Person:James Jackson (307)

The following Note provided by Bob Mitchell: "After being married only a few months James left his new wife and baby and moved to Mobile to stay with his brother Richard while learning the river trades. He worked the boats and was training for a better position when he decided to give it up and return to Decatur Co. and farm for a living. Served in Confederacy during the Civil War and was captured and held prisoner for about 2 years. Pension Number S2930, Col. A.H.Bradford's 31st Infantry Regiment, Company C, formed in Madison Co., Tennessee. Most of the action seen by James Holden was in West Tennessee or Southern Kentucky. I have copies of the letters from him to his mother and/or brother written in Kentucky and Mississippi in1862. As a result of his being relatively close to home, James Holden was AWOL several times as he would leave to check on his family whenever the opportunity was right. In letters from James to his brother, Richard, ca 1872, James says his hair and whiskers are white due to his having the swamp fever during the war; he would have been abt 35 years old at the time."

1850 Census Dist 4, Decatur Co., Tennessee Rebecca Jackson 49 F 250 NC James Jackson 14 M NC

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Name: James Jackson Spouse: Aggie Lomax Marriage Date: 16 Dec 1883 Marriage County: Decatur

Note for descendants of James Holden Jackson: There is a yDNA sample on descendants of James Holden Jackson, but as far as I know none on his brothers Stephen P. or Richard A. Both of these men left Perrry Co., Tennessee before 1850 and worked on Steamboats in the River Trade. Richard lived in Sumter Co., Alabama in 1850. Richard was a Captain/Pilot and Stephen an Engineer. Both died in Mobile. The yDNA on descendants of James Holden Jackson whose father was John Jackson and mother Rebecca Rushing does not match the Hempstead Haplotype and in fact does not match any other Jackson line that has been tested. It is a 67/67 match for the surname Harrell. Bob Mitchell

1.   Jackson, Joel Franklin. The Descendants of James Holden Jackson. (J. F. Jackson).
2.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Dist 4, Decatur Co., Tennessee.
3.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   Dist 4, Decatur Co., Tennessee.
4.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Dist 14, Henderson Co., Tennessee.
5.   United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
   Dist 14, Henderson Co., Tennessee.
6.   Website Administrator, Jerry L. Buter, email: jlb30504 addtheAT hotmail addthedot com, Tennessee website: Yest.