Still searching for info on Julius Jackson, born abt. 1857-60 in either NC or VA. Had a sister Molly (Mollie)..Julius was Eastern Cherokee. Anyone else have him in their line? Thanks. JACKSON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > JACKSON-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 105 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Jackson Book [lana1banana@yahoo.com] > #2 Jackson [1_Lavender_Rose@msn.com] > #3 Obit. John " J.J. " Jackson [lromubi1@san.rr.com] > #4 Re: Toy Edgar Jackson...Son of Geo [dawn_gallagher@hotmail.com] > #5 Re: Jackson Book [donalitt@sbcglobal.net] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from JACKSON-D, send a message to > > JACKSON-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Jackson Book > Date: 23 Apr 2004 06:23:33 -0600 > From: lana1banana@yahoo.com > To: JACKSON-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xgk.2ACEB/7450.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > My Jackson's can be found in SC/NC back to 1833 till now. Please let me know if you ever come across the mysterious AJ, father of the ellusive Artemus. Thanks!! > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Jackson > Date: 23 Apr 2004 11:03:34 -0600 > From: 1_Lavender_Rose@msn.com > To: JACKSON-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Miles, Jackson, Vines, Locke, Holcomb, Gibson, Tracy, Cottner & Griffaw > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xgk.2ACEB/7711 > > Message Board Post: > > Still looking for any information on the ancestors of Palmira/Palmyra Jackson b. May 31 1808, South Carolina d. Sept. 24 1877 Fayette Co. Alabama. She married Robert P. Miles in Meriwether Co. Georgia on May 16, 1833. > Thanks, > Teri > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Obit. John " J.J. " Jackson > Date: 23 Apr 2004 12:06:57 -0600 > From: lromubi1@san.rr.com > To: JACKSON-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xgk.2ACEB/7712 > > Message Board Post: > > John " J.J. " Jackson, a longtime radio disc jockey who in the 1980s helped usher in the music video era as one of the first MTV on-air personalities, has died. He was 62. > > Mr. Jackson died of an apparent heart attack Wednesday while driving home from dinner in Los Angeles, friends and radio industry colleagues said Thursday. > > " I talked to him like two days ago. J.J. was in a great place, " said Mark Goodman, a longtime friend who also was a VJ when MTV launched in 1981. " It ' s incredible, so incredibly sad it happened like this. " > > In a statement, MTV said Mr. Jackson ' s love of music and good humor helped set the tone for the cable music network in its formative years. > > " He was a big part of the channel ' s success and we are sure he is in the music section of heaven, with lots of his friends and heroes, " the statement said. " He will be greatly missed. " > > Mr. Jackson ' s career in broadcasting began in radio. He gained prominence working at WBCN in Boston in the late 1960s, then moved in 1971 to Los Angeles and took on the afternoon radio slot at KLOS. > > In the late ' 70s, he worked as a music reporter for KABC-TV, then it was off to New York and MTV, where his musical knowledge, hewn over years in radio, helped ease his transition to a new format for music, Goodman said. > > " It was a great experience for him. He came in already known and being successful, " Goodman said. " We were all thrust into the spotlight and he was able to take the things that happened at MTV with stride. " > > After five years at MTV, Mr. Jackson returned to radio in Los Angeles, including a stint hosting a nationally syndicated show on the Westwood One Radio Network. Most recently, he was hosting an afternoon slot at Los Angeles ' KTWV. > > " All of us at The Wave (KTWV) are saddened by the news about J.J., " said Samantha Wiedmann, assistant program director for KTWV. " He was a warm, kind person whose track record in the industry speaks for itself. " > > Goodman said Mr. Jackson had been divorced for some time. Survivors include a daughter and two grandchildren in the Bahamas, Goodman said. > Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 3/19/2004. (volunteer submission) > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Toy Edgar Jackson...Son of George Washington Jackson & Margaret (Maggie) Lambert > Date: 23 Apr 2004 12:21:21 -0600 > From: dawn_gallagher@hotmail.com > To: JACKSON-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xgk.2ACEB/7707.1.1.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Cassandra > > No sorry none of that fits my family at all. > > Maybe you could do a more specific search for the locality in America? > > all the best > > Dawn > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Jackson Book > Date: 23 Apr 2004 13:43:35 -0600 > From: donalitt@sbcglobal.net > To: JACKSON-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xgk.2ACEB/7450.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Thanks. I will...an unusual name, Artemus. Good luck. > donna