This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jackson (+Strother??) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xgk.2ACEB/7461 Message Board Post: Am one of the crowd seeking elusive Jackson's. Can anyone help?? My pat gg'f George W Jackson b. VA abt 1823, m. Frances Bickers in Phillips Co AR in 1858; had at least 5 children in AR: Edgar,George F.,John A.,Ophelia A, & William A., born 1859-1866. George W. died after 1870 census and family ended up in central OH, scattered. Ophelia was living in 1880 with cousin Madora (Jackson) Franklin in Delaware Co, OH. Madora was born in VA abt 1847 and came with her father John S. Jackson and mother Dorotha + 5 siblings from VA to OH between 1856-1860. One of Madora's nephews (s/o James W.) was named Strother B. Jackson (b. 1889), so I would guess that Strother was a family surname in VA. George W. and John S.per family tradition were children of George Jackson from Fauquier Co, VA. I know that a George Jackson m. a Nancy Strother in Fauquier Co VA but haven't been able to tie them yet. My g'f (Edgar, b. 1864 AR) had "blue black" hair, "Roman nose" and dark eyes.Family trad. als! o adds that many Jackson men were late in marrying and rather young in dying, stubborn + restless/adventurous--adding to elusiveness for genealogy. I have found no living Jackson's from this family other than in my immediate family so far, tho there has to be some; I do not know who the g'f of George W. was, nor other siblings, etc. PLEASE can anyone make suggestions here???