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Jackson, George
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History of Harrison County, West Virginia, 
From the Early Days of Northwestern Virginia to the Present.
by Henry Haymond
Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1910

Page 378-379

George Jackson, the son of John, was born East of the mountains in
Virginia or Maryland and came to the Buckhannon settlement with his
father in 1769. He was probably nearly grown at that time as he
entered 400 acres in 1773 on the second Big Run. The State Census
for 1782 reports him as having five in his family at that time.

The first County Court for Harrison County was held at his home on
the Buckhannon River in 1784. This Court granted him permission to
build a mill at Clarksburg on Elk Creek and he moved to that place
shortly afterwards. There is a mill still occupying this location.

George Jackson inherited from his mother both bodily and mental
strength, was a courageous determined man, of strong character, and
very much disposed to have his own way in anything he was connected
with, and was prominent in public affairs.

He bore his full share in defending the settlements from savage
raiders and could always be depended upon in any emergency.

He was an officer of Militia, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, Member
of the Legislature, Member of the Virginia Convention that adopted
the constitution of the United States and served in the 4th, 6th,
and 7th. Congress. His first term in Congress was the last one of
Washington's administration and was held in Philadelphia. It is
said of him that while making a speech in Congress his statements
caused considerable amusement among the members, which provoked him
into saying that he would go home and send his son John to congress
and they would not laugh at him. The records show that he was
succeeded by his son, John G. Jackson in the 8th Congress, which
held its first session in October 1803, which indicates that he
carried out his threat and shows his great influence in his
community.

The idea he intended to convey by his remarks was that though he
himself was not an educated man, that his son was and could hold
his own among them.

George Jackson recruited a Company in 1781 to join General George
Rogers Clark's expedition against the British at Detroit, from
which place Indian War parties were equipped and sent out against
the frontier of Virginia and Kentucky. The Company built canoes and
joined the expedition near Fort Pitt and floated down the Ohio to
the Falls where Louisville now stands, at which place the
expedition was abandoned and the Company returned home by way of
the river, a long, tedious, and dangerous journey.

Colonel Jackson in later life moved to the present site of
Zanesville, Ohio, where he erected a mill and other enterprises.

He represented his County in the Ohio Legislature and lived to a
good old age.

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