Capt John Jackson, Sr BIRTH 1719 County Londonderry, Northern Ireland DEATH 1804 (aged 84–85) Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Jackson Cemetery Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A061105

Genealogy of John Jackson from Jackson Brigade Family association: http://www.jacksonbrigade.com/genealogy-of-john-jackson/

John Jackson

John Jackson (b. 1715 Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland; d. 25 Sep 1801 Clarksburg, WVA) married Elizabeth Cummins (b. 8 Jan 1729 ? London, England; d. 1825 Clarksburg, WVA).[N1]

[In light of a more recent study on Elizabeth Cummins Jackson it is believed that she was only 96 or 97 years old at her death as opposed to the 101-105 years as recorded by previous reseachers and her tombstone placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

As per her own statement, given to her grandson John George Jackson, Elizabeth arrived in America when she was 19 or 20. Arriving in the new country in 1748/49 would make her born on 8 January 1728/29. She died in Clarksburg, (West) Virginia in 1825. – Linda B. Meyers]

“John Jackson was descended from English settlers in Ireland. He was born in Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland, and at the age of ten moved with his family to London. He emigrated to Maryland in 1748, married, and removed to Virginia in 1758 (present day Hardy County, West Virginia). He was a member of the County Court, served as an Indian spy in 1787 for Governor Henry Lee, and was a lieutenant of the militia in 1787. During the Revolutionary War, he took part in the Battle of King’s Mountain. John was said to have been a spare, diminutive man, quiet, determined, courageous, and of sound judgment.” [N2]

“Elizabeth Cummins was a strong-willed Englishwoman from London. She was raised by a maiden aunt, who upon her death left Elizabeth one thousand pounds sterling. She set off to America with her inheritance, met and married John Jackson in Cecil County, Maryland. (The legend that she fled England after throwing a tankard of ale at a King’s soldier in her aunt’s tavern is a little more exciting, but has been fairly well proven to be fanciful.) She is described as being rather masculine in stature, quite intelligent, and as having a great deal of courage and strong character. She fought off Indian attacks and patented 3,000 acres of land in her own name and paid for them herself.” [N3]

Elizabeth Cummins is considered a Patriot of the American Revolution by the Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.) as she, while her husband and sons were away, fought at Jackson’s Fort. [N4] Jackson’s Fort has a nice ring to it, however, as pointed out by McWhorter, “Jackson’s Fort [and others] were probably only strategic and strongly built dwellings or block houses, where the immediate inhabitants fled on occasion of sudden alarms, and where scouts had regular places of meeting.” [N5]

“There was a block house about three miles west of Bush’s Fort, on Fink’s Run …. It was built by some of the Jacksons on land now [1915] owned by Mr. Martin Reger. Prof. Maxwell refers to this building as “Jackson’s Fort.” History of Randolph County, West Va, p. 414. It could hardly be termed a fort, in the sense of that word. It was only a block house, or a strongly built two-story log dwelling without a palisade; and never figured as a defensive stronghold.” [N6]

John Jackson married on 4 Jul 1755, Elizabeth Cummins. Their children are the following:[N1]

1. George Jackson (b. 9 Jan 1757 Cecil Co., MD; d. 17 May 1831 Zanesville, Ohio) m. (1) 13 Nov 1776, Elizabeth Brake (b. 22 Feb 1757; d. 22 Mar 1812); m. (2) 6 Nov 1814, Nancy (Richardson) Adams (b. 18 Apr 1780; d. 11 Oct 1841)

2. Col. Edward Jackson (b. 1 Mar 1759; d. 25 Dec 1828) m. (1) 1783, Mary Haddan (b. 15 May 1764, d. 1796) grandparents of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson; (2) 1799, Elizabeth (Weatherholt) Brake (b. 1772; d. 1835)

3. John Jackson, Jr. (b. 1760; d. May 1821) m. (1) 10 Apr 1786, Rebecca Haddan; (2) 1797, Elizabeth Cozad (b. 1779; d. 1845)

