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From: "Durward Jackson" <>
Subject: Re: [GaClarke] Clarke Co. GA
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 10:08:33 -0800
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Jimmy,
Thanks for taking on such a big job. I have not been terribly active in
researching my Jackson/Clarke County ancestors because (a) I have little to
go on and (2) the demands of my job. I hope to solve both problems next
year with my retirement!

I am not 100% sure that I am connected to Clarke County, but the
circumstantial evidence that I have to date is fairly convincing. My
ggranduncle, James B. Jackson was born in Clarke County around 1815
according to Methodist Church records. His father was John B. Jackson (b.
1767 in Georgia) and his brother (my ggrandfather) was William P. Jackson.
James was a Methodist elder and educator who was stationed at various posts
in Georgia and Florida and died in a train accident outside of Jacksonville.
Other than that, I have no information on their time in Clarke County. I
found that John and William were living in the same household in Coweta
County in the 1850 census, but nothing earlier.

Other family names are Walthall, Threadwell, Morgan, Turman, Clifton, and
Birchfield. Many families migrated together in those days and I suspect
that might have been the case in the western migration from Clarke to Coweta
County. For example, my great aunt, Susan Jackson, married a Treadwell
after both families migrated from Coweta County to Randolph County, AL in
1870.

I hope this information assists you in compiling your list. Because of your
obvious time commitments, I do not expect a reply to this message, but if
you happen to come across any information that might be useful to my search,
I would appreciate the information.

Again, thanks for taking on this responsibility.

Durward P. Jackson

----- Original Message -----
From: Eppy <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:28 PM
Subject: [GaClarke] Clarke Co. GA


> Hi
>
> My name is Jimmy Epperson and I am the new county coordinator and list
> administrator for Clarke Co. GA.
>
> Since I'm new to the list and several others have joined in last couple
> of weeks, I am curious who is researching whom in Clarke Co. so why
> don't we have a roll call and bring us all up to date on who we are
> looking for!!!
>
> If you have a problem with the list please contact me privately and
> we'll resolve what ever is happening. I'm trying to check it most every
> day, so I should get back to you within a day, or 2 at the most.
>
> As for the website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclarke I am in the
> process of going through it and getting familiar with everything out
> there. I'll be updating it in the next few weeks, but I need your help.
> You folks out there have more information than I could ever get on my
> own, so if you have anything you would like to contribute please send it
> to me. After I get everything updated I'll send out requests on specific
> subjects, but don't think you have to wait on my request. Go ahead and
> contribute anytime.
>
> I'll let you know as I update the pages.
>
> If you have any questions or need anything, please feel free to contact
> me at .
>
> Happy Hunting!!!
>
> Later
> Jimmy
>
>
>
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