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mother of grandfather Harrison. We do not know whether he had any siblings.
He was given his freedom and a plot of land in Woodville upon which a log cabin was built. He married Ann Jackson who had also been a slave. Their union was blessed with five sons and one daughter — my father James being the youngest. My paternal grandmother died when my father was 10 and my paternal grandfather died several years later; thereby making my father an orphan. My father then went to live with the Johnsons who owned and operated the general store at the locations of the present Burke’s Store. When my father reached his late teens, he was hired to work on the farm owned by the Starks. It was there that he met and married my mother whose maiden name was Mandy Lee Jackson.
My mother was a daughter of Hugh and Catherine Jones Jackson. She was one of 10 children. They grew up on the farm owned by William Yancey Sr. My maternal grandmother was bom and raised in Viewtown. Her father and mother were former slaves. I had the privilege of knowing her during my early childhood.
My maternal grandfather, Hugh Jackson, was a son of Henry and Mandy Noakes Jackson. Both of them had been slaves and they too lived on the farm owned by William Yancey Sr. When Mandy Noakes was freed from slavery she was given 40 acres of land in Scrabble. A log cabin was built on this property, but they continued to live in Woodville. My great grandmother died before my birth, but I have fond memories of my great grandfather Henry Jackson. He would tell us about his life as a slave. He was known affectionately by us as Grand Pap.
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