4. Elizabeth Jackson (b. 1762/1767; d. 1862) m. Abraham Brake.

5. Sophia Jackson (b. 11 Sep 1763; d. 10 Mar 1836) m. Josiah “Joseph” Davis (b. 9 May 1767; d. 8 Oct 1832)

6. Mary Sarah Jackson (b. 1768; d. c1791) m. 23 Oct 1788, Phillip Reger (b. 1767; d. 16 Jul 1846).

7. Samuel Jackson (b. 10 Dec 1772; d. 10 Jan/Jun 1842) m. 7 Nov 1793, Barbara Reger (b. 10 Dec 1775; d. 28 Oct 1838); Barbara was a sister to Phillip Reger who married Mary Sarah Jackson

8. Henry Jackson (b. 10 Jul 1774; d. 24 Feb 1852) m. (1) 20 May 1800, Mary Elizabeth Hyer (b. 4 1784, Lewis Co. WVA; d. 16 Jul 1835); m. (2) 24 Apr 1836, Elizabeth Shreve (b. 10 Dec 1813; d. 11 Apr 1887) “Short History of the Jacksons in Oregon” by John C. Jackson. “‘Granny’s Creek,’ in Braxton County, received its name when Henry Jackson commenced a [land] survey thereon and one of his hunters named Loudin, killed a buffalo cow, which was so old and tough that the men declared her to be the grandmother of all buffaloes.” [N7]

Plat of land purchased by Elizabeth Cummins Jackson near Buckhannon River including the Pringle Tree property. Some authors lists the ancestors of John Jackson back many generations to the Kings of England, however, since this has not been documented, we have not included it here.

“When Did Elizabeth Cummins Jackson Die?” from Vol. 22, No. 2 (Feb 2014) Jackson Brigade Quarterly

Notes

N1. Colonel Edward Jackson 1759-1828 Revolutionary Soldier, by Nancy Ann Jackson and Linda Brake Meyers, Genealogy Publishing Service, Franklin, NC, 1995, page 14.

N2. The Genealogies of the Jackson, Junkin & Morrison Families complied by Michael I. Shoop, 1981, published by the Garland Gray Memorial Research Center, Stonewall Jackson House, Historic Lexington Foundation, Lexington, VA., page 155.

N3. Shoop, page 155.

N4. Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.) Lineage Book Vol. 48, 47615, page 287.

N5. Chronicles of Border Warfare or a History of the Settlement by the Whites of North-Western Virginia: and of the Indian Wars and Massacres, Alexander Scott Withers, 1831, later edition 1895 by Steward and Kidd Publishers, Cincinnati, quoted in McWhorter, page 479.

N6. Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia 1768 to 1785, by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, 1915, reprinted by Jim Comstock, Richwood, West Virginia, 1974, as part of The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, page 445.

N7. McWhorter, page 382.

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Variant information from Findagrave.com:
Birth: 1719 County Londonderry, Northern Ireland Death: 1804 Clarksburg Harrison County West Virginia, USA

John Jackson was a Protestant (Ulster-Scottish) from Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland. While living in London, England, he was convicted of the capital crime of larceny for stealing £170; the judge at the Old Bailey sentenced him to a seven-year indenture in America. Elizabeth Cummins, a strong, blonde woman over 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, born in London, England was also convicted of larceny in an unrelated case for stealing 19 pieces of silver, jewelry, and fine lace, and received a similar sentence. They both were transported on the prison ship Litchfield, which departed London in May 1749 with 150 convicts. John and Elizabeth met on board and were in love by the time the ship arrived at Annapolis, Maryland. Although they were sent to different locations in Maryland for their indentures, the couple married in July 1755

First Immigrant, 1748

Ist of Jackson line to America, immigrating to Cecil Co., Maryland in 1748. Married ELizabeth Cummins and removed to W.V. to "Jackson's Fort" (now Buchanan). John was private in Battle of Kings Mountain.(DAR pg 309) He also served as soldier at Fort Jackson during the Indian attacks.(DAR pg 282) Listed as private in Augusta Co. VA Troops.

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Capt. John Jackson "III" [Parents] was born in 1719 in Carrickfergus, Antrim, Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland . He died on 25 Sep 1804 in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia . He married Elizabeth Cummins on 4 Jul 1755 in Cecil, Maryland .

