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The Jackson Mountaineers
by
Dr. John F. Duckworth,
DVM
with
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 He said it was a shame to let this data go unpublished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 6th,
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 5th District, 3rd
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
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