My Jackson's where from a group of Quakers that settle in the Chester Co. area of Penn in 1714 . They moved to Guilford Co. by 1760. In 1817 my Ggggrandfather moved to Georgia then in 1845 my gggrandfather settled in Alabama. I don't know if they continued the Quaker religion in Guilford or not, but there where Quaker Meeting Houses in the area. Some of the descendants of the original Jackson's moved to Georgia in the late 1700's. Hope this helps. Dorothy