Brief Life History of William Jason Andrew Jackson
Private William Jason Andrew Jackson Hilliard was born on 14 January 1841, in Naftel, Montgomery, Alabama, United States. He married Nancy Lucinda Knight on 4 April 1869, in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 9 January 1898, in his hometown, at the age of 56, and was buried in Fair Prospect Cemetery, Naftel, Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (11)
- William J Hilliard, "United States Census, 1880"
- William J. Hilliard, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
- William Jackson Hilliard, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (southeastern England and Midlands):
variant of Hillier , with excrescent -d. Compare Hillard , Heller , and Hellard .
of Norman origin, from the Middle English female personal name Hildiard, Holdiard, Anglo-Norman French forms of ancient Germanic Hildigard, Hildiardis, from hild ‘battle’ + gard ‘protective enclosure, yard’. Either this or the name above was brought to Ireland from Yorkshire in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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