Francis (Frank Hale) Jackson the Fourth
Information from family records.


After the death of Francis Jackson III, his widow found herself with the ancestral homestead to manage and five small children to rear. However, during 1892, the mother of Anna Jackson, Jane Ashby George of Lincoln County, had also been left a widow and had come to make her permanent home with her daughter. Jane George was noted for her business ability and proved to be a great help. Both Jane George and Anna George Jackson possessed deep religious faith and were careful to train the five small children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. When Jane George was taken by death 16 April 1904, the loss was heavy to bear. However, leaning on the promises often repeated in God's Holy Word that He would be a Husband to the widow and a Father to the fatherless, Anna Jackson went bravely on. Her neighbors were kind and helpful, especially Bob Whitus and Bob Jackson. Francis Jackson III had been active in many organized community groups and assistance flowed both ways.

Before the death of Francis Jackson III, he and his wife were considering a plan to move to a location where better educational opportunities would be available to their children. Francis IV, the oldest child, was placed in the excellent public school of Eagleville. A year later, he was enrolled in Webb School at Bell Buckle. Anna Jackson decided that all three of her fatherless sons should be placed under the strong influence and strict discipline of Old Sawney Webb, founder and headmaster of the still famous Webb School. Relying on the advice and help of a cousin, S.W. Fleming of Lincoln County, Anna Jackson rented out the farm, bought a house and lot in Bell Buckle, and lived there until her four older children were through school.

During summer vacations, her younger sons, Grover and Fowler, were employed on a near-by farm, owned by Dr P.P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Agriculture. This proved to be a God- send to these two boys. They loved farming and this enabled them to learn the best methods known at that time. As soon as they were through school, they wanted to return to their own farm.

1 Frank Hale Jackson (Francis Jackson IV) did not like farming; he became a traveling salesman, married Guy Mewby of Fosterville, and moved to Glasgow, KY. Their one child was Francis Jackson V, written in this volume. On May 1939, Frank Hale died at Vanderbilt, following surgery for brain tumor. He lied buried at the Family Cemetery on Versailles Road.

2 Jane Ashby Jackson (24 April 1889-22 Sept 1949), marred 5 Feb 1917, John Edward Maxwell. Their five children:

a Grover Edward Maxwell (21 June 1918-14 June 1981). He held a Ph.D. degree in chemistry and a post- doctoral degree in Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota. He married Mary Lou Bridges. Their two children are Russell and Steve.
b John Marion Maxwell born 12 Nov 1919, agricultural engineer for J.I. Case, married Jacqueline Kittrell. Their only child, Judith Marie Maxwell.
c Jane Esther Maxwell, born 3 March 1923, M.A. degree, University of Illinois, married William Tucker. Their two children, Billie and Jacqueline Claire Tucker.
d Sara Maxwell, twin sister to Mary, (6 Jan 1927-11 May 1982), B.S. degree in home economics , married Billie Ray Drummond. Two children Janie and Tonya Drummond.
e Mary Maxwell twin sister to Sara, born 6 Jan 1927, chief dietician, Sunland Center for Foods, Marianna, Florida. Married twice, first Gene Byrd, one child, Gary Byrd. Second, James H Kline, one child, Lane Wilson Kline.

3 Grover Cleveland Jackson 29 March 1891-26 Sept 1961) married Velera Todd. Their four children:
a Margaret Jackson (4 March 1924-16 Feb 1948), Librarian at Truett- McConnell Junior College, Chatsworth, GA
b Martha Anna Jackson, born 25 April 1926, employed as chemist by Tenn. Eastman Co. In Kingsport, TN where she met and married John Sanks. Their two children are Nancy Sanks, B.S. degree in Sociology. Barbara Sanks, M.A. degree in Public Administration, married William McNeille, 12 March 1982.
c Infant son born and died 25 March 1928.
d Thomas Fowler Jackson, Sr., born 10 Feb 1930, graduated Eagleville High School (1948) married Jane Sudberry, 9 Nov 1950. Thomas is a businessman, farmer, Grade A dairyman, farm machinery dealer. Their only child is Thomas Fowler Jackson Jr., born 14 Aug 1951, Assistant District Attorney in Memphis, married Rhonda Franks, 25 Nov 1981, now resides in Franklin TN.

4 Richard Fowler Jackson (1 Aug 1892-28 Sept 1961) devoted his life to extensive farming, raising livestock and assuming the duties as head of the family.

5 Annie Carmine Jackson(3 Aug 1897-11 Oct 1982) remained unmarried and spent her life in the teaching profession and in the care of the home and family.


