Person:John Jackson (429)

1794 From Goodspeed's History of Johnson County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnjohnso/jcchurch.html “The first church organized in the county was known as Roane Creek Baptist Church, constituted on April 20, 1794. Benjamin Brown was chosen moderator, William Jackson, clerk and George Brown, elder. At the next meeting in May George Brown, Stephen Wheeler, Benjamin Brown, Joseph Gentry, John Grimes, John Asher and William* Jackson were also appointed to sit, as the church, at Mr. Loyd's, to receive members, on the second Saturday in June. Among the first members mentioned were Benjamin Cuthbert, Reuben and John Asher, Jacob Perkins, John and William Brown, Stephen Gentry, Joseph Tompkins, William Clark, William Pembleton, James Parsons, John Mullins, John Smith, Benjamin Sewell, Hezekiah Boone, Samuel Cole, Thomas Thornton and Joseph* and John Jackson*. To them should be added about thirty-five names of female members belonging to the families of the above men, making an aggregate membership of about sixty-five.

“This church then included all the Baptists in Johnson County, and some from the contiguous territory. In 1797 it was decided to build three houses of worship-one on Lower Roane Creek, another on Upper Roane Creek, and the third on Little Doe. Whether these buildings were erected could not be ascertained, but it is probable that they were not built, but services were held at private residences in the three settlements in turn. The first pastor was James Tompkins, installed in 1797.”

• This Joseph and John Jackson were not enumerated as adults in the 1790 Wilkes Co, TN census at all and are children of William. Joseph and John are mentioned in William's 1806 will as his sons. William's other two sons mentioned in the will were likely to be too young to be considered members.

1. ↑ Research of Darrell Jackson (darrelljackson At msn Dot com) familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/a/c/Darrell-.
2.   Will.

   From William's 1806/1810 Will. See transcription this site.