Elizabeth Melinda Jean was born about 1821 in Pulaski County, Georgia to John and Alcy Jean.
She was married sometime before 1843 to Reuben Jackson in Heard County, Georgia. She and Reuben are listed in both the 1850 and 1860 Heard County, Georgia census.
Reuben and brother-in-law, Bartlett Barker Jean, purchase land in Randolph County, Alabama in 1851.
Reuben served in the Civil War and died of small pox in the 1860's. Elizabeth died shortly thereafter.
Elizabeth's younger children were taken in by relatives. The baby, Reuben Jackson was sent to Haralson County, Georgia to live with his uncle, Hardy Jean. An older sibling, Rufus B. Jackson is found living in Cherokee County, Georgia in 1870 with the Samuel Pascoe family.
At this time, nothing is known about the other children in the Jackson family, nor whatever became of Reuben. Reuben was living with his uncle, Hardy Jean, in both the 1870 and 1880 census.
This family is a work in progress.
1. ELIZABETH M.2 JEAN (JOHN1) was born 1821 in Georgia, and died Bef. 1870. She married REUBEN JACKSON about 1842 in Heard County, GA, son of JOSEPH JACKSON and ELIZABETH BOOKER. He was born 1821 in Georgia.
Children of ELIZABETH JEAN and REUBEN JACKSON are:
i. AMANDA J.3 JACKSON, b. 1843.
ii. JAMES JACKSON, b. 1844.
2. iii. JOHN THOMAS JACKSON, b. 1846.
iv. BARTLEY B. JACKSON, b. 1847.
v. MARY CAROLINE JACKSON, b. 1849; m. JOEL COLLY BURNHAM, 1868, Carroll County, GA.
vi. MARTHA L. JACKSON, b. 1851.
vii. JOSEPH N. JACKSON, b. 1853.
viii. RUFUS P. JACKSON, b. 1854.
ix. ELIZABETH M. JACKSON, b. 1856; d. September 16, 1919; m. REUBEN JAMES PURCELL, February 03, 1874, Cherokee County, GA - Book E, page 218.
More About ELIZABETH M. JACKSON: Cause of Death: Pneumonia
x. CUMILLA JACKSON, b. 1858.
xi. REUBEN M. JACKSON, b. 1860; d. February 27, 1932 in Heard County, Georgia; m. FRANCES L. UNKNOWN, b. 1873.
2. JOHN THOMAS3 JACKSON (ELIZABETH M.2 JEAN, JOHN1) was born May 2, 1845 in Heard County, Georgia, and died May 25, 1925. He married MARTHA LOUISE PARKER December 8, 1866. She was born May 8, 1843, and died January 25, 1906.
Children of JOHN THOMAS JACKSON and MARTHA PARKER are:
i. CUMILLA4 JACKSON, b. June 18, 1872; d. June 13, 1907; m. T. A. HUTCHENS.
ii. WALTER LEROY JACKSON, b. September 16, 1867
iii. ALDORAH ORIOGONAH JACKSON, b. February 15, 1870
iv. SARAH ALICE JACKSON, b. August 18, 1872, d. August 19, 1948.
3. v. EDMOND HENRY JACKSON, b. December 8, 1874
4. vi. LAURA ELIZABETH JACKSON, b. July 13, 1877, d. 1929.
vii. JOHN BARTLEY JACKSON, b. April 5, 1879
5. viii. RUFUS EZRA JACKSON, b. October 22, 1881, d. March 15, 1969.
ix. TOMMY WARREN JACKSON, b. October 18, 1885
x. LONNY WALKER JACKSON, b. October 18, 1885.
3. EDMOND HENRY4 JACKSON (JOHN THOMAS3 ,ELIZABETH M.2 JEAN, JOHN1) was born December 8, 1874 in Georgia. He married UNKNOWN.
Children of EDMOND JACKSON and UNKNOWN are:
i. WILLIE L.5 JACKSON, b. 1904
ii. ROBERT JACKSON, b. 1907
iii. WAYNE JACKSON, b. 1910
iv. MURPHY JACKSON, b. 1915
4. LAURA ELIZABETH4 JACKSON (JOHN THOMAS3 ,ELIZABETH M.2 JEAN, JOHN1) was born July 13, 1877 in Georgia, and died in 1929. She married WILLIAM A. HYATT. He was born in 1875 in Georgia.
Children of LAURA JACKSON and WILLIAM HYATT are:
i. RENDA A.5 HYATT, b. 1904
ii. BERTHA MAY HYATT, b. 1905
iii. JOE D. HYATT, b. 1909
5. RUFUS EZRA4 JACKSON (JOHN THOMAS3 ,ELIZABETH M.2 JEAN, JOHN1) was born October 22, 1881 in Georgia, and died March 1969 in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia. He married MARY E. UNKNOWN. She was born in 1885 in Georgia.
Children of RUFUS JACKSON and MARY UNKNOWN are:
i. MINERVA B.5 JACKSON, b. 1903
ii. JOHN C. JACKSON, b. May 21, 1905 in Heard County, Georgia; d. September 1981 in Franklin, Heard County, Georgia.
iii. JOSEPH E. JACKSON, b. September 12, 1906 in Heard County, Georgia; d. July 1970 in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia.
iv. EZRA H. JACKSON, b. 1909
v. BENJAMIN B. JACKSON, b. December 8, 1910 in Heard County, Georgia; d. April 1976 in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia.
vi. ALVIN B. JACKSON, b. 1913
vii. MARTHA M. JACKSON, b. 1916
viii. LYDIA B. JACKSON, b. 1918