Josiah A. Jackson

Birth Date

1810-04-30

Death Date

1862-10-29

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Estill County, Kentucky, iron manufacturer and farmer. Kentucky native. Born April 30th 1810, Married to Elizabeth L. Martin Jackson on August 24, 1836. Father to S. M. G. Jackson, George M. Jackson, Elizabeth G. Jackson, Mary S. Jackson, Sarah S. Jackson, Josiah Jackson, and Frank Jackson. Iron manufacturer in Estill County in 1850. Co-owner of the Estill Steam or Red River Steam Cold Blast Charcoal Furnace in Estill County with J. W. Jones. Owned five enslaved persons in Estill County in 1850. Farmer in Estill County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Estill County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 104A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 497. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States* (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 93.
_Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States* (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill, p. 6. _Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Estill County Marriages, p. 39. J. Peter Lesley, _The Iron Manufactuer's Guide to the Furnaces, Forges, and Rolling Mills of the United States (J. Wiley, 1859), p. 126.
Find A Grave, "Josiah A. Jackson (April 30, 1810-October 29, 1862)," Memorial #29779278, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29779278 (accessed April 30, 2018).

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