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Elizabeth Cummins [Parents] was born on 8 Jan 1723 in London, England . She died in 1825 in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia . She married Capt. John Jackson "III" on 4 Jul 1755 in Cecil, Maryland .

[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS LIKELY INCORRECT] They had the following children:

     		M 	i 	Isaac Jackson was born in 1755 in Buckhannon, Abemarle, Virginia . He died on 20 Dec 1821 in , Amite, Mississippi .

M ii Edward Jackson was born on 1 Mar 1759 in Moorefield, Hampshire, West Virginia . He died on 25 Dec 1828 in Weston, Lewis, Virginia .
M iii Gabriel Jackson "Sr"

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Moved to London at age 10 years old with father and two brothers. Sent from England to America to serve 7 years restitution on the ship Litchfield. Elizabeth met and fell in love with John Jackson on the ship from London to America.

John was born in Coleraine, County Londonderry, in Northern Ireland. He emigrated to the Province of Maryland in 1748 and moved to the Colony and Dominion of Virginia in 1758. He participated in the American Revolutionary War, fighting in the Battle of Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780). He was a lieutenant of the Virginia Militia after 1787.

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 John Jackson, a son of Thomas Jackson, was born in Ulster, Northern Ireland in 1719. He moved with his family to London, England about 1723. His father died in London in 1725. 

In 1748 John emigrated to Cecil County, Maryland. In 1755, he married Elizabeth Cummins in Cecil County. (See Elizabeth's "About Me")
A John Jackson was convicted in mid January 1749 in London of stealing property valued at more than 120 guineas from his relative, Henry Jackson. There is no solid proof that John Jackson was transported to america aboard the "Litchfield" but that appears to have been the first convict tranport after his conviction.
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History of John and Elizabeth Jackson

John Jackson was born in Coleraine, County Londonderry, in Northern Ireland, of Scots-Irish descent. While living in London, he was convicted of the capital crime of larceny for stealing £ 170; the judge at the Old Bailey sentenced him to a seven-year indenture in America. Elizabeth Cummins, a strong, blonde woman over 6 feet tall, born in London, was also convicted of larceny in an unrelated case for stealing 19 pieces of silver, jewelry, and fine lace, and received a similar sentence. They both were transported on the prison ship Litchfield, which departed London in May 1749 with 150 convicts. John and Elizabeth met on board and were in love by the time the ship arrived at Annapolis, Maryland. Although they were sent to different locations in Maryland for their indenture, the couple married in July 1755.

The family migrated west across the Blue Ridge Mountains to settle near Moorefield, Virginia, (now West Virginia) in 1758. In 1770, they moved further west to the Tygart Valley. They began to acquire large parcels of virgin farmland near the present-day town of Buckhannon, including 3,000 acres (12 km²) in Elizabeth's name. John and his two teenage sons were early recruits for the American Revolutionary War, fighting in the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780; John finished the war as captain and served as a lieutenant of the Virginia Militia after 1787. While the men were in the Army, Elizabeth converted their home to a haven, "Jackson's Fort," for refugees from Indian attacks.
John and Elizabeth had four children. Their second son was Edward Jackson (March 1, 1759 – December 25, 1828), and Edward's third son was Jonathan Jackson, Thomas's father.
Source: Robertson, James I., Jr., Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend, MacMillan Publishing, 1997, ISBN 0-02-864685-1.
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Jackson Family story

