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From: "GERALDINE E. KEY" <>
Subject: Re: [LAEASTBA] Re: Do you need help in Baton Rouge?Yes
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 03:47:16 -0600
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Subject: [LAEASTBA] Re: Do you need help in Baton Rouge?Yes


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> Hi:
> MY GREATGRANDFATHER IS FROM EBR, LA, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY FAMILY TREE
SINCE 1986, MY GRANDFATHER JAMES\JIM JACKSON A MULATTO BORN JAN
1835-40,ACCORDING YO 1880 CENSUS 1840 BUT HIS DEATH CERTF\SHOW HE WAS BORN
1835 , DIED OCT. 12,1912 AT CHARITY HOSPITAL IN N.O.ACCORDING TO ALL THE
RECORDS I HAVE SHOW HIS FATHER WAS FROM GEORGIA AND HIS MOTHER WAS FROM
VIRGINIA IN RESEARCHING BACK I FOUND HE OWNED A LOT OF LAND\WHICH TIED IN
WITH THE JAMES JACKSONWHO IS WHITE AND I BELIEVE TO BE HIS FATHER IN EBR.HE
HAD THREE BROTHERS, FROM EBR, THOMAS, DAVID, AND GEORGE ALL OWN LAND IN EBR
. i FOUND THAT jAMES JACKSON\WHITE MARRIED A EUNICE WEST AROUND 1805, IN
EBR. TRYING TO FIND MY GREATGRANDFATHER JIM\JAMES\MULATTO FATHER AND MOTHER
AND WHERE THEY ARE BURIED.
> I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACE BACK TO 1820 BUT IN EBR BUT IT ONLY SHOW HEADS
AND NUMBERS OF M-F-AGE. IN 1812 tHOMAS JACKSON (THIS THOMAS I BELIEVE IS
THE BROTHER OF THE FIRST JAMES) WHICH WOULD BE MY GGGRANDFATHER) SOLD LAND
TO JA MES IN EBR, ON JAN. 6, 1814, ACCORDING TO CVONVEYANCE RECORD #487\488
EBR. JAMES JACKSON\WHITE SOLDF TO TWO SONS THOMAS AND DAVID TWO HUNDRED
ACRES (DRAUGHAN cREEK PLANTATION HOWEVER HE STATED TO DAVID ON HIS ONE
HUNDRED ACRES WHERE HE NOW LIVE HE WISHED TO HAVE THE PRIVILAGE OF STAYING
ON SAID PLANTATION DURING HIS LIFETIME. ( I AM TRYING TO FIND HIS SUCCESSION
PAPERS ON THIS AND ALSO WHERE HE AND HIS (THE WHITE FAMILY IS BURIED)
> JAMES JACKSON\ MULATTO BORN jAN 1835\40
> MARRIED BARBARA POLK JAN. 2, 1867 IN WFP
> 12 CHILDREN ( HER FATHER HENRY POLK LEFT 999.98 ACRES OF LAND TO HIS
HEIRS.
> 2ND WIFE DELFREY GRAINES 1889 WFP
> 3RD WIFE PENNY 1890 IN EBR LEFT 81 ACREA LAND ON THE KIRKENDALL TRACT
> WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IS ON THE WHITE SIDE OF THE FAMILY I BELIEVE JAMES
JACKSON\WHITE FROM GEORGIA IS THE SLAVEOWNER OF JIM'S MOTHER WHO
> IS FROM VIRGINIA, TRYING TO FIND HIS INVENTORY, WILL, OBRI,CEMENTERY ,
> THIS IS WHERE I AM AT NOW. HOPE YOU CAN HELP.
> I AM FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS HOWEVER ALL OF MY FAMILY IS FROM WEST
FELICIANA, ASCENSION, EAST BATON ROUGE, ORLEANS, ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, NEW
ORLEANS STARTING IN 1874 TO THE PRESENT.
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