Charlotte "Lottie" Jackson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Liberty Co, Texas
• Census: 1859, Chambers Co, Texas; tax roll
• Census: 1860, Chambers Co, Texas
• Census: 1870, Chambers Co, Texas

Notes:

DIED JACKSON - At his residence at Smiths Point, Chambers county, Texas, June 1, 1877, John Jackson, in his 58th year of his age. His remains were deposited in the family grounds at Double Bayou on the 15th.The generation of men who formed the earliest pioneers of Texas and by whose deeds the glory of our Empire State was gained, are rapidly passing away, and but a few years more will ??????before the last of these heroes will rest in the bosom of the State to whose interests the best years of their manhood and the unwavering devotion of their lives were given.We have to record the death of another of these; Captain John Jackson, of Chambers county; on the 15th; at the age of Fifty seven years. In early childhood he came to the State and settled in that portion of Liberty county which was afterwards formed in the county of Chambers. There he married an estimable lady and brought up a large family of children, most of whom have already reached the estate of man and women, and are still residing at or near the old homestead. Mr. Jackson's death was preceded a few years by that of his wife. He was a good man and a useful citizen and was honored and esteemed by all who knew him. Let us cherish his memory as one of the fathers of Texas and see to emulate his virtures as a man and a citizen.

- jeanplumm rootsweb database

The Chambers book has a picture of a portrait of John on page 259. There is photo of his daughter Rachel on page 260, and a photo of his daughter Letitia on page 261
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Census:
Jackson, John, 30
Sarah, 29
Joney, 5
Letitia, 3
Stearns, Washington, 15, laborer
Jackson, Rufus, 2
Wallis, Solomon, 22, TX, stockman
Wallis, Daniel, 15, TX, stockman
Jeanburn, Leopold, 45, France, blacksmith
Allen, Thomas, 41, Scotland, ship carpenter

next door to brother James
James 28 LA
Sarah 18, TX
Sarah A, 9/12 TX

Census:
Jackson, John, 40, LA
Sarah A, 35, TX
Joney A, 15
Lethsia L, 15
Rufus H, 13
Edward H, 11
Fanny H, 7
Charlotte, 4
Rachel, 2

living next door to brother James


Census:
Jackson, John, 50
Jonie, 25
Rufus, 22
Hugh, 19
Fannie, 16
Charlotte, 14
Rachel, 12
Lulie, 9

John married Sarah Ann Wallis on 31 Aug 1843 in Texas. Sarah (daughter of Elisha Henry Roberts "E.H.R." Wallis and Sarah "Sally" Barrow) was born on 20 May 1825 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died before 1870 in Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JACKSON, HUMPHREY (1784-1833). Humphrey Jackson, Harris County pioneer, member of Stephen F. Austin'sqv Old Three Hundred colonists, and early San Jacinto District official, was born on November 24, 1784, in Belfast, Ireland, where his father owned flour and linen mills and was a member of the Irish Parliament that was dissolved in 1801. Jackson was educated in the law and immigrated to the United States in 1808. He settled at Berwick's Bayou, Louisiana, where he operated a sugar plantation near Vermillionville and served as a private with Baker's Louisiana Militia regiment at the battle of New Orleans in 1815. Jackson had married a Miss White, who died shortly without children. On October 13, 1814, he married Sarah Merriman, his first wife's cousin, with whom he had four children. Unable to run his plantation because he chose not to own slaves, Jackson traveled to Texas in September 1823 and built a log cabin outside Austin's colony on the San Jacinto River, a half mile west of the site of present Crosby. When it was discovered that he had settled outside the colony, Jackson petitioned the Baron de Bastrop,qv who on August 16, 1824, granted him title to a league and a labor of land, including the place where he had settled, in what is now Harris County. To become a legal colonist, Jackson next petitioned the Mexican government to form the San Jacinto District under control of the Austin colony; he was elected alcalde of the new district in 1824, 1825, and 1827, and served as ex officio militia captain of the San Jacinto area. In May 1825 he was appointed deputy constable in a case involving the schooner Mary. The census of March 1826 classified him as a farmer and stock raiser, a widower with a household including one servant, three sons, and a daughter. He offered Austin his services to help put down the Fredonian Rebellionqv in 1827 and in 1828 was regidorqv of Liberty Municipality. He was also a candidate for alcalde in 1830, when Francis W. Johnsonqv was elected. Jackson was killed by a falling tree on January 18, 1833, and buried at Crosby. Jackson's Bayou in eastern Harris County is probably named for him.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Eugene C. Barker, ed., The Austin Papers (3 vols., Washington: GPO, 1924-28). Eugene C. Barker, "The Government of Austin's Colony, 1821-1831," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 21 (January 1918). Eugene C. Barker, ed., "Minutes of the Ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin, 1828-1832," 12 parts, Southwestern Historical Quarterly 21-24 (January 1918-October 1920). Lester G. Bugbee, "The Old Three Hundred: A List of Settlers in Austin's First Colony," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 1 (October 1897). Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas (Austin, 1963-). Andrew Forest Muir, "Humphrey Jackson, Alcalde of San Jacinto," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 68 (January 1965). Regina Shaw, "European Immigration to the American Frontier: The Case of Humphrey Jackson, 1784-1833," Touchstone 1 (1982). Texas Gazette, November 27, 1830. Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Diana J. Kleiner

Humphrey's father was an apothercary, not a member of Parliament. His nephew, however, was a member of Parliament. Also, Humphrey did not travel to America with his brothers. They joined him there at a later date.

