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Purpose

For now, this will contain just bits and pieces of info I want to keep. May be rearranged later. Others are free to add to this page other helpful information.

Goals

  1. To document the parents of Samuel Jackson b Prince William County who married Vashti
  2. To document the parents and children of George W. Jackson b abt 1772 Fauquier County who married Nancy Strother.
  3. To distinguish between several various early Jackson families. Do this by listing what is known and referring to person pages.
  4. Watch for new contributed info on early Jacksons in Virginia

Pre-1790 Individuals in Northern Neck Area

Northumberland Original 1645

Lancaster County out of York/Northumberland 1651

Westmoreland out of Northumberland 1653

Stafford County out of Westmoreland 1664

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vastaffo/parishindex.htm

Stafford Co., VA Marriages in the 1700s:
Gleaned from Source:Nicklin, John Bailey Calvert. St. Paul's Parish Register 1715-1798
Family:John Jackson and Rachel Rosser (1) of Hanover Parish, 31 Jan 1731/2
Samuel Jackson and Mary Delander, 21 Feb 1736/7
Samuel Jackson and Anne Berry, 10 Feb 1739/40
Elizabeth Jackson and Henry Smith, 11 July 1753
Jane Jackson and Henry Bussey, 21 Nov 1758
James Jackson and Mary Johnston, 3 Sep 1761
Elizabeth Jackson and John Ashton, 16 May 1762
James Jackson and Elizabeth Sweney, 31 Dec 1767

Stafford Co VA births:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vastaffo/births/1700gk.htm
JACKSON, James, son of Samuel and Mary, August 14, 1738
JACKSON, Samuel, son of Samuel and Anne, May 16, 1742
JACKSON, Samuel, son of James and Mary, May 16, 1762
JACKSON, Sarah, daughter of James and Elizabeth, April 1, 1768
JACKSON, Elizabeth, daughter of James and Elizabeth, February 16, 1670
JACKSON, Chandler, son of Samuel Jane, April 3, 1772
JACKSON, Anne, daughter of Samuel and Jane, May 26, 1774

Stafford Co VA deaths:
JACKSON, Mary, wife of Samuel, December 1, 1739
JACKSON, Anne, wife of Samuel, January 14, 1742/3
JACKSON, Samuel, February 14, 1747/8

Prince William County out of Stafford 1731

  1. Samuel Jackson b 1756 in Prince William County who married Vashti; migrated to Morgan County, Illinois; parents unknown, some children listed in his pension application.
  2. John Jackson b aft 1695 location unk; who married Mary Ball and

had child Francis Jackson b aft 1714 Stafford County who married Sallie Tyler and
they had child Samuel Jackson b 1755 Prince William County who married Mary Farrow and
they had child John Farrow Jackson b 1788 Prince William County who married Elizabeth Butler Grigsby.

Pre-1790 Individuals in Other Areas of Virginia

Fauquier County out of

Marriages

The following marriages from "Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier
County, Virginia 1759-1800. Compiler: Junie Estelle Steward King (1939) pg 53
Jackson, Daniel m. Tolls, Anne 3 July 1793
Jackson, Dempsey m. Pickett, Molly 29 Dec 1787
Jackson, Ephiram m. Norman, Tabitha 9 Sept. 1799
Jackson, Samuel m. Grinnan, Vashti 11 Aug 1771]]
Jackson, Samuel m. Jackson, Peggy 9 Feb 1799
Smith, Scarlett m. Jackson, Lydia 19 Mar 1788 (pg 60)

The following record of marriage taken from a different source:
Thomas Greening (M) Mary (Duncan) Hackley, Wid of Joseph Hackley & Dtr of Robert Duncan Sr. of Pr Wm Co PR to 1751
Elizabeth Grinnan (Greening) (M) George Davis Dec. 17, 1770 Sec: Samuel Jackson
Vashti Grinnan (Greening) (M) Samuel Jackson, Aug 11, 1771-Wit: George Davis-This couple moved to KY, where all their children were born, Samuel died in Morgan Co, Ill 1844 and Vashti died in 1846 Morgan Co, Ill- (Ref: Jackson Family records) (which records these may be are unkn to Janie)
Sarah Grinen (M) Allen Stewart May 28, 1785 Wts: Jas. Weatherby (He died 1827 Fauquier Co, Va-LDS rec.)
Frankey Greening (M) Wm. Conner, Aug 9, 1788-consent of father, Thos. Greening Wts: John Conner-(seem to have stayed in Fauquier Co, Va.)
Reuben Greening (M) Sarah Allen (went to Claiborne Co, Tenn, then to Clarke & Bracken Co, Ky. Desc. moved to Sangamon Co, Ill-Well Documented in "History of Sangamon Co, Illinois"

Links of Interest

See also Jackson in Prince William that I started earlier and nearly forgot. Perhaps these pages can be combined??

