Joseph Jackson

Joseph Jackson was born on June 15, 1817, in Putman County, Georgia. He was brought to Texas in 1818 by his parents, Isaac and Zillah Thompson Jackson. They settled in Washington County, Texas. Isaac Jackson was granted two leagues in present Grimes County and one in present Washington County, Texas. Isaac Jackson was caught in a blizzard and froze to death on March 20, 1831. His widow, Mrs. Zillah Jackson, was granted a league of land for his service as Alcalde for the Mexican government. Mrs. Zillah Jackson died in 1866 and is buried in the Burns Cemetery in present Lee County, Texas.

Joseph Jackson joined Company #, 1^st regiment of the Texas army in March 1836 and was at the Battle of San Jacinto. His mother, brothers, and sisters were a part of the Runaway Scrape in escaping Santa Anna. Joseph was released from the Texas army in May 1836, but was called back into service in the 1^st Regt., 1^st Brigade, South Western Army of the Republic of Texas in 1842 when Mexican General Adrian Wall invaded Texas. Joseph married Roseanne Narcissa Reams on November 27, 1840, in Austin County, Texas. He and Narcissa had a family of seven boys: Robert born in 1842, Isaac born in 1847, William P. born in 1851, Franklin born in 1853, Sherwood born in May 1857, Samuel H. born March 5, 1865, and Joseph born in 1868; and two girls: Zillah Ann born in 1848, and Eliza M. Jackson born in 1860. Joseph received a land grant of one-third league (1,476 acres) located in present Lee County, Texas, patented April 14, 1862, and there they settled. The certificate states that he participated in the Battle of San Jacinto. By certificate number 1204, dated January 26, 1857, he received a grant of 321 acres located in present Erath County, Texas, patented July 30, 1857. The grant was for service rendered in the Army of the Republic of Texas. He also received a grant of 1,200 acres in present Tom Green County, Texas.

Joseph and his family were living in Burleson County on August 18, 1860, and received their mail at the Lexington, Texas Post Office. On August 25, 1870, they were living in Burleson County and received their mail at the Blue Branch, Texas Post Office. Joseph was the Postmaster at Blue Branch from November 18, 1854 to July 29, 1856, and again from November 28, 1860, to October 8, 1866. Lee County, Texas was created from Bastrop, Burleson, Fayette, and Washington Counties and was organized in 1874. Joseph and family were living in present Burleson County, Texas on June 18, 1880, and received their mail at the Hookerville, Texas Post Office. Joseph joined the Warren Masonic Lodge in Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, on April 19, 1873. Joseph died February 20, 1883, and his services were conducted by the Warren Masonic Lodge in Burleson County. His widow, Mrs. Narcissa R. Jackson was living with their son Sherwood Jackson and his wife Eva in Otero County, New Mexico, on June 1, 1900. Mrs. Roseanne Narcissa Reams Jackson died August 18, 1906, in Otero County, New Mexico, and was buried in Our Lady of the Light Catholic Cemetery in Otero County, New Mexico.

Bibliography

Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Patriot Ancestor Album. Turner Publishing. Paducah, KY. 1995.

1860, 1870, and 1880 U.S. Census of Burleson County, Texas.

1900 U.S. Census of Otero County, New Mexico.

Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845. Internet

Find A Grave. Internet.