Information from family records

Although Francis Jackson V was not born at Versailles, he is included here to finish out 216 years (1766-1982) during which time five generations of Francis Jacksons have seceded each other in direct father-to-son descent, they have succeeded each other not only in name, but in the inheritance of land, and in moral principle. This seems to be the culmination of 216 years of honest, frugal living, hard work, and "lain living with high thinking."

Francis Jackson V was born at Fosterville, Bedford County, Tennessee on 15 July 1911. He is the son of Francis Jackson IV and Guy Newby Jackson. When Francis was two years old, the family moved to Glasgow, Kentucky. After graduating from high school, Francis moved to Stockton California where he graduated from the College of the Pacific in 1935. While attending college, Francis was active in music, drama, sports. He played football for the famous coach, Alonzo Stagg. He directed an orchestra for Paramount Pictures, playing their theaters in the West.

During 1938, Francis met Ruth Montgomery, a graduate of San Jose State University, who had a major in Speech Therapy. Ruth's devotion to education prompted Francis to seek a teaching credential, which he gained from Stanford University. His teaching experience has been all-inclusive grade school in rural up-state California to teaching graduate school in more than one university.

Francis Jackson V and Ruth Montgomery, were married 18 June 1939. In 1940 was appointed to the staff of the School of Education in Stanford University, which qualified him to purchase a home on the University campus. This was their home 1940-1970. They became the parents of one daughter, Andra Hale Jackson Fuller.

Ruth Montgomery Jackson has devoted her entire teaching career (1935-1973) to helping children who have speech and hearing problems. She has served as teacher and visiting professor inn many universities and teacher-training workshops. Her fertile pen has contributed much to professional publications. She taught the first speech improvement program ever broadcast over television. Ruth Montgomery Jackson, with members of the State Board of Education and some of the personnel of the Palo Alto School District convinced the State of California to appropriate funds for three large centers for the education of children who have speech and hearing difficulty.

Francis Jackson and Ruth Montgomery Jackson now make their home in Atherton, California.


WILLIAMS JACKSON
By Dick Poplin

Williams Jackson was the ninth child and seventh son of Francis Jackson I and Elizabeth Woosman Childress Jackson. He was born on May 1 1802 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He married Drucilla Lytle, daughter of James Lytle and Elizabeth Rushing Lytle on 15 Jan 1824. They became the parents of ten children:

1 Rebecca Lytle Jackson, b 22 Oct 1824, married 29 Dec 1846, Clement T Reed. (See Read family).

2 Mary Emily Jackson, b 9 Feb 1827, married John Primm.

3 John Childress Jackson, b 6 Feb 1829, married Mary Jane Covington.

4 Jemima M Jackson, b 9 Feb 1831, died young.

5 James R Jackson, b 19 Feb 1833, died young.

6 Indiana Jackson, b 18 May 1835, Married John Tarpley. Indiana and their child died at childbirth.

7 Julia Ann Jackson, b 30 Nov 1837, married John W Nance (see John W Nance Family).

8 Drucilla Emily "Dovie" Jackson, b 16 Jan 1846, married Joseph Kimmins.

9 Amna Melissa Susan Jackson, b 3 April 1842, married William Poplin.

10 Casia Jackson, b 19 Dec 1848, died as a child.

Williams Jackson lived on land adjoining that of his father to the north and west of Versailles. In 1858-59 Williams Jackson traded his Versailles land, consisting of 487 acres to William G Hight for acreage in the Tenth District of Bedford County. It was bounded by Franklin Road, Spring Branch, and the southwest corner of C.T. Reed. It was dated 11 Sept 1858. The Versailles property was valued at $9,379.00 but it seems to have been an even trade with no money changing hands. When Williams died, he was still in possession of the 487 acres in Bedford with the exception of 148 acres given to his daughter, Dovie, who married Joe Kimmins. When his estate was settled, the land given to Dovie was considered as an advance. His son, Captain John C Jackson, was administrator of the estate which was not completely settled until 5 March 1884.

After the death of Drucilla Lytle Jackson, 14 Sept 1871, Williams Jackson married Elizabeth Pope, who lived until 1903. Williams Jackson died 9 June 1879. Both he and Drucilla Lytle Jackson are buried in the Jackson-Poplin Cemetery on the Kimmins (now Delk) farm in the Tenth District of Bedford County on land that was owned by Williams Jackson. The Williams Jackson house still stands in Bedford County although it has undergone much remodeling. It is occupied by Charles Murphy.