Here are Samuel and Francis Jackson mentioned in land records.
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.princewilliam/1324/mb.ashx

Here is mention of a Jackson and a Lynn on this page - tho are separate deeds; not together
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.princewilliam/1344/mb.ashx

Samuel in Stafford Co 1728
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.stafford/938/mb.ashx

This one makes no sense to me but mentions a Thomas Jackson in 1665
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/3043/mb.ashx

Articles of Interest

Jacksons in Prince William during 1779

The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol., 30, No 3, pgs 180, 181 and 182 gives a list of petitioners of Prince William County, County, Virginia. I have culled the names of all Jacksons who signed the petition as of 14, October 1779.
Saml Jackson pg 180
Francis Jackson, Jr. pg 180
Francis Jackson pg 180
Francis Jackson, Younger pg 180
George Jackson pg 181
John Jackson pg 181
Samll Jackson pg 181
Samll Jackson, Junr pg 181
There are no Jacksons on page 182. So there were 3 men named Samuel, 3 men named Francis, 1 George and 1 John.

Migration from Virginia

  1. Topic: Pioneer Travel, focus Fauquier County, Virginia to Kentucky to Missouri

Quotes for topic taken from: From Missouri's Confederate...Claiborne Jackson, Christopher Phillip, Missouri Press found in Google.com books, page 11-

"When one of three tax assessors canvassed Mason County, Kentucky in September, 1792 among the new residents he found who possessed taxable wealth was 29 year old DEMPSEY JACKSON. He and his young family had likely traveled in a group with other Fauquier families (possibly brothers or cousins, for several men of that name--including WILLIAM, SAMUEL, JAMES and THOMAS JACKSON--all names that would appear in later Mason County simultaneously with Dempsey's arrival) along a route well worn by thousands before them: northwesterward by wagon from Fauquier County through the Blue Ridge gaps to the lower Shenandoah Valley, crossing Potomoc into Maryland, then heading westward over to the valley town of Cumberland then picking up Braddock's infamous and well used road through the Allegheny mountain passes to the Monongahela River, following the river then 50 more miles to Fort Pitt or Pittsburg....With over 200 tortuous miles behind them the JACKSON clan probably sold their wagons and purchased a flatboat or barge--which cost them as much as a dollar a foot--and provisions and floated themselves, their families, and their precious household cargoes down the gradually slowing current of the mighty Ohio for nearly 400 miles. After nearly two months of arduous travel the weary group arrived at Limestone....between which were wedged a few log houses, a tobacco warehouse, and the Boone Tavern, owned by the son of the famous frontiersman. In 1792 sprawling Mason County--which stretched from the Sandy River on the east to the Licking River on the west and south, 160 miles from end to end--was the northernmost county in Kentucky....In 1811 the eldest sons CRAVEN and DEMPSEY PICKETT {JACKSON} left the farm bound for Nashville, Tennessee....Between 1823 and 1826 four more of Dempsey's sons--THOMAS, WILLIAM, WADE, and CALIB--as well as seven adult male Jackson cousins followed the path of their ancestors....moved to the new frontier of Missouri...these young westerners each traveled the Ohio and Mississippi River by steamer to St Louis then up the state's main artery, the Missouri River to Franklin, a thriving river town and seat of Howard County. Steamboats had begun plying the turbid waters of the Missouri to Franklin in 1819, complementing the 'Boon's Lick Trace' that connected St Charles with Franklin. Howard County with Franklin as its centerpiece was the heart of Missouri's current lodestone of immigration--the Boon'sLick country."

1790 Virginia U. S. Census, Heads of Families

Amelia County

Jackson,Mathew
Jackson,Francis
Jackson,Wm, Senr
Jackson,Wm
Jackson,John C.
Jackson,John
Jackson,John
Jackson,Isaiah
Jackson,Arther
Jackson,Josiah
Jackson,Josiah
Jackson,Obediah
Jackson,Edwd
Jackson,Wm P.
Jackson,Thos
Jackson,Charles
Jackson,Amey
Jackson,Philip W.
Jackson,John
Jackson,William
Jackson,Frances
Jackson,Frances
Jackson,Frances, Junr
Jackson,Aarter
Jackson,John
Jackson,William

Amherst County

Jackson,Peter

Charlotte County

Jackson,John
Jackson,Thomas
Jackson,Lewis
Jackson,William
Jackson,William, Jr.

