Larry Jones
Honor Code SignatorySigned 23 Jun 2019 | 51,806 contributions | 1,454 thank-yous | 3,179 connections
Being retired, I spend way too much time in this effort to connect everyone. It's terrible but I do enjoy it so. I am dedicated to being as accurate as possible and will search for hours to find sources that support the facts I include in profiles. I like adding every member of any given family that I can.
I admit I don't know it all -- but I try to learn new stuff continually.
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Tabor
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Tabor
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Thanks for your help, regards, Margaret, Categorization Project volunteer.
Larry
I am researching my Jackson line as my mother was Ruth Jackson. Her father was Micajah Thomas Jackson, his father was Revered William Jackson. Family history confirmed by the census was that he was born in Davidson County Tennessee in 1805. We think his mother must have died. His father who also named William Jackson, brought him to Sumner County Tennessee when he was a tiny baby, some said 6 months some said 6 weeks. the elder William had a sister named Elizabeth Ing that lived in Sumner County & he left his baby with her to be raised. We were always told her husbands name was Alfred, but I believed that must have been her eldest sons name. I found a sale of property in Sumner County that listed all of her children. some had moved to Franklin County Il others over to west Tennessee. This was signed by Alfred Ing . In 1827 my Rev William married Charlotte Griffin in Sumner County, Joseph Ing was the bondsman. I have a copy of the grandfather of my Rev Williams Will it was probated in Edgecomb County North Carolina in 1805 the same year my William was born in Tennessee. in this will the elder William leaves to his daughter Fannie Pearman all the household goods, but to William Jackson, Mathew Jackson & Elizabeth Jackson Ing he leaves 5 pence apiece. I believe this must have been because those 3 had already moved to Tennessee & only that 1 daughter stayed in North Carolina. I also have copies of land transfers from a man named Josha Predeaux, it looks like he bought up a man named Scotts bounty land & then sold it to Alfred Ing, Margaret Cummins James Jackson, & William Cummins all of this was between 1816 & 1823 in Sumner County Tennessee. I saw the will you have for William Jackson & it is clearly a different person, but there just seems to be so much intermingling between the Jackson, Ings & Summers I was hoping you could help me figure out all this. thanks jane
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Let me know if you have any questions on how to find and record sources, merge duplicates, clean up GEDCOM biographies, and interpret the Suggestions report. I'm here to help!
Debi
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Pippin Sheppard
WikiTrees Appreciation Team
Because Pre-1700 ancestors are shared by many descendants, working within a project coordinating them is essential. Please ensure location data matches dates of profile, avoid abbreviations, add sources with citations & links for sources to support the data. From wiki ID go to Research to find sources
The United States Project would be of interest. Adding the tag UNITED_STATES will connect you
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The Appreciation Team thanks you for all for your hard work for reaching 1000+ (Actually, over 1500!) contributions for the month July 2019. Onward and upward!
Pip Sheppard
WikiTree Appreciation Team
As you have been a member of WikiTree for a few weeks now I thought I would check in to see how you are getting on with the site.
Has the New Member How-To been helpful or left you with any questions?
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You are now a full member of the WikiTree community. I hope your experience among us is as enjoyable and fruitful as mine has been.
Start with the New Member How-To pages they are really useful as you add profiles and learn your way around.
When you are ready take a look at projects, there may be a One Name Study for your surnames, or one covering your research location(s).
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