Jackson, David, 1747-1801

<p>David Jackson (1747 – September 17, 1801) was an American apothecary and physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1785.</p>

<p>Jackson was born in Newtown-Limavady, County Londonderry, Ireland, the son of Samuel Jackson. He attended the institution now named University of Pennsylvania graduating in first class in 1768 with a degree in medicine. He settled in Chester, Pennsylvania and practiced there before opening a practice in Philadelphia.</p>

<p>In 1776, following the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, Jackson worked on behalf of the Continental Congress as a manager of a lottery held to raise funds for the Continental Army. He also served as paymaster for the Pennsylvania militia. He was forced to leave Philadelphia when British forces occupied the city in 1777. In 1779 he briefly served in the field with the militia as a surgeon and quartermaster. Afterwards he returned to Philadelphia to resume his medical practice and also open an apothecary shop.</p>

JACKSON, David, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Newtown-Limavady, County Londonderry, Ireland, about 1730; immigrated to the United States and settled in Edenton, Chester County, Pa.; attended Nottingham Academy at West Nottingham Township; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1768 and was an apothecary and physician in Philadelphia, Pa., 1768-1801; during the Revolutionary War was appointed paymaster of the Second Battalion of Philadelphia Militia December 3, 1776; quartermaster of militia in the field October 23, 1779; hospital physician and surgeon September 30, 1780; was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, Yorktown, Va., October 19, 1781; Member of the Continental Congress in 1785; resumed the profession of apothecary, in addition to the practice of medicine; died in Oxford, Pa., September 17, 1801; interment in the Oxford Cemetery.

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>11/06/1792 PA Presidential Elector Lost 1.84% (-4.50%)</li>
<li>12/31/1784 PA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
</ul>