Genealogy of the Jackson and Associated Families

     Henry Jackson was born in Amelia County, Virginia.

1778⁵²

Amelia County, Virginia Tithables 1778 – 1782
Edmund Booker’s List, Nottoway Parish
John Jackson
4 tithables
Slaves: Ami, other name indecipherable, is possibly Jude
Other White Males in Household: Henry Jackson

14 Aug. 1787⁴⁹

Amelia County, Virginia, Will Books 4 and 5, 1786 - 1791, Will Book 4, page 94
In the name of God Amen I John Jackson Sr of Amelia County being Sick and Weak of Body but of perfect sound memory do make and Ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following after all of my Just Debts are paid I Give to my son Abner Jackson one Negro boy Called Abner (?) one Negro Girl called nancy I also Give the tract of Land he now Lives upon in the County of Charlotte being by estimation one hundred and thirty three acres to the same more or less I Give to my son Henry Jackson two pounds Current money to be raised out of my estate and paid him after my wifes decease I Give to my son Isaiah Jackson one Negro boy called Jack one feather bed and furniture and two head of misling (?) siged (?) Cattle I Give to my wife Sarah Jackson during her natural Life or Enter marriage my Plantation on which I am dwelling with all the Land I hold Joining the said Plantation and on her Death or intermarriage (?) I desire it may return to my son Curtis Jackson, I also Leave (?) to my wife Sarah Jackson the following Negroes, _?_, Amey, Jude, Tawney, Milley, Sally (Tally?), Sampson, with all my stock and house hold furniture and Still all which I _?_ her During her natural life or Enter marriage and at her Death or intermarriage I desire all the Negroes I left (?) her with the stock household furniture and Still may be Equally Divided Between all my Children (viz) John Jackson, Arthur Jackson, Daniel Jackson, Abner Jackson, William Jackson, Henry Jackson, Isaiah Jackson and Curtis Jackson my Desire is that their be no appraisment of my Estate by order of Court and Lastly I appoint my wife Sarah Jackson Executrix with my son Arthur Jackson Executor of my Last Will and testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Fourteenth day of August Ann. Dom. One thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven
John Jackson
Seal
Signed Sealed and Acknowledged
In the presence of
Barthow Dupree
James Dupree
Josiah Foster
William Hindby

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