.

By 1810, Elias and Edith had two sons and four daughters.  

On October 12, 1810, Elias sold the above described land to John Hood for $25 and removed to Jackson County, Tennessee, before 1820 with his brother Azeriah Jackson.  Elias and Azeriah Jackson settled in the southeast corner of the present day Jackson County only a few miles east and over a ridge from Abner Chaffin who lived on Flyn's Creek. In 1840 Elias and his brother Azeriah Jackson were living in the 11th Civil District of Jackson County, Tennessee.

Elias Jackson died in Jackson County, Tennessee, before the 1850 census.

Children of Elias Jackson and Edith Stanley included:

·       Elizabeth Jackson (born 1800, married Nimrod Henley)

·       Sarah Jackson (see below)

·       Eli J. Jackson (see below)

·       Edward S. Jackson (born 1806)

·       Ephrium (or Ephriam) Jackson (see below)

·       Amos Jackson (born 1820)

·       Joseph Jackson (born 1821, lived in Putnam County, Tennessee)

·       Charles Jackson (born 1822, married Nancy Billingsley)

·       Elias Jackson (see below)

·       Susannah Jackson (born 1823, married a Davidson)

·       Other children, whose names have been lost.  They may have died young.

Sarah Jackson

Sarah Jackson, daughter of Elias Jackson and Edith Stanley, was born October 30, 1802, and married William W. Hyde, son of Joseph Hyde, and went to the Utah Territory.

Eli J. Jackson

Eli J. Jackson, son of Elias Jackson and Edith Stanley, was born in 1804.  He married first Hannah Davidson and second Nancy Davidson.  Eli J. Jackson lived and died in Jackson County, Tennessee.

Children of Eli J. Jackson and Hannah Davidson were:

·       Edward B. Jackson (married Phebe Billingsley)

·       Sarah Jackson (married James Mansell)

·       Henry Jackson (married Nancy Mansell)

·       Two other children

Children of Eli J. Jackson and Nancy Davidson were:

·       Ramus Jackson

·       Edith Jackson

·       Mary Lucretia Jackson (married William Harrison Flat)

·       Marian Jackson

·       Warren D. Jackson (married Sarah Jane Bullington)

·       Paracettta Jackson

·       Eli Jackson (married Malissa Julian)

·       James M. Jackson (married Mary Johnson)

·       Sidney S. Jackson (married Melvina Birdwell)

·       Gideon Jackson

·       Grundy Jackson

·       Martha Jackson (married Richard Sewell Edmonds)

Edward S. Jackson

Edward S. Jackson, son of Elias Jackson and Edith Stanley, was born in 1806.  He married Elizabeth ----- (born ca. 1810), and they lived in Jackson County, Tennessee, in 1850.  Their children included:

·       Lucinda Jackson (born ca 1830)

·       Logan Jackson (born ca 1832)

·       John Jackson (born ca 1836)

·       James Jackson (born ca 1840)

·       Susannah Jackson (born ca 1842)

·       Dinah Jackson (born ca 1844)

·       Amos Jackson (born ca 1848)

Ephrium Jackson

Ephrium Jackson, son of Elias Jackson and Edith Stanley, may be the same person as Ephriam Jackson who was born March 24, 1801, in North Carolina.  This Ephriam married Elizabeth Black in Tennessee in 1821, had two children, Mary Jackson and Elias Jackson, and was killed by Indians at Double Horn Creek in Burnet County, Texas, on December 3, 1864.

Elias Jackson

Elias Jackson, son of Elias Jackson and Edith Stanley, was born in 1826  and married Mahalia -----.  He went to Texas, and served three years in prison for counterfeiting.

Chapter 6

Eli Jackson and His Descendants

Eli Jackson, fourth son of Edward Jackson, was born about 1777.  He resided in Burke and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, and was still in the household of his father at the time of the 1800 Census. 

Eli Jackson married Tabitha Hodge of Burke County, North Carolina, probably in the early 1800's. He and Tabitha had four children, three sons and one daughter.

Eli Jackson was on the Burke County Tax Roll of 1805 with one poll and no land. Perminter Morgan sold 200 acres of land on the west side of the Main Broad River in Rutherford County to Eli Jackson for $67 on May 27, 1809. This land was near the land of Eli’s brothers John, Joseph, and Elias Jackson and his brother-in-law, Alexander Hopson (or Hopkins), on the headwaters of the Main Broad River and Laurel and Rock Creeks.

The 1810 Census of Rutherford County, North Carolina, lists Eli in the neighborhood of his brothers and Eli had one daughter under 10 years of age.

Alexander Porter sold two tracts of 50 acres each to Eli Jackson in April, 1812, and Eli Jackson was granted another 50 acres on Cove Creek of Crooked Creek, Burke County, North Carolina, joining his own land on March 28, 1812.  The 1815 Burke County, North Carolina, Tax List shows Eli Jackson with 150 acres on Crooked Creek in Captain Hemphill's Company.

The April 1816 Burke County Court ordered Amos and Eli Jackson to work the road from Thomas Lytle to the Blue Ridge. The January 1817 Burke County Court ordered Amos and Eli Jackson to view, mark, and alter the Crooked Creek Road from the town end of Amos Chaffin's plantation.

Eli Jackson joined Bill’s Creek Baptist Church at Crooked Creek (Bethlehem) in Rutherford County in July, 1831.  The Bill’s Creek Church was an arm of the Crooked Creek Baptist Church, and became an organized church on November 10, 1831.

On March 1, 1832,  Eli Jackson paid Obed Dier $25 for 250 acres of land in District 98 of Habersham Co., GA  On June 28, 1832, he witnessed the will of William England in Burke County, North Carolina.

Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge moved to Lumpkin County, Georgia, about 1835.  They  removed to Habersham County, Georgia, and, by 1850, to the Yahoola District of Lumpkin County, where he died in 1853 at age 76, and a few years later Tabitha died at the same age, 76.

