*North Carolina Land Grants, No. 0328, 27 Sep 1756 to John Jackson, Jr.
*Anson Co., North Carolina Deeds Vols H-I Job Meaders to William Rushing, 8 pounds for 50 acres of land on the east side of Thompson's Creek. This land was granted to William Rushing in1757; part of an original 400 acre grant. In presence of John Jackson and Malachi Watts. Anson Superior Court. July Term 1767. Saml. Spencer Clerk of Court.
*On 10/04/1768 COL John Jackson was voted to member of Assembly.
*Abstracts of County Court Minutes, 1771-1777 Anson Co., North Carolina Ordered Abraham Rushing, Thomas Creel, Job Meadows, Lewis Meadows, Joel Chivers, William Johnson, William Rushing, Charles Booth, Thomas Huntley, John Jackson, layout road from Province Line (State Line) at the end of Cheraw Road.
*North Carolina Wills, Book J, Page 8 Will of John Jackson in Anson County N. C. ...daughters Elizabeth , Mary, Sarah and Rebecca, each 5 Sh., my lands and all my movable estate to be sold to the best advantage and the money to be paid as follows: to Daughters Phebe, Jemimah and Hannah to have it equally divided between them. Stephen Jackson and John Perkins, exrs. 15April 1768 Wit. Job Meadow, John May, Charles Booth Executed1772, Anson Co., NC*Statement and declaration of John Hunt 21 Feb 1840 The State of South Carolina } Chesterfield District } On this twenty first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, personally appeared in open court before the Court of Ordinary now sitting, John Hunter a resident of Chesterfield District, in the State of South Carolina aged eighty-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers; and served as herein stated. That early in the war of the Revolution, he was drafted for one month, as he believes and served under Captain John Blakeney, but the year month or day of the month when he was drafted he does not recollect, nor does he recollect the names of Captain Blakeney's subultin officers; that he started with Captain Blakeney's company from a place called the Old Cross Roads in the aforesaid District of Chesterfield and marched through Georgetown in the State of South Carolina to See Wee Bay and joined the forces there, and was under the command of Colonel Murphy, but he does not recollect whether there were any other field officers at that place; that he remained there, as he now believes, two weeks, but he cannot speak positive as to the time; that Captain Blakeney's Company was then marched to Haderal's Point but he does not recollect who had command of the forces at Haderal's Point; that he remained there until the expiration of the month for which he entered the service and then returned home to Chesterfield District. That he afterwards, but the day month or year he cannot recollect, volunteered for one month under Captain Stephen Jackson (called Killing Stephen Jackson)---John Jackson Colonel, that they made their headquarters at the house of the said Colonel John Jackson near the North Carolina line, but whether in Chesterfield District South Carolina or in Anson County North Carolina, he cannot say positively, and scoured the county round about for Tories; that he served out the month for which he had volunteered and returned home. That afterwards, but the day, month, or year he does not recollect, he was drafted for two months and served under the aforesaid Captain Stephen Jackson, that he does not recollect the names of Captain Jackson's subultim officers; that they started from Chesterfield District and marched through Camden and joined General Marion at his headquarters in the Swamp between Georgetown and Charleston; that he served out the two months for which he was drafted and returned home; that he was near Georgetown the whole time he was with General Marion as aforesaid; that he never was in any battle or fight during the Revolutionary War; that during the time he was with General Marion as aforesaid, the British near Sullivans Island fired their Artillery at them. This deponent further saith that he was born in Orange County, North Carolina, that his father removed from Orange County to Chesterfield District before the Revolutionary war and brought this deponent with him; that he has no record of his age, but from the best information he can obtain he believes he is of the age above stated; that he is illiterate; that he never received any discharge from the officers under whom he served and has no documentary evidence of his service; that besides the service above stated, he was out several times for a week or two at a time, as one of scouting parties, but was not regularly organized; that he resided in Chesterfield District at the time he first entered the service and has resided there ever since except one year that he resided in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; that he knows no person who can testify to his service except his brother James Hunter. He hereby relinquishes every claim whether to a pension or annuity, except the present; and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day } and year aforesaid, before me } His Turner Bryan Judge of the } John X Hunter Court of Ordinary, C.D. } Mark James Hunter personally came before me and being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say, that he is brother to John Hunter who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that he is illiterate and has no record of his age, but believes from the best information he can obtain that he is eighty years of age, and has always been informed and believes, that the said John Hunter is five years older that this deponent; this deponent further saith that he believes that the said John Hunter served as stated in the above declaration, this deponent served with him during the one month when they made their headquarters at the house of Col. John Jackson as in the declaration stated. Sworn to and subscribed before } His me this 21st February 1840 } James X Hunter Turner Bryan Judge } Mark of the Court of Ordinary C.D. } We, Joseph T. Copeland a clergyman residing in Kershaw District and Henry Funderburk in Chesterfield District hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hunter who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be eight-five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to before me } Joseph T. Copeland Turner Bryan } Henry Funderburk Judge of the Court of } Ordinary Chesterfield District } And the said Turner Bryan Ordinary of Chesterfield District does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states; And the said Ordinary further certifies that it appears to him that Jos T. Copeland who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident at the District of Kershaw and that Henry Funderburk who has signed the same is a resident in the District of Chesterfield and is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit. I do further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the aforesaid Court of Ordinary in the matter of the application of John Hunter for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, there being no seal of office, this twenty eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one. Turner Bryan {Seal} Ordy Chesterfield Dist
