Person:Jonathan Jackson (11)

Notes from Bob Mitchell:

Jonathan Jackson was one of the early noted Methodist preachers in the area holding meetings in the Jackson Meeting House and the Ehompson Meeting House, both located in the Cheraws area.

Bishop Francis Asbury 1745-1816 Journals Vols I and II, Jonathan Jackson: Vol II, pp 75, 141, 178, 249, 329, 430, 450, 479, 583, 683, 763; Jackson's Meeting House: Vol II, pp 224, 278; Thompson's Meeting House: Vol I, pp 567n, Vol II, pg 312; Thompson's Creek: Vol II, pp 178, 519; Richard Thompson: Vol II, pg 174n.

John had a state grant for 200 acres of land lying next to Jonathan Jackson.

In 1787, John obtained a 300 acre grant. in 1789, he had a deed from Jonathan Jackson and another deed for 320 acres.

In 1790, he obtained another deed for 200 acres from Thomas Stanfield. From Gregg's History of the Old Cheraws.

Jonathan is mentioned in the 1838 application for Pension made by his sister Hulda Jackson Hill on behalf of John Hill. She mentions "Captain Jackson marched his men immediately and at a place called Betty Bridge [sic, Beatti's Bridge] and at the time crossing the Bridge was attached by the Tories; her brother the Captain was shot with the ball boke his collarbone and lodged in his shoulder and was left on the place. . . "

1. ↑ Research of Bob Mitchell: Jackson and Associated Families of North and South Carolina trees.ancestry.com/tree/.