RICHARD JACKSON was born September 1778, and died September 13, 1823 in Fairfax County, Virginia. He married JANE DONALDSON Bef. 1813. She was born June 22, 1796 in Baltimore, MD, and died March 21, 1872 in Fairfax County, Virginia. Note - this we know - he had a brother John Jackson alive per his will 1823.

Notes for RICHARD JACKSON:

In the name of God Amen, I, Richard Jackson of the county of Fairfax and state of Virginia, being of sound mind and memory, do constitute and appoint this as my last will and testament.

First my will and desire is that my estate shall be legally distributed between my wife and children, reserving such part of my estate for the purpose now mentioned . My desire is that my executor shall pay unto Luisa Little and Sally Little, the daughters of Kitty Little the sum of two hundred dollars fifty each as they respectively arrive at the age of twenty one years. Item I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Jane Jackson, my brother John Jackson, Kedekiah Kidwell as executors of this my last will and testament.

Mottrom Ball
Richd Jackson
Temple Smith
Saml Smith

Codicil

My will is that my two servants Rhuben and Saky shall be emanicipated my executors hiring them out until sufficient money shall be raised for transporting them to another state, my will and desire is that my son John Jackson shall have the mansion house wereon I now live with a portion of land, making it equal to the proportion of his brothers & sisters.

Test
Saml. Smith Richd Jackson
Mottrom Ball
Temple Smith

At a court continued and held for Fairfax County on the 16th day of December 1823 This last will and testament of Richard Jackson decd and a codicil thereto annexed, were presented in court by Jane Jackson the executrix therein named, who made oath thereto, and the same being proved by the oaths of Saml. Smith and Temple Smith, two of the witnesses thereto, is admitted to record, and the said executrix, together with her securities, having entered into and acknowledged a Bond, according to law, a certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

Teste Wm. Moss CC

aged 45 yr 9 dy

Richard and Jane Donaldson Jackson were the parents of Capt James William Jackson - first casualty of war.

Notes collected by poster:
Richard Jackson's property was located on present-day Swinks Mill Rd. He was the father of the notorious James W. Jackson who was killed by Col. Ellsworth at the Marshall House Hotel in Alexandria early in the Civil War.

Richard's children by Jane Donaldson were Ann Marie Jackson b. 12 Feb 1813 (m. Barnett Stewart), Elizabeth b. 3 March 1817 d. 17 Aug 1821, Andrew b. 25 August 1818 d. 17 Aug 1819, Sarah A. "Sally" Jackson (m. Dr. Samuel A. J. Evans), Julia M. Jackson b. 1822 (m. Maj. Henry Thomas), John Jackson Charles Jackson, Richard F. Jackson, and James W. Jackson b. 1823 d. 24 May 1861. He may have fathered other children as well.

Richard's father was John Jackson, c1737-1819, who married Ann Wigginton. A John Jackson is listed in 1760 as a leaseholder on "land belonging to CARTER, on Scott's Run, just north of the road to Fall's Warehouse" (An Interpretive Historical Map of Fairfax County, Virginia in 1760 by Beth Mitchell). (notes from "Dad Wig" with common interest in name Wigginton)

In the settlement of the estate of Richard Jackson by his executrix, Jane Jackson, the following names are mentioned:

Lousia Taylor (her legacy $100, 1827)

Ann Maria Jackson (cash paid for expenses while at school in Baltimore, cash to A. McCairne, Harrison M. Thomas, Joshua Comstock, Ann G. Wright for tuition and books, etc., 1824-1827)

Sally (Sarah) Jackson (cash paid for H. M. Thomas for tuition and books, etc., 1824-1827)

John J. Jackson (cash paid John Gantt, E. L. Blackburn, T. R. Love for tuition, books, etc., 1824-1827 )

Richard Jackson (cash paid J. Gantt, H. M. Thomas, T. R. Love for tuition, books, etc., 1824-1827)

Charles Jackson (cash paid his board, etc. for 1824-1827)

Julia Jackson (cash paid for her board, etc. for 1824-1827)

James William Jackson (cash paid for his board, etc. for 1824-1827)

James Taylor (cash paid in full of his wife's legacy $150.00, 1829) **poster's note - have his wife as Louisa Jackson - married 1826 in Wash D.C.)

Note- It is mentioned in this will that son "John Jackson" have the mansion house where Richard now lives"... so is this the same land where this cemetery is located? We believe from other research son John Jackson is DOCTOR JOHN J. JACKSON, b. Bef. 1822