Edward Jackson Sr. (1740 - 1820)

Born 1740 in Pasquotank, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 1820 at about age 80 in Marion County, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Edward was born about 1729. He is the son of William Jackson and Mary Williams.

Edward prob. SC 4th Regiment,1775-1776 A Gunner on 10/28/1776.

Alt: Edward Jackson was born circa 1737 at Tyrrell County, Province of North Carolina.

Edward Jackson was named an heir in the will of William Jackson dated 29 Jul 1775 at Martin county, Province of North Carolina ^[1]

Mary Jackson to Edward Jackson, For natural love and affection, one negro woman named Violet, one feather bed and furniture, and everything that has or may fall to me at the death of my son Billa Williams Jackson (dec'd), Mary Jackson (seal) Wit: Nathan Mayo, John Hyman, Charles Philpott, on 24 Sep 1783 in Martin County, North Carolina.^[2] There may be reason to believe the date and year were transposed in this record, given the two records which follow.

Edward Jackson of Coneto to Mary Jackson of Coneto. 23 Sep 1784, for divers causes and considerations, rents, and leases and tract of land on Coneto and joining Everett's line, including the house where William Watson formally lived, also one negro wench called Violet, one bed, and furniture, during said Mary Jackson's natural life, for the sum of one ear of indian corn annually. Edward Jackson (seal), Mary (M) Jackson. Wits: Jeremiah Cherry, Joshua (x) Cherry.^[3] Same day, 23 Sep 1784, Mary Jackson to Edward Jackson, 50 pounds, her dowry in land from husband William Jackson, (dec.), to her son William Jackson for his lifetime. Mary (M) Jackson (seal). Wits: Nathan Mayo, John Lewelling, Cleary Lewelling.^[4]

Edward Jackson was listed as the head of a family on the 1790 Federal Census ^{[5] [6]} at Martin County, North Carolina. Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3 Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 3 Free White Persons - Females: 6 Number of Household Members: 12

Sources

1. ↑ Genweb Marion Co SC Will of WM Jackson. Transcribed by David Jackson, Burlington, NC. Recorded in Martin Co., NC Will Book No. 1, Page 96.
2. ↑ Martin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deed Book A 1774-1787, p. 86, citing Martin County Deed Book A:484.
3. ↑ Martin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deed Book A 1774-1787, p. 85, citing Martin County Deed Book A:478.
4. ↑ Martin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deed Book A 1774-1787, p. 82, citing Martin County Deed Book A:461.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com "1790; Census Place: Martin, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 435; Image: 256; Family History Library Film: 0568147.
6. ↑ 1790; Census Place: Martin, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 435; Image: 256; Family History Library Film: 0568147

• Ancestry.com. Martin County, North Carolina, State Census, 1784-1787 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
• Martin County Historical Society, compiler, Martin County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deed Book A 1774-1787. Greenville, NC: Accucopy Printing Co. 1993.
• 1787, Dist #5 Martin County, North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
• Year: 1810; Census Place: Marion, South Carolina; Roll: 61; Page: 84; Image: 00150; Family History Library Film: 0181420 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/583250:7613?ssrc=pt&tid=43323828&pid=12656261963
• 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Marion, Marion, South Carolina; Page: 61; NARA Roll: M33_121; Image: 117 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/982833:7734?ssrc=pt&tid=43323828&pid=12656261963
• Find a Grave (no image), Find A Grave: Memorial #164662606, Memorial page for Edward Jackson Sr. (1740-unknown).