Jackson (Samuel) Cemetery
2014
At the Plum Grove stone maker, turn off Hwy. 107 onto Jackson Bridge Road. The cemetery is on the higher hill behind the hill with the two old stone chimneys on the right. It is fenced but very overgrown with weeds and a count of fieldstone markers could not be made. Tops of old cedar trees have broken and knocked over the two stones. Eliza’s stone is broken and the Foster stone could not be found. The cemetery is located on the estate of John Sevier, now government property.
Samuel Jackson, d. May 2, 1835, aged 80y 7m 16d, an Officer in the Revolution
[At the top are the letters “S” and “J” intertwined.]
Eliza C. Jackson, d. [stone broken] 1844, aged 79y 16d
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web December 2001 by Robert D. and Betty Jane Hyltonmembers of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2013 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part of this work may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
According to Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, p. 215-216 [used with permission from Loraine Rae]:
NOTE: For the third stone, there was so much variation, that all three versions are given-
Charles Foster, Nov 2, 1780-May 6, 1866
Charles Foster, March 24, 180_ – May 6, 1865
Charles BO/USMt?TY (?), Nov 12, 1801-May 6, 1865
1850 Census, Washington County, Tennessee:
1470/1502 Charles Foster 42 b. TN, Isabella 37 b. TN, Margaret E. 19, Sarah 16, Alfred C 13, Catherine 7; Mark Foster 41 b. TN
From the notes of Charles M. Bennett:
In Memory of Henry (?) Jackson, who Departed This Life, ______ 1835, age 1y 3m 1d
Eliza was Elizabeth C., dau. of Henry Woodrow and wife of Samuel Jackson.
Note from Mildred M. Britton:
In unmarked graves are Jeremiah Hill and _______ Kettern, who worked for Henry Jackson. He downed in the Chucky River.
Washington County, Tennessee Deeds, 1797-1817, Vol. 3 by Loraine B. Rae, pp.121-122:
p.316-19 5/1/1810 Joseph Brown, Sheriff to Samuel Jackson, highest bidder; 640 acres on Nolachucky River sold to satisfy a judgement obtained by Daniel Ross against John Sevier, Junr & Samuel & Henry Jackson. Bid: $420. ADJ: John Clark, James Lackey, Majer Jessee Walton’s entry, Moses Embree. SIG: Joseph Brown. WIT: James V. Anderson. Jno M. Smith. CT: Sept. 1810. REG: 3/24/1811.