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Lionel Drew collection on Henry Rootes Jackson
Descriptive Summary | |
| Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
| Creator: | Drew, Lionel Edward. |
| Title: | Lionel Drew collection on Henry Rootes Jackson |
| Dates: | 1849-1915 |
| Extent: | 0.3 cubic feet (1 box, 1 folder) |
| Identification: | MS 2136 |
Biographical/Historical Note
Henry Rootes Jackson (1820-1898), the son of Henry and Martha Jacqueline Jackson, was born in Athens, Georgia, on June 24, 1820. He received his education from Yale University and the University of Georgia. During his life, Jackson held many prominent positions, including U.S. District Attorney (1843-1849), Colonel of the First Georgia Regiment in the Mexican War, Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia (1849-1853), United States Minister to Austria (1853-1859), delegate to the Charleston Convention of 1860, Judge of the Confederate Courts for Georgia (1861), Major General of the state troops of Georgia (1861-1865), United States Minister to Mexico (1885), and President of the Georgia Historical Society (1875-1898). Jackson married Cornelia A. Davenport in 1843. Their children were Henry, Davenport, Howell Cobb, and Cornelia. After the death of his first wife, Jackson married Florence King in 1866 and moved to Savannah where he resided until his death on May 23, 1898. Jackson is buried in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. Cornelia Jackson married Middleton Pope Barrow; their daughter, Ella Patience Crenshaw Barrow married Lionel Edward Drew in 1915.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of information mostly pertaining to Henry Rootes Jackson's death and the settlement of his estate. There are also letters to Jackson from his first wife, Cornelia Davenport Jackson, his son, Henry Rootes Jackson, Jr., his daughter, Cornelia, and her husband, Pope Barrow. Also included are three publications by Henry Rootes Jackson. They are American Loyalty, given at the University of Georgia commencement in 1893, Letter form Henry R. Jackson to Ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman, discussing the South and the confederacy, and sheet music entitled, "The Red Old Hills of Georgia," with words written by Jackson. A poem written on October 11, 1869, concerns the Irish Jasper Green's journey to Mexico. The collection also contains eleven photographs, depicting Henry Rootes Jackson, Patience Crenshaw Barrow Drew, Middleton Pope Barrow, and Davenport Jackson.
The folder of photographs is noted as "VM" (visual materials) in the collection inventory.
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Custodial History
Material was acquired from the collector, who was the grandson-in-law of Henry Rootes Jackson.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], Lionel Drew collection on Henry Rootes Jackson, MS 2136, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Judge Lionel Drew, 1984.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Sponsorship
Encoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.Container List
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| 1 | 1 | Letters written to Henry Rootes Jackson, 1885-1896 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Poem written in honor of Henry R. Jackson concerning the Irish Green's journey to Mexico (poem written October 11, 1869) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Letters to Henry R. Jackson concerning various business affairs, 1896 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Letters from Henry R. Jackson, Jr. to Henry R. Jackson, Sr., 1895 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Newspaper articles about H.R. Jackson, 1887 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Settlement of Henry Rootes Jackson's estate, 1898-1899 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Final settlement of Henry Rootes Jackson's estate, 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Sympathy cards in response to Henry Rootes Jackson's death, 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Henry Rootes Jackson's obituaries, 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Letters written by Cornelia Davenport Jackson to her mother and Sarah, 1849-1852 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Bank notes and letters from Mallery King, Henry Rootes Jackson's brother-in-law, 1884-1899 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Personal letters to and from Cornelia Jackson Barrow, 1882-1898 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Bank notes and receipts to Cornelia Jackson Barrow, 1896-1899 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Georgia Society of Colonial Dames of America memorial to Cornelia Jackson Barrow, May 5, 1900 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Copy of marriage license between Lionel Edward Drew and Patience Crenshaw Barrow, (1915) | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Genealogical information | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | Photograph. Believed to be Henry Rootes Jackson during the Civil War | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | Photograph. Henry Rootes Jackson | |||||||||||
| (2 copies). | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 3 | Photograph. Henry Rootes Jackson | |||||||||||
| (3 copies). | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 4 | Photograph. Henry Rootes Jackson | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 5 | Photograph. Patience Crenshaw Barrow Drew | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 6-7 | Photograph. Middleton Pope Barrow | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 8 | Photograph. Davenport Jackson | |||||||||||