Children of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge were:

·       Susannah Jackson

·       David Jackson

·       Amos Jackson

·       Martha Jane Jackson

·       Elias Jackson

·       John Jackson

·       Hodge Jackson (born in 1821)

·       Andrew J. Jackson

·       Zelley Jackson

·       Eli F. Jackson

·       Amintha Corintha Jackson

·       Lidia Louisa Jackson (born November 4, 1831)

Susannah Jackson

Susannah Jackson, daughter of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge, was born June 11, 1809,in North Carolina.  She married Lewis Madison Grizzle on March 3, 1836, in Lumpkin County, Georgia.

David Jackson

David Jackson, son of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge, was born August 1, 1811.  He married Susannah Jackson, daughter of Amos Jackson.  By 1860, they were living in Lumpkin County, Georgia, where he was a farmer.  David Jackson died in 1880.  Their children are listed with Susannah Jackson in Chapter 7.

Amos Jackson

Amos Jackson, son of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge, was born April 14, 1813, in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  He married Sophia Birdwell.

Martha Jane Jackson

Martha Jane Jackson, daughter of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge , was born May 1, 1815, in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  She married John Andrew Jackson Grizzle, Jr.

John Jackson

John Jackson, son of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge, was born in 1819 and died in 1899.  He married Sarah Elliot in Lumpkin County, Georgia, February 11, 1838.

Eli F. Jackson

Eli F. Jackson, son of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge, was born in Georgia ca 1826.  He married Artemisa -----, born ca 1831 in South Carolina.  In 1870, Eli F. Jackson was a gold miner (?), living in Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia.  Their children, all born in Georgia, were:

·       Ellen F. Jackson (born ca 1854)

·       John E. Jackson (born ca 1856) 

·       Martha Jackson (born ca 1860)

·       Thomas Jackson (born ca 1863)

Andrew J. Jackson

Andrew J. Jackson, son of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge, was born May 18, 1822 in Burke County, North Carolina.  He was reared in North Carolina until he was thirteen years of age when he and a brother went to Georgia and settled in Raburn County. Andrew's parents, Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge, and his sister and other brother remained in North Carolina.

He married first Mary M. Osborn on February 25, 1847, in Gilmer County, Georgia.  Mary M. Osborn was born Jun 23, 1824 in Gilmer county, Georgia, the daughter of Newman Osborn and his wife Judith.

Newman Osborn was born February 9, 1791 in North Carolina.  He settled at an early day in Gilmer County, Georgia.

Newman Osborn was married twice - first to Elizabeth on  December 21, 1809.  They probably had seven children and Elizabeth probably died when Elizabeth M. Osborn was born May 18, 1822

The next year after Elizabeth died on May 19, 1822, Newman married Judith July 28, 1823.  It is believed that this marriage produced six children.

Judith died March 18, 1867 and Newman Osborn died September 10 (or September 19), 1867.  They are buried in Glen Cemetery near Bluffdale, Texas.  This cemetery was first known as Osborn Cemetery and the name was later changed to Glen Cemetery, so Judith and Newman must have been among the first who were buried there.

Andrew J. Jackson and Mary M. Osborn had seven children - three boys and four girls.  Six of the children were born in Georgia and one in Texas.

In 1857 Andrew J. Jackson and family, accompanied by Newman and Judith Osborn and their married daughters and son's families, left Georgia and made the trek to Texas.  They settled on Squaw Creek in Hood, County, Texas, near what is now Glen Rose.  A daughter, Susan, was born there November 2, 1859.

Mary M. Osborn died on January 8, 1860, leaving Andrew with seven children to rear, one of them a mere infant.  She was buried in Squaw Creek Cemetery.   There were very few graves in the Cemetery at that time.

A year or two later Andrew and his family moved again.  This time they settled on the Paluxy River about seventeen miles southwest of what is now Granbury, Hood County, Texas.   There he carved out a home in the wilderness.  Indians still were raiding the settlers at that time.  There in that community, which later became known as Rock Church, he reared his family and lived the rest of his life.

The Indian raids were made to steal the settler's horses, so the horses were always tied to the log cabin at night.  Andrew Jackson had a big roan horse that could smell an Indian, so it seemed, and he alerted the family whenever Indians were about, especially on moonlit nights.  One night the Indians tried to steal this big horse but he was too much for them and they went away.

In December, 1861, Andrew J. Jackson married again, a widow, Nancy Andrews Ingle (born July 1, 1830).  Nancy Andrews Ingle already had a son, Green Ingle, who married Susan Jackson, Andrew Jackson’s sister.  Andrew Jackson and Nancy Andrews Ingle had one daughter, Mollie.

Andrew J. Jackson served with the Texas Guards during the Civil War and had to be gone from home for long periods of time.  During this period Newman and Judith Osborn took care or helped to take care of his children until his return home after the war.

He was one of the early Pioneers of Hood County, Texas, and also a pioneer in the Masonic Lodge of Hood County.  He was active in the Masonic Lodge at Rock Church until his death.  As a pioneer, he helped in establishing the Rock Church Community and was active in all the affairs of the community.

He was a long time member of the Methodist Church.

Andrew J. Jackson died September 4, 1900, in Erath County, Texas, at the age of 78 and was buried in Rock Church Cemetery.  He was survived by his wife, Nancy, and seven children and many grandchildren.  One daughter, Sarah Jackson, preceded him in death.   Nancy Andrews Ingle died January 29 1908 and was buried in Rock Church Cemetery.

Children of Andrew J. Jackson and Mary M. Osborn, all buried in Rock Church Cemetery, Hood County, Texas, were:

·       Sarah T. Jackson (Dec 22 1847-Dec 16, 1893, married a Clark)

·       George Jackson (April 23,1849-Dec 11, 1923)

·       Jerry Jackson (Dec 6, 1850-Feb 3, 1926)

·       Newman Osborn Jackson

·       Nannie Jackson (married a Duckett)

·       Judith Ann Jackson (1857-Mar 13, 1941, married a Dykes)

·       Susan Jackson (Nov 2, 1859-Jan 25, 1924, married first Charles Crites and second Green Ingley (Ingle).  Green Ingley’s mother was Nancy Andrews Ingle.)

