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Emma Oakes

Searching for Hannah Jackson descendants

Hannah Jackson and her descendants 
I am absolutely obsessed with my Jackson surname on my genealogy quest.  The stories that were handed down about the elusive “Hubbard/Herbert Jackson” had me obsessed with him from the early tales from my Uncle Donald.  So now I am on a search to try and track down other Hannah Jackson descendants who may have passed down the family stories on their family lines.  It may be a needle in a haystack, but that is pretty much what genealogy is, finding those needles in a haystack.   Unfortunately there were no slave narratives that were passed down from family so I am trying to put together an idea of the type of life my slave ancestors would have endured during and after slavery.  The only thing I have to put in perspective on how their lives were are through the historical documents that I have found thus far.
Here is what I know about Hannah Jackson and her descendants:
  • She had at least 8 children: Laura, Thornton, Hubbard, Cassandra, Edward, John, William and Charles.
  • She bought a small track of land and built a house on the land in Winchester, KY.
  • Hannah and her children were slaves of the Joseph and Penelope Kelly and then their children Charles, John, Cassandra and Mary.
  • Laura’s son Horace moved to Cincinnati, Ohio.
Hannah Jackson Heirs

Hannah Jackson Heirs

Here’s what I want to know:
  • Who was Hannah’s parents?  Was she originally owned by the Kelly’s?  I would like to know when the Kelly’s came into possession of Hannah.
  • Who is Hubbard’s father?  The results from a Y-DNA test from my cousin has brought unknown surnames into the mix of my research.
  • Who and where are the descendants of Hannah Jackson? Cassie Walker, Laura Ferguson, Edward Jackson, John Jackson, William Jackson, Charles Jackson? (Emma Oakes, Catherine Johnson Are these her children too?)
  • Was Hannah Jackson related to the other slaves that were owned by the Kelly’s?
Why did she take the last name Jackson?
So many questions and so little time!  This post is in hope of the Jackson descendent’s finding me! 🙂
IJK
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