Person:Burrell Jackson (1)

From Bob Parkison: Burrell's father, William Evan Jackson is listed as early as the 1810 census through 1850 as living in Bath County; therefore, Burrell's birth location is accepted as Bath County.

A Baptist "Came to the wilds of Decatur County in 1821 in company with the family of his wife's parents (Becraft) and all made a permanent settlement in Washington township. Later he bought land on section 35, township 10, range 9, and farmed until his death in 1869." Source: Jackson Family History, Greensburg Public Library, Greensburg, Indiana.

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at ancestry.com Name: Burrel Jackson Issue Date: 10 Mar 1828 Acres: 80 Meridian: 2nd PM State: Indiana County: Decatur Township: 10-N Range: 9-E Section: 35 Accession Number: IN0510__.385 Metes and Bounds: No Land Office: Indianapolis Canceled: No US Reservations: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Number: 8659

1850 Census Marion, Decatur, Indiana Family Number: 249 Burnel Jackson 53 M Farmer 4000 KY (Burrell) Margaret Jackson 45 F KY Mary Jackson 17 F IN John H K Jackson 9 M IN Martha A Jackson 6 F IN (next hh is Burrell's son William)

1860 Census Marion, Decatur, Indiana Post Office: Milhausen and Smyrna Birred Jackson 63 KY (Burrell) Margaret Jackson 52 KY John H Jackson 19 IN Martha Jackson 16 IN

(taken from ancestry.com summary as image was illegible.)

1. ↑ Rootsweb chart of Bob Parkison: John Jackson Family of Kentucky.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave
   Memorial# 55502104.
3.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Marion, Decatur, Indiana.
4.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   Marion, Decatur, Indiana.