Inventory of the Robert A. Jackson Papers, 1822-1873

Collection Number 3306-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Processed by
SHC Staff
Date Processed
January 1963
Encoded by
Linda Sellars
Date Encoded
October 2003
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Jackson, Robert A., fl. 1852-1862.
Title
Robert A. Jackson Papers, 1822-1873
Call Number
3306-z
Extent
63 items
Abstract
Robert A. Jackson of Aspen Grove, Mecklenburg County, Va., taught in Yazoo County, Miss., 1852-1857, and served as a lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Virginia Artillery in 1862. The collection includes letters, chiefly 1852-1862, and chiefly to and from Jackson, his wife Rosa Oreton Hatchet Jackson, and her relatives in Mecklenburg County, Va., while he was a teacher in Yazoo County, Miss., and a lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Virginia Artillery. Letters, 1852-1862, give news of family members and friends and neighborhood events in Mecklenburg County and of affairs in Yazoo County. Letters, January-June 1862, are from Robert Jackson describing camp life and military engagements and giving advice to his wife. Also included are typed transcriptions of letters (location of originals unknown), 1822 and 1825, from William Osborne Gregory (b. 1804), giving his sister Martha (later Mrs. Waddy Jackson, mother of Robert A. Jackson) advice about social matters and dealing with other topics.
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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy (filmed October 2003) available.
Reel 1: Folders 1-4
Provenance
Received from Mrs. Charles Arden Tucker of Warrenton, N.C., in September 1957.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Robert A. Jackson Papers #3306-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery, 2nd.
Family--Virginia--Social life and customs.
Gregory, William Osborne, b. 1804.
Jackson, Martha Gregory, b. 1809.
Jackson, Robert A., fl. 1852-1862.
Jackson, Rosa, fl. 1852-1862.
Mecklenburg County (Va.)--Social life and customs.
Teachers--Mississippi--History--19th century.
Yazoo County (Miss.)--Social life and customs.
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Biographical/Historical Note

Robert A. Jackson was the son of Waddy I. Jackson (d. 1857) and Martha Gregory Jackson of Aspen Grove, Mecklenburg County, Va. Robert Jackson taught in Yazoo County, Miss., 1852-1857. In 1859, he married Rosa Oreton Hatchet, and they lived at Palmer Springs, Mecklenburg County, Va. His brothers included I. W., C. L., and Green Jackson. His sister Mary, also known as "Pink," married the widower Claiborne Jones in November 1854, went to live at Brickland in Mecklenburg County, and died in August 1855.

Robert A. Jackson served as a lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Virginia Artillery in 1862.

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Collection Overview

Letters, chiefly 1852-1862, and chiefly to and from Robert A. Jackson, his wife Rosa, and her relatives in Mecklenburg County, Va., while he was a teacher in Yazoo County, Miss., and a lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment, Virginia Artillery during the Civil War. Letters, 1852-1862, give news of family members and friends and neighborhood events in Mecklenburg County and of affairs in Yazoo County. Letters, January-June 1862, are from Jackson describing camp life and military engagements and giving advice to his wife. Also included are typed transcriptions of letters (location of originals unknown), 1822 and 1825, from William Osborne Gregory (b. 1804), giving his sister Martha (later Mrs. Waddy Jackson, mother of Robert A. Jackson) advice about social matters and dealing with other topics.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Papers, 1822-1873.
63 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters, chiefly 1852-1862, and chiefly to and from Robert A. Jackson, his wife Rosa, and her relatives in Mecklenburg County, Va., while he was a teacher in Yazoo County, Miss., and a lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment, Virginia Artillery during the Civil War. Letters, 1852-1862, give news of family members and friends and neighborhood events in Mecklenburg County and of affairs in Yazoo County. Letters, January-June 1862, are from Jackson describing camp life and military engagements and giving advice to his wife. These letters were written near Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Hanover Junction.
Also included are typed transcriptions of letters (location of originals unknown), 1822 and 1825, from William Osborne Gregory (b. 1804), giving his sister Martha (later Mrs. Waddy Jackson, mother of Robert A. Jackson) advice about social matters and dealing with other topics.
There are no letters to, from, or about Robert A. Jackson after 1862. Letters after 1862 include seven letters, 1864, to Rosa Jackson from her sisters and nieces, and one business letter, 1873, to B. R. Palmer about his tobacco and cotton crops.
   Folder 1
1822-1855
   Folder 2
1856-1860
   Folder 3
1862
   Folder 4
1864; 1873; undated

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