Person:Hezekiah Jackson (2)

Hezekiah was enumerated on the 1850 Sutton Twp, Meigs Co, OH census living with Joseph and Nancy (Cobb) Buffington. He was 13 at the time and was born in (W)VA. His mother, Mary Rowley Jackson, had died and his father no longer maintained a home for the children. Hezekiah (13) and his sister Sarina (4) were both living with the Buffingtons who had a family relationship with Mary Rowley.

From Jackson Co, WV Marriages 1831-1879, Wes Cochran: Jackson, Hezekiah 20 Jackson Hartshorn, Jane 16 Monroe Co, OH his parents: Daniel & Mary her parents: John W. & Margaret 3 June 1858

Hezekian and Jane are found on the 1860 Jackson Co, VA Census. No children listed here.

1870 Census: Head of Household No. 223, Fam. 223: Jackson, Hezekiah, 30, m, w, Farmer, RE=$800, b. in VA Jackson, Mariah, 27, w, f, keeping house, b. in OH Jackson, John N., 9, m, w, attended school w/in year, b. in VA Jackson, Daniel K., 8, m, w, attended school w/in year, b. in VA Jackson, Mary W., 6, f, w, attended school w/in year, b. in WV Jackson, Simeon W., 4, m, w, attended school w/in year, b. in WV Jackson, Ezra C., 2, m, w, attended school w/in year, b. in WV

1880 Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace H. JACKSON Self M Male W 41 WV Farmer WV WV Jane JACKSON Wife M Female W 38 OH Keeping House OH WV John N. JACKSON Son S Male W 20 WV Works On Farm WV OH Daniel K. JACKSON Son S Male W 17 WV Works On Farm WV OH Simon W. JACKSON Son S Male W 14 WV Works On Farm WV OH Ezra C. JACKSON Son S Male W 12 WV Works On Farm WV OH Sabastin JACKSON Son S Male W 10 WV At Home WV OH Della JACKSON Dau S Female W 6 OH At Home WV OH Nanie M. JACKSON Dau S Female W 5 OH At Home WV OH Samantha C. JACKSON Dau S Female W 1 WV At Home WV OH Mary FOSTER Other W Female W 75 PA Boarder PA PA (*Mary is written about in "Home Folks") Source Information: Census Place Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia Family History Library Film 1255404 NA Film Number T9-1404 Page Number 503C

R. Drake notes that Hezekiah had 2 brothers and 3 half-brothers, all 6 in the Civil War; 3 Union, 3 Confeds. Hez was in Union Army and was a POW at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA at the end of the war.

The following two paragraphs copied from: http://www.myfamily.com/exec/c/content/f/viewproperty/contentclass/FILE/contentid/ZZZZ ZZV6/propertyname/File/ssid/HzhouBMAGfdsho7uStm2HLbKPCg*PQPDqF/~/Homeguard.h tm

"The first company of Home Guards, which was composed exclusively of Jackson County men, was that of Captain Joseph W Rowley, which was mustered at Ravenswood in July and August 1861. This company was known as the Jackson County Ravenswood Patrol Company (W.) Va. State Troops.

"JACKSON, Hezekiah, private, 22; (Rowley), he mustered in Ravenswood, 7/11/61; son of Daniel and Mary Jackson, Little Sandy, married Jane daughter of John and Margaret Hartshorn, 6/5/1858."

Info taken from Pension Application: Military (bet 1862 and 1865): Co. I, 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862 and discharged on June 17, 1865.

He suffered from catarrh & rheumatism that he developed while held as prisoner in Confederate Libby Prison. He was captured near Cedar Creek in Shenandoah Valley, VA on 19 Oct. 1864 and held for four months and suffered from exposure and starvation. After his release, he was "of no account as a soldier as he was very poor in flesh and pale." This was in "Proof of Disability" signed by Samuel S. Barber, former Captain of Company I of 11th Regiment.(Nov. 20, 1882).

From one of his medical examinations, he is described as being 5' 6", 161 lbs. age 51 years in January of 1889.

Invalid pension filed 18 April 1882. Certificate 437718 was issued June 21, 1889, mailed on June 28, 1889, at the rate of $8 from April 18, 1882.

His widow received $12 per month beginning Jan. 24, 1890, then $20 per month from Sept. 8, 1916 to her death on May 17, 1917.

Dave Frazier writes: "I found a Jackson family history document called "Home Folks- written by Eunice and Cart for their children" in 1950. On the second page of the document, it says "For a little while the family (referencing Hezekiah Jackson's family) moved to a farm on the Ohio side in the big bend of the Ohio river, but most of the time they lived near Ravenswood, in West Virginia." So I would suspect that Nannie was born while they lived on the Ohio side."

Subsequently Dave sent me the document "Home Folks" and it is available to read on this site. See Table of Contents/ - Historical Stories. It is fascinating, recommended reading.

1. ↑ D. Straight, Email from Descendant of Hez Str8cousin add the at aol add the dot com.
2. ↑ Pension File for Hezekiah Jackson and his Widow, Maria J. Jackson, Box 36 846, Certificate 273092. Civil War F.
3. ↑ Www.skyways.org/towns/Bennington/m i j.html.
4.   Email from Paula Mellor researcher4907-tree add the at, yahoo add the dot com.

   From Jackson Co, WV Marriages 1831-1879, pg 33, Wes Cockran.