Person:William Jackson (382)

The following Note copied from the rootsweb chart of Linda Ley with her permission, found here: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2604078&id=I531986619

"William Browder Jackson lived through the Civil War, shared many scary, sad hardships of the people, of himself and others of the area. He said the draft was not as it later was as we know it, rather they drew straws. The ones that didn't fight had to stay home to see that the ones at home had food to eat. He was drawn to stay home and work. Many times he had to run for his life and hide when the guerrilla soldiers came, to keep from being killed. One time to effect his escape he used his suspenders, tying two fence rails together used as a raft with a barrel stave for an oar, paddled to the other side of the river. When he reached the other side and was climbing out he was fired at, but was able to escape, hiding behind a big tree for safety from the bullets. Much destruction was done to the farmers homes, farming tools and machinery. The grist mills were broken. He took the wagon apart, carried it across the river piece by piece on a small boat, then swam his oxen across. Working for six weeks returning at night by boat to get the family and friends' corn, carrying it back across the river to the grist mill to grind into meal, returning it the next night. William Browder Jackson never allowed his children or grandchildren to say they were having a hard time. He always told them to shut up as we didn't know what hard times were."

Note concerning Johnsonville from Bob Mitchell: "Johnsonville was the largest town in Humphreys County at that time. It served as one of the main logistics ports for the U. S. Army during the Civil War. The town was burned to the ground during the war by the troops of GEN Nathan Bedford Forrest. The town that grew out of the ashes was renamed New Johnsonville and is known by that name today."

William's youngest daughter was born in Tennessee in 1881. His oldest son, Riley, moved to Missouri about that time and married there.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Find A Grave
   memorial #17329472.
2.   Research of Bob Mitchell: Jackson and Associated Families of North and South Carolina trees.ancestry.com/tree/.
3.   Website of Mary Harkey Russell homepages.rootsweb.com/~bird/ and Maryiola ATwindstream DOTnet.
4.   Rootsweb chart of Linda Ley: Linda's Family Journey wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi op GET db :260407.
5.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Humphreys Co., TN.
6.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   Dist. 3, Humphreys Co., TN.