Child of Andrew J. Jackson and Nancy Andrews Ingle was:

·       Mary L. “Mollie” Jackson

Newman Osborn Jackson 

Newman Osborn Jackson, son of Andrew J. Jackson and Mary M. Osborn,  was born February 12, 1853 in Georgia.  He was named after his grandfather on his mother's side, Newman Osborn.  He moved with his parents from Georgia to Texas in 1857.

Newman Osborn Jackson got very little formal education as the schools were only open three or four months of the year, but he was by no means unlearned.   He got his schooling by experience and hard work and the fact that he liked to read.  He put the knowledge that he gained from reading to good use.  He often talked about his school days, when he went to the old log school house with the split log seats and the spring nearby which furnished their drinking water and, also, a good place to keep their milk for lunch.

In the Fall of 1869, the family of David M. Wood and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Read, moved into the community and settled.  In this family there were five girls who were small at the time, but later Newman Osborn Jackson wooed and won the hand of Mary Louise Wood.  They were married March 2, 1876 and lived a long, happy married life of over 60 years.  To this union 13 children were born, nine boys and four girls. Three of the boys preceded them in death.  Newman Osborn Jackson and Mary Louise Wood also reared three grandchildren who received the same loving care as their own children. 

Mary Louise Wood was born in Marshall County, Alabama, on September 5, 1859.  Her father was a Confederate veteran.  Her grandparents, who also went to Texas, were Lorenzo Dow Wood and his wife Louesa Rhea Wood.

The trek from Alabama to Texas was made in covered wagons, some drawn by oxen and others by mules and horses.  Milk cows were brought along, and many of the children in the families had to walk and drive the cows. Mary Louise Wood was ten years old and she had to help drive the cows.  When they came to the Mississippi river, there was a ferry boat to move the people, wagons, and stock across the river and it took quite awhile.  Of course, there were many other rivers and these had to be forded.

Mary Louise Wood’s first home in Texas was part dug-out and part log cabin on the side of a little hill.  Later her father built another house.  Wire fences had not come into use then so rock fences were built around the farm land.  Mary Louise Wood and her sister, Emma, helped their father build these rock fences.

Like most children of pioneer families, Mary Louise Wood did not get much education; she had to help make a living.  The schools terms were short, only three or four months in the winter time, so they did not provide very much in the way of an education.

Mary Louise Wood was a member of the Methodist Church.  For many years she read the entire Bible through every year and her old Bible showed that it was used very much.  Through her suffering of later years, the Bible was her Companion and Comforter.

Newman Osborn Jackson and Mary Louise Wood spent thirty years or more of their married life in Rock Church Community where they were reared.  They did move to Buck Creek in Palo Pinto County and stayed two or three years, and their daughter Elizabeth was born while they lived there.  They then moved back to Rock Church Community.  In 1901, they moved from Rock Church to Colony Community about three miles southwest of Tolar, Hood County, Texas.  In the winter of 1902, they bought a farm about two miles north of where Tom Jackson was born.  It was on this farm that Ida Lee Jackson was born and where Newman Osborn Jackson and Mary Louise Wood lived until their death.

Newman Osborn Jackson was always interested in music and he learned enough music to teach singing in sabbath schools which were common in those days.  Many people said that Newman Osborn Jackson taught them their first music lesson and how to sing -- this group included most of his children.  He did also taught his daughters,  Buena, Elizabeth, and Naomi, how to play the organ.  He had his own quartet -- he, Joe, George, and Elizabeth -- who sang at home, church, and singing conventions. Newman Osborn Jackson had a beautiful voice and he was the song leader in the church wherever he lived. He was often asked to sing for funerals and he was always glad that he could be of service to friends and neighbors.  When he was getting a little too old to sing, a woman of the community requested before she died that he sing a solo at her funeral, and he fulfilled that request.

Mary Louise Wood passed on to her reward May 30, 1936, being almost 77 years old.  She was preceded in death by three children - David, Walter and Roy.  She was buried in Rock Church Cemetery in the community where she grew up and married and lived so many years.

Newman Osborn Jackson died July 19 (or 29), 1940.

Children of Newman Osborn Jackson and Mary Louise Wood were:

·       David Andrew Jackson (Feb 12, 1877-Feb 10, 1893)

·       Luther Lorenzo Jackson (March 12, 1878-May 3, 1960, married Callie Danley October 10, 1900)

·       Walter Jermone Jackson (Feb 5, 1880-Dec 3, 1882)

·       Adrian Clyde Jackson (Oct 5 1883-May 20, 1961, married first Annie Thomason December 6, 1903 and second Daisy Wood July, 1912)

·       William Royal Jackson (Dec 22, 1885-Sept 29, 1902)

·       Joel Ernest Jackson (born Oct 14, 1887, married Mae Mulkey August, 1916)

·       George Pinkey Jackson (born May 9, 1889, married Ina Mulkey December 24, 1916)

·       Buena Vista Jackson (Oct 17, 1891-Nov 9, 1970, married Earnest Griffith July 29, 1939

·       Mary Elizabeth Jackson (Sept 8, 1894-Nov 23 1977, born at Buck Creek in Palo Pinto County, Texas. married Dow Wright January 15, 1920)

·       Naomi Lou Jackson (born May 22, 1897, married Thomas Weeks Feburary 17, 1918)

·       Thomas Jonathan Jackson (born May 28, 1901, Hood County, Texas, died November, 1977)

·       Ida Lee Jackson (born: Nov 2, 1902, Hood County, Texas)

Mary L. “Mollie” Jackson

Mary L. “Mollie” Jackson, daughter of Andrew Jackson and Nancy Andrews Ingle, married J. Milton McClesky.   They were both buried at Floyd, New Mexico.

