General Jackson Wilks 1808

General Jackson Wilks, 1808–

Name

General Jackson Wilks

Name: General Jackson /Wilks/
Given names: General Jackson
Surname: Wilks

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	about 1808 33 28
Marriage of a sister	Daniel Clouch — Fanny Wilks — View this family January 14, 1808 Grayson, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940
Birth of a sister	Mary Wilks 1810 Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Note: age 40 in 1850 census
British King	George III from October 25, 1760 to January 29, 1820
4th President of the United States	James Madison March 4, 1809
Birth of a sister	Anna Wilks between 1810 and 1820 Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Death of a maternal grandmother	Anna Margaretta Brubeck 1816 Grayson, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
5th President of the United States	James Monroe March 4, 1817
Marriage of a brother	Philip Wilks — Alcie Marrs — View this family May 13, 1824 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Marriage Records Text: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-whi.htm, submitted by Pat M. Mahan Citation details: Book 1, page 122 Note: Wilkes, Phillip to Morris, Alsey on 13 May 1824 by McKnight, Wm., JP
British King	George IV from January 29, 1820 to June 26, 1830
6th President of the United States	John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825
7th President of the United States	Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829
Census	1830 (aged 22 years) Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: 1830 Census Tax List for Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: Page 218 Source: 1830 Census for Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: Pages 218a and 218b Quality of data: Census images Note: in the first census taken there, John was 50-60, had one male [General Jackson Wilks] 15-20, one male [Newman Wilks] 20-30 and two females 15-20 [Mary & Anna Wilks], and wife [Barbary Newman Wilks] 50-60 and one female slave 55-100.
Marriage of a sister	Charles Mattocks — Anna Wilks — View this family September 2, 1830 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Text: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-whi.htm, submitted by Pat M. Mahan Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Marriage Records Citation details: Book 2, Page 154 Note: Wilkes, Ann to Mattocks, Charles on 2 Sep 1830 by Womack, J. B., JP
Marriage of a brother	Newman Wilks — Elizabeth Carr — View this family October 21, 1830 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Marriage Records Text: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-bo.htm; submitted by Pat M. Mahan Citation details: Book 2, Page 149 Note: Carr, Elizabeth to Wilkes, Newman on 21 Oct 1830 by Womack, J. B., JP
Marriage of a brother	John W. Wilks III — Lydia Strong — View this family January 13, 1831 Maury, Tennessee, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Maury County, Tennessee, Marriages 1824-1837 Note: if the same persons
Death of a brother	Philip Wilks before August 1831 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Marriage of a sister	William Brown — Mary Wilks — View this family July 25, 1833 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Marriage Records Citation details: Book 3 Page 11 Note: Brown, William to Wilks, Mary on 25 Jul 1833 by Carr, John, JP
Marriage	Nancy Brown — View this family September 3, 1833 (aged 25 years) Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Marriage Records Text: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-bo.htm, submitted by Pat M. Mahan. Citation details: Book 3, Page 31 Note: Brown, Nancy to Wilks, Jackson on __ Sep 1833 by Carr, John
Birth of a son	William M. Wilks 1835 Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Death of a father	John Wilks Jr January 1836 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Cause: tuberculosis Source: Wilks and Young Families: Texas Pioneers Citation details: Page 295 Note: presumably in Mississippi. Samuel Newman Wilks wrote his father Samuel in Bedford County, Virginia, a letter dated 20 Jan 1836, "Dir father . . . Uncle JOHN and Aunt BARBY is both dead. Aunt died three days first. Neither one would take anything while they were sick."¶ Ben Wilks's daughter Betsy Ann Creasey died in 1835 of consumption, and family tradition is that John's family in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, with the exception of some orphan children, died of the same disease (tuberculosis).
Death of a mother	Barbara Newman January 1836 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Note: three days before her husband, John, died of sickness, TB
Death of a brother	John W. Wilks III before December 1836 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Source: Yalobusha County, Mississipi, Probate Records Citation details: Book 1, p. 56 Note: when his estate was administered, mentioned a crop planted, which could not have been his father John's, who died Jan 1836; children were made wards of Newman Wilks
British King	William IV from June 26, 1830 to June 20, 1837
8th President of the United States	Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837
Birth of a son	Jesse Anderson Wilks 1838 Mississippi, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: 1850 Census for Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA Citation details: Page 422
Birth of a daughter	Caroline M. Wilks 1840 Alabama, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
9th President of the United States	William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841
10th President of the United States	John Tyler April 4, 1841
11th President of the United States	James K Polk March 4, 1845
Immigration	before 1846 (aged 38 years) Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA
Marriage	Eliza Darby — View this family before 1846 (aged 38 years) Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Yalobusha County, Mississippi, Marriage Records Citation details: Book A1, page 148 Text: no date but Book B begins 1846
Death of a wife	Nancy Brown before 1846 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
British Queen	Victoria from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
12th President of the United States	Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849
13th President of the United States	Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850
14th President of the United States	Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853
15th President of the United States	James Buchanan March 4, 1857
Death of a brother	Newman Wilks before March 8, 1859 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Source: Yalobusha County, Mississipi, Probate Records Citation details: Book B, p. 154 Note: after her father wrote his will but before his death
16th President of the United States	Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861
17th President of the United States	Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865
18th President of the United States	Ulysses S Grant March 4, 1869
19th President of the United States	Rutherford B Hayes March 4, 1877
20th President of the United States	James A Garfield March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States	Chester A Arthur September 19, 1881
22nd President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885
23rd President of the United States	Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889
24th President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893
25th President of the United States	William McKinley March 4, 1897
British King	Edward VII from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
26th President of the United States	Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901
Death	yes

