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By Dixie Norwood
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection includes family documents and records of the James Jackson family, as well as records and documents on their extended families, the Moores and the McKiernans. Also included are photographs and information on the family home, the Forks of Cypress. There are also several books written by local historian William Lindsey McDonald as well as a family Bible from 1866.
Biographical Note
James Jackson was born on October 25, 1782 to James and Mary Jackson in County Monaghan, Ireland. He grew up in Ireland until he moved to the U.S. in 1799; first to Pennsylvania before later moving to Tennessee. In Tennessee he met his wife Sarah Moore McCulloch who he would marry in 1810. They had ten children together.
James later moved to the area that would be come the Florence/Lauderdale area. Here he became part of the seven trustees of the Cypress Land Company. The Cypress Land Company was created under the pretense that Florence would become a major commercial town due to its connection to the Tennessee River. This was backed by President Andrew Jackson. The company would result in great success for both the people invloved and the city of Florence. It would also go on to aid in the creation of TVA and thus the Wilson Dam.
Administrative Information
Repository:
UNA Archives and Special Collections
Related Materials:
Jackson Collection
Box and Folder Listing
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- Folder 1: Tribute to Alexander Jackson in "Court of Appeals of Texas" {Scanned sheets} (No Date)
- Folder 2: "Life and Labours of the Rev. William Johnston, D.D" {Scanned sheets} (No Date)
- Folder 3: Creeve and Jackson Family History and Genealogy (No Date)
- Folder 4: "The Mysterious Disappearance of Parson Dick" (No Date)
- Folder 5: Copies of Letters and Genealogies (No Date)
- Folder 6: Black and White Family Crests (No Date)
- Folder 7: Birth Years of Jackson Relatives born in the 18th Century (No Date)
- Folder 8: Copies of Legal Documents Related to the Jacksons (No Date)
- Folder 9: Letters, Records, and Eulogy of James Jackson
- Folder 10: Jackson Family Genealogy Papers (No Date)
- Folder 11: Jackson Family Historical Report {Copy from 1960}
- Folder 12: James Jackson Letter and Photograph (1896)
- Folder 13: Letters and Newspaper Clippings (1938;1982)
- Folder 14: Wardlaw Family Papers (1941)
- Folder 15: Newspaper Clippings of James Jackson, Admiral Richard H. Jackson, and Forks of Cypress (1942-1995)
- Folder 16: Photographs (1950-1996)
- Folder 17: Newspaper Clippings, Letters, and Historical Writings (1963-1995)
- Folder 18: Letters (1965-1971)
- Folder 19: Admiral Alexander Jackson, Jr. (1965;1971;1974)
- Folder 20: Letters to James Jackson and Papers about Forks of Cypress (1966;1989)
- Folder 21: Family Records (1968)
- Folder 22: Letters, Papers, and Tennessee Valley Historical/Tennessee Valley Art Bulletins (1971;1973;1987)
- Folder 23: Horse Racing from the Forks of Cypress (1978;1993)
- Folder 24: James Jackson (1980)
- Folder 25: Family Letters (1982;1995)
- Folder 26: Records from the Forks of Cypress (1987;1995)
- Folder 27: Clogher Record (1989)
- Folder 28: Trip to Ireland {Photo Album and Letter} (1990)
- Folder 29: Moore Family Records (1994)
- Folder 30: Restoration of the Forks of Cypress (1998;1999)
- Folder 31: Invitations, Photo, and Lists (1999)
- Folder 32: McKiernan Genealogy (2005)
- Folder 33: Letter from Anne Pope to Mary Florence Kirkman, 1879 (2007)
- Folder 34: Family Documents (1879;1882-1884)
- Folder 35: Letter from James Jackson, Newspaper articles, and Typed Obituary of Mrs. James Jackson (1950)
- Folder 36: A History of the First Presbyterian Church-Tuscumbia, Alabama {1824-1974} (1974)
- Folder 37: James Jackson Estate Inventory (March 9, 1993)
- Folder 38: Forks of Cypress Horses (No Date)
- Folder 39: Family Records {Including Newspaper Clippings, letters, and a photograph} (1993-1994)
- Folder 40: Forks of Cypress Anniversary Gathering Letter and Additional Information (April 20,1999)
- Folder 41: Forks of Cypress (1964)
- Folder 42: Alabama School Journal Cover {Forks of Cypress} (November 1953)
- Item 43: Framed Document "This Date in Alabama History" (No Date)
- Item 44: Notebook containing Jackson Family documents, letters, and family history materials (1940;1947;1951;1966;1968;1971;1979;1980;1987-1989;1993;1995;1998-1999)
- Folder 45: Records of the Moore Family (No Date) {Scanned Copy}
- Folder 46: "Yester Nashville Names" {By Octavia Z. Bond} The Nashville American (August 29,1909)
- Folder 47: Records of Lillington Family (No Date) {Scanned copy}
- Folder 48: Natchez Trace Traveler-James Jackson of the Forks of Cypress: Will and Inventory (February 1993)
- Folder 49: "The Forks of Cypress: Home of James Jackson" {By: Elizabeth Kirkman O'Neal} Historic Homes of Alabama and Their Traditions (1935)
- Folder 50: McKiernan Family Crest; Information on the Moore Family {South Carolina} and Additional Information (1991)
- Folder 51: Handwritten summaries on Sual, Solomon, David, Samuel, and the Philistines (No Date) {Copies}
- Folder 52: Historic Presentation {By: William Lindsey McDonald} Photographs and Other Information on Jackson Family (1995)
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