J. Milton McClesky was the son of Nathaniel Turk (or Tuck) McClesky, a

brother of Louisa Rhea Wood, Lorenzo Dow Wood's wife.

Zelley Jackson

Zelley Jackson, daughter of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge, was born March 6, 1824 and died about 1886.  She married James Arthur Grizzle.

Elias Jackson

Elias Jackson, son of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge , was born April 8, 1817, in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Eli F. Jackson

Eli F. Jackson, son of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge, was born January 20, 1826, and died in 1911.

Amintha Corintha Jackson

Amintha Corintha Jackson, daughter of Eli Jackson and Tabitha Hodge, was born January 17, 1828.  She married Thomas Lee December 19, 1865, in Lumpkin County, Georgia.
 

Chapter 7

Amos Jackson and His Descendants

Amos (or William Amos) Jackson, son of Edward Jackson, was born in February, 1781, in Burke County, NC.  About 1799 he married first a Miss Snider (an Irish seamstress according to family lore) in Burke County, and they had eight children, all born in Burke County, NC.  Amos Jackson received a grant of fifty acres of land on the Broad River in Burke County in 1810, and he also received land in Rutherford County, North Carolina, on January 16, 1805, October 13, 1807, and January 13, 1819. Amos Jackson bought 186 acres of land from his father on January 14, 1815. He also drew land (Section 3, District 5, lot 148 in Troup County) in the 1827 Land Lottery in Georgia.

In April, 1816, the Burke County Court ordered Amos Jackson and his brother, Eli Jackson, to work the road from Thomas Lytle to the Blue Ridge, and in January, 1817, the court ordered Amos and Eli to view, mark, and alter the Crooked Creek Road from the town end of Amos Chaffin’s plantation.

Amos Jackson and his son Hiram Jackson sold 150 acres of land at the mouth of  Laurel Creek on the Main Broad River to Stephen Souther for $450 on March 5, 1823.   

After the death of his first wife, Amos Jackson moved his family to Habersham County, GA, in 1823, along with his brothers Joseph and Eli.  The Cherokee Indians had ceded their land in Habersham County to the whites by treaty in 1817 and 1819, and Clarkesville, the county seat of Habersham County, was chartered in 1823.  Amos Jackson bought land from Benjamin Cleveland March 23, 1825, in Habersham County, Georgia.  

On October 7, 1824, Amos Jackson married second Margaret Chaffin, born 1800, died 1890.  They had three children, all three born in Habersham County, Georgia.  In 1850, Amos Jackson lived in the 18^th District of Habersham County.  Amos Jackson died January 20, 1862 in Habersham County, Georgia, and is buried in the Hazel Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Clarkesville, Georgia.  Habersham County experienced a gold rush in 1828 and 1829, and Clarkesville was a popular summer resort for coastal Georgians in the 1830’s, but these events do not seem to have affected Amos Jackson.  Amos Jackson was sometimes called upon to appraise estates in Habersham County.

Children of Amos Jackson and Miss Snider were:

·       Hiram Henry Jackson (born Febuary 6, 1800,)

·       Sarah Jackson (born February 11, 1802)

·       Margaret Jackson (born December 30, 1804)

·       Polly Jackson (born May 6, 1807)

·       Edward Jackson (born May 6, 1807)

·       Joseph Chaffin Jackson (born July 2, 1813)

·       Susannah Jackson  (born April 11, 1815)

·       Catherine Jackson (born December 4, 1817)

Children of Amos Jackson and Margaret Chaffin were:

·       Rosetta (or Rozilla) Jackson (January 21, 1825-January 15, 1878)

·       Elizabeth Jackson (born December 18, 1827)

·       Jasper Chaffin Jackson

Hiram Jackson, His Wives, and His Children

Apparently, Hiram Jackson, son of Amos Jackson and ------ Snider, lived with Margaret “Peggy” Fitzgerald (born December 20, 1804, died March 12, 1898, buried in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery), daughter of William Fitzgerald and Sarah Nations Fitzgerald.  “Peggy” Fitzgerald was said to be part Cherokee Indian, and lived in the First District of Habersham County, Georgia.  Although there is some question whether they ever married, they were the parents of three children.  At some point, Hiram  Jackson left “Peggy”, vowing never to return.  In 1850, “Peggy” lived in the 1^st District of Habersham County, Georgia.

After abandoning Margaret Fitzgerald, Hiram Jackson may have married Mary Whitaker, born July 24, 1799 in Hartford County, Maryland, the daughter of William Whitaker and Mary Canada.

In 1823, Hiram Jackson and his father sold Stephen Souther 150 acres of land on the Main Broad River in Rutherford Countyfor $450.  In 1824, Hiram Jackson purchased 150 acres on the Main Broad River in Rutherford County, North Carolina, from Joseph Jackson.

Children of Hiram Jackson and Margaret “Peggy” Fitzgerald were:

·       Mary Ann Jackson (born 1833, married Abner Keel February 5, 1851)

·       Calvin Charles Jackson (born April 15, 1834, died October 18, 1907, served in Confederate Army, married Suzie Adeline Tatum February 10, 1867)

·       Alfred P. Jackson (born 1836, killed in the War Between the States June 15, 1862, married December 9, 1861)

Possible children of Hiram Jackson and Mary Whitaker were:

·       Solomon Jackson

·       Fidelia Jackson

·       Andrew Jackson

·       Lucinda Jackson

·       Minerva Jackson

·       Mary Ann Jackson.

Joseph Chaffin Jackson and His Descendants

Joseph Chaffin Jackson, son of Amos Jackson and Miss Snider, was born July 2, 1813.  In 1850, he resided in the 18^th District of Habersham County, Georgia, near his father.  He married Milly (or Mary) Yearwood, and their son was Jasper Jackson.

Jasper Jackson

Jasper Jackson, son of Joseph Chaffin Jackson and Milly Yearwood (Yarwood), had a son named Joseph Jackson.