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 1775 40 35 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: September 3, 1795 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Emigration: before 1810 — Grayson, Virginia, USA Immigration: 1814 — Maury, Tennessee, USA Immigration: March 7, 1818 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Family census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: November 1, 1835 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: January 1836 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Unique identifier: 8D3D4DFFCC5659946533CC2E1C2DCB7DD4C6 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Barbara Newman Fanny Wilks John W. Wilks III Newman Wilks Philip Wilks General Jackson Wilks Mary Wilks Anna Wilks John Wilks Jr 1775–1836 Birth: 1775 40 35 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: January 1836 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA
mother	Links Birth: September 1, 1779 35 35 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: September 3, 1795 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Emigration: before 1810 — Grayson, Virginia, USA Immigration: 1814 — Maury, Tennessee, USA Immigration: March 7, 1818 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Family census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Property: between September 29, 1832 and November 4, 1835 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: after November 4, 1835 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: January 1836 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Unique identifier: 8D3D4DFFCC5659946533CC2E1C2DCB7DD4C6 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Wilks Jr Fanny Wilks John W. Wilks III Newman Wilks Philip Wilks General Jackson Wilks Mary Wilks Anna Wilks Barbara Newman 1779–1836 Birth: September 1, 1779 35 35 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: January 1836 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA
Marriage	Marriage — September 3, 1795 — Bedford, Virginia, USA
16 months elder sister	Links Birth: about 1796 21 16 — Virginia, USA Marriage: January 14, 1808 — Grayson, Virginia, USA Death: Unique identifier: 363D7C2CA91294DD4BFFBC86A8AC8281 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Daniel Clouch Fanny Wilks 1796– Birth: about 1796 21 16 — Virginia, USA Death:
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: about 1798 23 18 — Virginia, USA Immigration: before 1816 — Hardin, Marshall, Kentucky, USA Marriage: January 13, 1831 — Maury, Tennessee, USA Death: before December 1836 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Unique identifier: 989FA632E21AAF9748650B4D2AC3F80F Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lydia Strong John W. Wilks III 1798–1836 Birth: about 1798 23 18 — Virginia, USA Death: before December 1836 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: about 1800 25 20 — South Carolina, USA Civil marriage: October 21, 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Family census: October 22, 1850 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: before March 8, 1859 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Unique identifier: 18706085E993AA4F44F0E872B9242573 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Carr Martha Wilks John R. Wilks Charles J. Wilks Lucinda Wilks Samuel Taylor Wilks Newman Wilks 1800–1859 Birth: about 1800 25 20 — South Carolina, USA Death: before March 8, 1859 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA
6 years elder brother	Links Birth: about 1805 30 25 — South Carolina, USA Civil marriage: May 13, 1824 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Family census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Death: before August 1831 — Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Unique identifier: 8365664E7723EBA43556227F74FE56446696 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alcie Marrs John Washington Wilks Benjamin Carroll Wilks Minerva Wilks Nancy L. Wilks Philip Wilks 1805–1831 Birth: about 1805 30 25 — South Carolina, USA Death: before August 1831 — Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
4 years himself	Links Birth: about 1808 33 28 Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Marriage: September 3, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Marriage: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Unique identifier: 99FE2EFCB174AFD94A67970C10A6A4AD Unique identifier: 07B44EC1236CA3BF432F7A08A5509914 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nancy Brown William M. Wilks Jesse Anderson Wilks Caroline M. Wilks Family with spouse Eliza Darby General Jackson Wilks 1808– Birth: about 1808 33 28 Death:
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1810 35 30 — Alabama, USA Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Civil marriage: July 25, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: before 1840 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Family census: 1840 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Family census: October 18, 1850 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Unique identifier: 257F6400B248B3F4402C62B042348754 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Brown Mary Wilks 1810– Birth: 1810 35 30 — Alabama, USA Death:
11 years younger sister	Links Birth: between 1810 and 1820 45 40 Civil marriage: September 2, 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: before 1840 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Family census: 1840 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Unique identifier: 0624C1A66ADC8DA1451D65D616C26BEA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles Mattocks Anna Wilks 1810– Birth: between 1810 and 1820 45 40 Death:

