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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 612106" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Annie, if you pm me with some names & Birthdates, I'll look. </p><p></p><p>My maternal GM wrote a letter to one of my cousins in 1957 for a family tree project, which I have a copy of. It's a bit of a tangle because she spells names one way here and another way there. My paternal grandfather was born in 1849 and raised by his grandparents and there is no sign anywhere of either of his birth parents. You can see him in the 1860 Census at 9 years old living with his 73 & 69 year old grandparents. I have his birth date but can't find a birth certificate so I have no clue what happened. <em>But</em> their big family story is that his paternal grandfather Isaac Jackson was supposed to be a cousin of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. VMI tells me that they'd be happy to let me go to their library and research, but that's not exactly on my list of things "to-do". </p><p></p><p>There is a DNA group that is trying to establish <em>that</em> particular family line. It's really hard to know more without knowing which of Isaac's many uncles were somehow related and which of his daughters married the man who gave my grandfather <em>his</em> last name. It <em>could</em> have something to do with the Jacksons being proud British and the others being Scottish. Unless the Jacksons were Scottish Jacksons. Or, it could be because <em>our</em> Jacksons settled in PA, and there was a little battle there with good results for them over the other Jacksons...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 612106, member: 99"] Annie, if you pm me with some names & Birthdates, I'll look. My maternal GM wrote a letter to one of my cousins in 1957 for a family tree project, which I have a copy of. It's a bit of a tangle because she spells names one way here and another way there. My paternal grandfather was born in 1849 and raised by his grandparents and there is no sign anywhere of either of his birth parents. You can see him in the 1860 Census at 9 years old living with his 73 & 69 year old grandparents. I have his birth date but can't find a birth certificate so I have no clue what happened. [I]But[/I] their big family story is that his paternal grandfather Isaac Jackson was supposed to be a cousin of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. VMI tells me that they'd be happy to let me go to their library and research, but that's not exactly on my list of things "to-do". There is a DNA group that is trying to establish [I]that[/I] particular family line. It's really hard to know more without knowing which of Isaac's many uncles were somehow related and which of his daughters married the man who gave my grandfather [I]his[/I] last name. It [I]could[/I] have something to do with the Jacksons being proud British and the others being Scottish. Unless the Jacksons were Scottish Jacksons. Or, it could be because [I]our[/I] Jacksons settled in PA, and there was a little battle there with good results for them over the other Jacksons... [/QUOTE]
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