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JACKSON, Daniel was b. ca 1750 in Va., d. 1789 Wilkes Co., Ga. Recd Land Grant in Wilkes Co., Ga. in 1784 on Dry Fork Creek. Est. of Daniel Jackson, decd, Wilkes Co. Invs., p. 1, dtd 1/1:)/1794. Appraisers: Isaac Avera, John Sudduth, Ayers lHolloday. In 1785 he was listed in Capt. McCain's Dist., Wilkes Co., 1-1/2 polls, 1 slave. Est. of Daniel Jackson, decd. Robert Jackson and Jeremiah Reeves apptd exrs. Returns made on Est. for 1795 paid William Jackson, Daniel Karr (tuition), John McDermett (board). Receipt of Thomas Hammock for his claim against the est. Thomas Hammock was apptd gdn of John Jackson, and thus was collecting on behalf of John. Returns for 1797 paid William Jackson, one of heirs. Receipts in full dtd 1802 of heirs: will Jackson, John Jackson, Joshua Jackson, and Daniel Jackson. Issue: (1) Daniel b. ca 1779 m. 2/26/1799 Wilkes Co., Ga., Sally Favor, dau. of Thomas. Est. of Thomas Favor: Petition of Thomas Favor, Henry Favor and Sanders W. Favor vs. Matthew Favor and John Wynne, admrs, stating that John Favor, Sr., father of petitioners, d. in 1920 intestate leaving widow, Mary Favor and following children: William Favor of Ala., Sarah Favor of Wilkes Co. (m. to Daniel Jackson who is decd wlo admr or exr; Matthew Favor of Wilkes Co.; Reuben Favor of Monroe Co.; John Favor, Jr. of Wilkes Co., since decd; dau., Elizabeth, who, before death of her fsther, m. Nathan Echols, now decd and d. herself leaving children: Edward Echols of Ala., William Echols, Delilah Echols (m. Joel Appling) also of Ala., Van Allen Echols of Wilkes Co., Ga., Mary Echols who m. John Hammett of Gwinnett Co. and Nathan Echols of Taliferro Co., Ga., all heirs of John Favor, Sr., decd. The widow, Mary Favor, has since d. intestate and Thomas Favor has admd her est. (2) Joshua Jackson m. Eleanor, dau. of Sherwood and Sarah Wise of Wilkes Co., Ga. (Daniel Jackson witd LWT of Sherwood Wise /s/ 3/10/1816 Wilkes Co., Ga.). Est. of Sherwood Wise, decd, patition of land to Sarah Wise, widow. 1/3 to John, Patterson and Ruth Wise, the representatives of Irwin Wise, decd, Zachariah and Josiah Wise, John Jackson, in rt of his wife, Jane, formerly Jane Wise. Joshua Jackson in rt of his wife, Eleanor, formerly Eleanor Wise. Dtd 4/20/1818. Joshua Jackson d. 1829. Harris C. Jackson was apptd admr of his est. 11/13/1829; also apptd gdn of Edward, Serena and Mary Ann Jackson, orphans of Joshua Jackson, decd, 1/4/1830. Writ of dower to widow, Eleanor Jackson, 7/9/1830 for 52 acres on Dry Fork of Long Creek, being pt of an orig. grant to Daniel Jackson, Sr. in 1784. Another 52 acres of orig. grant of 1784 adj. lot assigned to Robert Jackson, one of heirs of Daniel Jackson, decd, conveyed to said Joshua Jackson by Daniel Jackson and wife, Sally, in 1805. 60 acres assigned to WilliarD Jackson, heir of Daniel Jackson, Sr. Adjoiners in the plat are heirs of John Jackson, decd, Sarah and Jane Jackson. (3) Robert Jackson b. ca 1770. Wilkes Co., Ga. Deed Bk GG, p. 177, Robert Jackson deeded to Duncan Campbell 166 acres on fork of Long Creek, called Favor's Creek, adj. John Favor's land, dtd 9/4/1790. (4) William Jackson. (5) Gabriel Jackson. (6) John Jackson b. 1785, d. 1859 Monroe Co., Ga. m. 8/12/1800 Wilkes Co., Ga., Polly Hammack. Wilkes Co., Ga. Mts. of Inf. Court, 1799-1801, p. 66, 2/22/1801, John Jackson, being above 14 years of age, chooses Jeremiah Reeves as his gdn, with John Hammock (bro. of Polly) and Malachi Reeves, sec. on bond. Polly Hammock's father d. 2/1800 and she was m. 8/1800 to John Jackson. LWT of Robert Hammock, Sr. leaves to wife, Mi1enor all his land, names ch: Robert, Lewis, Joshua, John, William, Edward, Katey, Anna Ray, Lucy, Polly and Lurina. /s/7/9/1799, probated 2/24/1800, Wilkes Co., Ga. Wills 1782- 1791, p. 218.