Nathan Robert Jackson
Information from family records, Goodspeed's
History, and Maira Jackson Garrett

Nathan Jackson, 6th sone of Francis I and Elizabeth Woosman Childress Jackson, was born in Virginia, 11 Jan 1801. Family records reveal that he lived with his family adjacent to Town Creek in Rockingham Co., N.C., from 1803 to 1811. During the autumn of 1811, he came with his family to the plantation near Versailles, TN. On 29 Nov 1827, Nathan Jackson and Indiana Windrow were married. They made their home on that part of the Jackson land which say between Jackson Ridge and Little Rock on what is known today (1981) as Charles McLain Place. They became the parents of ten children: James; Thomas C.; John W (ancestor of Ralph, Joe, Horace, Willie, "Cap", Jerry, Audrey, Elizabeth (Bes), and May Jackson. Five are deceased. See also History of Eagleville); W.R. ; Marion; Elizabeth; Nathan (called "Boat"); Francis; J.T. (These listed in the 1850 census); plus Annie and Willie.

Nathan Robert Jackson (Nathan II or "Boat"), being the only one of ten detailed in this publication, was born 27 Dec 1845. He belonged to Captain Miller's Co. Of Cavalry having enlisted late because of his age. He was captured at Columbia, TN, remained a prisoner there for a short time, then took the oath of allegiance at the close of the War, and returned home, probably on foot. (See Goodspeed's History, page 1041).

On 29 Jan 1872, Nathan Robert Jackson married Ella Lee Dawson of Lebanon, Wilson, county, Tennessee, she being less than 16 years of age. (See the Concord School written in this volume.) They built their home on the south or front part of their farm near the Murfreesboro-Eagleville Turnpike, relatively new at that time. The original house, standing today, but remodeled, was owned and occupied by Nathan Robert III (now deceased) and his widow, Sarah Gardner Jackson (also deceased).s The Turnpike is State Hwy 99. Nathan Robert II and Emma Lee Dawson Jackson became the parents of nine children:

1 Freeland Jackson, a rural mail carrier, married Ella Carlton, had four children: Emma Lee, William, Clay, and Sarah.

2 Clara Jackson, married Thomas "Bill" Lowe of Eagleville, three children -- Robert Lowe, Helen Lowe, Clarence Lowe.

3 Cora Jackson, one of twins, first married Elam Carlton. Following his early death, Cora married Marvin Haley, one child -- Josephine Haley.

4 Flora Jackson, one of twins, married George D Lowe of Eagleville, seven children: Cora Lee Lowe, George Martin Lowe, Sophia Lowe, Lillian Lowe, and Mary Ellen Lowe.

5 Ruth Jackson, married Charles William McLain, three children: Francis McLain, Charles Hoyt McLain, Thomas Jackson McLain.

6 Howard Jackson died early.

7 Grady Jackson, married Ida Holt, five children: Henry Grady Jackson, Wayne Jackson, Ann and Faye Jackson, (twins), Emalyn Jackson.

8 Nathan Robert III Jackson, married Sarah Gardner, two children: Nathan Robert Jackson IV and Margaret Jackson.

9 Maira Jackson married James Don Garrett, Sr of Bedford County, a brother of the two Doctors Garrett, John and Robert, written in this volume. Maira and James Don Garrett had one child, James Don Garrett, Jr (deceased).

After the death of Emma Dawson Jackson, 11 Dec 1905, Nathan Robert Jackson II married Mamie Gray, daughter of De E.T. Gray of the Versailles Community.


Captain John Childress Jackson
by Dick Poplin

Captain John Childress Jackson was the oldest son of Williams Jackson and Drucilla Lytle Jackson. He was born 6 Feb 1829 at Versailles where he spent the first thirty years of his life. He married Mary Jane Covington, daughter of M.L. and Elizabeth Snell Covington. They became the parents of nine children:

1 Williams Lafayette Jackson (11 Feb 1858-1879)

2 John C Jackson, Jr., (1860-1927)

3 Sidney Jackson (1866-1948) married Stella Sperry.

4 Sue Adelaide "Addie" Jackson (1869-1948) married John Bumpas.

5 James Robert Jackson (23 Nov 1871-8 March 1948) married Vera Lamb.

6 Francis Marion "Frank" Jackson (12 Dec 1873-27 Feb 1950) married Talitha Lamb.

7 Priscilla Elizabeth Jackson (5 Jan 1876-1959), married Ed Jackson (not related)

8 Julia Emily Jackson (23 Jan 1878-1948), never married.

9 Mary Beatrice Jackson (7 Jan 1881- died an infant).

About 1859, John C Jackson was operating as store in Versailles and purchasing land know as the "Coffee Lot Place" located in the Tenth District of Bedford County near Rover and the Cothran Cemetery.