Humphrey is listed as follows in BRITISH ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE WAR OF 1812:

Jackson, Humphrey, age 28, 6 years in U.S., Attakapas (LA), planter; applied 8 oct. 1812 Superior Court LA. (16 nov. 1812 - 4 jan. 1813).

War of 1812 Service Records

Name: Humphry Jackson
Company: BAKER'S REGIMENT, LOUISIANA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 109
Roll Exct: 602


Letitia Tennent, his niece, created a Jackson family tree sometime in the 1870s I suspect. I have a copy of this tree and it, along with other research notes names Humphrey's parents and his siblings. (see Letitia Tennent Notes)

His cousins from Ballybay, Ireland, actively funded Andrew Jackson's presidential ambitions, and one of them made an attempt on President Jackson's life.

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from Adam Edwards:
Some old correspondence/research alludes to the possibility that the Ballybay Jackson's were somehow related to President Andrew Jackson. Certainly both Andrew Jackson and the Ballybay Jackson's came from Northern Ireland, and they certainly gravitated toward each other when they came to North America, but it's unclear how they might be related by blood, if at all. I suspect they were cousins of some kind, but to what degree it's impossible to tell.
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also from Adam Edwards:
His cousins from Ballybay, Ireland, actively funded Andrew Jackson's presidential ambitions, and one of them made an attempt on President Jackson's life.
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Humphrey married Sarah Merriman on 13 Oct 1814 in Louisiana. Sarah was born on 06 Jun 1796; died in 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family lore has it that she is the daughter of John Merriman and Mary Berwick. These two appear to have a daughter, Anne, born on Jun 9, 1796 in LA. I have not been able to determin for sure if Anne and Sarah are the same person but it seems likely. We do not know for sure Sarah was born on the 6th instead of the 9th. They were both living in the same area. We have a record of Anne's birth but none for Sarah. We have a record of Sarah's marriage and death but no such records for Anne. She named her first two children, Letitia and Hugh after her husband's parents. The third child, John, could be named after Sarah/Anne's father, John Merriman. The fourth child is a boy so the symetry is broken. That said, their eldest daughter does name her first born Mary.
On the flip side, the source of the family lore stated above was not very reliable where Humphrey's Irish ancestory was concerned.
(from Adam Edwards - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=juuledwards&id=I487
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 25 Dec 1824, Liberty, Chambers Co, Texas

Elisha married Sarah "Sally" Barrow about 1815. Sarah (daughter of Reuben (or Robert) Barrow, Sr. and Mary Jane Johnson-Barrow, (dau?)) was born in 1795 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 15 Nov 1841 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Wallisville Cem, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(from Adam Edwards)
The names of all the children come from genealogy notes compiled by Letitia Emerson Tennent in the mid 1870s concerning her Jackson aunts and uncles.

Memoranda relating to my dear Grandmother's family:

Eleanor Jackson, my mother, born 18 January 1781 - married W Tennent Esq 25 March 1805 - died 18 january 1807

Letitia Jackson, born 22 January 1782 - died April 20 - died 1783

Hugh Jackson, born 19 January 1783 - died May 18, 1783

Humphrey Jackson, 24 Nov 1784 - died January 1833 in America

Hugh Jackson, b. 2 dec 1785 - died 15 sept 1805 of yellow fever in America

Susana Jackson, b. 2 april 1787 - died 23 may 1787

Letitia Jackson, b. 24 jul 1788 - died in America 11 august 1815. Well remember her; a beautiful woman

Isabella Jackson, b. 21 oct 1789 - died 14 may 1829. Well remember

Susana Jackson, b. 25 jun 1792 - died 31 dec 1824 [1826?]. Well remember. Much loved.

James Jackson, b. 8 sep 1793 - died in America 13 may 1824. Such a fine character and clever man: remember him well

Henry Jackson, b. 5 jul 1795 - died abroad - [?] [?] 1814. Just recall!

John Jackson, b. 13 nov 1797 - died 9 feb 1798

Alexander Jackson, b. 2 aug 1799 - died in America 6 aug 1839. Recall well.

Mary Jackson, my loved aunt, b. 29 oct 1800

- Letitia Emerson Tennent, sep 1876

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Hugh married Letitia Thompson about 1780 in Ireland. Letitia was born in 1761 in Ireland; died in Feb 1826 in Ireland; was buried in New Burying Ground, Belfast, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frederick married Gilleny Roberts about 1780 in of, Burke Co, Georgia. Gilleny was born about 1760 in of, Burke Co, Georgia; died after 1788 in of, Burke Co, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1787, Mobile, Alabama
• Residence: 1795, Louisiana

Notes:

Old Reuben

Any snap course in Chambers County genealogy almost always has to begin with a gentleman named Reuben Barrow, Sr., who probably never came to Texas. A brace of family genealogists have studied the Barrow family for decades, but no one has ever determined when Old Reuben was born nor when he died. The fact that he lived, however, has never been in question. A man by that name appears on the 1787 census of Mobile, Alabama, aged some 28 years, which would place his birth in the vicinity of 1759. The late Villamae Williams, a longtime researcher and a former chairman of the Chambers County Historical Commission, placed the elder Barrow in Louisiana by 1795.