Chesterfield County

Jackson,Peter
Jackson,Joseph
Jackson,Ezekiel
Jackson,Hezekiah

Essex County

Jackson,Dyke

Fairfax County

Jackson,John
Jackson,John

Frederick County

Jackson,Jno
Jackson,Josiah

Greensville County

Jackson,Lewis

Halifax County

Jackson,Simon
Jackson,Ephraim
Jackson,Ephraim
Jackson,John
Jackson,Hannah

Harrison County (becomes WV in 1863)

Jackson,George
Jackson,John

Hampshire County (becomes WV in 1863)

Jackson,William
Jackson,Thomas
Jackson,William

Isle Of Wight

Jackson,William

Lancaster County

Jackson,Edward

Middlesex County

Jackson,John, Senr

Monongalia County (becomes WV in 1863)

Jackson,George
Jackson,John

Norfolk County

Jackson,Jno

Nansemond County

Jackson,Christo

Pittsylvania County

Jackson,Joseph

Prince Edward County

Jackson,Mark
Jackson,Obadiah
Jackson,Wm
Jackson,Thos
Jackson,Matthew
Jackson,John
Jackson,Thos
Jackson,Wm
Jackson,Elizabeth
Jackson,Joel

Prince William County

The census records are missing but I do have some info of Jacksons in the county.

Richmond County

Jackson,Vincent
Jackson,Thaddeus

Stafford County

Jackson,Rosomond
Jackson,Robert

Shenandoah County

Jackson,Saml
Jackson,Moses
Jackson,James
Jackson,John
Jackson,Allen

Warwick County

Jackson,Ambrose

Message Board Postings

  1. From: BOOTSIE729@aol.com

Subject: [JACKSON] Jackson.. Muster of the inhabitants of Virginia settlements
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 19:31:29 EST

Settlers living at "martins hundred" in Virginia,February 16,1623,1624
Jackson,John
Jackson,---- ,widow
dau.,Jackson,----

Settlers living at "James Cittye" in Virginia,February 16,1623
Jackson,Ephraim
Jackson,John
wife ,Jackson,----
Jackson,John

Muster of the inhabitants of Virginia settlements,January 20-30,1624
Settlers living at James City and James Island in Virginia January 24,1624
Jackson,John . . . . . . . . .
son,Jackson,John . . . . . . .

  1. From: BOOTSIE729@aol.com

Subject: [JACKSON] Jackson.. 1704 Rent Roll of Virginia
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 22:42:50 EST
1704 Rent Roll of Virginia
Jackson Jonas Accomack
Jackson George Glocester Abbington Parish
Jackson Ralph Henrico County
Jackson Richard James City
Jackson Elizabeth James City
Jackson John & Jonah Northampton County
Jackson Symon Norfolk County
Jackson James Prince George County
Jackson Ralph Prince George County
Jackson Thomas Prince George County
Jackson Sarah Princess Anne County
Jackson Tho Parish of St. Peters
Jackman Jos John Surry County
Jackson George Warwick County
Jackson Wm York County
Jackson Robt. York County

  1. The following resulted from a search for Samuel Jackson b in VA in 1756

Virginia Census, 1607-1890
Name: Samuel Jackson
State: VA
County: Prince William County
Township: Michaelmass
Year: 1751
Record Type: Rent Role
Database: VA Early Census Index

Virginia Census, 1607-1890
Name: Samuel Jackson
State: VA
County: Prince William County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1784
Record Type: Tax list
Database: VA Early Census Index

1810 Census Twp n/g, Prince William Co., Virginia
Samuel Jackson 0-0-1-0-1//0-0-2-1-1//0-0-0-13

1820 Census Preston Co., Virginia (WV); Samuel Jackson
1830 Census Preston Co., Virginia (WV): Samuel Jackson Sr.
1830 Census Preston Co., Virginia (WV); Samuel Jackson Jr.

1840 Census Leeds, Fauquier Co., VA: Samuel R. Jackson

1840 Census Morgan, Illinois; Samuel Jackson b abt 1754; pensioner age 86, next to James Wright
1840 Census Morgan, Illinois; Samuel Jackson b abt 1754; duplicate, same as above

1850 Census Dist 1, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Chloe Ann Jackson 93 Virginia
John Jackson 58 Virginia
Nancy Jackson 68 Virginia

From Dee Brown: I'm looking at Samuel b 1737 Ireland d ? married Martha Vateau from Dublin. They lived in Augusta Va and had Samuel b 1763, George b 1765, Margaret b 1767, and Andrew b 1761. According to the Vateau family there was also an Esther b?