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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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- Item 1: Jennie Jackson's State Normal College Diploma {Florence, Alabama} (1893) {Oversized}
- Item 2: Elizabeth Jackson's School of Decorative and Applied Art Diploma {University of the State of New York} (June 1905) {Oversized}
- Item 3: Elizabeth McColloch Jackson's Cooper Union Institute {Women's School of Art} Diploma {New York} (1895 and May 32, 1896) {Oversized}
- Item 4: Miss Jane Jackson's certification of membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (November 17, 1914) {Oversized}
- Item 5: William J. Winston's Kentucky University Commercial College Diploma {Lexington, Kentucky} (February 1890) {Oversized}
- Item 6: Scanned photocopy of news articles from April 24, 1818 {Oversized}
- Item 7: Photograph of Greece {Oversized} (No Date)
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