Person:Catherine Jackson (23)

From the book Heatherlys and Related Families, page 16: "In the 1860 Campbell County Census, Catherine Heatherly stated that she was born in Pennsylvania. Then in 1870 when she was living with her youngest son, George and wife, Demeris Siler Heatherly, Catherine, or whoever talked to the Census taker, stated that she was born in Connecticut of foreign parents. This indicated that Katy in her busy frontier life on Powell River was keeping up with changes in state boundaries."

I don't really know about that, but this contradictory info does put some doubt in my mind about Catherine. The researchers that the author of the Heatherly book quoted, and the author herself, were convinced that Catherine was the daughter of William of Carter County, TN. There were few or NO other Jackson lines in Carter County at that time that I know of, so it does appear likely that she is William's daughter. Her bondsman when she married in 1816 was David Stout, her father having died in 1810. So far, I have not found the connection between David Stout and Catherine. This author, though she definetly states Catherine is daughter of William born in Morris County, yet has his birthdate wrong. So there is much doubt in my mind (Janie) about this Catherine.

William Jackson's will written in 1806 mentions only 4 of his sons (out of 26 children!) and then says 'all my other children'. So his will is no help with daughters and the court house has no settlement records for this time period.

'Katie' herself appears to have been a remarkable woman. She and her husband moved from Carter County to pioneer in Campbell County, Tennessee about 1820. "She learned the skills of a midwife and rode horseback for miles to care for both white and black mothers and babies. Her son George was single and still living in the family home at the time of his enlistment in the Union Army. His father had died and George left Catherine in the care of Uncle Tom and Aunt Emma, slaves, at the family home. After his return, he gave them a home and farm at what is today (1978) Beard Training Center. When the Civil War ended, Uncle Tom and Emma and their little family took the name of Heatherly and did not want to leave. Catherine died 21 Feb 1876 at the home of her son, George W. and Demeris Siler Heatherly, Craig Ford, Campbell Co., TN. Their home, sold to TVA in the 1930s, had sheltered four generations of Heatherlys."

For more info on their life, see the Notes for her husband, William Heatherly.

1.   Research of Darrell Jackson (darrelljackson At msn Dot com) familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/a/c/Darrell-.
2.   Stephens, Nadine H. Heatherlys and related families: our Norris Lake area ancestry; Cannon, Childress, Craig, Hicks, Jackson, Reynolds, Spangler, Wilson, and others. (Jacksboro, Tennessee: Action Printing, 1988)
   pg 14, 15.