When the War Between the States began, John C Jackson organized a company of men at Versailles known as Company A, 24th Infantry, which was mustered into Confederate service at Camp Trousdale, Tennessee on August 24, 1861, with Jackson as Captain and his cousin, Francis Marion Jackson, First Lieutenant. John C Jackson resigned to return home to organize a cavalry company to join General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Escort. First Lieutenant Francis Marion Jackson, then became captain of the company. John C Jackson was wounded in battle several times and admitted to hospitals in Columbus and Meridian Mississippi. In the Tennessee Campaign in 1864, he was severely wounded in the jaw, an injury that plagued him until his death. Family tradition has it that he was shot by a Yankee sympathizer while passing along Union Street in Shelbyville under a flag of truce. He was not expected to live and was sent home to die, but, in a few weeks, he was back with his Company.

On 4 May 1865 General Forrest's Escort Company, commanded by Captain John C Jackson, who had been cited for "Gallantry and Ability", surrendered to Major General Canby, U.S.A., at the Citronelle, Alabama and was paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, 9 May 1865.

Captain John C Jackson went back to the "Coffee Lot Place" in Bedford and engaged in farming after the War. Mary Jane Covington Jackson died on 28 Dec 1884. Sometime later Captain John C Jackson moved back to Versailles and lived with his son, Bob, until his death 10 April 1898 at the age of 69. Both he and his wife are buried in the Ransom Cemetery at Versailles.


John C Jackson Junior
By Dick Poplin

John C Jackson, Jr. called Johnny or Dr J.C. Jackson, a veterinarian, was born at Versailles, 1860, the second some of Captain john C Jackson and Mary Jane Covington Jackson. He married Mary Sue lamb, a daughter of Squire Kelly Lamb and Tennessee Lawrence Lamb, who lived near My Pleasant Church. Mary Sue Lamb was a sister to Talitha Lamb who married John C Jackson's brother, Frank. Another brother, Bob Jackson of Versailles, married Vera Lamb, daughter of Ben Lamb who was a half brother to Mary Sue and Talitha. This made these three families very closely related.

Johnny Jackson and Mary Sue Lamb Jackson became the parents of two daughters, Carrie Louise (1901-1966) and Jennie Ruth who married Wayne Carlton. Their two children were Billy Carlton, who was killed in World War II and Dorothy Carlton Dupine, who recently moved from Idaho to Fayetteville TN.

In addition to being a veterinarian, Johnny Jackson was a trainer of harness racing horses In 1905 he moved from Versailles to Shelbyville to become superintendent of the Bedford County Fairgrounds and to practice veterinary medicine from the old Blue Front Front Store on the south side or the square. On 19 January 1927 he died at his home. Age 66 years.


James Robert "Bob" Jackson
By Dick Poplin and Catherine Jackson

In 1792 the State of North Carolina gave a land grant of 2,000 acres to William Hill, a private in the Continental Army. By 1870 Richard Ransom owned two tracts of this land, both tracts located in and near Versailles. Tract No. 1 is the farm know today as the Grady Adcock Place; tract No. 2 is the Graham Gordon Place. These two places came to John Childress Jackson from Richard Ransom in 1905 by way of the estate of Elizabeth Snell Ransom Covington (deceased) who was the grandmother of Bob and Frank Jackson. Bob Jackson and his brother, Frank, received the title to the two Ransom places, although Frank never lived on his.

In 1900 Bob Jackson and two of his sisters, Lizzie, who married Ed Jackson (no relation) and Julia, who did not marry, were living in the first house on the left after leaving Versailles going toward Mt Pleasant. This house had been built by Richard Ransom as also was the house on the Graham Gordon farm. The Bob Jackson house burned in the mid-1920's and was replaced with the house standing on that same site today.

Bob Jackson, born 23 Nov 1871, was the fifth of nine children of John Childress Jackson and Mary Jane Covington Jackson. In 1902 Bob Jackson married Vera Catherine Lamb, daughter of Benjamin Hardie Lamb and Mary Taylor Lamb. Their three children were:

1 Willie Jackson, a daughter, married Pinkerton Lyon and moved to Texas. Both are now deceased and lie buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Murfreesboro.

2 Catherine Jackson, married Dunlap Miller (deceased) and lives in Murfreesboro.

3 Robert Hoyte Jackson (deceased), a real estate broker in Murfreesboro, twice married: 1st -- Margaret Pitts, two children, Benning and Robert Jackson; 2nd Ruth Brown, two children -- Nancy Jane and James Hoyte Jackson.

Bob Jackson was a farmer, surveyor, watch repair man, and a member of the Rutherford County Quarterly Court for a number of years. Late in Life he sold his farm to Grady Adcock and moved to Murfreesboro where he died 8 March 1948. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.