Person:Amer Jackson (9)

Amer Jackson grew up in Westfield, Surry Co., NC and when his father died in 1815, he was left a tract of land lying on the west side of the west fork of Tom's Creek, also a tract of land in Grayson Co., VA. After his marriage, he settled down on the tract of land on Tom's Creek, which was the old home place where he was raised. He continued to live on this land until his death in 1870.

Amer was a member of the Whit party, and upon its abandonment, identified himself with the Republicans. He was a member of the Society of Friends at Westfield and his wife Sarah was a member of the Baptist Church.

Amer was a very successful farmer. The 1860 census of Stokes Co., NC show him owning 1200 acres of land in the northern district of Westfield, NC. The 1870 census shows Sarah owning 1500 acres with her neighbors being Ace Nunn and John Love.

In his will, Amer left land to increase the cemetery that joins the old part of the Friends Cemetery in Westfield, NC. There are no stones left in the old part of the graveyard where so many of the Jackson and Jessup families are buried. He was buried at the Westfield Friends Church, Surry Co., NC

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Jomartin1@@worldnet.att.net. Research by Mary Jo Martin. (Dec. 2005).