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[edit] Pension RecordThe following abstract was transcribed from a letter written Jan 3, 1938 to Judge J. W. Jackson of Kennebec, South Dakota from A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator. "The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.5529, based upon the military service of Samuel Jackson in that war. "Samuel Jackson was born in Prince William County, Virginia, in 1756, day, month and the names of his parents are not shown. "While a resident of Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, Samuel Jackson elisted in September 1775, served as private in Captain Cuthbert Harrison's Company, Colonel William Grayson's Virginia Regiment and in Captain Jonathan Furguson's Virginia Company and was in the battle at Long Bridge, Norfolk; length of service ten months. He enlisted in July 1776 for during the war, in Captain Thomas West's Company in the Third Virginia Regiment and was attached to Captain Philip Lee's Company, Colonel Weedon's Third Virginia Regiment and marched to Alexandria thence to Baltimore, then started for Philadelphia, on the way there was taken sick, unable to march, was put in a baggage wagon which upset and he was injured and disabled for service, returned home on parole and was unfit for further military duty during the war. "In 1798 he moved from Virginia, to Mason County, Kentucky, in 1820 he moved to Floyd County, Indiana and about September 1841* he moved from Indiana to Morgan County, Illinois. "He was allowed pension on his application executed March 3, 1834 while a resident of Floyd County, Indiana. He died March 12, 1844 in Morgan County, Illinois. "Soldier married in the spring of 1782 in Culpeper County, Virginia, Vashti, who died September 28, 1846 in Morgan County, Illinois, aged eighty-three years. "Children of Samuel Jackson and his wife, Vashti, living in 1855 were: Lucy Stansberry, Nancy Daniels, Polly Weldon, Charles Jackson, Zepheniah Jackson, John Jackson and Kessiah Wright, aged fifty-three years and a resident of Morgan County, Illinois. In the same year her husband Reuben Wright was aged sixty-four years. "In 1855 one Benjamin F. Wright and one Mildred Wright made affidavit in Morgan County, Illinois, their ages or relationship to the family not stated. There are no further family data." --end of letter-- [edit] Burial An earlier gravestone with erroneous information had been placed on Samuel's grave and the info posted to Find-a-Grave website. After much correspondence with government officials, User:JackMc was able to report: "Finally the erroneous marker on Samuel's grave has been removed and destroyed. I have updated his Find a Grave memorial with this picture attached. Our trip to southern Illinois was pleasant in the best weather that summer could provide. My daughter-in-law drove us there and I had the additional pleasure of having a couple of grandchildren along for the ride. Franklin is a small town of less that 2000 people, with a well kept community and cemetery. There are four or five Revolutionary Veterans buried in this cemetery, and it is noteworthy that James Wright's (assumed father-in-law of Kesiah Jackson Wright) stone is no more than three to four paces from Samuel's stone. There are large open spaces between markers and one can only assume that the graves of Vashti Jackson and probably other Wrights and Jackson are buried in those spaces with markers that have sunk or been lost with time." [edit] Timeline1756 Samuel b in Prince William Co, Virginia per pension record. Samuel and his wife are listed on the 1840 Morgan Co., Illinois census, both ages between 80 and 90 years old. Samuel is also listed as a veteran receiving pension, age 86. Samuel is head of household with no one else except his wife living with him. Adjacent to his home are two families named Wright, James and Abner. Living with James Wright, younger, is another pensioned veteran, James Wright, age 84. The Jackson and Wright families appear to have intermarried and may have migrated together. 1810 Census Mason Co., Kentucky [edit] Footnotes
Samuel is mentioned as a son in the 1785 Will of his father Samuel Jackson of Prince William County, Virginia. He is also mentioned as Samuel, son of Samuel, in a 1783 court case. A gravestone was erected for Samuel Jackson in Franklin cemetery, Franklin, Illinois but the information on it did not agree with the pension application. In 2013 after much correspondence, John McAnally was able to get a new gravemarker placed with info that agrees with the pension file. The data on this site is taken from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for Pension R5529. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=97d4bf85-4557-4a78-bde9-9362e4f8589f&tid=9937396&pid=-718519166 The following abstract was transcribed from a letter written Jan 3, 1938 to Judge J. W. Jackson of Kennebec, South Dakota from A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator. "The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.5529, based upon the military service of Samuel Jackson in that war. "Samuel Jackson was born in Prince William County, Virginia, in 1756, day, month and the names of his parents are not shown. "While a resident of Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, Samuel Jackson enlisted in September 1775, served as private in Captain Cuthbert Harrison's Company, Colonel William Grayson's Virginia Regiment and in Captain Jonathan Furguson's Virginia Company and was in the battle at Long Bridge, Norfolk; length of service ten months. He enlisted in July 1776 for during the war, in Captain Thomas West's Company in the Third Virginia Regiment and was attached to Captain Philip Lee's Company, Colonel Weedon's Third Virginia Regiment and marched to Alexandria thence to Baltimore, then started for Philadelphia, on the way there was taken sick, unable to march, was put in a baggage wagon which upset and he was injured and disabled for service, returned home on parole and was unfit for further military duty during the war. "He was allowed pension on his application executed March 3, 1834 while a resident of Floyd County, Indiana. He died March 12, 1844 in Morgan County, Illinois. "Soldier married in the spring of 1782 in Culpeper County*, Virginia, Vashti, who died September 28, 1846 in Morgan County, Illinois, aged eighty-three years. "Children of Samuel Jackson and his wife, Vashti, living in 1855 were: Lucy Stansberry, Nancy Daniels, Polly Weldon, Charles Jackson, Zepheniah Jackson, John Jackson and Kessiah Wright, aged fifty-three years and a resident of Morgan County, Illinois. In the same year her husband Reuben Wright was aged sixty-four years. "In 1855 one Benjamin F. Wright and one Mildred Wright made affidavit in Morgan County, Illinois, their ages or relationship to the family not stated. There are no further family data." --end of letter--
Timeline: 1749 the county of Culpeper formed 1756 Samuel b in Prince William Co, Virginia 1759 Prior to 1759 Prince Wm Co included all of the area that became Fauquier Co in 1759 1775 enlisted age 19, residence Dumfries, Prince William Co., Virginia 1775 calculated birth date of son Charles, so perhaps there was a unknown first marriage 1777 Samuel, age 21, m Vashti in Fauquier Co according to Fauquier records 1782 Samuel, age 26, m Vashti in Culpeper Co. Virginia according to his pension application. (Culpeper is directly west of Fauquier) 1783, 1784 & 1786 John Seale brought suit against Samuel, s/o Samuel, for the value of a gun Sam refused to return. 1785 Samuel and his son Charles are mentioned in his father Samuel's will written in 1785 1790 there is no federal census for 1790 for Virginia - destroyed 1792 Kentucky became a state 1792 Samuel and his brother Francis lease adjoining parcels of land in Prince Wm Co. see abstract below 1798 left Virginia, moved to Mason Co., Kentucky per Samuel's pension record BUT 1799 Sept 25: Charles Jackson married Anne Duncan in Bourbon Co., KY (parent county of Mason). 1800 there is no federal census for 1800 in Kentucky - destroyed 1808 September 11th: Lucy Jackson married John Kendall in Shelby Co., KY 1810 Census Mason Co., KY Samuel, wife and 10 children (but if he lives in Shelby, why enumerated in Mason?) 1811 Mar 19th: Elizabeth Jackson married John Greening 1817 Dec 23rd: Samuel's dau Kessiah married in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY with Samuel's consent 1820 moved to Floyd Co., Indiana; rec'd pension in Floyd Co in 1834 1840 was on the 1840 census in Morgan Co., Illinois; unknown exactly when he moved there. 1792 Jun 4 DB Y: pgs 148-153 Samuel & Vashti (Grinnan) and their son Charles lease land from Martin Cockburn. This indicates Charles is oldest son. Samuel leases Lot #4, Samuel's brother Francis has adjoining Lot (# n/g), Anthony Buchner has Lot #2. Deed witnesses for Samuel Jackson: Francis Jackson, Martin T. Hancock & Anthony Buckner. Witnesses for Martin Cockburn: James Muschett, Mungo Hancock & Charles Tyler. (There is mentioned in WPA Historical Inventory a history of Jackson's Mill Site on Lot #10 but I don't have plot of any of these lots. "There does not seem to be any information as to who this Jackson family was or from whence it came, but some old records at the Court House at Manassas have yielded what may be a clue, as in 1766 there are deeds of lease and release of a tract of land between Francis Jackson and Thomas Borston, that could very well have been this tract or near it.") NOTE: Borston "Boyd Stone" our 1766 doc! NOTE: This 1792 lease is a straight lease with no accompanying release, so Samuel had no intention of buying the land at this time. A transcription of this deed is available upon request to the webmaster. On the original copy by the clerk there was written the name of a son Samuel but that name was lined through and Charles written in place of Samuel. Samuel and his wife are listed on the 1840 Morgan Co., Illinois census, both ages between 80 and 90 years old. Samuel is also listed as a veteran receiving pension, age 86. Samuel is head of household with no one else except his wife living with him. Adjacent to his home are two families named Wright, James and Abner. Living with James Wright, younger, is another pensioned veteran, James Wright, age 84. The Jackson and Wright families appear to have intermarried and may have migrated together. 1810 Census Mason Co., Kentucky Samuel Jackson males females children under 10 2 3 1800-1810 ten thru 15 2 1 1795-1800 16 thru 25 1 1 1785-1794 26-44 Vashti over 45 Samuel Total persons 12 According to the above letter to the Judge, only 7 of the above children were still living in 1855 so the names of the 3 other children are unknown. Image Gallery
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