Person:Andrew Jackson (69)

The following note was given to me by Cecil Revell 11/15/07. He notes that his source was Linda Garner at Myfamily.com Jackson family page. Andrew Jackson Jackson, brother of ggrandfather John Kirby Jackson, was born in Montgomery Co., AL, 5 February 1845. He enlisted in the Confederate Army as substitute for John K. Jackson, untill he was old enough to serve for himself. He then enlisted in his own name July 1862, as a member of Hilliard's Legion. The forces remained at Montgomery untill the fall of that year when they were ordered to Tennessee, and sent to Knoxville, Cumberland Gap, Clinton, Kingston and Louden. The battalions were then consolidated into regiments and he was attached to the 60th. Alabama under Col. J.W. Sanford, Major Hatch Cook, Oracle's Brigade and Bushrod Johnson's Division. The command was then sent to Chickamauga where they were engaged in a desperate battle. Andrew received a slight wound in this battle. This was the only wound he received throughout the war. From here his command was sent to Missionary Ridge where it was attached to Longstreet's Core and forwarded on to Knoxville and Drewery's Bluff, Virginia, where they were again engaged in battle. They were then ordered to Richmond and were engaged in several skirmishes there and later moved on to the breast-works at Petersburg where they remained untill it was evacuated. They were then ordered to Appomattox Court House. Andrew was nine hundred miles from home when given his parole. About half of the distance had to be covered on foot as all of the railway bridges had been burned and trains could not be put through. He arrived home on May 2, and began farming. He was married to Sarah J. Thomas on November 22, 1866. He and his family went to Texas in November, 1874, locating at Hills Prairie, Bastrop Co., where they resided for two years, before going to Milam County. Andrew and Sarah had thirteen children, one who died while young. The other twelve all lived to raise families. Children: Martha Jane, Mary Alice, Rubie Magnolia, Andrew John William, Temperance Ann, James Franklin, Sarah Louisa, Mariah Ellen, Frederick Andrew, Glasper Clarence, Margaret Isabel, Laura Virginia, Jesse Lewis. source-Linda Garner at Myfamily.com Jackson family page.

1850 Census District 2, Montgomery, Alabama John Jackson 42 M NC Temperance Jackson 41 F NC John Jackson 17 M NC Jesse Jackson 15 M NC William Jackson 14 M AL Ellen Jackson 9 F AL Benjamin Jackson 8 M AL

• Andrew Jackson 6 M AL

Emily Jackson 3 F AL James Jackson 1 M AL

1880 Census District 103, Milam Co., Texas Andrew S. JACKSON Self M Male W 35 AL Farmer NC NC 10492 Sarah JACKSON Wife M Female W 30 FL Keeping House AL SC 14968 Martha JACKSON Dau S Female W 12 AL At School AL AL 15931 Alice JACKSON Dau S Female W 11 AL AL AL 15926 Ruby JACKSON Dau S Female W 9 AL AL AL 15927 John JACKSON Son S Male W 7 AL AL AL 10444 Anna JACKSON Dau S Female W 5 TX FL AL 15925 Frank JACKSON Son S Male W 3 TX FL AL 15921 Luisa JACKSON Dau S Female W 5M TX FL AL Family History Library Film 1255319 NA Film Number T9-1319 Page Number 248C

1920 Census Justice Precinct 8, Milam Co., Texas Towery, O. F. head M W 41 M AL US US Towery, Ellen wife F W 38 M TX Al FL Towery, Conrad son M W 17 S AL AL TX Towery, A. C. son M W 15 S AL AL TX Towery, Leon son M W 13 S TX AL TX Towery, Norma dau F W 10 S TX AL TX Towery, Filip son M W 7 S TX AL TX Towery, Mark son M W under 1 S TX AL TX

• Jackson, A. J. father-in-law M W 75 M AL AL FL

Jackson, Sara Jane mother-in-law F W 71 M FL SC SC

Obituary found at http://www.geocities.com/milamco/milam-975ja.htm: "JACKSON, Andrew J. of Salty Community. Age 93. Died 1/1938 (Sunday) (in paper 1/31/1938) at his home in the Salty Comm. near Rockdale.

