Revolutionary Pension application that she was age 86 on 15th June 1840. She was a daughter of Abraham Cook and an unknown wife. She is believed to have had 9 siblings; 4 brothers and 5 sisters.
Nancie Cook married Stephen Jackson on 16 February 1771 in South Carolina, British America. Stephen was born April 1750 in Anson County, North Carolina. He was a son of Benjamin Jackson and Mary Lively Rushing. He served as a militiaman in the American Revolutionary War.
From the following deposition, filed in support of Nancy’s claim, we obtain the confirmation that her maiden name was indeed “Cook,” the date of their marriage, and the date of Stephen Jackson’s death:
“State of Tennessee, Perry County
“Personally came before me, David B. Funderburke an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, Phillip Rushing originally of the State of North Carolina, now a resident of the County of Perry & State of Tennessee Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, aged 86 years, and after having made oath in due form of law, says that he was personally acquainted with Stephen Jackson deceased of South Carolina, a Revolutionary Soldier, in the hard struggles between the Whigs of that day and the British and Tories, and that the said Stephen Jackson did to his deponent’s knowledge, both as an officer & soldier, bravely defend the rights of the oppressed, for a series of years, being in many hard skirmishes with the Tories with him, the said Stephen Jackson, but deponent's recollection from age having rather failed him does not attempt a detail of all the services rendered during the war by said Stephen Jackson, but a rumor prevailed during the struggle, that he said Stephen did actually kill at different times nineteen Tories, Deponent has not the least doubt that there are now many pensioners of South Carolina at this time who served under the command of Captain Stephen Jackson deceased, Deponent further states that from his earliest recollection he was acquainted with Nancy Cook of South Carolina, now Nancy Jackson & widow of the said Stephen Jackson and resident of the County of Humphreys and State of Tennessee and that the said Stephen Jackson and Nancy Cook were lawfully married in the State of South Carolina on the 16th day of February 1771, deponent being at the marriage, & that the said Stephen Jackson died in the State of South Carolina on the 10th day of September 1832, and the aforesaid Nancy Jackson is now a widow and has been such since the death of her husband, the aforesaid Stephen Jackson deceased.
The word North in the third line, interlined before the subscriber.
Sworn to and subscribed this 12th day of October 1840.
S/D. B. Funderburke, JP S/Phillip Rushing, X his mark”
Nancie Cook and Stephen Jackson had two known sons - William and Abel. But based on Abel Jackson affidavit there were two older sons (names unknown) who died in the Revolutionary War. Stephen Jackson survived the war and became a successful businessman. After the death of Stephen Jackson on 10 September 1832; his widow, Nancie (Cook) Jackson moved to Humphreys County, Tennessee. She moved to Tennessee because her two sons, William and Abel had moved there earlier. There she applied for a widow's pension for the service of her husband during the Revolutionary War. The pension was rejected.
Nancie (Cook) Jackson died 9 May 1843 in Humphreys County, Tennessee. We know that William Jackson, her son, had died before May 1843 from Abel Jackson application to received his father pension after the death of his mother.
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State of Tennessee, County of Humphreys On this 6th day of February in the year of our Lord 1854, personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace, duly appointed, &c commissioned, Abel Jackson, aged about Sixty-Eight years, appeared; who being duly sworn, says that he is the son of Stephen & Nancy Jackson, late of the County & State aforesaid and that he was born in the month of August 1786. That he had a brother named William, who was ten years older than himself, who is now dead, and that there were two children older than his said brother William, both of whom died during the war of the Revolution, as he has always heard from his parents during his lifetime. That his mother, Nancy Jackson, applied for a pension under the act of Congress of 4th of July 1836, during her life time, but that she died before receiving it; to wit, on the 9th day of May in the year 1843 and did not in the year 1853, as erroneously & by mistake written in his affidavit of the 5th of December 1853.
S/ Abel Jackson, X his mark
S/ W.M. Hendrix, JP {Seal}
Nancie (Cook) Jackson is my 5th Great Grand Aunt.
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1, https://www.fold3.com/file/24145602/stephen-jackson-revolutionary-war-pensions
2. Cpt. Stephen Jackson, compiled military record (https://www.fold3.com/file/24145602/stephen-jackson-revolutionary-war-pensions), Rev. War Pension and Land-Bounty Application Files, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm publication M804, Roll 766.
3. My thanks to Will Craves for the transcription of Rev. War Pension File R-5522, Stephen Jackson and for permission to use its contents.
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