Joseph Jackson, son of Jasper Jackson, married twice.  His first wife was Josephine Herrin and his second wife was Sally M. Cross.  Among Joseph’s children was Elsie Mae Jackson.

Elsie Mae Jackson, daughter of Joseph Jackson, married a Gabrels and lived in Habersham County, Georgia.

Susannah Jackson

Susannah Jackson, daughter of Amos Jackson and Miss Snider, was born April 11, 1815.)  She married David Jackson, probably the son of Eli Jackson and his wife, on July 7, 1832, in Habersham County, Georgia.  Sometime between 1850 and 1860, Susannah and David moved to Lumpkin County, Georgia, near Dahlonega.  At that time, Dahlonega was a gold mining center with a Federal mint, and it was also a summertime resort for wealthy citizens who lived near the coast of Georgia.  Children of Susannah Jackson and David Jackson, all born in Georgia,  were:

·       Elias H. Jackson (See below)

·       Roger J. Jackson (born ca 1837)

·       Lyear L. Jackson (born ca 1839)

·       Andrew M. Jackson (born ca 1843)

·       Sarah L. Jackson (born ca 1845)

·       Amos D. Jackson (born ca 1847)

·       Susan A. Jackson (born ca 1852)

·       Zilly C. Jackson (born ca 1858)

Elias H. Jackson

Elias H. Jackson, eldest son of Susannah Jackson and David Jackson, was born in 1835.  He served an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker, probably with his namesake, Uncle Elias Jackson, who was also a cabinet maker.  Besides his apprenticeship, Elias received enough education in reading and writing so that he was able to sign his name, even though he probably lived much of his boyhood in Cherokee Indian lands which later became Gilmer County, Georgia..

In 1861, when Elias was 26 years old, he married Elizabeth Gilbert, who was 21 at the time.  They were married in Clarkesville, Georgia, by Jasper Chaffin Jackson, a Baptist minister, who was another of Elias’ uncles.  They remained married for more than fifty years, and all of their eight children lived to adulthood.

Shortly after their marriage, the Civil War began.  Elias H. Jackson enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army at Dahlonega, Georgia, on March 4, 1862.  He signed up for three years, at a pay rate of $22 per month.  The record shows that he was thought to be AWOL at one time, but later it was discovered that he was sick.  Elias was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1863, and held prisoner at Louisville, Kentucky.  He was exchanged on October 8, 1863.  He was furloughed at Columbus, Georgia, in February, 1865.

After the war, Elias H. Jackson returned to Daholnega, Lumpkin County, Georgia.  At this time, he owned 50 acres of land in Habersham County, Georgia.

By 1870, Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert had moved to Clarkesville, Georgia, where he worked as a cabinet maker and their children grew up and went to school.  Their daughter Flona Jackson married James Henry Watson there in 1887.

Not long after Flona’s marriage, Elias H. Jackson, aged 52 years, was living in Knoxville, Tennessee.  He purchased 125 acres of land in Lumpkin County, Georgia, from his father, but there is no record that he ever went back to Georgia.

By 1900,, Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert were in Sweetwater, Tennessee, perhaps because work was available there.  Elias worked as a cabinet maker, capenter, and farmer.  By this time, all of the children were grown and out of the home except Lucinda Jennie Jackson, who lived with her parents until they died.

Elizabeth Gilbert died in Sweetwater on June 10, 1911.  After her death, Elias H. Jackson went to live with thir son, Thomas M. Jackson, in Lenoir City, Tennessee.  Elias outlived Elizabeth by only six months, and died on January 15, 1912, in Lenoir City.  When he died, he had black eyebrows, white hair, and a long, white beard.  His funeral was held at the First Baptist Church in Sweetwater, where he was a member.  Both Elias and Elizabeth lie buried in the Westview Cemetery in Sweetwater.

Children of Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert, in no particular order, were:

·       Flona Jackson

·       Lucinda Jennie Jackson

·       James Henry Jackson

·       Laura Jackson

·       William E. Jackson

·       Suzie Jackson

·       Thomas M. Jackson

·       One other daughter

Flona “Flonnie” Jackson

Flona “Flonnie” Jackson, daughter of Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert, married James Henry Watson II in 1887 when she was just 16, and had her first child at age 17.  Flona and James lived in Martel in Loudon County, Georgia.  Altogether, Flona and James had 12 children, and ten of them lived to adulthood.  One of their children was Flona Kathleen Watson, who married a Blalock.  Their last child was born when Flona Jackson was 44 years old.

Lucinda Jennie Jackson

Lucinda Jennie Jackson, daughter of Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert, lived with her parents while they were alive.  She married and divorced but had no children, and worked in a woolen mill in Sweetwater, Tennessee.  After the death of her father, she went to live with her brother, James Henry Jackson, in Talladega, Alabama, where she died on May 8, 1912.

James Henry Jackson

James Henry Jackson, son of Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert, married, but his wife’s name is unknown.  He lived first in Sweetwater, Tennessee, and later in Talladega, Alabama.

Laura Jackson

Laura Jackson, daughter of Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert, married a Phillips and raised a family in Sweetwater, Tennessee.

William E. Jackson

William E. Jackson, son of Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert, married Cora Lee Kyker, whose family owned a funeral home.

Suzie Jackson

Suzie Jackson, daughter of Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert, married Willy McDonald and moved to Knoxville, Tennessee.

Thomas M. Jackson

Thomas M. Jackson, son of Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert, married and lived in Loudon County near his sister, Flona Jackson, in Loudon County, Georgia.

Other Daughter

The unknown other daughter of Elias H. Jackson and Elizabeth Gilbert married Will H. Robinson of Sheffield, Alabama. 

