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Cemeteries of Madison County, Vol. II, page 142
JACKS CEMETERY
(Checked 4-29-1978)
LOCATION: Section 4-2-2E - N/2 N/2 SW. Located on a hillside under a beautiful beech tree that much be hundreds of years old. On Jacks Road leading southeast out of New Market.
JACKS - Ellena B. Jacks - 1836 - 1919 ) William P. Jacks -m- Ellena Bayless
) Dbl. June 30, 1853 (MB-4A)
JACKS - William P. Jacks - 1828 - 1888 )
Note: There are 14 above-ground rectangular stone tombs in this cemetery but if any of them ever had any lettering on them it has long since weathered away. Family descendants told me that Ellena and William had two daughters buried here but did not say which ones.
Census, Nov. 12, 1850
Jacks, David 54 N. C. Baptist preacher - $1000
Rachael 54 N. C.
Simeon 20 Ala. School teacher. Simeon R. -m- Mary I. E. Atkins 10-21-1858
William 22 " Farmer - see tombstone above (MB-4B
Jonathan 18 " Laborer. Jonathan H. -m- Julia A. Smith 11-30-1855 (MB-4B)
Nicholas 16 " Student
Hiram 15 " 11
Census, Nov. 4, 1850
Bayless, Bartley 38 Ala., Farmer - $1200 ) Bartley H. Bayless -m- Elizabeth Bragg
Elizabeth 42 " ) on 5-5-1833 (MB-4)
William 16 11
Ellena 14 " See tombstone above
John 10 11
Sally 7 11
Smithey, Lewis 24 Va., laborer
Bragg, Benjamin 69 Va. - $1600 (The father of Elizabeth Bayless)
Note: The following three Johnson graves were enclosed by a wrought iron fence:
JOHNSON - Jennie Johnson, wife of Tom Johnson. July 2, 1856 - Nov. 3, 1894
JOHNSON - Tom Johnson - Aug. 5, 1881 - July 8, 1882 ) Dbl.
) "Johnson babies"
JOHNSON - William Johnson - Aug. 7, 1885 - Oct. 5, 1888 )
BRAGG - Benjamin Bragg - 1781 - (blank) )
) Note: This granite marker had been placed here
BRAGG - Nancy Bragg - 1784 - (blank) ) between the time I first canvassed this
) cemetery and the time I checked it.
BAYLESS - Elizabeth Bragg Bayless - 1808 - 1862 )
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