Carson Johnson - The Jackson Family

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Chapter 15 - The Jackson Family

With Chapter 15, we get back to “our” family. The chapter ends with the three daughters of William Elmer Jackson. One of them, Marie Elmer Jackson, married Charles Ferdinand Carson.

Where did Nathan Come From?

Nathan Jackson was probably born about 1730, perhaps in Ireland, perhaps in Pennsylvania, perhaps in Virginia, or perhaps in North Carolina. Knowledgeable Jackson researchers believe he was most likely born in Ireland, and was the brother of Samuel , John , and William Jackson , who all came to Rowan County, North Carolina, about 1759. The name of his wife is unknown, but we know that Nathan Jackson had at least two sons, of whom Edward Jackson was one.

In 1751, a Nathan Jackson served as a chain carrier in Orange County, North Carolina, for William Churton , a surveyor for Earl Granville , when he surveyed a tract for John West, Sr., a Moravian. It is not certain that this Nathan Jackson was the same person as “our” Nathan Jackson.

A Petition for the Release of a Prisoner

By 1759, Nathan lived in Rowan County, North Carolina, in an area that is now southern Guilford County, and in 1768 the Rowan County Court appointed Nathan Jackson “oversear of the roade” from Peter Dick’s mill on Pole Cat Creek to the county line. He was often called for jury duty. In 1771, Nathan Jackson and a number of others signed a petition seeking the release of a prisoner, Jeremiah Field , who was involved in a riot in Hillsboro, North Carolina.

Nathan Jackson appears on the 1773 Debtor List of Col. John McGee , a successful merchant of present day northeast Randolph County. Nathan Jackson appears to have been illiterate.

Knowledgeable researchers say that Nathan Jackson was not related to the Quaker Jackson family of Pennyslvania and Rowan County, nor was he part of the Jackson family who came from Virginia into eastern North Carolina.

Edward Jackson , son of Nathan Jackson, was born ca. 1746 – 1752. Some researchers say he was a member of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church in Rowan County, NC, although there is no evidence that he was a member of Sandy Creek or any other church. If he had any religious affiliation, I’d guess he was a member of Centre Friends Meeting – it’s several miles closer to Peter Dicks’ Mill. Like his father, Edward Jackson appeared on the debtor list of Col. John McGee . Although he was of the right age, there is no record that Edward Jackson served in the Revolutionary War on either side, nor was he involved with the Regulators. Similarly, there is no evidence that he was a Quaker, although he was in the right place.

The Tenor of the Times

Whether or not Edward Jackson was a member of Sandy Creek Baptist Church, we ought to mention something about that church here. It will help describe the tenor of the times.

Reverend Shubal Stearns was a Baptist from Connecticut. He and his wife came to Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1755 with six other couples, and they founded Sandy Creek Baptist Church. By 1771, the church had grown to 606 members. Many missionaries were sent from this church, and many other churches trace their roots to Sandy Creek. The Regulators used the church as their headquarters.

Who were the Regulators? The Regulators were a group of settlers who organized to protect themselves from unfair taxation and harsh treatment by the representatives of the royal governor, who governed from his palace in New Bern, NC. The Regulators met the governor’s troops at the Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771. The Regulators were soundly defeated, and fourteen of them were taken to Hillsborough for trial. The settlers rioted to get the prisoners released, and that’s how Jeremiah Field got himself arrested.

Shubal Stearns died in 1771. After his death and the defeat of the Regulators in the same year, many of the settlers lost all hope for a better life in Rowan County and moved further west. By year’s end, the membership of Sandy Creek Baptist Church was back to sixteen. Nevertheless, this little-known country church survived, and some consider it the mother church of the Southern Baptist Convention.

The Move West

Edward Jackson came to Burke County, NC (now McDowell County, NC) between 1782 and 1790 and died there about 1820. He married Susannah, probably Susannah Chaffin, daughter of Joseph Chaffin. Joseph Chaffin was the son of John Chaffin and his wife Mary. Edward Jackson lived on Jackson Branch of Crooked Creek south of Old Fort. In 1792, he bought 185 acres of land from Edward Vance, and he received a grant of thirty acres of land in Burke County, NC, in 1802. On January 14, 1815, Edward Jackson deeded 187 acres of land to Amos Jackson.

Edward Jackson ’s children were:

Amos Jackson
John Jackson (born ca. 1772, Burke County, NC, died before 1843 in Choestoe, Union County, Georgia)
Joseph Jackson (born 1774, NC, died about 1843 in Habersham County, Georgia)
Elias Jackson (born ca. 1776, Burke County, NC, died before 1840, married Edith Stanley)
Eli Jackson (born 1776 – 1778, NC)
Azeriah Jackson
Polly Jackson (born 1789, Burke County, NC, died before 1817, married Moses Noblet)
Peggy Jackson
possibly one other daughter.

