This is William Jackson, Jr., son of William Jackson and Abigail Gillum Jackson. He was born in Wilkes County, NC, ca 1790 and died in Rush County, Indiana in 1863.
Paintings of our ancestors - we didn't have photographs yet!
Paintings of people who lived in the 18th century. So much happened in their lives - the steam engine was invented, the first steps of the Industrial Revolution were taken, the American revolution, th...
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
I have been tracing my family off and on for about ten years now. My family names are Jackson, Gillum (Gilliam), Redden (Redding), Sparks, Harlan and Brane. Most of the Jackson family migrated from Wilkes County, NC to Indiana in the early 1800's.