Person:Rosanna Jackson (4)

1850 Census district n/g, Fairfax Co., Virginia
Robert R. Jackson 53 M Farmer VA
Matilda A. Jackson 45 F VA
James T. Jackson 20 M VA
Rosanna Jackson 18 F VA
Mary R. Jackson 14 F VA
Laura V. Jackson 9 F VA

1870 Census Dranesville, Fairfax Co., Virginia
Offutt, J. W. 54 M W Farmer MD
Offutt, Roseanna 35 F W Keeping House VA (this gives est date of 1835; the 1850 gave est of 1797)
Offult, Robert W. 12 M W VA
Offult, Matilda 10 F W VA
Offult, Joshua T. 6 M W VA
Offult, Valuida 8 F W VA
Offult, Robert C. 5 F W VA
Jackson, Robert 76 M W Farmer 5000 1000 VA (this gives est date of 1794; the 1850 gave est of 1797)
Jackson, Matilda 65 F W VA

Gravestone inscription:
Our Dear Mother, wife of Joshua W. Offutt

Transcription of a obituary image posted on Rosanna's Find-a-Grave memorial page by "dwooff"
"MARYLAND OBITUARY
Mrs. Rosanna Offutt.
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun]
Rockville, Md, Jan 30 - Mrs. Rosanna Offutt died suddenly yesterday of heart trouble at her home, near Potomac, Montgomery county, aged 69 years. She leaves the following children: Robert W. Offutt, of this county; Joshua T. Offutt, Joseph W. Offutt, Mrs. Laura V. Harvey, Miss Mary R. Offutt, of Washington; Mrs. Eliza M. Foley, of Bordertown, N. J.; Mrs. Rose Bradley, of Virginia; Franklin J. Offutt, of Montgomery county and a stepson, Dorsey W. Offutt, of Washington. Deceased was formerly a Miss Jackson, sister of the man who killed Colonel Ellsworth for attempting to take down a Confederate flag from Jackson's house in Alexandria during the Civil War."

Janie: Now that's an interesting bit of historical twisting; Rosanna Jackson was NOT the sister of James W. Jackson, the man who shot Colonel Ellsworth. Research shows Rosanna's brother, James Theodore Jackson was very much alive until after the Civil War. It was a cousin, James William Jackson, who killed the Colonel, the first casualty of the Civil War. The colonel's men immediately shot James William Jackson who died 24 May 1861. Rosanna Jackson-4 and James William Jackson are 1st cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are Captain John Jackson and Ann Wigginton.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Year: 1850; Census Place: , Fairfax, Virginia; Roll: M432_942; Page: 124A; Image: .

   Name: Rosanna Jackson Birth: abt 1832 in Virginia Death:

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2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Dranesville, Fairfax, Virginia; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .

   Birth date: abt 1835 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1870 Residence place: Dranesville, Fairfax, Virginia, United States

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3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Tibbetts, Jean. Reflections: 1988-1991; The Jackson Family. (Great Falls Historical Society, Great Falls, Virginia, 1991)
   Page 37.

   Author's source: Rosanna Jackson Offutt Bible, 1857; in possession of Betty Jean Bergen.

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Find A Grave
   Memorial# 46933877.
5. ↑ Tibbetts, Jean. Reflections: 1988-1991; The Jackson Family. (Great Falls Historical Society, Great Falls, Virginia, 1991)
   Page 38.
6. ↑ Find A Grave
   Memorial# 46933877.

   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46933877