John N. Jackson (Caldwell / Trigg County, KY, farmer )
b. 1817-08-10 d. 1886-11-14
Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Ellen Young Jackson in Trigg County, Kentucky, on August 14, 1845. Father of Mary Jane Jackson, Ellen Jackson, John Jackson, Julian Jackson, and Charlie Jackson. Farmer in Trigg County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed William Turner as a farmhand in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Held one enslaved person in trust for Mrs. Patterson in Caldwell County in 1860.
Details
- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 310B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 247.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond Divison, p. 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond Division, p. 214B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 104.
"John Nelson Jackson (1817-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial #177289271, accessed September 9, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177289271.
Citation
Jackson, John N.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214835 (November 12, 2026).
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