The Shemwell Family

Lee Roy JacksonAge: 77 years18261904

Name
Lee Roy Jackson
Given names
Lee Roy
Surname
Jackson
Birth October 26, 1826 30 25
Birth of a brotherWilliam S Jackson
about 1833 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a sisterCharity Jackson
about 1835 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a sisterNancy E Jackson
about 1839 (Age 12 years)

Birth of a sisterGrace Amanda Jackson
about 1843 (Age 16 years)
MarriageMartha Lucinda GambleView this family
1847 (Age 20 years)
Address: Heard Township
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Elizabeth Jackson
January 18, 1848 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a son
#2
John W Jackson
July 30, 1850 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Julia Ann Jackson
July 31, 1854 (Age 27 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherGrace “Gracy” Eaves
1855 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
George Washington Jackson
June 8, 1856 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a son
#5
James Robert Jackson
October 6, 1859 (Age 32 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Malone
1860 (Age 33 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam S Jackson
June 27, 1862 (Age 35 years)

Death of a motherLavinia Malone
1862 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Lee Anna Jackson
January 11, 1863 (Age 36 years)

Birth of a son
#7
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
May 15, 1866 (Age 39 years)

Marriage of a childIsaac Newton BassettMary Elizabeth JacksonView this family
November 29, 1866 (Age 40 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
William L Bassett
1868 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a son
#8
Green White Jackson
May 27, 1870 (Age 43 years)
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 43 years)
Death of a wifeMartha Lucinda Gamble
1871 (Age 44 years)
Death of a sonJohn W Jackson
July 12, 1871 (Age 44 years)

Death of a fatherSamuel W Jackson
1871 (Age 44 years)
MarriageNancy Caroline SmithView this family
September 24, 1872 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
John Thomas Bassett
July 15, 1874 (Age 47 years)

Birth of a son
#9
Robert Brooks Jackson
August 8, 1874 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10
Eula Braxton Jackson
July 14, 1875 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a grandson
#3
James Franklin Bassett
January 22, 1876 (Age 49 years)

Birth of a grandson
#4
Eugene Cade Bassett
March 1879 (Age 52 years)

Birth of a grandson
#5
Richard Hudson Bassett
August 31, 1879 (Age 52 years)

Birth of a grandson
#6
Roland Jackson Bassett
August 31, 1879 (Age 52 years)

Census June 1, 1880 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a daughter
#11
Nannie Texonia Jackson
February 3, 1881 (Age 54 years)

Birth of a grandson
#7
Luther Dave Bassett
March 10, 1884 (Age 57 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8
Wyatt L Bassett
December 18, 1887 (Age 61 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Arrie Lucindy Bassett
March 3, 1889 (Age 62 years)

Marriage of a childGreen White JacksonIcie Dora AdamsView this family
February 4, 1891 (Age 64 years)
Address: Heard Township
Death of a daughterEula Braxton Jackson
July 7, 1891 (Age 64 years)

Birth of a grandson
#10
Bennie Newton Bassett
October 26, 1891 (Age 65 years)

Birth of a grandson
#11
Glover Clarence Jackson
December 7, 1891 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Charles Burrell Jackson
January 30, 1894 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Austin Glenn Jackson
February 13, 1897 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Coleman Jackson
1898 (Age 71 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Lillian Lorene Jackson
October 15, 1899 (Age 72 years)
Death of a wifeNancy Caroline Smith
February 9, 1904 (Age 77 years)
Death March 19, 1904 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ephesus Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1817Jasper, Georgia, United States
22 months
elder sister
14 months
elder brother
7 years
himself
7 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
Family with Martha Lucinda Gamble - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 1847Butts, Georgia, United States
13 months
daughter
3 years
son
4 years
daughter
22 months
son
3 years
son
3 years
daughter
3 years
son
4 years
son
Family with Nancy Caroline Smith - View this family
himself
wife
Nancy Caroline Smith
Birth: July 28, 1836Lowndesville, Lowndes, Georgia, United States
Death: February 9, 1904Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States
Marriage: September 24, 1872Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States
22 months
son
Robert Brooks Jackson
Birth: August 8, 1874 47 38Abbotsford, Troup, Georgia, United States
Death: November 8, 1962Fosheeton, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States
11 months
daughter
6 years
daughter

