Georgianna Phillips (1845 - 1888)

Born 23 Apr 1845 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Wife of William Walter Jackson — married 1866 in Amite County, Mississippi, USA

Died 1888 at about age 42 in Ariel, Amite, Mississippi, United States

Biography

Georgianna Phillips, daughter of William T. and Anna Elisabeth Phillips, was born in Orleans Parish, Louisiana on 23 April 1845.^[1]

In the 1850 census, 5-year-old Georgianna Phillips is in the household of James R. Galtney and his wife, Rebecca E. (Buckholts) Galtney, in Amite County, Mississippi.^[2]

Georgianna married Walter W. Jackson in Amite County in 1866:

Philips, Georgianna - Jackson, Walter W. - 19 Jul 1866^[3]

Her husband was born about 1846 in Amite County - William W. Jackson is listed in the household of Moses and Susanna A. Jackson in the 1850 census for Amite County. He was 4; also listed are Franklin J. Jackson (3) and Charles Jackson (5/12).^[4]

They remained in Amite County, where they raised their family.

1870 census for Amite County:

• W W Jackson, M (24), born in Mississippi^[5]
• Georgia Jackson, F (25), born in Louisiana^[5]
• Willie W Jackson, M (3), born in Mississippi^[5]
• Moses Jackson, M (1), born in Mississippi^[5]

The 1880 census for Amite County shows additional children:

• Walter W. Jackson, M (34)^[6]
• Georgia A. Jackson, wife (33)
• Willie W. Jackson, son (11) [sic]
• Moses Jackson, son (10)
• Anna A. Jackson, daughter (9), born in Mississippi
• Charles H. Jackson, son (7), born in Mississippi
• Robert A. Jackson, son (5), born in Mississippi
• Edgar Jackson, son (4), born in Mississippi
• May A. Jackson, daughter (1), born in Mississippi

Their son Willie Wingate Jackson, who had married Mary Lou Page (born 1870) in 1894, died in Wilkinson County, Mississippi in September 1937. Mary Lou had died in Texas that July.^[7]

Their son "E.A. Jackson" died in Fort Worth, Texas, age 39, on 24 April 1916.^[8]

Their son Charles Horatio Jackson, born 23 November 1873, died a widower in San Antonio, Texas on 21 April 1951.^[9]

Research Notes

The 1880 census, which includes birth location of parents, had "Unknown" for both of her parents - it also had that she was born in Mississippi (which we know is wrong).^[6]

FindAGrave memorials for her husband's family exclude her as his first wife and him as son of Moses. DAR records do not.

DAR: On 19 July 1866, Georgianna Phillips married William Walter Jackson (born 1846 in Amite County). She died in 1884, in Amite County.^[7]

The "William Walter Jackson" in the DAR records descends from DAR Patriot Ancestor Isaac Jackson through his son Wiley (c1780-1842) and grandson Moses (1822-1895).^[7]

FindAGrave memorials show a son of Moses born 1846, but it is not William Walter Jackson:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #110635222 for Col. Moses Jackson, CSA.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #37954655 for Franklin J. Jackson (tombstone image has just "Frank")

FindAGrave also has a memorial for William Walter Jackson, born 1846, but his wife is not Georgianna (although the memorial for the wife has her birth in 1861, so she could easily be the second wife):

• Find A Grave: Memorial #110279835 for William Walter Jackson
• Find A Grave: Memorial #110280179 for Isadore Gallent Jackson

It is of interest that the Gallents are next door to the Jacksons in the 1850 census.^[4]

The 1910 Census shows Isadore (48) as wife of "Walter WS" Jackson (63), in Amite County (with children aged 16, 14, and 12).^[10]

The WikiTree profile for Moses - Moses Jackson (1822-1895) - cites the record of the Willey Jackson Cemetery (Moses Jackson 1895 headstone photographed by Jennie Livingston).^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W6QY-9JZM : 7 September 2019), Georgiana Phillips, 1845.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L4-33F : 22 December 2020), J R Galtney, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Image (accessed 16 January 2022).
3. ↑ Amite County Mississippi Genealogy & History Network, Amite Marriages - Bride (accessed 3 September 2023). See also:
   • "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZJ-N6G : 14 February 2020), Georgiana Phillips in entry for Walter W. Jackson, 1866.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LW-TYD : 22 December 2020), Moses Jackson, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Image, accessed 16 January 2022.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSC-4KZ : 29 May 2021), Georgia Jackson in entry for W W Jackson, 1870. Image (accessed 19 January 2022).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LB-XJJ : 14 January 2022), Georgia A. Jackson in household of Walter W. Jackson, Beat 2, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm. Image (accessed 19 January 2022).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Descendant of Isaac Jackson, DAR Patriot Ancestor #A061031 (accessed 16 January 2022).
8. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K349-XZV : 20 February 2021), W W Jackson in entry for E A Jackson, 24 Apr 1916; citing certificate number 10315, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,051,624. Informant - M.M. Jackson of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He died as the result of a car accident (collided with a train).
9. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3CK-C7Q : 20 February 2021), Georgana Phillips in entry for Charles Horatio Jackson, 21 Apr 1951; citing certificate number 16696, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,656.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPZR-KCF : accessed 19 January 2022), Walter W S Jackson Sr., Beat 3, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 14A, family 260, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 732; FHL microfilm 1,374,745.
11. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/amite/cemeteries/jacksonw.txt (accessed 16 January 2022).

See also:

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6G4-87X : 18 February 2021), Georgiana Phillips in entry for James R Gallrey, 1860.
• FamilySearch PID #LZ68-PMW for Georgeanna Phillips (1845–1888); 5 sources as of 19 January 2022.
• Jennifer M. Payne, "Independent Minds and Shared Community: Married Women's Wills in Amite County, Mississippi, 1840-1919", Master's Thesis, Rice University, 1996 (accessed 16 January 2022). See Chapter 2 for details of Rebecca's will (she names nieces in her will - she and James having no surviving children - I didn't look to see if Georgianna Phillips was named when I was researching Rebecca).
• Thomas R. Curtis, Descendants of Thomas Gwaltney, "Generation 4" (accessed 16 January 2022). If Georgianna is a niece, she might be included in this website.
• Nancy Killian, The Thelen and Margraf Family Tree (accessed 16 January 2022), citing "Info from Mississippi Cemetery & Bible records, Vol" [volume information not given]. same - if she's a niece, she might be included in this website