In 1728 great hords of the Scots whose ancestors, a century before had fled persecuted to Ireland, now took ship for the colonies. They began pouring into Pennsylvania and Virginia. Some went to England. At least in 1729, right after Richard Jackson raised the tenant's rents, one of the Jackson families embarked from Port Tush, Ireland, for London. This family had a son John, aged 10. The parents Christian names unknown. They supposedly died in England. In 1748 John Jackson was 29. He took passage for America in same ship as Elizabeth Cummins. The Jackson tradition held, John fell in love with the handsome lady at first sight and wanted to marry her at sea. She withheld her impetuous lover for seven years. In Cecil County, Maryland, they were married in 1755. Elizabeth, an indentured servant, did not gain much foothold in Society of Maryland. They went shortly after their marrieage to the South Branch of the Potomac in Pendleton County, VA. Thirteen years later the Jackson family, increased by the sons, George and Edward, pushed further into the west and settled on the present site, Buchannan Cty. W. VA., patented land on a small creek, Turkey Run. For years their home was called Jackson's Fort. John Jackson was an Indiana fighter, so were his sons. To John and Elizabeth were born eight children, the 2nd son was Edward, born in maryland in 1759, a tall six footer and muscular. At 24 he married Mary Hadder. Her family innigrated from New Jersey before the Revolution. Their 3rd son was Jonathan, born at Jackson's Fort. Jonathan went to school at Clarksburg and Parkersburg. He was still a school boy in 1801, when his father Colonal Edward Jackson left Turkey Run to take up land for himself. He went to Lewis County's fertile peninsula made by the winding Monongahela River. There were six grants of land including nearly on thousand acres. At the nose of the peninsula he built a hewn log house with an ell, back from the river. Seven years later he built a dam and mill, Jackson's Mill, the name of the new house. In 1810, Jonathan Jackson had finished reading to the Harrison Cty bar, in the office of his cousin J. G. Jackson of Clarksburg. He was appointed Commissioner of Internal Revenue. In 1816 he married Julia Beckwith Neals of Parkersburg, a lady of admitted beauty, could read and write as many ladies could not. Sensitive, shy, not robust, they built a house on the main street on Clarksburg. There were four children, Elizabeth 1819, Warren 1821, Laura Ann, 1826, Thomas Jackson Jan. 21, 1824 and Jonathan Jackson died. His widow married Col. Blake Woodson. Tom and Laura Ann went to live with Uncle Cumming Jackson who had fallen heir to Jackson's Mill. Sept. 4, 1831 their mother died. Uncle Robinson, a faithful slave came for Tom and Laura Ann. He was always doing something for Tom, they say. John, Sr. and Elizabeth Jackson's Gt. Grandson became a well known Gen. in history, Lt. Gen. Thomas Johanthan "Stonewall" Jackson.

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five1fan2001added this on 18 Apr 2012

NikkiAdams75originally submitted this to Branchin' Out on 7 May 2011

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Birth: 1716 - Coleraine, Londenderry, Ulster, Ireland Death: Sep 25 1801 - Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States Parents: John Jackson, Katherine Jackson (born McKinley) Wife: Elizabeth Jackson (born Cummins) Children: George Jackson, Edward Jackson, John Jackson, Sophia Jackson, Samuel Jackson, Henry Jackson, Elizabeth Jackson, Mary Sarah

John Captain Jackson, Elizabeth Jackson (born Cummins) Jackson

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(Probably) not the John Jackson who married Elizabeth Cummins.

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“John Jackson was descended from English settlers in Ireland. He was born in Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland, and at the age of ten moved with his family to London. He emigrated to Maryland in 1748, married,and removed to Virginia in 1758 (present day Hardy County, West Virginia). He was a member of the County Court, served as an Indian spy in 1787 for Governor Henry Lee, and was a lieutenant of the militia in 1787. During the Revolutionary War, he took part in the Battle of King's Mountain. John was said to have been a spare, diminutive man, quiet, determined, courageous, and of sound judgment."(The Geneologies of the Jackson, Junkin and Morrison Families compiled by Michael I. Shoop, 1981, published by the Garland Gray Memoria Research Center, Sontewall Jackson House, Historic Lexington Foundation, Lexington, Virginia, page 155)”

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Beginnings for John Jackson (1715 or 1719 - 1801) and Elizabeth Cummins (also known as Elizabeth Comings and Elizabeth Needles) (1723 - 1828). John Jackson was a Protestant in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland. While living in London, he was convicted of the capital crime of larceny for stealing 'a3170; the judge at the Old Bailey sentenced him to a seven-year indenture in America. Elizabeth, a strong, blonde woman over 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, born in London, was also convicted of larceny in an unrelated case for stealing 19 pieces of silver, jewelry, and fine lace, and received a similar sentence. They both were transported on the prison ship Litchfield, which departed London in May 1749 with 150 convicts. John and Elizabeth met on board and were in love by the time the ship arrived at Annapolis, Maryland. Although they were sent to different locations in Maryland for their indentures, the couple married in July 1755.[5]

