"David Jackson died at his old home Highland Township, Greenville County, S.C. Feb 4th 1863, and was buried on a ridge in front of the old homestead. No other grave with his. this was by his own request, besides at the time of his death there was a heavy snow on the ground which would have made it difficult to have carried his body to Tiger Church Cemetery where his wife was buried.

I remember the occasion of his death and burial well, although I was only six years old at that time. The Casket was a plain undressed unpainted coffin made by James Odom a boy whom he had raised, the grave was a pit with a vault cut in the bottom in the shape of the coffin, after the coffin was lowered into the vault, plank were laid cross the bottom of the pit which was after filled with dirt. I also remember his death which accurred early in the morning he arose and went out to a place in the corner of the house and chimney, and collapsed, my father heard his cries for help and brought him in at once he breathed only a few times after being laid on his bed. He suffered from Asthma."

The homeplace is on Fowler Road and the postal zone is Taylors, South Carolina. Taylors is nowhere near it, but the Postal Service doesn't know that. Fowler Road is not long. The homeplace is on one side of the road and the Wildcat Creek Spring (and still site) and David's grave on the other. He was buried on a hill above the spring, which has a nice view, and I think where he could watch the still.