U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson, John (1719-1804) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Pages 395-396 John Jackson, the pioneer of the Jackson family in West Virginia, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, about the year 1719, his father removed to London when John was quite young and there he learned the builders trade. In 1784, he imigrated to Cecil county in the colony of Maryland and there married Elizabeth Cummins, an English woman, who according to tradition was a large, strong minded, energetic, courageous woman of great strength of character, which traits were inherited by her descendants. This couple were the progenitors of a long line of able enterprising men who were distinguished in military and civil life and left their impress on the times in which they lived. Several years after their marriage the young couple moved West and after several temporary locations, in 1769, crossed the mountains and located on the Buckhannon river at the mouth of Turkey Run. Jackson had under the guidance of Samuel Pringle explored the country in the year previous, 1768. John Jackson did his share of pioneer work and took an active part in the Indian wars of the period. He was the father of George, who was distinguished above his brothers, the grandfather of John G., the able United States Judge and Congressman, and the great grandfather of Thomas J. (Stonewall) whose fame as a soldier is world wide. He died at Clarksburg in 1804, aged 85 years. His wife, Elizabeth, also died in Clarksburg in 1825 at the age of 101 years. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Harrison County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/harrison/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------