William Jackson (1803 - aft. 1856)

Born 1803 in Russell County, Virginia, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Adaline Ginny (Canter) Jackson — married 20 Jun 1822 in , Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died after 2 Jun 1856 after age 53 in Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

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Biography

William Jackson was the child of Levi Jackson and Ruthy Keene.^[1]

1850 Census Extract, Russell County, Virginia, USA:

William Jackson	M	47	North Carolina
Adaline Jackson	F	46	Virginia
Surrilda Jackson	F	21	Virginia
Andrew P Jackson	M	18	Virginia
Jahiel Jackson	M	15	Virginia
William N Jackson	M	13	Virginia
Logan W Jackson	M	10	Virginia
Mary Jackson	F	7	Virginia
Richard Jackson	M	3	Virginia

Research Notes

• FamilySearch.org; free account required to view records for William Jackson:
  • William's data may be conflated. His FamilySearch.org profile is attached to different parents, and the cited 1850 census record has a different birth location. The cited death record names a different spouse and indicates a different birth year, based on his age at death. ~ Jones-39993 03:12, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Betty Keene, Jan 25, 2013

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D5-92K : 12 April 2016), William Jackson, Russell county, part of, Russell, Virginia, United States; citing family 1595, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQ1-LXQ : 29 January 2020), William Jackson, 1856.

• Ancestry Family Trees https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/555902/person/-2009798954/facts

• Will of William Jackson, 2 June 1856, file contributed to VAGenWeb by Michael Dye; transcript available at Rootsweb.com, citing Russell County, Virginia, Will Book 7, Pages 58 & 59.

Last Will and Testament

The last will and testament of William Jackson. I William Jackson do now make my last will and testament in manner and form as follows, to wit, that is to say to my wife Adline Jackson I will and bequeath all of my real & personal estate except one horse worth seventy - five dollars, - bequeath to Jehial Jackson also one saddle to the said Jehial. The said Adline Jackson is to have and to hold the above bequests during her natural life or widowhood after all my just debts are pade after my deceas. If it is thought best by my executors and my widow to sell the land to pay the purchase money they shall have the power to do so & after the death of my widow it is my will that William Kneely Jackson & Logan W., Mary & Richard Jackson have seventy five dollars to make them equal to the other children and the over plus to be equally divided between all of my children & if the said widow should marry then the above estate if any shall be divided equally between my children, and furthermore I do appoint Elijah Ferrell & Joseph Boyd my executors of this my will & testament this 2nd day of June 1856 as witness my hand & seal in presence of

William Jackson (Seal)

I. S. Judd

Joel Fields

Jacob Cook

At a court held for Russell County at the courthouse on the 8th day of July 1856 - The last will and testament of William Jackson dec'd was produced in court and proved by the oaths of Increase S. Judd and Jacob Cook two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded - And on the motion of Elijah Ferrell and Joseph Boyd the executors therein named who took the oath of an executor prescribed by law and entered into and acknowledged their bond in the sum of $500.00 with Solomon Redwine and William B. Aston as their securities conditioned as the law directs, a certificate is therefore granted them for obtaining probat of the said will in due form.

Teste

Wilson E. Campbell, D.C.