 1777 - 1825 (47 years)
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| Name |
John George Jackson |
| Birth |
22 Sep 1777 |
near Buckhannon, WV  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
29 Mar 1825 |
Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV |
| Person ID |
I33191 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
George Jackson, b. 9 Jan 1757, Cecil County, MD d. 17 May 1831, Zanesville, Muskingum County, OH (Age 74 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Brake, b. 22 Feb 1757, Moorefield, Hardy County, WV d. 22 Mar 1812, Harrison County, WV (Age 55 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
13 Nov 1776 |
| Family ID |
F12929 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary Coles Payne, b. 1781 d. 13 Feb 1808 (Age 27 years) |
| Marriage |
1800 |
Montpelier, Orange County, VA |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Elizabeth Payne Jackson, b. 7 Sep 1805, Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV d. 22 Mar 1881 (Age 75 years) [natural] |
| | 2. John Jay Jackson, b. 13 Feb 1800, Wood County, WV d. 1 Jan 1877, Wood County, WV (Age 76 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Lucy Jackson, b. 1803, Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV d. 22 Jul 1806, Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV (Age 3 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Dolly Jackson, b. Jul 1801, Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV d. 14 Jul 1806, Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV (Age 5 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F12266 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- History of West Virginia and the People (The Lee Line). (III) Hon. John George Jackson, son of Colonel George Jackson, was born near Buckhannon, Virginia, in 1774, died at Clarksburg, March 29, 1825. While he was still small he came with his father to Clarksburg. He received a liberal education for the times, and entered public life at an early age, being a member of the legislature by 1797. He was in 1793 appointed surveyor of government lands west of the Ohio, and was a member of all United States congresses from the eighth to the fourteenth inclusive, except the twelfth. Further he was a brigadier general of militia, and in 1819 he was appointed United States judge for the western district of Virginia, in which office he served until his death. His public career was one of marked ability, and it is said that he was the most remarkable man west of the mountains. In business, too, his interests were of the most varied character; he established many enterprises and developed the resources of the country to a degree truly surprising. He married (first) in the Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C., Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Coles) Payne, who was born about 1781, died February 13, 1808. Her sister was the wife of the president of the United States. the famous Dolly Madison, and this wedding was the first celebrated in the White House. John George Jackson married (second) Sophia, daughter of Return Jonathan Meigs (see Meigs). By his first marriage there was a daughter, Mary, who married Judge John Allen, of Virginia, and a son, John Jay, of whom further. By the second marriage there was a son, James Madison, of whom further.
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