Jackson family papers II, 1776-1988.

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Jackson family papers II, 1776-1988.

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Materials gathered by Mary L. (Muir) Cammann in preparation for a publication of the letters of the Jackson family from which she is descended. Includes original documents; typescript and photostat copies of letters from individuals and manuscript repositories; background materials and research collected on the family; and her correspondence during the process of research and preparation. Original documents include business papers of Ebenezer Jackson relating to the Tennessee Company, Ebenezer Jackson, Jr.'s passports and European travel journal, 1836-37, deeds for property in Middletown, Conn., and correspondence of Charlotte Fenwick Pierce Jackson, Ruth Jackson, and Josiah Tatnall. Copies include papers regarding Michael Jackson's service in the American Revolution and correspondence of Amasa Jackson, Simon Jackson, and William Pierce Leigh, Jr.

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Jackson, Amasa, 1765-1824.

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Tatnall, Josiah, 1795-1871

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Pierce, William Leigh, 1789 or 1790-1814

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Poet and son of William Leigh and Charlotte (Fenwick) Pierce; died in Canandaigua, New York, Dec. 17, 1814, aged 24 of typhus fever. From the description of Notebooks, [1810]-1813. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773776 Member of the Continental Congress from Ga. From the description of Papers, 1785-1791. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39208687 ...

Cammann, Mary L. (Muir)

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Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

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Jackson, Ebenezer, 1796-1874

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Secretary of the Tennessee Land Company; from Savannah, Ga. From the description of Letter books, 1801-1820. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270715 From the description of Letter books, 1801-1820. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851518 ...

Jackson, Simon, 1760-1818.

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Jackson, Ruth Parker, b. 1731.

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Jackson, Ebenezer, 1763-1837

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Ebenezer Jackson (1763-1837), the son of Michael and Ruth Jackson, was born in Newton, Massachusetts. At the age of 14, he enlisted in his father's regiment, the 8th Massachusetts Infantry; he served until 1783. Jackson moved to Savannah, Georgia, where he became a merchant, selling rice and cotton. He was also involved with the Tennessee Company and owned two plantations. He married Charlotte Fenwick Pierce (1766-1819), the widow of Major William Leigh Pierce and sister of Harriet Fenwick Tattn...

Jackson family.

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Tennessee Company

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In 1790, the State of Georgia gifted four land companies, including the Tennessee Company, with tracts of land that were officially Indian lands. The actions were overturned by President Washington. The main participants in the Tennessee Company were Zachariah Cox, Matthias Maher and John Sevier. The Company had already tried to put together a fort on the lands, near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but had been driven off by the Indians. From the description of Land grant, 1790. (University ...

Jackson, Charles, 1767-1801.

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Jackson, Charlotte Fenwick Pierce, 1766-1819.

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