4. Captain Stephen JACKSON-107
Known as "Killing Stephen" received this title after killing 6 Tories during the Revolutionary War. Stephen Jackson was Captain of the South Carolina Militia. Had two sons, names unknown, killed during Revolutionary War in addition to the ones shown.
* Declaration of Stephen Jackson (Revolutionary War Pension Application) Nancy Jackson, Widow of Stephen Jackson State of TN } Humphreys County } On This Fifteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty personally appeared before me William McCasland an acting Justice of the Peace for the said County, Nancy Jackson a resident of Tennessee and County of Humphreys, aged 86, eighty-six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836; that she is the widow of Stephen Jackson deceased who was a militiaman in the service of the United States and that the aforesaid Stephen Jackson entered into the service in the Spring of the year of 1777 in South Carolina having been drafted and sent on a tour of duty to Charleston in South Carolina (name of the Captain or Regiment not recollected) some time in the same year he was again called on and performed a second tour of duty at Charleston (officers not recollected) and returned home, just before the defeat of Gen. Gates at Camden, after said defeat the aforesaid Stephen Jackson together with many others fled from South Carolina with their families, and sought protection in North Carolina in the month of August in the above date, the aforesaid Stephen Jackson together with many others returned to South Carolina in pursuit of the Tories, and continued to serve until near Christmas of the same date. Sometime in the year of 1778, Captain Joseph Griffy from being disabled, became unable to perform his duty incumbent upon him as Captain, and the aforesaid Stephen Jackson was appointed in his stead as Captain of a Company and acted in that capacity until the seize of York and surrender of Cornwallis in 1781. Having been during the time of the aforesaid service in many parts of South Carolina in a part of North Carolina in many skirmishes with British and Tories at the battle at Ramsours Mills and many other places this statement having been made to the deponent by her husband the aforesaid Stephen Jackson deceased, and after surrender of Cornwallis, the aforesaid Stephen Jackson was honorable discharged by Gen. Green, which discharge is lost or mislaid so that the same cannot be obtained. Deponent further states that agreeable to the best of her recollection, that her husband the aforesaid Stephen Jackson was again commissioned as Captain by Gen. Green to aid in the supervision of the Tories in South Carolina, and that the aforesaid Stephen Jackson did faithfully act the part assigned him until the consummation of the definitive treaty of peace in the year 1783. She further declares that she was married to the aforesaid Stephen Jackson on the 16 day of February 1771 in the State of South Carolina and that her husband the aforesaid Stephen Jackson died in South Carolina on the 10th day of September 1832 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appears by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the word Jackson interlined before assigned attest her William Leazher, Nancy x Jackson William McCasland, JP (mark) The above deponent Nancy Jackson not knowing how long her husband the aforesaid Stephen Jackson was in the service of the United States has in order to amend her declaration made the following affidavit. Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for said County Nancy Jackson who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory she cannot swear positively as to the precise length of the service of her husband the aforesaid Stephen Jackson, but according to the best of her recollection, after so long a lapse of time, that he served faithfully for the term of five years and for such service I claim a pension. She hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that she further declares that she does not know of any person by whom she can prove the services of her husband the aforesaid Stephen Jackson. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. William Leazher, William McCasland, Nancy x Jackson mark State of TN } County of Humphreys} On this 6th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally before me an acting Justice of the Peace, duly appointed and commissioned, Abel Jackson aged about 68 years appeared who being duly sworn days that he is the son of Stephen and Nancy Jackson late of County and State aforesaid and that he was born in the month of August 1786. That he had a brother named William who was ten years older than himself, who is now dead, and that there were two children older than this said brother William, both of whom died during the War of the Revolution, as he has always heard from his parents during their lifetime. That his mother Nancy Jackson applied for a pension under the Act of Congress of 4th of July 1836, during her lifetime but that she died before receiving it to wit on the 9th day of May in the year 1843 and not in the year 1853, as erroneously and by mistake written in his affidavit of the 5th of December 1853. his Abel x Jackson mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of February in the year 1854 and I do here by certify that Abel Jackson who has sworn and signed the above is a man of truth and credibility and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year last above written. William Hendrey JP (seal)
It is erroneously claimed by some researchers that Henry A. Jackson of Chesterfield Co., South Carolina is a son of this Stephen Jackson, but the document above does not support this claim. In fact it refutes the idea of Stephen and Nancy having any sons other than William and Abel and the two male children killed during the Revolution.
