Perry County AlArchives Military Records.....Jackson, Charles G. February 26, 1907
Mexican - Pension Company C, 1st Alabama Regiment Volunteers
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Declaration For Pension
ACT OF FEBRUARY 6, 1907
DECLARATION FOR PENSION
THE PENSION CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE FORWARDED WITH THE APPLICATION.

State of Louisiana 
County of DeSoto Ss

	On this 26th day of February A. D. one thousand nine hundred and Seven 
personally appeared before me, a Notary Public Within and for the county and 
state aforesaid Charles G Jackson, who being duly sworn according to law, 
declares that he is 80 years of age, and a resident of DeSoto Grand Cane, 
County of DeSoto, State of Louisiana; and that he is the identical person who 
ENROLLED at Mobile, Ala under the name of Charles G. Jackson, on the [13th] day 
of June, 1846, as a Private, in Co. C, First Alabama Regiment Volunteers in the 
service of the United States, in the  Mexican War, and was HONORABLY DISCHARGED 
at New Orleans, [May 27, 1847]

	(State name of war, Civil or Mexican) on the -- day of June, 1847 That 
he also served (Here give a complete statement of all other services, if any)
That he was not employed in the military or naval service of the United States 
otherwise than as stated above.  That his personal description at enlistment 
was as follows: Height 5 feet 9 inches; Complexion, Light; Color of eyes, Gray;
Color of hair, Black; that his occupation was Farmer; that he was born Oct. 
19th 1826 at Perry Co., Ala
	That his several places of residence since leaving the service has been 
as follows: (State date of each change, as nearly as possible.)  DeSoto Parish, 
Louisiana, Left Alabama Last of Nov. 1847     That he is -- a pensioner.  That 
he has --heretofore applied for pension

No. of Pension Certificate 17323
(If a pensioner, the certificate number only need be given.  If not the number 
of the former application, if one was made)
	That he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the 
pension roll of the United States under the provisions of the act of February 
6, 1907.
	That his post-office address is Grand Cane, County of DeSoto, State of 
Louisiana

Charles G. Jackson

(Claimant's Signature in Full)
Attest: (1)
R. S. Pickett

 (2)
L. Y. Tidwell

Also personally appeared R. S. Pickett, residing in Grand Cane, La and L. Y. 
Tidwell, residing in, Grand Cane, La, Persons who I certify to be respectable 
and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were 
present and saw Charles G. Jackson the claimant, sign his name (or make his 
mark) to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, 
from the appearance of the claimant and their acquaintance with him of one 
years and 30 years, respectively, that he is the identical person he  
represents himself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of 
this claim.

R. S. Pickett

L. Y. Tidwell

(Signatures of witnesses)

SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me this 26thday of Feby, A. D. 1907 and I hereby 
certify that the contents of the above declaration, etc., were fully made known 
and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing, including the 
words DeSoto and 4, erased, and the words Grand Cane and 26, added; and that I 
have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.

William H. Smith
(Signature)

Notary Public
(Official Character)

Additional Comments:
Charles Green Jackson was the son of Abraham Wyche Jackson and Jane F. Crow and 
the grandson of Green B. Jackson, Clara Yeates, Charles Crow and Sarah Harlan.  
He was born in east Perry County near the Shiloh Church and moved farther south 
with his family to a new homestead near the Ocmulgee Church.  He returned from 
the Mexican War in June 1847 and moved to DeSoto Parish, Louisiana in September 
1847 where he lived out his life.  He died in September 13, 1911.  During the 
War for Southern Independence, he enlisted in Company B. of the 24th Louisiana 
Volunteer Infantry and later served in the Consolidated Crescent Regiment.  In 
Mexico, Jackson served under General Zachary Taylor and during the War for 
Southern Independence, he served under Zachary Taylor's son, General Richard 
Taylor, giving him a unique circumstance of serving under father and son in two 
different wars.

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