BIRTH: 1) Lois Kinsey Blocker files
2) "Nicholas was 65 in 1850"
3) Jim Cooper gives middle name of "Marion" and 8 May 1784
4) Per Robert L. Jacks, rjacks@lcc.net, "Paulann alleman my great great great grandfather was Nicholas Marion Jacks,born in 1785,d 1854,he begot Andrew Jackson Jacks b1819 d 1869, he begot Thomas Jefferson Jacks b1855 d1915 , he begot Washington Marion Jacks b1881 d1943, he begot Louie B Jacks b 1909 d 1983 My Father. Jacks Cemetary in Pineland,Texas is resting place of most of my ancesters except Andrew and Nicholas. Any infomation on these would be app."
5) Per Pam Jacks, pamjacks@yahoo.com, "I am looking for information on Nicholas Marion Jacks, born 1785, in Jacks Creek, Tenn. There are records of his sons in Sabine Co. Texas. Any information will be appreciated."
6) Per Curtis Jacks, cpjacks@llc.net, "My g,g,g granfather Nicholas M. Jacks was born in TN in 1773 m. Drucilla Kemp. in LA. His son Nicholas Marion Jacks, my g,g grandfather, m. Mary Jane Rice & moved to TX The area between the red & sabine rivers was known as the Hondo Lands. It was claimed by Spain & La. Nicholas M. Jacks recieved a land grant from Spain in this area. His decendents are recongnized by both the DRT & the SRT."
7) Per Betty Hornsby Bowman, bowman@gvtc.com, "Does anyone know of the Jacks Family from LA? Nicholas, Benjamin etc. Lived in or near Natchitoses LA."
8) Per Sherry Jacks Davis, Nicholas and Mary had 8 children - Mary Jane, Martha, Jesse Andrew, Marion Frank, Robert, Nicholas Taylor, Thomas Methais, Warren J.
9) Per familysearch.org, GLENDA GARY GUNN, 3415 SOUTH 8575 WEST
P O BOX 12, MAGNA UT submitted Jason, William Martin and Taylor Jacks as brothers of Nicholas Marion Jacks
10) Per Nettie Maxey, RR 1, Box 71, Pineland TX 75968-9706, Nicholas Marion Jacks Sr. b. 5 May 1784 Jacks Creek, Madison Co. TN.
11) The Jacksanalysis research group agreed to take out the middle name of "Marion" until a source document can be found.CENSUS: 1) "The Sabine Index" lists him as resident of Neutral Strip in 1805;
2) - 1830 (Natc.) LA, p.85, no twp. - data from Robert (Bill) Jacks:
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Nicholas Jack [s] males females slaves
0 - under 5 yrs 3 - under 5 yrs 3 male
1 - 5 - 10 yrs 2 - 5 - 10 yrs 1female
1 - 10 - 15 yrs 0 - 10 - 15 yrs 0 - 15 - 20 yrs 0 - 15 - 20 yrs 1 - 20 - 30 yrs 0 - 20 - 30 yrs 0 - 30 - 40 yrs 1 - 30 - 40 yrs 1 - 40 - 50 yrs 0 - 40 - 50 yrs 0 - 50 - 60 yrs 0 - 50 - 60 yrs
3) 1840 Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Census - data from R(B)J
Nicholas Jacks Western District of Louisiana - Page 179
males females 0 - under 5 yrs 2 - under 5 yrs 1 - 5 - 10 yrs 1 - 5 - 10 yrs 0 - 10 - 15 yrs 1 - 10 - 15 yrs 0 - 15 - 20 yrs 3 - 15 - 20 yrs 2 - 20 - 30 yrs 0 - 20 - 30 yrs 0 - 30 - 40 yrs 0 - 30 - 40 yrs 0 - 40 - 50 yrs 0 - 40 - 50 yrs 1 - 50 - 60 yrs 0 - 50 - 60 yrs
4) 1850 Census - Sabine Parish, Louisiana - data from R(B)J
October 2, 1850 - Page 141
563 565 Nicolas Jacks Sr 63 M farmer TN
Amelia 55 F LA
Gaines 18 M laborer LA
Elizabeth 16 F LA
5) 1850 (Sabine) LA, #563, no twp. - Nicholas, Andrew, and Gaines living in same household - probably the sons of Nicholas or Andrew and Gaines were living with father Nicholas. "Early Sabine Ph.,
Including the Sabine (1850) Ph. Census & Early Towns," by
Elias Wesley Sandel, Sr., B.A., M.E. gives the following:
JACKSON, Nicolas 65 male $800 TN
Amelia LA
JACKS, Gaines 18 male Laborer LA
Elizabeth 15 female LA
6) 1860 Census-Sabine County, Texas, July 10, 1860 - Barer Creek Beat No. 6 - Page 335 - Data from R(B)J
250 250 Nicholas Jackes 43 M farmer LA
Andrew J. 17 M LA
Martha E. 15 F LA
Amelia E. 13 F LA
Mary 11 F LA
Nicholas W. 9 M LARESIDENCE: 1) Jacks Creek TN
2) 1805 - Neutral Strip, present-day Sabine Ph. LA, on a branch of Bayou Toro
3) Per DWT, their place was between Many and Hornback.
