| Name |
James Merriman Jackson |
| Birth |
22 Feb 1822 |
Vermilion Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1850 |
Liberty Co, Texas |
- James 28 LA
Sarah 18 TX
Sarah A, 9/12 TX
(Living next door to brother John)
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
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| Census |
1860 |
Chambers Co, Texas |
- Jackson, James, 38, LA
Sarah, 28, TX
Humphrey T, 8
Mary P, 6
Alice L, 4
Robert, 1
A.B. 16, male*
adam edwards
* who is this A B Jackson? (from
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(note: ss --
AB Jackson is probably nephew, son of Hugh Jackson. Hugh Jackson is probably brother to James.
1850, Sep 25 - Liberty Co, Texas
Hugh Jackson 33 (1817) surveyor 300 LA
Elizabeth S. 27 (1823) MD
Alexander B. 6 (1844) TX
James S. 4 (1846) TX
John H. 2 (1848) TX
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| Census |
1870 |
Chambers Co, Texas |
- 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 17, Chambers, Texas; Roll M593_1578; Page: 149; Image: 301.
Jackson, Jas, 48, LA, stockraiser
Sarah, 38
Sarah, 19
Mary, 16
Alice, 13
Robert, 11
Humphrey, 6
John, 3
Ralph, 4/12
Edward, 8
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| Census |
1880 |
Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas [1] |
- Year: 1880; Census Place: Double Bayou, Chambers, Texas; Roll T9_1295; Family History Film: 1255295; Page: 261.4000; Enumeration District: 20; .
Jackson, James, 58, LA, stock raisin & farmer, F born Ireland, M born LA
Sarah, 48, F born VA, M born SC
Mary, 26
Robert, 21, musician
James E, 18
Humphrey H, 16
John C, 13
Raphael S, 10
Guy, 8
Eula Y, 4
Mayes, Alice J, 24 widow
Sherman, Derwood, 6, grandson
Hurd, John B, 42, MI, boarder, school teacher
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| Death |
05 Jun 1895 |
Chambers Co, Texas |
| Census |
1959 |
Chambers Co, Texas |
| tax roll |
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1859 Texas, Chambers County, Tax Roll census
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| Burial |
Jackson Cem, Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas |
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Jackson Cemetery - Jackson, James
Double Bayou, Chambers County, Texas |
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Jackson Cemetery - Jackson Monument
To the Memory of Sarah E. Jackson, daughter of James and Sarah Jackson and wife of L.S. Sherman died Oct 1876, aged 27 years.....To the memory of Humphey T. Jackson, son of James and Sarah Jackson, died Nov 1, 1860, aged 12 years......To the Memory of James Jackson, son of Humphrey Jackson and Sarah Merriman, born Feb 15, 1822, died Jun 5, 1895. - other side - to the memory of Durwood Jackson Sherman, son of L.S. Sherman and S.E. Jackson, born Nov. 17, 1873, died Aug. 12. 1894.
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Jackson Cemetery
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| Notes |
- JACKSON, JAMES (1822-1895). James Jackson, pioneer cattleman and founder of the JHK Ranch in Chambers County, the son of Sarah (Merriman) and Humphrey Jackson,qv was born on Vermillion Bayou in Vermillion Parish, Louisiana, on February 15, 1822. In September 1823 the family moved to an area east of the San Jacinto River in what would later be Harris County. The Jacksons appear on the 1826 census of the Atascosito District. James was orphaned by the deaths of his parents; his mother died in 1824 and his father in 1836. He was married on December 23, 1847, to Sarah White, daughter of pioneer Chambers County cattleman James Taylor White.