Reuben was married first, possibly about 1783, to Fannie Kennedy, by whom he had two sons, Levi and Vincent.

His second marriage, to Mary Jane Johnson, took place around 1790. The 1810 census of Opelousas shows two Barrow households, one headed by Reuben and the other by his son Vincent. His other son, Levi, can be found on the census of Rapides Parish that same year. By that time, however, Reuben's household was fairly swarming with young children from his second marriage. These included their daughters Rachel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Julia and Amelia. Over the years each of these girls would marry and most of these families made their way into what would become Chambers County. Elizabeth married Samuel Barber. They would settle on Old River. Sarah married Elisha Henry Roberts Wallis (known in legal documents usually as "E. H. R. Wallis). They would settle at Wallisville. Julia married Alexander Stephens and lived briefly on Turtle Bayou. Amelia would marry Henry Griffith and settle also on Old River. Their eldest daughter, Rachel, married John Foreman, but no one has ever figured out where they settled or what became of them. Four of Reuben and Mary Jane's children (William, Marie, Victoria and Richard Barrow) died young. The legends that developed around the Barrow family most often surround the three sons of Reuben and Mary Jane. Solomon, who was born in 1801, was the oldest of the three. Reuben, Jr. followed in 1806, and Benjamin was born in 1808. Old Reuben settled just below Vermillionville, Louisiana on the lyrically named Bayou Que de Tortue, which meant the Tail of the Turtle. He had some extensive holdings along the bayou, where he farmed and raised cattle. Before we cover the lives of the three Barrow brothers, we should also address one of the major problems confronting any casual student of that family's history. Most of the Barrow families tended to name their children for other members of the family. Since most of them settled in Chambers and Liberty counties, this creates a confusing minefield for the uninitiated. Old Reuben's two sons by his first wife were also involved in the mix. His son Levi died in Louisiana in 1818 and never settled in Texas, but his son Aaron Leonard Barrow and his wife came and stayed for awhile. Levi's brother, Vincent Barrow came here after the death of his first (missing text)

such manner did the first part of the Barrow clan find their way here. wife, Gertrude Thibodeaux and received a land grant near Hankamer. His sons were Levi Oliver, who married Tabitha Isabel Weed; Reuben "Dutch Reuben," who first married Elizabeth Weaver and second to Susan Benton Albritton Courtney (who had been widowed twice); Benjamin Anatoile "French Ben," who married Eliza Weed; Louisa, who married Lucien Abshier; Adaline, who married John Dunman; and Zilphia, who married Robert Dunman.

The pivotal event in the Barrow exodus from Louisiana to Texas is a lengthy journey conducted in the late fall or winter of 1824, when Elisha Henry Robert Wallis and his wife Sarah Barrow loaded their four children and all of their possessions into wagons and set out for the Trinity River. It was not a particularly perilous journey, but it was arduous. There were lots of streams, bayous and rivers to cross. Mr. Wallis came with his three young brothers-in-law. This was a practical way for a family to travel. All of the men helped in fording the streams and driving their combined livestock. They arrived in Liberty on Christmas Day in 1824 and then headed south into present-day Chambers County. Old legends say that skirted the woods to the east, camped along Turtle Bayou, and kept huge fires burning at night to keep away the alligators. In such manner did the first part of the Barrow clan find their way here.

- THE BARROW BROTHERS OF CHAMBERS COUNTY
By Kevin Ladd, Director Wallisville Heritage Park
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from Opelousas Post
ROBERT BARROW - native of North America; son of Richard Barrow and Maria Godenne (?); MARIA JOHNSON - daughter of Daniel Johnson and Susana Daly
Julia - baptized January 7, 1802; five years old; Godparents, Estevan deville and his wife
Richard - baptized January 7, 1802; three years old; Godparents, Clark Barton and Carlota Reed
Solomon - baptized January 7, 1802; one year old; Godparents, Thomas Hofpower and Clarisa Mils

RUBEN BARRORD (BARROW) - son of Richard Barrord and Maria Godenne; MARIA JOHNSON - daughter of Daniel Johnson and Susana Daly.
Emilia - baptized August 17, 1803; one year old; Godparents,
Guillermo Perry and Anna Robert
(Ed. Note: Are the two above couples the same, or were two
brothers married to the same woman?)

Reuben married Mary Jane Johnson-Barrow, (dau?) in 1789 in Mobile, Spanish West Florida. Mary (daughter of Daniel Johnson, (son of who?) and Susanne Daley) was born about 1771 in North Carolina; died after Apr 1807 in of, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]