Ralph Jackson was born on 25 December 1818, in Union, South Carolina, United States as the son of Peter L Jackson. He married Mary Jane Murphy in 1837, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Independence, Arkansas, United States in 1860 and Healing Springs Township, Independence, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died on 19 September 1899, in Banner, Independence, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries - 1820: Independence, Arkansas Territory, United States; 1836: Independence, Arkansas, United States
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English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack . In North America, this surname has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages, in particular those derived from equivalents or short forms and other derivatives of the personal name Jacob , e.g. Norwegian Jacobsen or Jakobsen and, in some cases, Slovenian Jakše (from a derivative of the personal name Jakob ). This surname is also very common among African Americans (see also 2 below).
African American: from the personal name Jackson (or Andrew Jackson), adopted in honor of Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the US; or adoption of the surname in 1 above, in many cases probably for the same reason.
History: This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
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