Person:Samuel Jackson (49)

Notes

A gravestone was erected for Samuel Jackson in Franklin cemetery, Franklin, Illinois but the information on it does not agree with the pension application. The data on this site is taken from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for Pension R5529. The gravestone can be seen at Ancestry.com

The following abstract was transcribed from a letter written Jan 3, 1938 to Judge J. W. Jackson of Kennebec, South Dakota from A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

"The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.5529, based upon the military service of Samuel Jackson in that war.

"Samuel Jackson was born in Prince William County, Virginia, in 1756, day, month and the names of his parents are not shown.

"While a resident of Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, Samuel Jackson elisted in September 1775, served as private in Captain Cuthbert Harrison's Company, Colonel William Grayson's Virginia Regiment and in Captain Jonathan Furguson's Virginia Company and was in the battle at Long Bridge, Norfolk; length of service ten months. He enlisted in July 1776 for during the war, in Captain Thomas West's Company in the Third Virginia Regiment and was attached to Captain Philip Lee's Company, Colonel Weedon's Third Virginia Regiment and marched to Alexandria thence to Baltimore, then started for Philadelphia, on the way there was taken sick, unable to march, was put in a baggage wagon which upset and he was injured and disabled for service, returned home on parole and was unfit for further military duty during the war.

"In 1798 he moved from Virginia, to Mason County, Kentucky, in 1820 he moved to Floyd County, Indiana and about September 1841* he moved from Indiana to Morgan County, Illinois.

"He was allowed pension on his application executed March 3, 1834 while a resident of Floyd County, Indiana. He died March 12, 1844 in Morgan County, Illinois.

"Soldier married in the spring of 1782 in Culpeper County, Virginia, Vashti, who died September 28, 1846 in Morgan County, Illinois, aged eighty-three years.

"Children of Samuel Jackson and his wife, Vashti, living in 1855 were: Lucy Stansberry, Nancy Daniels, Polly Weldon, Charles Jackson, Zepheniah Jackson, John Jackson and Kessiah Wright, aged fifty-three years and a resident of Morgan County, Illinois. In the same year her husband Reuben Wright was aged sixty-four years.

"In 1855 one Benjamin F. Wright and one Mildred Wright made affidavit in Morgan County, Illinois, their ages or relationship to the family not stated. There are no further family data." --end of letter--

Timeline:
1756 Samuel b in Prince William Co, Virginia
1759 Prior to 1759 Prince Wm Co included all of the area that became Fauquier Co in 1759
1775 enlisted age 19, residence Dumfries, Prince William Co., Virginia
1777 Samuel, age 21, married in Fauquier Co, VA to Vashti Irinon/Grinnan/Greening (this marriage info from VA Marriages to 1800 at ancestry.com)
1782 Samuel, age 26, m Vashti in Culpeper Co. Virginia (Culpeper is directly west of Fauquier) (this ALT marriage info is from his pension appl
1790 there is no federal census for 1790 in Virginia - destroyed
1798 left Virginia, moved to Mason Co., Kentucky
1800 there is no federal census for 1800 in Kentucky - destroyed
1810 Census Mason Co., KY Sam'l, wife and 10 children
1820 left Mason Co, moved to Floyd Co., Indiana; rec'd pension in Floyd Co in 1834
1840 was on the 1840 census in Morgan Co., Illinois; unknown exactly when he moved there.

Samuel and his wife are listed on the 1840 Morgan Co., Illinois census, both ages between 80 and 90 years old. Samuel is also listed as a veteran receiving pension, age 86. Samuel is head of household with no one else except his wife living with him. Adjacent to his home are two families named Wright, James and Abner. Living with James Wright, younger, is another pensioned veteran, James Wright, age 84. The Jackson and Wright families appear to have intermarried and may have migrated together.

1810 Census Mason Co., Kentucky
Samuel Jackson:
children under 10 2 males, 3 females, 1800-1810
ten thru 15 2 males, 1 females, 1795-1800
16 thru 25 1 males, 1 females, 1785-1794
26-44 Vashti
over 45 Samuel
Total persons 12

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Pension Application R5529 Samuel Jackson. (Abstracted to letter to Judge J. W. Jackson, Kennebec, South Dakota 3 Jan 1938).
2. ↑ 1840 Census at ancestry.com. (http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/list.aspx?dbid=8057&path=), Morgan, Illinois; Roll: 66; Page: 391.

   Birth date: abt 1754; Birth place: Residence date: 1 June 1840; Residence place: Morgan, Illinois, USA

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=3155875&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

3.   DAR application.