Lee Roy Jackson has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Lee Roy Jackson - Household

Chambers, Alabama

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Jackson, Lee Rhead43MWGA
Jackson, Martha Lwife41FWSCY
Jackson, John Wson19MW
Jackson, George Wson13MW
Jackson, James Rson10MW
Jackson, Lee Adaughter7FW
Jackson, Thomas Sson4MW
Jackson, Green Wson0MWALMay
Jackson, Mary Edaughter22FW
Bassett, Isaac N25MWGA
Bassett, William L2MWY
Jackson, Julia Adaughter15FW

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Lee Roy Jackson - Household

Poplar Springs, Tallapoosa, Alabama

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Jackson, Lee RWM53headMGANCNC
Jackson, Nancy CWF43wifeMGA
Jackson, James RWM20sonSGASC
Jackson, Lee AWF17daughterSGASC
Jackson, Thomas SWM14sonSGASC
Jackson, Green WWM10sonSALGASC
Jackson, Brooks RWM6sonSGAGA
Jackson, Eula BWF4daughterSGAGA

Note
Biography*: Leroy Jackson, the son of Samuel W. Jackson, "was born over at Greenville, GA. We used to go by the old home, which was a log house, they say it has been torn down." This from Mrs. Brooks R. Jackson, West Point, GA, in a letter dated May 31, 1963. About 1847, Lee married Martha Lucinda Gamble in Heard Co. GA. According to Nathaniel Rufus Adamson, of Fitzgerald, GA, in a letter of April 12, 1939, she was the daughter of James Gamble and Polly Bennett, who had come from Laurens District, SC, about 1845. Adamson, an amateur historian with a remarkable memory, is mentioned as a source by others who are quoted below. Lee has not been found on the 1850 census, and was not on the 1850 or 1851 Tax Digest in Troop County, GA. One son, at least, claimed he was been born in Macon Co, GA. By 1860, at least, Lee was living in the small Troup Co. community of Antioch, which was in the 800 District. He appears there on the 1860 census. On the 1862 Tax Digest he was listed there with 50 acres of second quality land, worth about $300, and with personal property of $205. He did not own slaves. During the Civil War, he worked in a blacksmith's shop in Greenville, GA, (probably his grandfather Malone's) supplying materiel to the Confederate Army. He is said to have traveled through enemy lines one Christmas in order to be with his family for the holiday. The 1866 Tax Digest for Troup Co. shows Lee with 50 acres of land, five sheep, and one dog. The land was now valued at $107. In 1867, he apparently moved to Chambers Co. AL, as he was in default on his Troup Co. taxes that year. Lee was in Chambers Co. in 1870, but shortly thereafter moved to the Fosheeton Community in Tallapoosa Co., near Ephesus church where he is buried. In 1871 his wife Martha died, it is said she was grief-stricken over the death of her eldest son, John W. John had died July 12, 1871, aged 20. Both are buried at Ephesus Cemetery in unmarked graves. The Jacksons were Primitive Baptists and were members of Ephesus Church for many years. In 1872 Lee married Nancy Caroline Smith, widow of James Pennington, a doctor who had been killed in the Civil War. She was the daughter of William Wynn Smith and Mary J. Bostick, who had settled in Fosheeton around 1845. About 1875, Lee bought another farm between Fosheeton and New Site, from a Mr. Mayo who had moved to Texas. This was probably Henry Mayo, who had moved to Taylor, Williamson Co. TX as did several of the Smith relatives. Lee acquired several hundred acres of land over the years. His daughter, Nannie, said that he had one of the first "surreys" (a two-seated riding carriage) in his area, a sign of rising prosperity after the Civil War. She also remembered seeing her front yard filled with bales of cotton as a child. Lee and his wife lived with Nannie in their old age, and she inherited the family farm when the couple died in 1904.
Note
Evie Duck, a daughter of George W. Jackson, and granddaughter of Lee Roy, told me (Lew Griffin whose Grandmother was Nannie Texonia Jackson)) that she thought her grandfather's name was just "Lee Roy" and not "Leroy R." She said he was called Lee. When he signed documents, he just signed them "L. R. Jackson."