Jasper Chaffin Jackson and His Descendants

Jasper Chaffin Jackson, son of Amos Jackson and Margaret Chaffin, was born in Habersham County, Georgia, August 5, 1829. He married first Margaret Ann Wilbanks (August 10, 1836-June 10, 1864) on January 10, 1856 in Habersham County, Georgia.  Margaret Ann Wilbanks joined Bethlehem Church in Habersham County, Georgia, on August 29, 1852, and was baptized there on September 5^th, 1852.

On September 12, 1865, Jasper Chaffin Jackson  married second Susannah Clarinda Smith (April 24, 1843-January 21, 1924).  Susannah was a brother of James Bruce Smith, who married Mary Antonette England in Habersham County on May 18, 1885. 

Jasper Chaffin Jackson was a farmer and a Baptist preacher.  Jasper C. Jackson lived in Clarkesville, Georgia, in 1860, and in 1864 he was elected Assistant (Pastor?) of the Baptist Church of Christ at Camp Creek, Clarkesville. He was also an early pastor of Mud Creek Baptist Church  Jasper Chaffin Jackson died April 5, 1910.  Either Jasper Chaffin Jackson or Margaret Ann Wilbanks was killed by lightning.

Children of Jasper Chaffin Jackson and Margaret Ann Wilbanks, all born in Clarkesville, Georgia, were:

·       William Washington Jackson

·       Isabella Jane Jackson (August 20, 1859-January 1, 1901)

·       Alpha Caroline Jackson (August 12, 1861-April 26, 1888)

·       Infant boy (born January 17, 1864, lived just 23 hours)

Children of Jasper Chaffin Jackson and Susannah Clarinda Smith were:

·       Henry Amos Jackson (born November 20, 1866, Clarkesville, Georgia)

·       Arlene Leppeau Jackson (February 10, 1870-April, 1953)

·       Emma Florence Jackson (February 7, 1872-February 7, 1926)

·       Cora Lillian Jackson (November 15, 1874-February 12, 1875)

·       Dexter Lamonte Jackson (born February 25, 1876)

·       Justin Claude Jackson (Ocotber 3, 1877-October 21, 1948)

·       Mark Pierre Jackson (February 25, 1880-February 20, 1953)

·       Infant girl (born June 23, 1882, Mt. Airy, Georgia, died August 27, 1888)

William Washington Jackson

William Washington Jackson, son of Jasper Chaffin Jackson and Margaret Ann Wilbanks, was born in Georgia October 7, 1856.  He married Mary Devers, also born in Georgia. William Washington Jackson was unemployed for three months in 1880.

Children of William Washington Jackson and Mary Devers were:

·       Mary A. Jackson, born August 20, 1858

·       Vida I. Jackson, born May 16, 1875

·       Ralph Jackson, born June 15, 1876

·       Ida Polena Jackson, born November 22, 1877

·       another son, born April 5, 1879

·       William Elmer Jackson

·       Ada Jackson, born December 11, 1882

·       Jasper G. Jackson, born January 26, 1885

William Elmer Jackson, son of William Washington Jackson and Mary Devers, was born in Athens, Georgia, December 7, 1880.  When he was five years old, he lived in Talapoosa, Georgia.  He married Kathryne Carolyn Pierce on May 24, 1903 in Bibb County, Georgia, and they had three daughters.  In 1910, William Elmer Jackson was a moulder in an iron works in Macon, Georgia.  Later, he became a fireman in Macon.  In 1913 he was a member of Auto Company No. 3, and by 1930 he had become an Inspector.  He read law, and passed the bar exam in 1917, but never practiced.  He was a member of the Church of Christ.  Kathryne Carolyn Pierce divorced him and went to New Jersey.  William Elmer Jackson died September 25, 1963, and is buried in Macon Memorial Park.

Children of William Elmer Jackson and Kathryne Carolyn Pierce were:

·       Marie Elmer Jackson

·       Kathryne Rosemond (or Rose) Jackson

·       Dorothy Jackson

Marie Elmer, Dorothy, and Kathryne Rosemond Jackson were all confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Macon, Georgia,on May 16, 1917.

Dorothy Jackson, daughter of William Elmer Jackson and Kathryne Carolyn Pierce,  was born March 26, 1905, in Macon, GA.  She took her first communion at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Macon on May 31, 1914.   In1930 she married William Arthur Hazelton, a Presbyterian, in an Episcopal Church in New York City.  They had one son, Pierce C. Hazelton,  born May 31, 1933.  Dorothy Jackson lies buried in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery in lot C274, next to Barney L. Long, Marion Pierce Long, Lieutenant Commander Patrick Henry Pierce, Henry M. Pierce, and William Elmer Jackson.

William Arthur Hazelton was employed by the New York Telephone Company.  He involved himself in church work and local school politics, and often officiated at amateur football games. 

William Arthur Hazelton was the son of Washington Elmer Hazelton (born in 1874) and Ida May “Nan” Chandler (born in 1877).  Both were born in New York City. Washington Elmer Hazelton built a house in Teaneck, New Jersey, about 1900, and moved there from New York.

Children of Washington Elmer Hazelton and Ida May “Nan” Chandler were:

·       John Hazelton (born 1895)

·       William Arthur Hazelton (born 1902)

·       Alice Hazelton (born 1912)

·       Eileen “Peter” Hazelton (born 1916)

·       Paul Hazelton (born 1924).

From America to Denmark

Pierce C. Hazelton, son of Dorothy Jackson and William Arthur Hazelton, married first Birthe ----- in Denmark, and they had one son, Lars Hazelton.  Pierce Hazelton married second Lene Andreassen in Denmark.  Lene Andreassen was an artist who specialized in pictures of buildings, especially castles and other old buildings.  In 1974 she was invited to an audience with the Queen at Fredensborg Palace to show her art, and she was commissioned by the Queen to make a study of the art in the summer palace at Fredricksborg.  The study was published in book form.