Elias Jackson, son of Edward Jackson, married Edith Stanley (born ca.1775) in Guilford County, North Carolina, about 1795. About 1820, Elias and his brother Azeriah moved to Jackson County, Tennessee.

Azeriah Jackson, son of Edward Jackson, was born in 1783 in Burke County, NC. He married Sarah Chaffin in Burke County, NC, April 10, 1809. He served in the Creek War and the War of 1812, and died sometime after 1850 in Jackson County, Tennessee..

Peggy Jackson, daughter of Edward Jackson, was born in 1792 in Burke County, NC, and married Alexander Hopson on September 25, 1809.

Amos (or William Amos) Jackson, son of Edward Jackson, was born in February, 1781, in Burke County, NC. About 1799 he married first a Miss Snider (an Irish seamstress according to family lore) in Burke County, and they had eight children, all born in Burke County, NC. Amos Jackson received a grant of fifty acres of land on the Broad River in Burke County in 1810, and he also owned land in Rutherford County, NC. Amos Jackson bought 186 acres of land from his father on January 14, 1815. He also drew land in the 1827 Land Lottery in Georgia.

The Jacksons Move to Georgia

After the death of his first wife, Amos Jackson moved his family to Habersham County, GA, in 1823, along with his brothers Joseph and Eli. The Cherokee Indians had ceded their land in Habersham County to the whites by treaty in 1817 and 1819, and Clarkesville, the county seat of Habersham County, was chartered in 1823. On October 7, 1824, Amos Jackson married second Margaret Chaffin , born 1800, died 1890. They had three children, all three born in Habersham County, GA. Amos Jackson died January 20, 1862 in Habersham County, GA, and is buried in the Hazel Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Clarkesville, GA. Habersham County experienced a gold rush in 1828 and 1829, and Clarkesville was a popular summer resort for coastal Georgians in the 1830’s, but these events do not seem to have affected Amos Jackson.

Children of Amos Jackson and Miss Snider were:

Hiram Henry Jackson (born Febuary 6, 1800,)
Sarah Jackson (born February 11, 1802)
Margaret Jackson (born December 30, 1804)
Polly Jackson (born May 6, 1807)
Edward Jackson (born May 6, 1807)
Joseph Chaffin Jackson (born July 2, 1813)
Susannah Jackson (born April 11, 1815)
Catherine Jackson (born December 4, 1817)
Children of Amos Jackson and Margaret Chaffin were:
Rosetta (or Rozilla) Jackson (January 21, 1825-January 15, 1878)
Elizabeth Jackson (born December 18, 1827)
Jasper Chaffin Jackson

Apparently, Hiram Jackson , son of Amos Jackson and ------ Snider, lived with Margaret “Peggy” Fitzgerald (born December 20, 1804, died March 12, 1898, buried in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery), daughter of William Fitzgerald and Sarah Nations Fitzgerald . “Peggy” Fitzgerald was said to be part Cherokee Indian. Although there is some question whether they ever married, they were the parents of three children. At some point, Hiram Jackson left “Peggy”, vowing never to return.

After abandoning Margaret Fitzgerald, Hiram Jackson may have married Mary Whitaker , born July 24, 1799 in Hartford County, Maryland, the daughter of William Whitaker and Mary Canada Whitaker .

Children of Hiram Jackson and Margaret “Peggy” Fitzgerald were:

Mary Ann Jackson (born 1833, married Abner Keel February 5, 1851)
Calvin Charles Jackson (born April 15, 1834, died October 18, 1907, served in Confederate Army, married Suzie Adeline Tatum February 10, 1867)
Alfred P. Jackson (born 1836, killed in the War between the States June 15, 1862, married December 9, 1861)

Possible children of Hiram Jackson and Mary Whitaker:

Solomon Jackson
Fidelia Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Lucinda Jackson
Mineva Jackson
Mary Ann Jackson .

A Baptist Preacher

Jasper Chaffin Jackson was born in Habersham County, Georgia, August 5, 1829. He married first Margaret Ann Wilbanks on January 10, 1856 in Habersham County, GA. Margaret Ann Wilbanks joined Bethlehem Church in Habersham County, Georgia, on August 29, 1852, and was baptized there on September 5^th, 1852.

