Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 27 April 1946.
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In the 1910 census of Willow Grove township, Greene County, N.C.: farmer Henry J. Jackson, 38; wide Addie, 27; and children Macon H., 8, Permiller, 6, Preston, 4, and Nellie, 2.
In 1918, John Henry Jackson registered for the World War I draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 27 September 1872; lived at R.F.D. #6, Wilson; worked as a farmer for H.H. Walston; and his contact was wife Addie Jackson.
In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Black Creek Road, farmer John H. Jackson, 47; wife Addie, 34; and children Macon, 17, Permiller, 16, Preston, 13, Nellie, 11, Loyd, 9, Herbert, 7, Mabel, 5, Willie, 3, and Bertha Lee, 1.
Addie Jackson died 8 March 1920 in Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was born 4 September 1881 in Henderson, N.C., to John Daniel; was married to John Jackson; and was buried in Wilson [probably, Vick Cemetery].
On 24 November 1920, Jno. Henry Jackson, 47, married Ida May Bryant, 20, in Wilson. Free Will Baptist minister A. Bynum performed the ceremony in the presence of Henry Bryant, Henry Oats, and Charles White.
In the 1930 census of Jackson township, Nash County, N.C.: farmer John Jackson, 57; wife Ida, 29; and children Layse, 19, Mable, 16, Herbert, 17, Willie, 13, Bertha, 12, and Addie, 10.
In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 1201 Washington Street, rented for $12/months, J.H. Jackson, 67, “unable” to work; wife Ilamae, 39, sewing; daughter Addie, 20, tobacco factory laborer; grandchild Estella Stevens, 17; and mother[-in-law] Harriett Bryant, 62, private nurse.
In 1940, Preston Jackson registered for the World War II draft in Wilson. Per his registration card, he was born 28 May 1906 in Microfield [Macclesfield], N.C.; lived at 910 Washington Street, Wilson; his contact was father John Henry Jackson, 1201 Washington Street; and he worked for F.M. Valentine, Wilson.
John H. Jackson died 7 April 1947 at the Veterans Administration hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. Per his death certificate, he was born 27 September 1872 in Surry County, N.C., to Tom Jackson; was married to Ila Mae Jackson; lived at 12o1 East Washington Street, Wilson; worked as a laborer; and was a veteran of the Spanish-American War.
Howard M. Fitts applied for a military headstone on his behalf. It was placed on his grave in “Rountrees” Cemetery — most likely what we now know as Vick Cemetery — and apparently among those covered over or destroyed by the City of Wilson circa 1995.