The family migrated west across the Blue Ridge Mountains to settle near Moorefield, Virginia, (now West Virginia) in 1758. In 1770, they moved further west to the Tygart Valley. They began to acquire large parcels of virgin farmland near the present-day town of Buckhannon, including 3,000 acres (12 km'b2) in Elizabeth's name. John and his two teenage sons were early recruits for the American Revolutionary War, fighting in the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780; John finished the war as captain and served as a lieutenant of the Virginia Militia after 1787. While the men were in the Army, Elizabeth converted their home to a haven, "Jackson's Fort," for refugees from Indian attacks.[6]

John and Elizabeth had eight children. Their second son was Edward Jackson (March 1, 1759 - December 25, 1828), and Edward's third son was Jonathan Jackson, This is important because Jonathan Jackson was the father for the famous General Stonewall Jackson, named Thomas Jonathan Jackson and was the great-grandson of John and Elizabeth

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Database online. Record for John III Jackson
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From Stephen Hill at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3125233&...

So far, I can find no one who has documentation to prove who the father of David Sr. and Gabriel Sr. was for certain.

There are three different theories, maybe more.

I. David

Some people have another David as their father. The only documentation I have seen of this is the fact two Davids were listed on the 1790 census for Rutherford County. One had young children. The other had four men over the age of 16 and three females in the household, plus a younger child or two.

It was not uncommon for families to live together at this time, so Gabriel and his wife and child could have been living with this David, since there isn't a Gabriel on the 1790 census and we know he was there. If anyone has any other proof that their father was a David, I haven't seen it. The dates of birth for this David are inconsistent and most have him born at a too early age to be the father of Gabriel and David. Most have him only 10 to 15 when our David was born. Numerous researchers have him born in 1744. Our David Sr. was born in 1759, making the David born in 1744 15 years old when David Sr. was born. I've seen other birth dates for this David having him 12 years old when our David Sr. was born, most unlikely.

Forrest Lyda states David was the father of our David and Gabriel based on the above and that he had other children named Levi, Charles, James and Ephraim. He also names a Margaret, but from the birth and death dates given, he is confusing this with Gabriel Sr.'s daughter Margaret "Peggy." Lyda offers no documentation as to where he got these names or the name Elizabeth as this David I. Jackson's wife. Please note, Gabriel had a son David who had a wife named Elizabeth. Many researchers believe people are getting all the David's confused and not paying close enough attention to ages, etc. There was a Levi Jackson in the census, but no documentation he was a brother of Gabriel and David.

Also keep in mind there are two distinct sets of Jacksons in Polk County at this time. One set came from South Carolina and lived in another region of the county. They were not related to David and Gabriel of Bright's Creek that anyone can discover. This line of Jacksons has been carefully researched. Again, it is believed researchers are getting these two sets of Jacksons confused.

II. Thomas

Others say David and Gabriel were the sons of a Thomas Jackson from Orange County, Va., and his wife Margaret. The only reasoning I can find for this is the fact we know David and Gabriel were born in Virginia and this couple had a son named David. But I can find no documentation that he is David, the father of our David and Gabriel, and no documentation that he had a son named Gabriel. And, for reasons I don't know, some say our David and Gabriel were born in Amelia County, Va., where Thomas lived.

III. James

There was a James Jackson who came to Amelia, Va., from Ireland. He acquired land, married and raised three sons. He was considered one of the more prosperous farmers in the area. Before the Revolutionary War he moved his family to Guilford County, North Carolina. His sons, James and David and Gabriel, fought in the Revolutionary War. James made his will, March 4, 1785. The will provided that the bulk of his estate go to his two older sons James (2) and David (1), while Gabriel was to receive 100 acres, including the house he was living in. James died in 1789 and is buried in a rural cemetery near Greensboro. His will was probated the same year... Info from "The Beckoning Hand" by Joe C Jackson.

There was a David Jackson who died in 1800 in Guilford County, which some say was this James' David. He was single, never married, and left his property to two nephews, Gabriel and Joseph, sons of his brother, Gabriel. If this is true, he isn't our David or the possible David, father of our David and Gabriel. Other persons on the Internet trace ancestry down from a David and James, stating they are the James and David of the above James and not our Jacksons. I can not find where any of them have proof of their ancestry either.

