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Samuel Jackson

SAMUEL JACKSON, b. 10 Dec 1772 prob. at Moorefield (W)V; d. 4 Jan 1842 at Prairie Creed, Vigo Co., IN m. 3 Nov 1793 BARBARA/BARBARY REGER b. 10 Dec. 1775; d. 26 Oct. 1838 Vigo Co., IN, d/o JACOB REGER and BARBARA CRITES1

  1. Isaac Jackson b. 3 Aug. 1794 prob. Randolph Co., (W)V; d. 9 Jan. 1852 Jasper Co., MO;6 m. 9 Aug. 1821 Elizabeth Griffith, Greene Co., IN; b. 31 Aug. 1802 Stokes Co., NC1, d/o George Griffith Jr. and Margaret Miller; d. 19 Jun. 1871 Jasper Co., MO; both probably bur: 1 and 3/10 miles east and 1/3 mile south of Smithfield, Jasper Co., MO.

  2. Henry Jackson b. 24 Jan. 1775/17761 Harrison Co., (W)V; d. 10 Oct. 1864 Owen Co., IN, age 69y 8m 16d; m. 29 Aug. 1824 Nancy Dyer\Dyar Greene Co., IN; b. 11 Apr. 1795 Montgomery Co., MD, d/o Samuel and Elizabeth Griffith Dyar); d. 9 Jul. 1874 Owen Co., IN, age 80y 2m 25d; both buried private plot 4 miles SE of Freedom, IN(Jackson Cem. nr. Vilas, Owen Co., IN1).

  3. Mary "Polly" Jackson b. 1 Dec. 1797 in VA; d. 13 Jan. 1880 Vigo Co., IN; m. 31 Aug\3 Sept. 1820 Leonard Brake, Harrison Co., (W)V; b. 28 Oct. 1792 pr. Hardy Co., (W)V, s/o John and Katherine (Shook) Brake, d. 28 Mar. 1875 Vigo Co., IN; both buried Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN9.

  4. John Reger Jackson b. 19 Dec. 1800 pr. Randolph Co., /now Upshur (W)V; d. 16 Dec. 1854 Muscatine Co., IA;10 m. 1823 Louisa Vaughan, d/o Luke Vaughan, d. 11 Jun. 1831 Lost Creek Twp., Vigo Co., IN, age 31. Louisa bur. Jackson Family Cemetery on private property, Vigo Co., IN.12

  5. Joel Jackson b. 3 Apr. 1807 prob. Randolph Co., VA;13 d. 23 Mar. 1843 Newton Co., MO;14 m. 2 Sept. 1830 Rebecca Bozarth, Carroll Co., IN; b. 1807 VA, d/o John and Annie (Reger) Bozarth.5 Joel and his family are listed in the 1850 Newton Co., MO census, with the first three children born in Iowa.

  6. Jacob R. Jackson b. 14 Feb. 1809 prob. Wood Co., (W)V; d. 18 Aug. 1876 Vigo Co., IN; m. 23 Jan. 1832 Mary Donnelly, Vigo Co., IN, d/o Robert and Frances Jennings Donnelly; b. 13 Aug. 1809 Wilkes Co., NC; d. 1 Nov. 1876 Vigo Co., IN; both bur. Jackson Cemetery, N Fruitridge & Maple Ave., Terre Haute, IN16

NOTES AND SOURCES

1. Lester LeMay (hereafter LL) he sites Raydean Garber, Witicha, KS)

4. The Lewis County courthouse is located in Weston. WV. Peck's Run is north of Buckhannon in Upshur Co., WV.

5. Personal visit with Jane Foulkes, March 1992 (hereafter JFR)

6. JFR and Carl D. W. Hays notes, typed copy from John C. Jackson, (hereafter: Hays).

8. JFR, Henry and Nancv death dates from tombstones, m. record Greene Co., courthouse. cemetery located near Vilas on Ray Hendricks farm. stones in good shape, cemetery uncared for, 1850 Owen Co., Franklin Twp. Census.

9. Leonard and Mary originally interred in unknown cemetery possibly on home property. Office records do not reveal where bodies were brought from.

10. Hays pinpoints the deathdate: 16 Dec. 1854.

11. Blanchards History Clay and Owen Co., IN, p. 759, JFR

12. JFR, deposition in Samuel Jackson's estate settlement, 11 July 1844, Vigo Co., IN. Probate Box 261, given by Jacob Jackson, states that John R. and Joel are his brothers.

13. Hays

14. JFR

15. Ibid: Joel and Rebecca were first cousins, their mothers were sisters. 1850 Marion Twp., Newton Co., MO, census. Havs: The Jackson familv lived on Silver Creek between Redings Mill and Thurman, Newton Co., MO, circa 3 miles s/e Joplin, Jasper Co., MO. Rebecca married a second time to a Mr. Davis.

16. JFR: 1850 Vigo Co., Harrison Twp., IN census, 1860 Waupan, Dodge Co., WI census, typed copy of early Vigo County marriages, Vigo County Public Library, Terre Haute, IN. Vol. 3, p. 39, JFR

17. Vol. P. 39

18. JFR

19. Terre Haute Tribune, 5 Aug. 1925.

Compiled by Linda B. Meyers.

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