On September 1, 1865, Jasper Chaffin Jackson married second Susannah Clarinda Smith . Jasper Chaffin Jackson was a farmer and a Baptist preacher. Jasper C. Jackson lived in Clarkesville, Georgia, in 1860, and in 1864 he was elected Assistant (Pastor?) of the Baptist Church of Christ at Camp Creek, Clarkesville. He was also an early pastor of Mud Creek Baptist Church Jasper Chaffin Jackson died April 5, 1910. Either Jasper Chaffin Jackson or Margaret Ann Wilbanks was killed by lightning.

Children of Jasper Chaffin Jackson and Margaret Ann Wilbanks were:

William Washington Jackson (born October 7, 1856)
Isabella Jane Jackson (born August 20, 1859)
Alpha Caroline Jackson (born August 12, 1861)

Children of Jasper Chaffin Jackson and Susannah Clarinda Smith were:

Henry Amos Jackson (born November 20, 1866)
Arlene Leppeau Jackson (born February 10, 1870)
Emma Florence Jackson (born February 7, 1872)
Cora Lillian Jackson (born November 15, 1874)
Dexter Lamonte Jackson (born February 25, 1876)
Justin Claude Jackson (born Ocotber 3, 1877)
Mark Pierre Jackson (born February 25, 1880)

William Washington Jackson was born in Georgia October 7, 1856. He married Mary Devers , also born in Georgia. William Washington Jackson was unemployed for three months in 1880.

Children of William Washington Jackson and Mary Devers were:

Mary A. Jackson , born August 20, 1858
Vida I. Jackson , born May 16, 1875
Ralph Jackson , born June 15, 1876
Ida Polena Jackson , born November 22, 1877
another son, born April 5, 1879
William Elmer Jackson
Ada Jackson , born December 11, 1882
Jasper G. Jackson , born January 26, 1885

Inspector Jackson

William Elmer Jackson was born in Clarkesville (or Athens), Georgia, December 7, 1880. When he was five years old, he lived in Talapoosa, Georgia. He married Kathryne Carolyn Pierce (See Chapter 16) on May 24, 1903 in Bibb County, Georgia, and they had three

daughters.

Left to right: Kathryne Rosmonde Jackson, Marie Elmer Jackson, and Dorothy Jackson

In 1910, William Elmer Jackson was a moulder in an iron works in Macon, Georgia. Later, he became a fireman in Macon. In 1913 he was a member of Auto Company No. 3, and by 1930 he had become an Inspector. He read law, and passed the bar exam in 1917, but never practiced. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Kathryne Carolyn Pierce divorced him and went to New Jersey. William Elmer Jackson died September 25, 1963, and is buried in Macon Memorial Park.

Children of William Elmer Jackson and Kathryne Carolyn Pierce were:

Marie Elmer Jackson
Kathryne Rosemond (or Rose) Jackson
Dorothy Jackson

Marie Elmer, Dorothy, and Kathryne Rosemond Jackson were all confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on May 16, 1917.

Dorothy Jackson, daughter of William Elmer Jackson and Kathryne Carolyn Pierce, was born March 26, 1905, in Macon, GA. She took her first communion at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Macon on May 31, 1914. In1930 she married William Arthur Hazelton , a Presbyterian, in an Episcopal Church in New York City. They had one son, Pierce C. Hazelton, born May 31, 1933 .

William Arthur Hazelton was employed by the New York Telephone Company. He involved himself in church work and local school politics, and often officiated at amateur football games.

William Arthur Hazelton was the son of Washington Elmer Hazelton (born in 1874) and Ida May “Nan” Chandler (born in 1877). Both were born in New York City. Washington Elmer Hazelton built a house in Teaneck, New Jersey, about 1900, and moved there from New York.

Children of Washington Elmer Hazelton and Ida May “Nan” Chandler were:

John Hazelton (born 1895)
William Arthur Hazelton (born 1902)
Alice Hazelton (born 1912)
Eileen “Peter” Hazelton (born 1916)
Paul Hazelton (born 1924).

From America to Denmark

Pierce C. Hazelton, son of Dorothy Jackson and William Arthur Hazelton, married first Birthe ----- in Denmark, and they had one son, Lars Hazelton . Pierce Hazelton married second Lene Andreassen in Denmark. Lene Andreassen was an artist who specialized in pictures of buildings, especially castles and other old buildings. In 1974 she was invited to an audience with the Queen at Fredensborg Palace to show her art, and she was commissioned by the Queen to make a study of the art in the summer palace at Fredricksborg. The study was published in book form.