JACKSON, Drury, heirs of sell land to Hartwell Jackson, a plantation on Fishing Creek and Newford Creek, whereon said 'Drury Jackson, decd, resided. IIeirs: George Muse, John Jackson, Wyche Jackson, Edmond Jackson, William Thomas, Green Jackson, Dec. 1807, Wilkes Co., Ga. Deeds XX p. 520. Drury Jackson was the son of John Jackson. lIe was b. 1741 and lived in N. C. He m. Nancy Mayfield, b. 1749, d. 1837. Drury was Rev. War Soldier under Elijah Clarke in Ga. He d. 1801, age 60. Warren Co., N. C. Records, Vol. 1, 2, Abstracted Records of Colonial Bute, p. 52, Drury Jackson witd. LlifT of William Kendinrage, age 72 (1764-66).
JACKSON, Drury, LWT, Wilkes Co., Ga. Wills 1792-1804, p. 103, names wife, Ann, and all children. Signed 6/21/1792, probated 2/20/1794. Minutes of Inferior Court, Wilkes Co. 1799-1801, p. 60, 12/6/1800, Drury Jackson, decd. James Hilton or Helton and wife, Ann, late wife, ask for L/D as Exrs. P. 253, Wilkes Co. Minutes of Inferior Court, p. 253 (1798-1811), John Jackson, gdn of Edward, orphan of Drury, made final settlement. McCall's Roster of Revolution lists issue as follows: Nancy, Greene, Edward, Hartwell and Wyche. John b. 1773 N. C.; Wyche m. 7/20/1819 Ann Prather in Wilkes Co., Ga. (some papers at Ga. Archives state he m. first Polly Dyer); Edmund b. 1781/1805; Greene; Hartwell (Bible in possession of Mrs. Frank Bevis, Haralson Ave., Gadsden, Ala.) b. 7/5/1777 m. 1/13/1801 Elizabeth Bostwick, d. 7/15/1859 Watkinsvil1e, Ga.
JACKSON, Drury listed 1800 Tax List of Albemarle Co., Va.
JACKSON, Hartwell, Sr., son of Drury. He joined Fishing Creek Church, Wilkes Co., Ga. ca 1801. He was ordained a minister at Mars Hill in Clarke Co. (now Oconee) 6/7/1833. Hartwell m. Elizabeth Bostwick 1/13/1801 and when she d. 7/27/1818 he m. Ilargaret Bradford on 10/29/1818 in Wilkes Co., Ga. The first wife was the mother of ten children and the second wife was mother of , 13 children. Hartwell d. 7/15/1858 near Watkinsvi11e, Oconee Co., Ga.his LWT dtd 4/9/1851, Codicil 3/19/1855, probated 8/1/1859 Clarke Co., Ga. names wife, Margaret. Exrs: Sons, Hillman and Drewry Y. Jackson. Daus: Sarah Caroline, Amelia. Decd Dau: Mary Cook, Wife of Nathan Cook. Issue of Hartwell and Elizabeth: Abraham Mayfield 11/2/1801-1/17/1883; William 4/24/1803-4/5/1886; Joseph 10/16/1804-11/14/1879; Hartwell, Jr. 3/16/1806-6/6/1886; Mary 8/3/1807-10/12/1953; Zachariah 3/27/1809-10/25/1825; John Bostwick 12/12/1810-5/25/1887; Edmond 6/25/1812-10/11/1829; Edmond 6/25/1812-10/11/1829; Asa Meeks 10/30/1814-2/18/1889; Luticia 7/14/1818-11/10/1900. Issue of Hartwell and Margaret: Andrew Bradford 8/7/1819-4/28/1892; Lovely Acenath 10/14/1820- 9/29/1839; Hillman 12/1/1821-12/2/1873; Lorena L. 4/1/1824- 6/9/1874; Drury Wyche 7/7/1825-2/24/1910; Almeda P. 12/2/1827- 9/18/1893; Sarepta 8/5/1829-5/11/1883; Elizabeth Ann 11/24/1832- 8/23/1900; Sarah Caroline 1/27/1835-4/14/1902; Amelia Da1minutha 11/13/1837-1908. Three babies died in infancy.
