Lionel Drew collection on Henry Rootes Jackson, 1849-1915.

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Lionel Drew collection on Henry Rootes Jackson, 1849-1915.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181587592

This collection consists of information mostly pertaining to Henry Rootes Jackson's death and the settlement of his estate. There are also letters to Jackson from his first wife, Cornelia Davenport Jackson, his son, Henry Rootes Jackson, Jr., his daughter, Cornelia, and her husband, Pope Barrow. Also included are three publications by Henry Rootes Jackson. They are American Loyalty, given at the University of Georgia commencement in 1893, Letter form Henry R. Jackson to Ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman, discussing the South and the confederacy, and sheet music entitled, "The Red Old Hills of Georgia," with words written by Jackson. A poem written on October 11, 1869, concerns the Irish Jasper Green's journey to Mexico. The collection also contains eleven photographs, depicting Henry Rootes Jackson, Patience Crenshaw Barrow Drew, Middleton Pope Barrow, , and Davenport Jackson. The folder of photographs is noted as "VM" (visual materials) in the collection inventory.

1 box, 1 folder (.30 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6939779

Georgia Historical Society

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Barrow, Cornelia Jackson, 1852-1899.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z64g37 (person)

Jackson, Henry R. (Henry Rootes), 1820-1898

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j39nqh (person)

Henry R. Jackson (1820-1898), Brigadier General, Confederate States of America Army. From the description of Henry R. Jackson officer roster, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478296 Henry Rootes Jackson, son of Henry and Martha Jacqueline Jackson, was born in Athens, Georgia on June 24, 1820. He received his education from Yale University and the University of Georgia. During his life, Jackson held many prominent positions. These included, United States District Attorn...

Drew, Lionel Edward.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj8cd4 (person)

Henry Rootes Jackson (1820-1898), the son of Henry and Martha Jacqueline Jackson, was born in Athens, Georgia, on June 24, 1820. He received his education from Yale University and the University of Georgia. During his life, Jackson held many prominent positions, including U.S. District Attorney (1843-1849), Colonel of the First Georgia Regiment in the Mexican War, Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia (1849-1853), United States Minister to Austria (1853-1859), delegate to the Charleston Conventi...

Jackson, Henry Rootes, 1845-1895.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6255bwv (person)

Barrow, Middleton Pope, 1839-1903

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s213zt (person)

Middleton Pope Barrow, (grandson of Wilson Lumpkin), a Senator from Georgia; born near Antioch (now Stephens), Oglethorpe County, Ga., August 1, 1839; attended a private academy; graduated from the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1860; admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Athens, Clarke County, Ga.; during the Civil War entered the Confederate service in 1861 and served throughout the war; resumed the practice of law in Athens; member of the State consti...

Jackson, Davenport, 1850-1884

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb801w (person)

King, Mallery, b. 1836.

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