When Jackson Lewis Hammock was born on 1 July 1801, in Georgia, United States, his father, John Hammock, was 30 and his mother, Rachel Sellars Walker, was 34. He married Rebecca Hadaway on 7 October 1821, in Jones, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Dudleyville, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States in 1870. He died on 31 December 1873, in Chambers, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Chambers, Alabama, United States.