Family with Nancy Brown
himself	Links Birth: about 1808 33 28 Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Marriage: September 3, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Marriage: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Unique identifier: 99FE2EFCB174AFD94A67970C10A6A4AD Unique identifier: 07B44EC1236CA3BF432F7A08A5509914 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nancy Brown William M. Wilks Jesse Anderson Wilks Caroline M. Wilks Family with spouse Eliza Darby General Jackson Wilks 1808– Birth: about 1808 33 28 Death:
wife	Links Birth: about 1813 Marriage: September 3, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Unique identifier: 99FE2EFCB174AFD94A67970C10A6A4AD Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse General Jackson Wilks William M. Wilks Jesse Anderson Wilks Caroline M. Wilks Nancy Brown 1813–1846 Birth: about 1813 Death: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA
Marriage	Marriage — September 3, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
2 years son	Links Birth: 1835 27 22 — Alabama, USA Census: October 22, 1850 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Occupation: Cotton Traffic — after 1865 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William M. Wilks 1835– Birth: 1835 27 22 — Alabama, USA Death:
4 years son	Links Birth: 1838 30 25 — Mississippi, USA Census: October 18, 1850 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Immigration: 1855 — Lee, Arkansas, USA Education: College — after 1855 — Arkansas, USA Military Beginning: Confederate States of America — about 1862 — Lee, Arkansas, USA Occupation: Cotton traffic — after 1865 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Occupation: Sheriff — after 1870 — Spring Creek, Lee, Arkansas, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jesse Anderson Wilks 1838– Birth: 1838 30 25 — Mississippi, USA Death:
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 1840 32 27 — Alabama, USA Census: October 22, 1850 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Caroline M. Wilks 1840– Birth: 1840 32 27 — Alabama, USA Death:

Family with Eliza Darby
himself	Links Birth: about 1808 33 28 Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Marriage: September 3, 1833 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Marriage: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Unique identifier: 99FE2EFCB174AFD94A67970C10A6A4AD Unique identifier: 07B44EC1236CA3BF432F7A08A5509914 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nancy Brown William M. Wilks Jesse Anderson Wilks Caroline M. Wilks Family with spouse Eliza Darby General Jackson Wilks 1808– Birth: about 1808 33 28 Death:
wife	Links Birth: about 1820 Marriage: before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: Unique identifier: 07B44EC1236CA3BF432F7A08A5509914 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse General Jackson Wilks Eliza Darby 1820– Birth: about 1820 Death:
Marriage	Marriage — before 1846 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA

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Census	Source: 1830 Census Tax List for Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: Page 218 Source: 1830 Census for Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: Pages 218a and 218b Quality of data: Census images
Marriage	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Lauderdale County, Alabama, Marriage Records Text: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-bo.htm, submitted by Pat M. Mahan. Citation details: Book 3, Page 31
Marriage	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Yalobusha County, Mississippi, Marriage Records Citation details: Book A1, page 148 Text: no date but Book B begins 1846

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Census	in the first census taken there, John was 50-60, had one male [General Jackson Wilks] 15-20, one male [Newman Wilks] 20-30 and two females 15-20 [Mary & Anna Wilks], and wife [Barbary Newman Wilks] 50-60 and one female slave 55-100.
Marriage	Brown, Nancy to Wilks, Jackson on __ Sep 1833 by Carr, John

Research links

Australia 2

Belgium 1

Rijksarchief België

Germany 10

International 21

Italy 1

Banca Dati dei Caduti e Dispersi (link only)

Netherlands 24

Poland 1

Szukaj w Archiwach (tylko link)

Russia 11

Ukraine 7

United Kingdom 2

United States 2

Extra information

Unique identifier

2C3D44BED00F2BC43522F735A22746B5728C

Last change

May 10, 2010 – 14:32:09

Author of last change: barbaracorner

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Family with parents
father Parents John Wilks Sr Elizabeth Mead	John Wilks Jr 1775–1836
mother Parents Johann Conrad Newman Anna Margaretta Brubeck	Barbara Newman 1779–1836
elder sister Family Daniel Clouch	Fanny Wilks 1796–
elder brother Family Lydia Strong	John W. Wilks III 1798–1836
elder brother Family Elizabeth Carr Martha Wilks John R. Wilks Charles J. Wilks Lucinda Wilks Samuel Taylor Wilks	Newman Wilks 1800–1859
elder brother Family Alcie Marrs John Washington Wilks Benjamin Carroll Wilks Minerva Wilks Nancy L. Wilks	Philip Wilks 1805–1831
himself	General Jackson Wilks 1808–
younger sister Family William Brown	Mary Wilks 1810–
younger sister Family Charles Mattocks	Anna Wilks 1810–

Family with Nancy Brown
himself	General Jackson Wilks 1808–
wife	Nancy Brown 1813–1846
son	William M. Wilks 1835–
son	Jesse Anderson Wilks 1838–
daughter	Caroline M. Wilks 1840–

Family with Eliza Darby
himself	General Jackson Wilks 1808–
wife	Eliza Darby 1820–

Descendants

General Jackson Wilks(1808–)
- Nancy Brown1833
- Eliza Darby1846
  - No children