JACKSON, Hartwell, Jr., son of Hartwell, Sr. 3/16/1806-6/6/1886. Issue: Francis (M. D.) 12/13/1828-4/10/1902 m. 2/28/1856 Mary Catherine Lowe; Zachariah 7/3/1830-11/18/1862 m. 11/4/1852 Mary A. Hughey; John Calvin 3/7/1832-8/25/1904 m. 8/24/1853 Elizabeth Jane Cooper; Hartwell III 3/31/1834-10/4/1839; William 9/13/1836- 11/1/1859; Joseph Henry 7/9/1838-10/25/1859 m. 4/23/1867 Clarke Co., Ga., Sally A. Cobb; Susan Celina 7/12/1840-6/25/1926 m. Henry Stiles Bradley; Asa Meeks 5/17/1842-10/30/1918 m. 1873 Lucy Jane Lou Gillspy; Rillman D. 3/10/1843-615/1923 m. 4/511866 Mary Susan Griffeth; Dorothy Elizabeth 1/!/1845-10/19/1864; Louticia 6/19/1846-11/18/1860; James E1izar 11/10/1848-8/16/1881; Judson 2/12/1851-7/17/1933 m. 8/24/1876 Jackson Co., Ga., Mary Ann Missouri Austin; Jesse Mercer b. 5/29/1853; Stephen Mayfield 12/22/1855-1/22/1857. Ref: Mrs. Frank Florence, 305 Candler St., Winder, Ga. 30680 (1975).
JENNINGS, Caleb of Abbeville Co., S. C. to Edward Gresham for 75 acres on Mill Creek adj. SW by John Tatom, being part of a grant of 250 acres to Caleb Jennings on 24 January 1798. Date: 4 January 1806. Lincoln Co. Deed Book C, pp. 296-297.
JOHNSON, Alfred William, son of William T. (b. 1826 S. C.) was b. 2/25/18n8 Tenn. d. 9/27/1880 Cayuga, Anderson Co., Tx. m. 12/27/1827 Caroline Petina Fair, b. 9/19/1812 Marengo Co., Ala. d. 1/2/1883 Cayuga, Anderson Co., Tx., dau. of James Fair who d. 181.3 in S. C. and wife, Ann. Issue of Alfred William: Robert Allen Johnson b. 2/27/1853 Union Co., Ark. d. 1/14/1920 Cayuga, Anderson Co., ix. m. 2/2/1890 Frances Josephine Rodgers, b. 5/27/1857 Rusk, Cherokee Co., Tx. d. 9/2/1952 Cayuga, Anderson Co., Tx., dau. of Lewis Rodgers, b. 9/29/1817 Clarke Co., Ala. d. Rusk, Cherokee Co. Tx. in 1892 m. 4/8/1841 Nancy Powell Ward b. 3/7/1827 Ala. d. 1863 Rusk, Cherokee Co., Tx. Lewis Rodgers was the son of Hays Rodgers, Sr. and his wife, Mary A. Scott. Robert Allen Johnson had: Frank Johnson b. 4/6/1892 Cayuga, Anderson Co., Tx. m. 10/11/1914 Mississippi Jones Duncan b. 7/4/1895 Henderson Co., LX. d. 3/11/1963 Amarillo, Potter Co., Tx. Ref: Koma Joe Johnson Raker, 1822 Lawson Lane, Amarillo, Tx. 79106 (1975).
JOHNSON, Allen was b. 1792 S. C. m. Jane b. 1790 S. C. Removed to Ga. after 1833. Listed on 1840-50 Paulding Co., Ga. Census. Probable children: (1) Jesse R. b. 1811 S. c. m. Mary Ann. Justice, Inferior Court of Paulding Co. 1834-5; listed 1840-50 Paulding Co., Ga. Census. (2) James R. b. 1814 s. C. m. Disy M. Tinsley 12/28/1837 Franklin Co., Ga., listed 1840-50 Paulding Co., Ga. Census. (3) William b. 1821 S. C. m. Mary Ayers 4/24/1840 Paulding Co., Ga., said marriage was witnessed by Jesse Johnson, J. P.
JOHNSON, Erastus V. was born 7-13-1827 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, died October 1892. "...came from Alabama to Georgia and at 21 years of age served as conductor on the railroad between Rome and Kinston...."History of Bartow Co. (Cass by Josephine Cunyus.
JOHNSON, F. H. Age/Birthdate: Event:Birth Event Date:3/16/1907 County:Fulton City:Atlanta Notes:boy 404 Courtland St. Source: Atlanta Constitution
JOHNSON, Lindsay "born Marc. 28 1797 in Amherst county, Va., a son of Thomas and Mary Christian Johnson; came to Elbert county, Ga. in early youth. He came to Cass in 1830...He married 3 times. He served in the Seminole War in 1836; died June 8, 1863 and is buried at Cassville. ...."History of Bartow Co. (Cass by Josephine Cunyus.
