Johnson County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Jackson cemetery - Complete Survey
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Abstracted By: James W. Allen

This Revolutionary War grave is located on the northwest 
border of Johnson and Washington Counties.  Go about seven 
(7) miles west on highway 57 from Wrightsville.  Turn 
right at the paved crossroads (Julia Veal's farm). The 
grave is located approximately three (3) miles down the 
road past the old Bethesda Christian Church on the 
Washington-Johnson County line.

Last Name     First Name    Middle Name   Birth        Death       Comment
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Jackson       Charles                     15 May 1760  1830        Parents: Benjamin & Amy Jackson, Jacksonborough, S.C.



Additional Comments:
As of 1978 there were only two Revolutionary War graves located in Johnson 
County.  The inscription on this marker reads, "Lieut. Charles Jackson, S.C. 
Militia, Revolutionary War.
Charles Jackson was an American Revolutionary War soldier who joined the 
Continental Army at age sixteen (16) circa 1776.  He was promoted to the rank 
of 1st Lt. in Capt. Hendrick's Company, in Col. Benton's Regiment at age 
twenty-two by Govenor John Matthews of S.C.  He fought for the American Army 
throughout the War.  Charles Jackson and his family migrated to Washington 
County, Georgia (which included the present Johnson County) in 1802.  Charles 
Jackson was buried behind the old Jackson home, and in 1917 a marble marker 
was placed at his gravesite by the Samuel Elbert Chapter, Daughters of the 
American Revolution.  Over the years, the Jackson homeplace burned, the road 
was changed, and the gravesite became lost.  It was relocated in 1973 (Charles 
Jackson's 218th birthday) by the John Laurens Chapter, Daughters of the 
American Revolution.  Many descendants of Charles Jackson now live in Johnson 
County.
*Note-The above exerpt was taken from the book, "Searching for Our Ancestors 
Among the Gravestones, A cemetery record of Johnson County, Georgia" published 
in 1978 by the Johnson County Historical Society.

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