William Jackson

first name: William
last name: Jackson
gender: male
birth, death year: -- , --
first, last year in records: 1820, 1840
confidence level: confirmed identity
freed status (year freed): unknown
enslaver(s)
location(s): Amherst, MA Worthington, MA
place of origin

Bio

William Jackson married Abigail Robinson in Worthington, MA,on Mar. 3, 1820. Both were described as being "coloured". He appears in the 1840 census with 11 people in his household. In 1830, he owned his own home in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Sources Consulted
History of the Black Population of Amherst, Massachusetts, James Avery Smith, 1999, p. 20