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m. Est 1731
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From O. B. Robbins Book "Removed to Tennessee before the Revolution. He had two wives. By the first 15 children; by the 2nd eleven children. There were 19 of these children living in 1808 (sic) at the time of his death, aged 72 years." From O. B. Robbins book "In 1769, Joseph's widow Mary and his son, William, made a renunciation of their right to administer on his estate..." so the assumption is made that William was the oldest living son. 1780 The book "King's Mountain and It's Heroes" by Lyman Draper 1881 says on page 460 "of William Jackson, another of Cleveland's King's Mountain Captains, we have no knowledge." The Battle of Kings Mountain took place October 7, 1780. Family tradition has it that William was “one of Cleveland’s captains”. If that is so, he would have been about 44 years old at the time. He would have been recruited from the Wilkes Co. area as he had not yet moved westward. There has been some disagreement among researchers as to who this Capt. William Jackson was. Some rootsweb charts say the Capt. was from Pennsylvania but enlisted from SC and went back to Pennsylvania after the war, but an exhaustive search has found no documentation of that and later research about the South Caroline Captain has proved he was not the Capt. William at Kings Mountain. (See article about this research here: Disambiguation: A Study of the William Jacksons of Wilkes, North Carolina) Most all of the Overmountain men were not regulars; were not on any records and so did not file for pension applications. For an interesting recap of the Battle of Kings Mountain, see http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battledetail.aspx?battle=25. 1780 Excerpt from the Pension Application of Abiud Fairchild S15420 Dtd 18 Feb 1834 (http://southerncampaign.org/pen/) "...He [Abiud] next went into the service as a volunteer in a company of which William Jackson was Captain. The names of the other company officers he does not now recollect. Colonel Benjamin Cleveland was his commanding Colonel. ...From Colonel Walker's old place he, this applicant, marched on under command of Captain William Jackson and crossed Broad River and went down by Buck Creek and passed a place called the Cowpens. We then passed down Buck Creek some distance and left Buck Creek and crossed Broad River again at Cherokee Ford. We then marched on to King's Mountain where we arrived the next day after the battle (8 Oct 1780) a little after dark at the encampment of the American forces about 2 miles from the battle ground..." (Excerpt added by Bob Mitchell 12 Aug 2008: this record shows that William Jackson was a CPT under COL Benjamin Cleveland and shows that neither Abiud Fairchild nor William Jackson were at King's Mountain in time for the actual battle. But they certainly made that horrific march and were part of the support troops under the command of Col. Cleveland.) The book "History of Watauga County, North Carolina 1849 - 1949", page 31, says "Captain William Jackson was a close follower of Fairchild, and seems to have been a man of prominence in the community. He commanded Fairchild's company at Kings Mountain and later was a magistrate and a tax collector. He settled near the lower Meat Camp valley, which, by reason of mills, soon became an important section." 1786: William is 50 years old when he signs Abigale Jackson’s marriage bond in Wilkes Co, NC (m to Jonathan Hughes). The only ‘proof’ we have that this is our William is circumstantial: his signature on the bond matches his signature on his Will and the codicil to his will; also he’s in the same area as his close relatives. A study has been made of all the Jacksons in Wilkes County during that time period and William is the only one who could have been Abigail's father. 1790: William is still in Wilkes County when he is enumerated in the (3rd company) 1790 census of Wilkes County surrounded by close associates including his brother-in-law James Tompkins, Ebenezer Fairchild, James Jackson, John Lipps and others. 1794: Wilkes County at that time encompassed a very large area including what is now Watauga and Ashe and westward to Indian lands. During the period between the war and 1806 both the county and the state borders were moved. William bought or received a land grant for 200 acres from the state of North Carolina in Washington District in 1794. This area later became Carter County, Tennessee and his deed is recorded there. Since Meat Camp area later became Watauga County, North Carolina; it appears that William moved just a bit westward. The Three Forks Baptist Church of North Carolina established a branch church near Shouns Crossroads and held services each month.., and upon April 20, 1794, what was known as the Roan Creek Baptist Church was organized. This infant Baptist