JOHNSTON, Samuel was b. 9/25/1798 in N. C., pioneer to Stewart Co. from Lincoln Co., Ga. He m. Margaret Burks who is buried at Holloman Creek Cemetery. Samuel is buried near his house on Johnston Hill (settled on the road leading from Lumpkin to Columbus, Ga., abt 4 miles from Lumpkin. Issue: (1) Thomas C. b. 6/16/1828 d. 1/4/1904 m. 3/3/1853 Harriet Cleveland b. 4/22/1837 d. 3/22/1379. (2) Sarah b. 2/17/1830 m. Lindsey Sims (Issue: James and John Sims). (3) John b. 12/30/1832 m. lIenrietta Jacobson, Confederate Soldier. (Issue: Walter Knox and Charles Johnston).
JONES, Robert of Person Co., N. C. gives Ambrose Jones Power of Attorney to sue and recover from Joseph Turnbull a tract of 690 acres in Greene Co., Georgia on the Oconee River. Date: 22 December 1801. Columbia Co. Deeds.
JORDAN, John, son of Mike Jordan and Mrs. Dupree, was b. 5/8/1756 Greenville Co., Va. d. 8/17/1828 Washington Co., Ga., buried in homeplace burying ground near Davisboro m. 2/19/1786 Winifred Jordan, his cousin, in Northampton Co., Va. Rev. War Soldier, in N. C. Troops, Samuel Elbert's Regt. in Ga. Pension granted to his dau., Mary Jordan Newton of Athens, Ga. According to Macon Warthen, he came from Albemarle Co., Va. to \~ashington Co., Ga. before 1800 and was buried at Jordan Baptist Church near Davisboro. Issue: Britton 6/18/1787-1806 m. Peggy (Margaret) Bell of Washington Co., Ga., had 7 children; Green H. b. 4/26/1789 m. Elizabeth Saffold, lived Milledgeville, Ga.; priscilla b. 8/17/1791 m. William Tennille, son of Col. Francis Tennille and wife, Elizabeth Dixon, lived Washington Co., Ga.; Patience b. 9/22/1793 m. Judge Isom Saffold, lived Sandersville, Ga.; Burwell b. 9/30/179- m. Lavinia Holland, lived Macon; John b. 4/16/1800, d. 1852, m. Eliza Smith; Mary b. 7/2/1802 m. John H. Newton, lived Athens, Ga., d. Jan. or Feb. 22, 1893.
JORDAN, William, Lt. b. 3/31/1744 Richmond, N. C., d. 9/23/1826 Warren Co., Ga. m. 1786 in Va. Ann Medlock, b. 3/17/1759 Va., d. 11/29/1817 Warren Co., Ga., dau. of Charles and Agatha Medlock. Buried near Warrenton, Ga. near their home built in 1794 (in a good state of preservation in 1906). !lome was remembered by his great-granddau., Theo M. Jordan (Mrs. J. P. \wod) as a two-story building built of logs and had an immense fireplace. Lt. William Jordan was wounded in the thigh with a musket ball by the Tories; released from prison at Wilmington, N. C. when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va. on 10/19/1781. Military service under Gen. Nathaniel Greene. Issue: (1) Henry William b. 4/17/1787 Richmond, N. C., d. 1/24/1826 Chatham Co., Ga. (2) Thomas George b. 7/22/1788 Richmond, N. C. d. 10/25/1872 Bulloch Co., Ala. m. 7/21/1814 Warren Co., Ga., Mary Lovicy Chambliss, dau. of Christopher Chambliss of Rev. War, b. 10/15/1792 Warren Co., Ga. d. 3/28/1857 Barbour Co., Ala. (3) Charles b. 7/29/1790 Richmond Co., N. C. (4) Joshua Medlock b. 7/10/1792 Richmond Co., N. C. d. 3/1860 Butts Co., Ga. (5) Israel Sneed b. 10/11/1793 Richmond Co., N. C. d. 7/18/1829 Bibb Co., Ga. (6) Mary Walton b. 8/28/1794 Warren Co., Ga. d. 10/5/1871 Hancock Co., Ga. m. Howell. (7) William Warren b. 3/31/1797 Warren Co., Ga. d. 4/18/1854 Crawford Co., Ga. m. Miss Wilson. (8) Elizabeth b. 8/22/1798 Warren Co., Ga. d. 11/25/1853 Forsyth, Monroe Co., Ga. m. 10/14/1819 to John II. Chambless. Ref: Jean Marie Jordan, Atlanta, Manuscript Section, Georgia State Archives. William Jordan file, states that William Jordan was a son of James Jordan and is the great grandfather of Mrs. T. R. Prideaux, Box 1463, Lubbock, Texas.