4) Dau-in-law Drucilla Kemp is in DRT Patriot Index? She m. Andrew Jackson Jacks in 1840. Could this mean that Nicholas Marion Jacks Sr. was in TX in 1840?MARRIAGE: 1) 1860 per ?
2) abt 1815 per DRT Patriot Index
3) Jim Cooper gives 1814
4) Per NM, he m. Amelia Elizabeth Grubb 10 Feb 1815 Natchitoches Ph. LA.DEATH: 1) Sabine Co. TX Cem. per LKB
2) Smith Cem. per Bettye Jacks Jensen in bio, DRT Patriot Ancestor Album
3) "became seriously ill and wanted to go back to LA. His family started out with him in a wagon but he became too ill to travel. He d. just after crossing Housing Bayou, west of Hemphill, TX..." Tombstone is badly broken, but name and dates are clearly readable.
4) Jim Cooper shows Jacks Cem. and location of Pineland for death.
5) LDS web site shows Jacks Cem. (Sabine)TX (Fay Chandler submitter)
6) Per Sherry Jacks Davis, he is bur. near Hemphill, off Hwy. 83
7) Per NM, he d. 5 Jan 1854 Sabine Co. TX., bur. Smith Cem.COMMENTS: 1) Jim Cooper (Austin): "I'll see what I can find on Nicholas Jacks being from TN. The only thing I recall my dad saying about him was that there was a Jacks Landing on the Sabine R. I don't know whether it was a ferry, or what, or exactly where it was...my dad has a "bleeding" knife that belonged to ggrandpa Jacks. That would be Nick Jr." 2) Appointed by the Police Jury (Sabine) LA "to trace and lay out a road, commencing at F. Curtis' on Bayou Toro, and to intersect the road leading to Natchitoches at the nearest and best point near the former residence of Asa Hickman."
RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 - 1772 - A Nicholas Jacks found in Johnston's Dist., (Rowan) NC Taxables, p. 373;
2 - (Surry) NC wills: "Will of Richard Jacks 25 Mar 1828, Bequests: Heirs of Nicholas Jacks, Heirs of Guardner Jacks, Charity Green, Davis Malin, Elizabeth Bray, Richard Jacks, Solomon Jacks, Larkin Jacks, Jobe Jacks, Wm. Vanhoy, Charity Adlin Gentry, Guardner Gentry;
3 - Index to wills (Surry) NC - Richard Jacks, divisor - Solomon Jacks et al devise, File #3?5-A Feb. 1832 Bk. 4, p. 38, Jacks et al (Guardner, Nicholas, Larkin, Job, Solomon, Richard;
4 - Index to probate rec. (Surry) NC 1794-1963, Estate of Richard Jacks, Shadrach Gentry, adm., 14 May 1832, File #862;
5 - Cross Index to Reg. of Deeds (Wilkes) NC 1771-1963 includes Nicholas Jacks, from the State 200 ac. grant, Bk. K, p. 439, 1803;DOCS: JACKS-LA-1
BIRTH: 1) Mary Amelia was 55 in 1850
2) DRT Patriot Index
3) Jim Cooper gives Rapides Ph. and nickname of "Milly"
4) Per Joel Lane from father Larry Lane's research, "Amelia Jacks, daughter of Nicholas Grubb deceased, and wife of Nicholas Jacks of Natchitoches Ph., LA sold all interests in the estate of her father for $55 on 16 Jul 1842; including 900 ac. on right bank of Red River about 7 miles below Alexandriz, 640 ac. on Bayou Catehoula, 640 ac. on Bayou Robert, 1200 ac. on Bayou Boeuf, and about 2,400 arpents on both sides of Bayou Rapides about 5 or 6 miles above Alexandria." - NEED DOC
5) Per Nettie Maxey, this child was Amelia Elizabeth Grubb b. 1793 LA, to Nicholas Grubb and Mary Wiley.CENSUS: "The Sabine Index" lists him as resident of Neutral Strip in 1805;
- 1830 (Natc.) LA, p.85, no twp. - data from Robert (Bill) Jacks:
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Nicholas Jack [s] males females slaves
0 - under 5 yrs 3 - under 5 yrs 3 male