Lars Hazelton, son of Pierce C. Hazelton and Birtha -----, was the father of:

·       Rasmus Hazelton

·       Nanna Hazelton

·       Jesper Hazelton

Kathryne Rosemond Jackson, daughter of William Elmer Jackson and Kathryne Carolyn Pierce, was born February 14, 1907, in Macon, GA.  She took her first communion at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Macon on January 18, 1914.  She entered college at Mercer University in Macon, but completed her degree at Columbia University.  In 1934 she married Bernard Lee Flynn in New York City.  She worked as a teacher in New Jersey until 1939, when she and her husband moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she taught in the Cambridge Lower School.

After World War II, the family moved to Teaneck, New Jersey, where Kathryne Jackson Flynn became a remedial reading specialist in the Demarest, New Jersey, public schools. 

Bernard Lee Flynn was born January 3, 1912, in West Virginia.  He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a chemical engineer.  He joined Lever Brothers Company in 1933 and worked his way up to Vice-President for Purchases.  Kathryne Rosemond Jackson and Bernard Lee Flynn lived for a time near Boston, Massachusetts, and then moved to Teaneck, New Jersey.  He died of cancer December 9, 1973.

The ancestry of Bernard Lee Flynn is as follows:  Valentine Flynn was born in Ireland about 1680 and immigrated to America in 1708.  His son, Valentine “Val, Jr.” Flynn II, was born about 1718 and died after 1789.  “Val Jr.’s” wife was Hannah.  He lived most of his life in Faquier County, Virginia, where he and Hannah raised at least five sons.  One of them, John Flynn, Sr., was born about 1740 in Faquier County, Virginia, where he was a farmer.  His wife’s name is unknown.  Their son, William Flynn (1773-ca. 1835), was born in Faquier County, Virginia, where he became a farmer.  William Flynn married his first cousin, Sarah Flynn (daughter of Alexander Flynn), in 1796.  James Flynn was was one of their eleven children, born about 1804 in Faquier County, Virginia, and died November 8, 1858.  James Flynn married Ann Nancy Ball (daughter of William Ball and Margery Creel) on December 22, 1828, and Benjamin Willoughby Flynn was one of their seven children.  Benjamin Willoughby Flynn was born in Faquier County, Virginia, in 1837.  He married twice, first to Lydia Buncutter, and their son James Willoughby Flynn was the only one of their children to reach maturity.  Lydia was the daughter of George Buncutter.  After Lydia died in 1869, Benjamin Willoughby Flynn married Mary R. Montgomery.  James Willoughby Flynn was born March 13, 1861, in Preston County, Virginia, where he married Annie Klauser on March 16, 1886.  They lived in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area.  Their son, Benjamin Levi Flynn, was born in 1896.  He married Mary (or Mamie) Dilworth.  Bernard Lee Flynn was one of their three children.

After her husband’s death, Kathryne Jackson Flynn continued to live in Teaneck for several years, but about 1980, she moved to her husband’s family farm in Astor, West Virginia, and in 1992, moved to Fort Meyers, Florida, to be near Bernard Lee Flynn Jr.  In Fort Meyers she volunteered as a tutor at Cypress Lake Middle School and as a private volunteer teacher in reading. 

In addition to her teaching career, she served two terms on the Board of Directors of Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia, where a library study room was named for her.  She was active in the American Association of University Women, and in her earlier years, in the Children of the Confederacy and the Order of the Eastern Star.  She was a lifelong golfer, boater, and fisherman, and enjoyed pencil sketching, watercolor painting, and writing poetry.

She died on March 17, 2004, in Fort Meyers, Florida.  A memorial service was held for her at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Fort Myers on April 6, 2004.

Kathryne Rosemond Jackson and Bernard Lee Flynn had one son, Bernard Lee Flynn, Jr, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1941.  He and his wife Barbara had two children, Kathryne Anne Flynn and Bernard Lee Flynn III.  Kathryne Anne Flynn married Steve Hayden and they adopted two children, Dakota and Brittany.  Bernard Lee Flynn III (born July 16, 1976) married Erin Skiles (born March 11, 1979) on June 21, 2003.  Erin Skiles was the daughter of Paula Saling and Steven Skiles.  

Marie Elmer Jackson, daughter of William Elmer Jackson and Kathryne Carolyn Pierce, was born February 7, 1904, in Macon, Georgia.   She was baptized at St.Joseph’s Catholic Church in Macon March 26, 1904 by Father John P. McDonnell, and took her first communion April 27, 1913.  She always used her middle name of Elmer, even from the first grade, and by the time she graduated from Lanier High School in Macon she was using the name William Elmer Jackson.  She received a diploma from Georgia State Normal School in 1922, obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree (using the name William Elmer Jackson) in 1929, and obtained a Master’s Degree in Education from Columbia University in 1933.  She became a teacher at Bryant Elementary School when it opened in 1926 in Teaneck, N. J, and later became its principal. 

She met Charles Ferdinand Carson in the Fall of 1930.  They planned a big wedding, but instead they were married at the courthouse in New York City on December 27, 1930.  After the brief ceremony, Elmer telephoned her mother, and said, “Momma, I’m married!”

Her mother said, “Elmer, you come home right this minute!”  Of course, she didn’t. 

In 1942, she moved with her husband to Arlington, Virginia, and immediately after World War II, she continued her teaching career as the first reading specialist with the schools in Arlington, VA.  Until that time, the schools in Arlington were controlled by a superintendant appointed by the governor.  Elmer probably could have been elected to the first elected school board of Arlington, but her husband advised her not to run.  Later, she taught in Rockville, Maryland.

She moved with her husband again, this time to Reynolds, Georgia.  She taught in Crawford, Taylor, and other counties in Georgia, joined the staff of the Macon County Area Instructional Serevices Center when it was organized in 1967, and retired as a Language Arts Consultant in 1971.  She served a year as president of the Gordon-Carson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Reynolds, GA., chaired the Woman’s Missionary Union of First Baptist Church, Reynolds, GA, 1973-1974, and served on the church’s Library Committee 1982-1983.  Marie Elmer Jackson died of a heart attack in Fort Valley, Georgia, on October 13, 1984, and is buried in the Carson Cemetery in Macon County, Georgia.

