Nancy Jackson sent me the following link about the messy negotiations and intrigue about the formation of the boundary between West Virginia and Virginia. Great reading! Lots of wonderful maps! http://www.virginiaplaces.org/boundaries/wvboundary.html Jane Hilder’s ancestor Senator John S. Carlile was a key player. Nancy cautions that the formation of the counties is […]
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Col. Thomas Moore Jackson, age 60, died Feb. 3, 1912 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. He was a descendant of Col. George Jackson. His line: Thomas Moore Jackson(5), James Madison Jackson(4), John George Jackson(3), George Jackson(2), John Jackson Sr(1). Here is an excellent article about Col.Thomas Moore Jackson’s death, his life, and […]
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In 2015, Nancy A. Jackson wrote an article “Gleanings Regarding Jackson’s Mill, Home of Col. Edward Jackson, and the Jackson Salt Works near Clarksburg, (W)VA.” Her article was published in the Hacker’s Creek Journal, Vol. 34, Issue 2, 2015-2016. Here a link to a pdf version of Nancy Jackson’s article
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Entries that mention a member of the Jackson Family in the County Court Records for Harrison County, West Virginia (1784–1827). Transcribed from the book History Of Harrison County West Virginia by Henry Haymond, 1910. Commentary by the author (Henry Haymond) is in italics. Compiled by Dan Hyde from http://genealogytrails.com/wva/harrison/countycourts.html. Suggested by Nancy Jackson. […]
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Nancy Jackson alerted me to articles on the Jacksons in The West Virginia Encyclopedia. This online website has well researched, one-page articles and biographies on famous West Virginia people and places. — Dan Hyde 1. Jackson Family written by Stephen W. Brown. https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/932 2. John George Jackson written by Stephen W. Brown. John […]
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Jonathan Darrel Coker Nancy Jackson has been working on completing the John Jackson, Jr. line and leaving no stone unturned. A few days ago, she overturned one stone and found a fascinating relative previously hidden–Jonathan Darrel Coker. Nancy identified a potential candidate–Jonathan Coker–and wondered because of the same surname if Jonathan was related […]
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The comments from Stonewall Jackson’s great-great grandson on the removal of Stonewall’s statue in Richmond, VA that appeared in the Richmond Times-Dispatch July 2, 2020. “Stonewall Jackson’s great-great-grandson: ‘I’m very much cheering on from afar’” by K. Burnell Evans of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 2, 2020.
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On July 1, 2020, a crew dispatched by the Mayor of Richmond, Virginia removed the statue of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson where it had stood on Monument Avenue for a century. Here is an article with lots of picture from the newspaper Richmond Times-Dispatch. “WATCH: After more than 100 years on Monument Ave., the Stonewall […]
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May 5, 2020 Larry Spurgeon’s paper on Stonewall Jackson’s sister Laura Jackson Arnold is now on Stonewall Jackson’s web page of our website. You can access the paper directly by taking this link: http://www.jacksonbrigade.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Laura-Arnold-paper-Final-Draft.pdf Larry Spurgeon (BBA, JD) is Senior Lecturer Emeritus of Wichita State University. Larry now resides in Rockbridge County, Virginia […]
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