1 - 5 - 10 yrs 2 - 5 - 10 yrs 1female
1 - 10 - 15 yrs 0 - 10 - 15 yrs 0 - 15 - 20 yrs 0 - 15 - 20 yrs 1 - 20 - 30 yrs 0 - 20 - 30 yrs 0 - 30 - 40 yrs 1 - 30 - 40 yrs 1 - 40 - 50 yrs 0 - 40 - 50 yrs 0 - 50 - 60 yrs 0 - 50 - 60 yrs
- 1840 Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Census - data from R(B)J
Nicholas Jacks Western District of Louisiana - Page 179
males females 0 - under 5 yrs 2 - under 5 yrs 1 - 5 - 10 yrs 1 - 5 - 10 yrs 0 - 10 - 15 yrs 1 - 10 - 15 yrs 0 - 15 - 20 yrs 3 - 15 - 20 yrs 2 - 20 - 30 yrs 0 - 20 - 30 yrs 0 - 30 - 40 yrs 0 - 30 - 40 yrs 0 - 40 - 50 yrs 0 - 40 - 50 yrs 1 - 50 - 60 yrs 0 - 50 - 60 yrs
1850 Census - Sabine Parish, Louisiana - data from Robert(Bill)Jacks
October 2, 1850 - Page 141
563 565 Nicolas Jacks Sr 63 M farmer TN
Amelia 55 F LA
Gaines 18 M laborer LA
Elizabeth 16 F LA
- 1850 (Sabine) LA, #563, no twp. - Nicholas, Andrew, and Gaines living in same household - probably the sons of Nicholas or Andrew and Gaines were living with father Nicholas. "Early Sabine Ph.,
Including the Sabine (1850) Ph. Census & Early Towns," by
Elias Wesley Sandel, Sr., B.A., M.E. gives the following:
JACKSON, Nicolas 65 male $800 TN
Amelia LA
JACKS, Gaines 18 male Laborer LA
Elizabeth 15 female LADEATH: 1) Per Lois Kinsey Blocker, she is bur. Sabine Co. Cem.
2) DRT Patriot Index says she d. aft Dec 1854 (Sabine)LA
3) Per Mary Lou Smith says aft 20 Oct 1854 land sale Sabine Ph. LA
4) Per NM, she d. 1851 Sabine Ph. LA
BIRTH: 1) Per Lois Kinsey Blocker files, this child was Matthew Jacks b. c1817 LA to Nicholas Jacks and Amelia Grubb.
2) Per Sherry Jacks Davis, his name was Thomas Methais
BIRTH: 1) Per ?
2) Per familysearch.org, this child is H. Joseph Jacks b. c1820 Sabine Ph. LA to Nicholas Marion Jacks and Amelia Grubb.
BIRTH: 1) Per Nettie Maxey, this child is Lodema Jacks b. to Nicholas Marion Jacks and Amelia Grubb.
2) No other researcher has shown Lodema to be a child in this family.
3) That Lodema is a child in this family needs to be verified by a viable source document.MARRIAGE: 1) Per NM, she m. Marcus D. Williams 3 Sep 1844 Sabine Ph. LA.
BIRTH: 1) Per Lois Kinsey Blocker, this child was Elizabeth Jacks b. c1835 to Nicholas Jacks and Amelia Grubb.
2) Per Jim Cooper, this child was Elizabeth Jacks b. c1835 Natchitoches Ph. LA to Nicholas Jacks and Amelia Grubb.
3) 1850 census shows age 15, b. LA.
3) Per Nettie Maxey, this child was Elizabeth Jacks b. 1835 Sabine Ph. LA.MARRIAGE: 1) Per ?, Marriage #151, Bk. l, Pg. 34 (Sabine) LA; performed at the residence of Nicholas Jacks.
2) Per Jim Cooper, she m. Andrew Jackson White 1852
3) Per NM, she m. A.J. White 25 Jun 1851 Sabine Ph. LA.CENSUS: 1850 (Sabine) LA (with parents), age 15, b. LA.
DEATH: 1) Per LKB, she d. bef 3 Sep 1862
2) Per Jim Cooper, she d. bef 1862
BIRTH: 1) Per Lois Kinsey Blocker files, this child was Andrew Jackson White b. 2 Dec 1828 Whitewater Twp., Hamilton Co. OH.
2) Per Nettie Maxey, this child was A.J. White b. 1828 OH.
3) Per Donna Buchanan, Andrew Jackson White was b. c1829, Whitewater Twp., Hamilton Co. OH.MARRIAGE: 1) Sabine Ph. LA marriage rec. #151, Bk. 1, P. 34, 25 Jun 1852.
MILITARY: 1) Per LKB he served CSA.
2) Per DB, Military records show age 33.
3) Per Doris White Thomas, succession papers dated Sep 1862.DEATH: 1) Per DWT, Andrew Jackson White d. in 1862 at Vicksburg of Measles and Pneumonia as did brother William.