Chapter 8

Azeriah Jackson

Azeriah Jackson, youngest son of Edward Jackson, was born in 1783 in Burke County, NC.  He married Sarah Chaffin in Burke County, NC, April 10, 1809.  Apparently, Azeriah and Sarah left Burke County shortly after their marriage.  He served with General Andrew Jackson in the Creek War and the War of 1812, and by 1820, he was in Jackson County, Tennessee.  The 1830 census for Jackson County shows Azeriah Jackson with four sons and three daughters.  Azeriah Jackson died sometime after 1850 in Jackson County, Tennessee.

Chapter 9

Polly Jackson and Her Children

Polly Jackson, daughter of Edward Jackson, was born about 1789 and died before 1817 in Burke County, North Carolina.   She may have lived with her brother, Joseph Jackson, in 1810 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.  She married Moses Noblet in Burke County on August 22, 1811, and their children were:

·       Ann Noblet

·       William Noblet

·       John Littleton Noblet

Chapter 10

Peggy Jackson

Peggy Jackson, daughter of Edward Jackson, was born in 1792 in Burke County, North Carolina.   She married Alexander “Alex” Hopson on September 25, 1809, and .resided in Burke and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina.   She moved to Laurel County, Kentucky, where she died.

References

The first group of references was provided by Dr. Duckworth, and are applicable to this entire book:

01. 1800 Census Burke County NC

02. Land Records (sale) Burke County NC

03. 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 Census Rutherford County NC

04. Land Recuords (entries and sales) Rutherford County NC.

05. Marriage Records of Rutherford County NC.

06. 1830, 1840, 1850 Census Reports of Habersham County GA

07. Land Records of Habersham County GA.

08. 1860, 1870, 1880,  Census Reports of White County GA.

09. Muster Roll of Company C, 24th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry

10. Death Record of Lucinda Jackson 1944

11. Family Notes by Thomas Kimsey Jackson

12. Jackson Tombstones in White County GA

13. Jackson Family Genealogy by Lu Woods

14. Hall County GA Marriage Records

15. 1830 Census Hall County GA

16. 1850 Census Lumpkin County GA

17. 1860 Census Dawson County GA

18. Choestoe Baptist Church Minutes

19. 1840, 1850 Census Reports Union County GA

20.  Crumey Letters.            /Georgia/White/letters/index.htm

The second group of references are those used by Charles Ferdinand Carson in the preparation of Chapters 1 and 2, and especially, Chapter 7.

1.     Baptismal Certificate of Marie Elmer Jackson

2.     The Crystal, State Normal School, Athens, Georgia, 1922

3.     High school and college diplomas of Marie Elmer Jackson

4.     Mrs. Elmer Carson, Language Arts Consultant Retires, Citizen and Georgian,     Montezuma, GA July 1, 1971

5.     School No. 6 Teaches Self Control in the Child; Scientific Projects “Make Life More Meaningful”, Newspaper article published about 1934

6.     Bryant Year Book 1934, The Class of 1934, Bryant Elementary School, Teaneck, New Jersey

7.     Pamphlet, The Dedication of The Bernard L. Flynn Planetarium, Davis and Elkins College, 1974

8.     Cornell, Nancy J., 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 2000

9.     Monthly Report of Elmer Jackson, Grammar School Department, Bibb County Public Schools

10.  University of Georgia Alumni Questionaire completed by Elmer Jackson Carson October 2, 1979

11.  Kimzey, Herbert B., Habersham County, Georgia, Genealogical Records, Volume IV, Camp Creek Baptist Church Minutes, 1834-1876, Unpublished, in the collection of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC

12) Obituary of William E. Jackson, Macon Telegraph, September 27, 1963

13.  Obituary of Mrs. Joseph S. Weekly, Macon News, June 13, 1960

14.  Kimsey, Herbert B., and Dempsey, Nancy Kimsey, Early Genealogical and Historical Records, Habersham County, Georgia, 1988

15) Duckworth, John F., The Jacksons on Crooked Creek, Burke (McDowell) County, North Carolina – Edward Jackson Family, unpublished manuscript in the files of the Burke County Public Library, Morganton, NC

16) Duckworth, John F., Old Rowan County, unpublished manuscript sent by E-mail from Dr. Duckworth on July 28, 2001

17.  Linn, Jo White, Rowan County, North Carolina, Tax Lists 1757-1800, Jo White Linn, Salisbury, NC, 1995

18) Jackson, James R., Descendants of Nathan Jackson, unpublished manujscript sent by James Jackson by E-mail July 31, 2001

19.  Brandenburger, Evelyn Duke, and Martin, Clara Jackson, “The Jacksons of Lower Virginia”, a serialized article in The Virginia Genealogist, beginning with July – September, 1986, Volume 30, Number 3, and continuing through October – December 1989, Volume 33 Number 4.

20.  Fries, Adelaide L., Records of Moravians in North Carolina,Volume II 1752-1775, Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, Raleigh, 1925.

21.  Hummel, Elizabeth Hicks, Hicks History of Granville County, North Carolina, Vol. I Marriage Bonds, Coble Printing company, Oxford, NC, 1965. Vernon, Lucille Jackson, Jackson Family, transcribed after her death for the internet by Bob Jackson at Home.att.net/~wxjax

22.  Triebert, H. Russell et al, The Heritage of Burke County, Burke County Historical Society, Morganton, NC, 1981

23.  Hazelton, Pierce, To Begin with the Beginning, unpublished autobiography

24) Duckworth, John F., email about Nathan Jackson dated August 20, 2002

25.  E-mail from John Duckworth concerning Susannah Chaffin and her relatives

26.  Email from John Duckworth dated 3/30/2004, concerning the children of Edward Jackson

27.  Obituary of Kathryne Jackson Flynn

28.  Flynn Families of Faquier Co., Va., and Beyond, on the internet at http://www.geocities.com/flynn1962/

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