But, the Jacksons in Guilford County should not be dismissed. They all consistently carry the same names down, just as ours carry the same names down, and it is the only Jackson families with the names David and Gabriel listed together that anyone has found, to my knowledge.

Also Gabriel Jackson Sr. has a pay voucher for his Revolutionary War service issued from Guilford County. David Sr.'s pay voucher was from Salisbury.

The ages also fit. Our David Sr. is the older brother of Gabriel Sr. and they both served in the Revolutionary War. The other reason this is interesting is that David Sr.'s wife, commonly known as Margaret, but in reality Margot or Margett, was of German heritage, as evidenced by the old Medieval German Bible passed down by her family. Someone prior to her death or soon after her death tore out the pages with the family history. We have not discovered her maiden name, nor a marriage record for her and David. We do know from census records of her children that she was born in Maryland. We know she was of German heritage.

Dates and intermarriages of the Jacksons in Guilford County coincide and intermingle with those of the Moravians from Pennsylvania and Maryland who came into Guilford County and into Old Salem.

Orange County Land grant of 350 acres to Jsa: Jackson, dated 7th of January 1752

Early Guilford County Land Map, this means living on Crane Creek:

• Jas. JACKSON, & 2 sons and free NEGRO and another James JACKSON.

James Jackson June 8, 1787-prb.

• May 1789 - wife not listed. Children- Eldest son James & David, and youngest son Gabriel
• This is from Guilford County, N.C.

From Orange County, NC.

Jun 14, 1768, Adonijah Davenport, son of John Davenport, is killed while fighting a fire "in the field before the door of his father." A burning tree fell on him. A coroner's inquest was held, apparently at the request of John Davenport. James Jackson was on the jury.

There were three Jacksons living in Orange County, N.C., which Guilford was part of at this time: Isaac Jackson, William Jackson, and James Jackson who were living a few miles northeast of the town of Hillsborough, Orange County, NC in the 1755 -1760 time frame.

Some Jackson information is drawn primarily from Jackson Family Record, pp 146-8 in DAR, Record of Orange County Churches, DAR Library.

On Mar. 29, 1779, seventy-two men along the Uharie River petitioned to the General Assembly in Raleigh, NC. They asked that the people living along the Uharie River not be allowed to build dams that would extend from bank to bank so all the people living along the river would be allowed to benefit of the said river in getting fish, as they formerly had for many years, The Jackson men that signed the petition were Robert Jackson, James Jackson, Andrew Jackson, and Simeon Jackson.

Another fact that makes these Jacksons interesting is that Margaret, the wife of our David, was of German descent and at the same time the Jacksons moved into the area of Hillsborough and Old Salem, etc., so were the Moravians and Germans of the Lutheran Church.

The following is from a researcher on the Internet who is tracing the family of a William Jackson in Guilford County. In light of the above German connection, it is extremely interesting.

"One of these (German Lutherans), was Catherine Goodner, married William Jackson. She was apparently the youngest child of the parent immigrant Goodner family. Estimating her birth from the known births of some of her children–she was younger than her brother, Conrad–it would appear that she was born somewhere between the years 1760 and 1765, either in Germany or in America; it is not known which. Nothing is known of her youth except that she grew to womanhood on the farms of her parents, first in Orange County, and later possibly in Guilford County, (it could have been the same farm since Guilford was formed from Orange) the latter farm being in the vicinity of Gibsonville, where they probably attended the old Friedens Church, used jointly by the Lutheran and German Reformed denominations.

In a year not definitely determined, but possibly about 1783, she married a William Jackson in Guilford County, a member of a Scotch–Irish family that early settled in that part of Orange County which in 1770 was set off into Guilford.

The Jackson family was found to have been in Orange County as early as 1755, for the names of several were found on the List of Taxables for that year. These early Jacksons were Benjamin, John, Thomas and Isaac. The parentage of William Jackson is not known. All available records in Orange and Guilford Counties have been searched, as well as those in the Archives of History in Raleigh. No wills or administrations could be located for the period prior to 1800.

