Person:Linda Jackson (10)

Linda's brother has sent me pages from her privately published book, "Our Jackson Family: Descendants of Jesse & Delilah Jackson" (first published and copyrighted 1982 and revised in 1998). The following is the introduction she placed in her book: This book is about my Great Grandfather, John Kirby Jackson and his family.

Nearly twenty years ago, I was handed a piece of paper with my Great Grandfather's family written on it. Nothing else. Right then I realized how little I actually knew about my ancestors. I was hooked! I was determined to find out everything I could about them.

My Grandmother died before I was born and my Grandfather died when I was very young. Most of the older generations, as well as my Father, had passed away before I became interested in genealogy. I had to dig way down in the memories of my childhood to get started. It was like putting a giant jig-saw puzzle together. I would find a piece here, another piece there and then sometimes the pieces wouldn't fit.

My Great Grandfather, John Kirby Jackson, was born in North Carolina. His parents moved to Montgomery Co., Alabama when he was young. There were twelve children in his family, eight brothers and three sisters. They all settled in Montgomery County. John Kirby Jackson, three of his brothers and his brothers-in-law served in the Civil War. After the Civil War, for some reason, the family split-up. Some say they had a big falling out, others say they just wanted to find a better life. For whatever reason, John Kirby Jackson and his brother Jesse L., went to Florida. Their brothers Andrew and Frank went to Texas. Their brother Benjamin went to Coffee Co., Alabama and their sister, Sarah Curry, went to Missouri. The ones who were left stayed around their parents.

Needless to say, as the older generation died out the younger ones had no idea that they had relatives anywhere else. We only heard vague things about them, such as, they came from Alabama, or, thirty years ago my uncle got a letter from Texas, I think we have kin there. It has taken me many years of searching through dusty Courthouse basements, Archives, cemeteries and personal visits to relatives and places where my ancestors lived, not to mention tons of letters written to get the information that I now have. You haven't lived, until you go to a cemetery, in 27 degree weather, with sleet coming down, and it is so far off the beaten path, that the animals won't even go there. I have enjoyed every minute of the search. It is by no means finished. There are still a lot of missing pieces in my puzzle.

When her brother sent the pages of the book, he said Linda had passed away. The address in the book is the same as on this SSDI.

Social Security Death Index Name: Linda Fay Garner SSN: 264-72-2768 Last Residence: 31801 Box Springs, Talbot, Georgia, United States of America Born: 20 Nov 1945 Died: 31 Aug 2007 State (Year) SSN issued: Florida (1961)

1. ↑ Garner, Linda (Linda Jackson). Our Jackson family : descendants of Jesse & Delilah Jackson. (Box Springs, Georgia: L. Garner, c1982, 1998)
   Pg 62.
2. ↑ Email from Rickie C. Jackson the boat captain at comcast dot net.
3. ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).