congregation elected Benjamin Brown, moderator; William Jackson, clerk; and George Brown, elder. The church elected James Tompkins as the first pastor. A membership list includes two of William's sons, John and Joseph. It appears that the other two sons were probably too young for membership (since Baptists believed a person must have reached the 'age of accountability' before becoming members). The following two paragraphs were copied from http://jctcuzins.org/church/carrier.html "A typical example of an early church trial was that of William Jackson in 1803. The charge against Jackson was that he had "gone to law" against a fellow church member, Bro. Harper, without the counsel of the church. Harper had promised Jackson fifteen gallons of whiskey by the fall of 1802 and had failed to deliver. The church excluded Jackson on the grounds: one, for saying that he had sought to settle his complaint against Harper with the "legal steps of the gospel," when in fact he had not; two, for contracting to sell the promised whiskey to a third party, Mr. King; and three, in the opinion of the church, Jackson "aimed to turn the whiskey into money." Jackson repented of his sin and was restored into the fellowship of the church in July, 1804." 1806 William is 70 years old when he writes his Will in Carter County Tennessee, dated 6 Sep 1806; witnessed by Alexander Doran, JP. Later, 5 Jun 1810 he writes a codicil to his will. The will mentions four sons in this order: John, Stephen, Joseph and David. Joseph and John are mentioned in the 1794 listing of early members of Roane Creek Baptist Church. (see Notes for Joseph or John.) Darrell Jackson, a descendant of this William Jackson has participated in the Jackson DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA. His DNA is a 99.9 percent match to a well documented, known descendant of Gen. Joseph Jackson. So this is further verification that William who died in Carter County is indeed Gen. Joseph Jackson's son. Will of William Jackson 6 September 1806 IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. I, William Jackson of the County of Carter and State of Tennessee being sick and weak in body but of sound mind and disposing memory for which I thank God and caulling to mind the uncertainty of human life and being desirous to dispose of all such wordley estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with, I give and becoth the same in the manner following: Item: I leave and becoth to my beloved wife Bersheba all the household furniture and also all the stock of every kind for the suport of her and my children she had by me and to dispose of the same as she pleases at her death. Likewise, her giving of it the same care as I during her life or widdowhood and the plantation at her marrag or death to be devided between my four sons to wit: John, Joseph, Stephen and David equely. And to each of my other children, I leave and becoth twenty shillings each to be paid in property or such as she did not spend of the plantation or stock and I do hereby constitute and make this my last Will and Testament this eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight and six. Signed sealed published and declared as and for the last will and testament of the above named William Jackson in presents of us.
/s/ William Jackson Codicil: Copied from "Abstracts of Deeds, Carter County Tennessee" pg 1: "Book A, pg 16 12 Jul 1794. NC State Grant #_____ to William Jackson a 50 sh the 100 A, 100 A, Washington Co. fks of Doe R, beg "at an iron wood tree". Reg 19 Dec 1794." (which may be a mis-reading and should be same date as below: 19 Dec 1796. These grants, though dated in 1794, weren't recorded until 1796.) "Book A, pg 17 12 Jul 1794. NC State Grant #1123 to William Jackson a 50 sh the 100 A, 200 A, Washington Co. crosses Little Doe R. Reg 19 Dec 1796." Copied from "Abstracts of Deeds, Carter County Tennessee" pg 29: "Book A, pgs 486, 487 25 Jul 1801. William Jackson to Leonard Shoun for $333, 100 A, on Little Doe waters of Watauga R, by NC Grant #1123 to William Jackson. Joseph Tompkins & William Jenkins. Prvd may Court 1804." This deed is instrumental in proving this William is the same William that is related to Joseph Tompkins (brother-in-law) and William Jenkins (Tompkins' son-in-law.) Copied from "Abstracts of North Carolina Land Grant Files, Wilkes County, 1778-1798, Vol. 1":
(John Lipps was a son-in-law of Elizabeth Jackson and James Tompkins; Elizabeth is sister to Wm. Jackson.) 1782 A William is listed on Capt Keese's NC tax list NC STATE Census 1784-1787 FEDERAL CENSUS: 1790 James Jackson-3rd Co - Wilkes, NC - 1 4 2 0 0 (married Abigail Fairchild 1799) 1790 James Jackson-1st Co - Wilkes, NC - 1 3 2 0 0 1790 Jonathan Hughes ???? (married Abigail Jackson 1786) 1790 Wm. Jackson-11th Co - Wilkes, NC - 1 3 3 0 0 (married Abigail Gillum) References
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