The only information found which might refer to Catherine's husband was a record of a deed to two lots in the village of Hillsborough wherein William Jackson, Jr, conveys, to my honored father, James Jackson,” two lots in the town of Hillsborough, consisting of two acres, for 300 Pounds. The date of the deed was October 14th, 1786 (Book 2, Page 449). Witnesses to the deed were John Collins and Jacob Jackson."

This means there were two James Jacksons in Guilford County during the same time period. One who left the will and another, the father of this William.

"The Jacksons were without doubt a part of the exodus of Scotch–Irish and Germans who migrated from Pennsylvania to Orange County in the middle of the 18th century. Land became scarce in Pennsylvania, and what was purchasable was high in price. The Alleghenies presented a formidable barrier to travel westward, and even if the difficulties of travel could have been surmounted there remained the incessant danger of Indian warfare. Thus the logical expansion route was southward, through Virginia to North Carolina. Some of the migrating families settled in Virginia, but many thousands moved on to the Carolinas, a vast number of them settled in the counties of Orange, Rowan and Anson. These counties were about 1770 to 1780 broken up and the counties of Guilford, Caswell, Chatham, Randolph, and Surry were formed. In 1767, Orange County included parts of the present counties of Guilford, Rockingham, Randolph, Wake and all of Person, Caswell, Durham, Chatham and Alamance. In that year, before the division of the county, it was estimated that Orange County had a population of 13,000 whites and 700 Negroes.

In the year 1779, a William Jackson is shown on the Tax list as having taxable property in the amount of $1869.80, and a James Jackson having taxable property in the amount of $2590.30. In 1783, William Jackson is shown as a resident of Caswell District and owning 100 acres of land; also a William Jackson as owning 187 acres in the same district. In 1788, William Jackson, in the District of Hillsborough, is shown as owning 187 acres of land east of the Appalachians, probably the same 187 acres previously mentioned. For the year 1783, Isaac Jackson is shown as owning 200 acres, and James Jackson 900 acres, both of whom resided in the Hillsborough district. William Jackson is shown as owning 200 acres in Orange, and a William Jackson, Sr, shown as owning lands as well as two lots in the village of Hillsborough. It should be noted here that the use of the terms “senior" and "junior" in those days did not necessarily mean father and son. They more frequently meant the elder and the younger."

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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20427600 Great Grandfather of Stonewall Jackson

• **** Thomas Jonathan Jackson was the great-grandson of John Jackson (1715 or 1719 – 1801) and Elizabeth Cummins (also known as Elizabeth Comings and Elizabeth Needles) (1723–1828). John Jackson was a Protestant (Ulster-Scottish) from Coleraine,County Londonderry, Ireland. While living in London, England, he was convicted of the capital crime of larceny for stealing £170; the judge at the Old Bailey sentenced him to seven years of indentured servitude in America. Elizabeth, a strong, blonde woman over 6 feet (180 cm) tall, born in London, was also convicted of larceny in an unrelated case for stealing 19 pieces of silver, jewelry, and fine lace, and received a similar sentence. They both were transported on the prison ship Litchfield, which departed London in May 1749 with 150 convicts. John and Elizabeth met on board and were in love by the time the ship arrived atAnnapolis, Maryland. Although they were sent to different locations in Maryland for their indentures, the couple married in July 1755.[6] The family migrated west across the Blue Ridge Mountains to settle near Moorefield, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1758. In 1770, they moved farther west to the Tygart Valley. They began to acquire large parcels of virgin farming land near the present-day town of Buckhannon, including 3,000 acres (12 km²) in Elizabeth's name. John and his two teenage sons, were early recruits for the American Revolutionary War, fighting in the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780; John finished the war ascaptain and served as a lieutenant of the Virginia militia after 1787. While the men were in the Army, Elizabeth converted their home to a haven, "Jackson's Fort," for refugees from Indian attacks.[7] John and Elizabeth had eight children. Their second son was Edward Jackson (March 1, 1759 – December 25, 1828), and Edward's third son[8] was Jonathan Jackson, Thomas's father.[9] Jonathan's mother died in 1798 and his father remarried three years later. His father and stepmother had nine more children.[10]