This letter appears to conflate two different Churchwell Jacksons, father and son. One indeed shows up in NC about the time of the Revolution and I have found his Revolutionary War Pension Application. The son was in the War of 1812. The Churchwell who married Margaret Coffelt is the younger one. My husband descends from this line through Lindsay (aka Linza). The family did indeed settle in Illinois, first in Pope County and later Williamson County. I would like to make contact to share information. Kathy Jackson jackson3@spiritone.com On 5/18/2011 5:25 PM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: davidd1956 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.jackson/14198/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I came across a letter given to our family. This is an extract of a letter sent by our grandfather, Alexander Jackson, to his daughter Mayce Jackson Sharum, on January 20,1917. > > "As to our people; > Your great-great-grandfather Jackson came from England and settled in North Carolina in colonial days, about the close of the Revolutionary War. > Your great-grandfather Churchwell Jackson, moved from North Carolina to Illinois. My impression is that the whole family made this move. There Churchwell Jackson met and married Miss Marguerite Coffell. Sometime after which they moved to Winchester, Tenn. of this union there was born G.W. Jackson,your grandfather,who was the older child, then James, Daniel, Preston,Lindsay, John-Henry, Criss, Wilson, Marguerite and Mary. > > There is more to the letter but this part relates to churchwell jackson some of the spelling is different then what I have found. For instance Coffell is Coffelt. G.W. Jackson is I assume is George Washington Jackson born in 1818. I am new to this, so I thought I would share this hoping to get some feedback. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to JACKSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >