Person:Joseph Jackson (96)

According to Bob Mitchell: He was an Attorney and farmer

Biographical Note found at http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/ead/eadxml/pc_jackson_joseph_john.xml#IDA14PUB (This site also has a collection of his papers) Joseph John Jackson (1817-1902), Pittsboro attorney-at-law, was the son of Samuel S. and Elizabeth Jackson. Educated at the University of North Carolina, Jackson was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1838, and Master of Arts in 1843, having, in the interim, represented Chatham County in the House of Commons during the 1842-1843 session of the General Assembly. He subsequently served as county attorney for Chatham County for 18 years, and was a trustee of the University of North Carolina from 1858 to 1868. Jackson married one of the daughters of Gov. Jonathan Worth, Lucy Jane Worth, in 1849. (His brother, Samuel Spencer Jackson, Jr., married another Worth daughter, Elvira.) J. J. Jackson was survived by five children: J. W. and S. S. Jackson of Chicago, Mrs. Henry Armand London and Miss Carrie Jackson of Pittsboro, and Mrs. J. H. Currie of Cumberland.

1870 Census: Center, Chatham County, NC Jackson, John 51 M W NC farmer Jackson, Lucy 42 F W NC keeping house Jackson, Elizabeth 18 F W NC attending school Jackson, Carrie 15 F W NC Jackson, Jonathan 11 M W NC Jackson, Lucy 8 F W NC Jackson, Samuel 5 M W NC Jackson, Sapha 15 F W NC domestic servant Harwall?, Martha 50 F W NC keeping house Cotter, Emanuel 60 M W NC farm hand

1880 Census Dist 26, Center Twp., Chatham Co., North Carolina (New Hope) Jackson, Joseph John W M 63 married Lawyer NC NC NC Jackson, Lucy W. W F 52 wife married keeping house NC NC VA Jackson, Lucy W F 17 dau single at school NC NC NC Jackson, Carrie M. W F 24 dau single NC NC NC Jackson, Samuel S. W M 15 son single at school NC NC NC Jackson, Jonathan W. W M 21 son single NC NC NC

From the North Carolina State Archives:

Joseph John Jackson, son of Samuel S. and Elizabeth Jackson, was educated at the University of North Carolina (B.A.,1838, M.A., 1843), and later served as trustee of the university (1858-1868). As an attorney practicing in Pittsboro, Jackson was active in Chatham County and state politics. For more on this collection, go to: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/ead/pc.htm#j

1. ↑ Research of Bob Mitchell: Jackson and Associated Families of North and South Carolina trees.ancestry.com/tree/.
2. ↑ North Carolina, Chatham, St. Bartholomew Cemetery cemeterycensus.com/nc/chat/cem281.htm.
3.   Ashe, Samuel A'Court, and Charles L Van Noppen. Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present. (Greensboro, North Carolina: C.L. Van Noppen, 1905-1917)
   P. 453.
4.   Groves, Joseph A. (Joseph Asbury). The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina: compiled from English, colonial and family records, with personal reminiscences, also notes of some allied families. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
   P. 179.