John Patrick Jackson

In 1860 he was a 17 year old living with his parents and 8 siblings on their farm at Dirt Town Valley in Chattooga County, GA. He enlisted at Subligna in Chattooga County on 9 May 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company I, 35th Georgia Infantry.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to about 18 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged on 10 November 1862 and was back with his company by December.

He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA with a gunshot wound to his right hip on 25 May 1864 (place and date of wounding not given) and was transferred to Columbia, SC on 27 May. He was surrendered and paroled with his company at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

In 1870 he was a farmer at Dirt Town in Chattooga County, GA but sometime after 1883 and before 1900 he was farming in Collin County, TX. In 1910 he was living and farming there with his daughter Martha (Sneed) and her family.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates in Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Sarah Jane Hill (1838-bef. 1900) and they had at least 5 children between 1865 and 1883.

His father Andrew was also in Company I and captured at Frederick in September 1862.

05/26/1843

08/31/1921; Warden, TX; burial in Warden Cemetery, Weston, TX