"Services held (Tuesday) from Salty Church. Burial in Salty Cemetery. Rev. John Garret of Thorndale-Salty Methodist Church and Rev. N.H. Melber, presiding elder from Marlin, officiated.

"Grandsons were pallbearers. He was born 2/5/1845 in Montgomery Co., Alabama. He enlisted in the Confederate army at Montgomery in 1862, joining what was called Hilliard's Legion under General Lee. Later his company was thrown into regiments and Jackson was in the 60th Alabama Regiment, Company "C", under Col. J.W. Sangord, Major Hatch Cook, Gracious Brigade and Bushrod Johnson's Division. Jackson was in the last battle of Appomatox Court House and was taken prisoner, remaining so for 3 days and having for food a very small piece of dried beef and an ear of corn. When released he was 900 miles from home and made more than half the journey back on foot. It is said he was the last surviving member of his company.

"Married Sarah Jane Thomas in Alabama on 11/20/1866. They moved to Texas in 1874 and in 1876 moved to Milam Co., settling in Salty Comm. where they have lived since. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on 11/20/1936 at the Salty Church and their 71st this past November.

"Mr. Jackson was the founder of the Salty Singing Convention of Milam Co. which was organized in 1895. He took an active part in the affairs and remained president of the organization until 1928 when a son took his place. Besides composing religious songs and writing poems, Mr. Jackson was a blacksmith, carpenter, farmer, singing school teacher and superintendent of the Sunday School.

"SURVIVORS: Wife, Mrs. Sarah Thomas Jackson; 5 sons, John of Thorndale, Frank & Clarence of Salty, Fred of Austin, Jessie Jackson of Thrall; 7 daughters, Mrs. Annie Brown of Orange, Mrs. Alice Pugh of Cameron, Mrs. Ruby Lusk of Temple, Mrs. Laura Cook of Salano, NM., Mrs. Ellen Towery, Mrs. Ludie Jinks, Mrs. Mattie Pinkerton, all of Salty Comm. Grandchildren; 96 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild. (4 generations). picture"

CSA Co. D 3rd. Batt. Hilliard's Legion, Pvt. and Co. C 60th.AL Inf.Regt. Drew pension for service.

From daughter Ludie's obit: Sara Thomas & Andrew J. Jackson, who came to Texas in the early 1870's and located in Milam Co. at Salty in 1876.

Historical Marker Marker Title: Salty Community City: Thorndale County: Milam Year Marker Erected: 1971 Marker Location: 6.4 mi. SE of thorndale on US 79, south on Milam County Rd. 446 3.7 mi. - in front of Salty church

Marker Text: Settled in 1860s; named for Salty Creek, cattle licks. Joseph and Sarah Frasure gave site for Methodist Church, 1871. Earliest burial in cemetery was in 1875. Community had school by 1878. Violence erupted in area in 1880s over barbed wire fencing. Salty was designated a voting precinct in 1886. Mail service was initiated 1897. Settlement had telephones, stores, a barber shop, at least three doctors. About 1900 the Annual Salty Singing Convention was founded by A. J. Jackson. This institution remains, although stores and the school were closed in the 1940s.

Copied from http://www.geocities.com/milamco/milam-087.htm: Mr. A. J. Jackson, a pioneer citizen of Salty, organized the Salty Singing Convention. This convention was carried on by his son, a granddaughter and a grandson about 70 years. It was called “The Milam County Singing Convention.”

1. ↑ Research of Bob Mitchell: Jackson and Associated Families of North and South Carolina trees.ancestry.com/tree/.
2.   Website of Mary Harkey Russell homepages.rootsweb.com/~bird/ and Maryiola ATwindstream DOTnet.
3.   Rootsweb chart of David Cowher: Doc Cowher wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi op GET db :2346499.
4.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Dist. 2, Montgomery Co., Alabama.
5.   Obituary
   1938 Andrew J. Jackson in his Notes.
6.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   District 103, Milam Co., Texas.