Genie, thanks for you quuick response. Yes I have questioned that Miles was 16 when the first daughter was born. The dates of their birth seems to be correct from records and Nancy's family Bible. So I wondered if maybe Allena(Alena, Helena, Galena)had the girls before she married Miles. There were several years diff. in the ages of the 2 girls and the other children. I tried to get birth records from Burke Co N.C. but was told they didn't go back that far. My family history, as told by my grandfather, did not mention that Miles lived in N.C., but said he came from Va. to Tn. We have also wondered if there was a connection to the Manley family, since they are shown living near-by and they named their son Hamblin Manley(my great grandfather). I grew up in Izard co, Ar. there are several Jackson famlies in the area, but no connection as far as we know. We have never determined if Miles had siblings. The H. M. that you saw on the census is Hamblin Manley, he married Mariah Lankford. The spelling probably was not clear. Wincey married Frank Hester and their one daughter Louisa was four years old when the family moved to Ar. Louisa married Holly Prater. The Prater family came from Tn too. Frank Hester died fairly young, Louisa was their only daughter. Thank you so much, I have hit a brick wall. Will see if I can get any of the old court records from Henry co. Myrlene ----- Original Message ----- From: Genie <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] Jackson's in Henry Co. Tn. > Your dates look a bit strange - do you really > think Miles was md. and had fathered a child by > age 16? Not impossible, but very unusual. > > Apparently there were several Miles jacksons in > NC, SC, IN, etc. In 1820 census, there was a > Miles Jackson in Wilson Co. TN, where some of our > own Henry Co. ancestors were from. On the same > page of this census were several other Jacksons, > including Jonas? or Josiah? (hard to read), > Abraham and William. They could be family...? > > There are microfilms of old Henry county court > records (land, wills, guardianships, etc.) at the > Rhea Library in Paris, Tn. Perhaps copies of > these can be obtained by interlibrary loan. > E.g., I found ca 1835 land records there as well > as 1841-1845 admin. and guardian records. It > might be worth asking your librarian or local LDS > (Mormon) Family History Center about. > > Also found this - I assume he is your Hamblin > Manley: > > 1860, ARKANSAS FULTON FRANKLIN TWP > Series: M653 Roll: 41 Page: 409 > > JACKSON H M 25 M W TN AR FULTON FRANKLIN > TWP > He was a farmer, 25, b Tn, with Denah? or Dinah? > 24, b AR, WINCY 5 (listed as a male?), James 3, > Rebecca 10 mos., all blank b.p.'s, presumably > meaning AR. > > And this appears to be the widowed? Wincy Hester: > > 1860, ARKANSAS FULTON FRANKLIN TWP > Series: M653 Roll: 41 Page: 410 > > HESTER WENSEY 45 F W NC AR FULTON > FRANKLIN TWP > She is 45, b NC, living with a farmer Halley? > Prator, 30, b TN, Louisa 23 b TN, and their dau > Winsey 1, b AR. Also Joseph Neeley, 16, b TN, > farm hand. > > Note that this was one page after H. M. Jackson > (which also contained the large family of a > Nathan Jackson 50, but he was b PA) - and the > family of L. D. (Lemuel DeBerry?) Jackson 30, the > latter household including a farm laborer Frank > Prator, 19. These two families of Jackson and > Prator seem to be closely connected. Did Wincy > have a dau named Louisa who md. a Halley Prator? > > You could probably learn a lot more from later > census records, as well as from those earlier > microfilmed records. Did Miles own land, e.g., > in Henry Co.? > > Hope this helps... > > > --- Don and Myrlene Hastings <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > My gggrandparents, Miles and Alena Simmons > > Jackson lived in Henry Co, from some time in > > the 1820's to about 1838. They are showing on > > Henry Co census in 1830 and in Fulton(Izard) > > Co. Ark in 1840. I'm wondering if any one out > > there is familiar with this family. Miles, > > according to family history was born in Va. > > 1799, Alena Simmons born in N.C. 1796. Their > > children were: > > Wincy b. Nov 4, 1815 Burke Co. N.C. m. Frank > > Hester probably in Henry Co. > > Nancy b. Feb. 16, 1818 Burke co N.C. married > > John Estes Jan 6, 1834 > > Andrew b. 1927-1828 Tn. > > Lemuel DeBerry b. July 13, 1829 Tn. > > Thomas b. 1831 Tn > > Hamblin Manley b. 1835 Tn. > > Harriet M. b. 1837 Tn > > John b. ? died as a child. > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! 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