* The above documents prove that Killing Stephen only had 4sons, two of which are named within the documents.
After Stephen's death Nancy moved to Tennessee to live with her son Abel. In 1840 she made application for Revolutionary Soldiers Pension based upon her husband's service in that war. Nancy died before the pension was paid and in 1854 her son Abel provided a supporting declaration for the pension to be paid to himself. This all occurred in Humphreys Co., Tennessee.
20. Male JACKSON-450
Name unknown, killed as a child during American Revolution
21. Male JACKSON-451
Name unknown, killed as a child during American Revolution
*22 Dec 1794 Land Entry: Edward Jackson entered 150 acres in Anson County, North Carolina on the waters of Clay Creek, adjoining John Harnet, James Wimberly, Stephen Jackson and John Hendrick.
*(Pruitt's North Carolina Land Entries, 107, No.1639) in 1827 Edward drew Muscogee County land granted 18 Dec 1827.
*He was enumerated in Gwinnett Co., Georgia in 1840, aged 96. (Gone to Georgia, p. 156 & 157) Gwinnett County, GA Families 1818-1968 [JC dillard. GED]
*Edward Jackson was an American Revolutionary War soldier and his information is on file with DAR.
Benjamin Jackson served in the North Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War. A Benjamin Jackson, living in the Chester District of North Carolina received a pension for his service. The pension started on 16 May 1833 when he was 76 years old. This may be the same Benjamin Jackson.
I have seen some researchers that say this Temperance is Temperance Rushing; however I cannot place her with a Rushing family in the area. Temperance J. Rushing married John Paul Lowry. DAR Records indicate that another Temperance Rushing was married to a Stephen Jackson.
*1800 Anson Co., NC, US Census, David Jackson age 26-44, two sons under age 10, two sons age 10-15, four daughters under age 10 and wife age 26-44.
*Madison Co, TN Court Minutes Book 1821-1825 Vol.1, page 368. Administration of all goods etc of David Jackson dec. granted to Susan Jackson and David Jackson. John Rasberry and Abel Rainey security.*Madison Co., TN Court Minutes Book 1821-1825 Vol. 1, page 415. Sale of the estate of David Jackson returned with allowance for widow.
All marriage bonds 1750-1868 were destroyed in court house fire in 1868. The marriage register in the court house begins in1868. However preserved in the Archives in Raleigh (File No 5.001) are two marriage bonds dated 1762 and two lists of marriage licenses. In the marriage license list 1 June 1786 to 1 June 1787 among others are: David Jackson - Succey Meadors. Susan Meadors apparently died before 1830 as she is not listed on the 1830 Census either by herself or with any of the children.
The name Meadors, as it was probably pronounced in the dialect of the time, is also seen written as Meadows. Deep Creek Baptist Church minutes 1810-1850 - Delilah Jackson was a member
Living in Sumter Co., Alabama in 1850
Blakeney researchers show this Mary Rushing Jackson to be a daughter of Benjamin Jackson and Mary Rushing.
William Blakeney and family are found on the 1800 Chesterfield Co., SC US Census with 2 male children under 10 years, 2 male children between 16 and 25 and 2 female children under 10 years. He had 16 slaves.