Lars Hazelton, son of Pierce C. Hazelton and Birtha -----, was the father of:

Rasmus Hazelton
Nanna Hazelton
Jesper Hazelton

Kathryne Rosemond Jackson, daughter of William Elmer Jackson and Kathryne Carolyn Pierce, was born February 14, 1907, in Macon, GA. She took her first communion at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Macon on January 18, 1914. She entered college at Mercer University in Macon, but completed her degree at Columbia University. In 1934 she married Bernard Lee Flynn in New York City. She worked as a teacher in New Jersey until 1939, when she and her husband moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she taught in the Cambridge Lower School.

After World War II, the family moved to Teaneck, New Jersey, where Kathryne Jackson Flynn became a remedial reading specialist in the Demarest, New Jersey, public schools.

Bernard Lee Flynn was born January 3, 1912, in West Virginia, the son of Benjamin Levi Flynn and Mary Dilworth. Benjamin Levi Flynn was the son of James Willoughby Flynn, from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area. Bernard Lee Flynn graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a chemical engineer. He joined Lever Brothers Company in 1933 and worked his way up to Vice-President for Purchases. Kathryne Rosemond Jackson and Bernard Lee Flynn lived for a time near Boston, Massachusetts, and then moved to Teaneck, New Jersey. He died of cancer December 9, 1973.

After her husband’s death, Kathryne Jackson Flynn continued to live in Teaneck for several years, but about 1980, she moved to her husband’s family farm in Astor, West Virginia, and in 1992, moved to Fort Meyers, Florida, to be near Bernard Lee Flynn Jr. In Fort Meyers she volunteered as a tutor at Cypress Lake Middle School and as a private volunteer teacher in reading.

In addition to her teaching career, she served two terms on the Board of Directors of Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia, where a library study room was named for her. She was active in the American Association of University Women, and in her earlier years, in the Children of the Confederacy and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a lifelong golfer, boater, and fisherman, and enjoyed pencil sketching, watercolor painting, and writing poetry.

She died on March 17, 2004, in Fort Meyers, Florida. A memorial service was held for her at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Fort Myers on April 6, 2004.

Kathryne Rosemond Jackson and Bernard Lee Flynn had one son, Bernard Lee Flynn, Jr, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1941. He and his wife Barbara had two children, Kathryne Anne Flynn and Bernard Lee Flynn III. Kathryne Anne Flynn married Steve Hayden and they adopted two children, Dakota and Brittany. Bernard Lee Flynn III married Erin -----.

A Teacher who Used a Man’s Name

Marie Elmer Jackson, daughter of William Elmer Jackson and Kathryne Carolyn Pierce, was born February 7, 1904, in Macon, Georgia. She was baptized at St.Joseph’s Catholic Church in Macon March 26, 1904 by Father John P. McDonnell , and took her first communion April 27, 1913. She always used her middle name of Elmer, even from the first grade, and by the time she graduated from Lanier High School in Macon she was using the name William Elmer Jackson . She received a diploma from Georgia State Normal School in 1922, obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree (using the name William Elmer Jackson ) in 1929, and obtained a Master’s Degree in Education from Columbia University in 1933. She became a teacher at Bryant Elementary School when it opened in 1926 in Teaneck, N. J, and later became its principal.

Bryant Elementary School

She met Charles Ferdinand Carson (See Chapter 1) in the Fall of 1930. They planned a big wedding, but instead they were married at the courthouse in New York City on December 27, 1930. After the brief ceremony, Elmer telephoned her mother, and said, “Momma, I’m married!”

Her mother said, “Elmer, you come home right this minute!” Of course, she didn’t.

In 1942, she moved with her husband to Arlington, Virginia, and immediately after World War II, she continued her teaching career as the first reading specialist with the schools in Arlington, VA. Until that time, the schools in Arlington were controlled by a superintendant appointed by the governor. Elmer probably could have been elected to the first elected school board of Arlington, but her husband advised her not to run. Later, she taught in Rockville, Maryland.

She moved with her husband again, this time to Reynolds, Georgia. She taught in Crawford, Taylor, and other counties in Georgia, joined the staff of the Macon County Area Instructional Serevices Center when it was organized in 1967, and retired as a Language Arts Consultant in 1971. She served a year as president of the Gordon-Carson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Reynolds, GA., chaired the Woman’s Missionary Union of First Baptist Church, Reynolds, GA, 1973-1974, and served on the church’s Library Committee 1982-1983. Marie Elmer Jackson died of a heart attack in Fort Valley, Georgia, on October 13, 1984, and is buried in the Carson Cemetery in Macon County, Georgia.

Marie Elmer Jackson Carson

References: 63, 68, 69, 86, 139, 146, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162, 163, 164, 167, 181, 182, 183, 184, 187, 188, 189, 208, 212, 244, 266