They settled first in a crude log cabin on the banks of Double Bayou. Jackson built a second cabin a mile from the first and replaced it over the years by two other much larger structures. His final home, a spacious two-story structure, burned in 1917. The couple had eleven children.Jackson held a number of county offices after the organization of Chambers County in 1858: chief justice, 1862-65; county judge, 1876; sheriff, 1868; county commissioner, 1858-62 and 1880-82; and justice of the peace, 1871-76. Like most Texans of his day, he was devoted to the Democratic party. His principal avocation was cattle ranching, which he began as early as 1842 with a herd of 175 cattle. He appears on the tax rolls of Chambers County as one of its wealthiest citizens, both before and after the Civil War. The JHK Ranch had grown to 26,000 acres by the time of Jackson's death. About 1877 Jackson became the first cattleman in Chambers County to fence any appreciable amount of pastureland. His first fence was constructed of planks nailed to cypress posts, but by 1882 he had switched to wire fencing, which he was also the first in the county to use; he enclosed most of his ranch with the new material.
Jackson died on June 5, 1895, and is buried in Jackson Cemetery at Double Bayou, Chambers County.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Jewel Horace Harry, A History of Chambers County (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1940; rpt., Dallas: Taylor, 1981).
Ralph Semmes Jackson, Home on the Double Bayou: Memories of an East Texas Ranch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1961).
Kevin Ladd
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=juuledwards&id=I486
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findagrave:
When living in current day eastern Harris County, he recalls having heard the canon on April 21, 1836 at San Jacinto.Refer to "Home of the Double Bayou" for J. Frank Dobie endorsement of the book written on this man's family.
James was a son of Humphrey Jackson, one of Austin's 300 families who settled in Texas in the 1820's. James was married to Sarah Cade White.
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from adam edwards
James Jackson bought much of the John Dick property at Lone Oak Bayou, near Smith point, following the death of Dick's son, Benjamin. See Benjamin Dick, 1855-1884
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| Person ID |
I26436 |
Roots |
| Last Modified |
14 Mar 2011 |
| Family |
Sarah Cade White, b. 13 Jul 1832, Chambers Co, Texas d. 30 Apr 1917, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Dec 1847 |
Chambers Co, Texas |
| Children |
| | 1. Humphrey Taylor Jackson, b. 17 Dec 1851, Chambers Co, Texas d. 01 Oct 1876, Chambers Co, Texas (Age 24 years) |
| + | 2. Sarah Ellen Jackson, b. 19 Sep 1849, Chambers Co, Texas d. 1 Oct 1876, Chambers Co, Texas (Age 27 years) |
| | 3. Mary Permelia Jackson, b. 09 Apr 1854, Chambers Co, Texas d. 09 Mar 1914, Chambers Co, Texas (Age 59 years) |
| | 4. Alice Letitia Jackson, b. 25 Aug 1856, Chambers Co, Texas d. 25 Aug 1940, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas (Age 84 years) |
| | 5. Robert Thurston Jackson, b. 06 Jan 1858, Chambers Co, Texas d. 08 Oct 1923, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas (Age 65 years) |
| + | 6. James Edward "Ed" Jackson, b. 12 Nov 1861, Chambers Co, Texas d. 02 Apr 1950, Bexar Co, Texas (Age 88 years) |
| | 7. Humphrey Hugh Jackson, b. 06 Jan 1864, Chambers Co, Texas d. 10 Jan 1928, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas (Age 64 years) |
| | 8. John Claude Jackson, b. 10 Apr 1867, Chambers Co, Texas d. 16 May 1944, Harris Co, Texas (Age 77 years) |
| | 9. Ralph Semmes Jackson, b. 18 Jan 1870, Chambers Co, Texas d. 27 Jun 1940, Bexar Co, Texas (Age 70 years) |
| + | 10. Guy Cade Jackson, b. 26 Mar 1872, Chambers Co, Texas d. 22 Nov 1941, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas (Age 69 years) |
| | 11. Ula Jean Jackson, b. 24 Jan 1876, Chambers Co, Texas d. 24 Sep 1938, Dallas Co, Texas (Age 62 years) |
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| Family ID |
F9354 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Feb 2011 |
1822 - 1895 (73 years)
