Editing Stonewall Jackson (section)

==Ancestry==
Thomas Jonathan Jackson<ref>Farwell,  p. xi, states that the overwhelmingly common usage of the middle name Jonathan was never documented and that Jackson did not acknowledge it; he instead used the signature form "T. J. Jackson." Robertson, p. 19, states that a county document on February 28, 1841, was the first recorded instance of Jackson's using a middle initial, although "whether it stood for his father Jonathan's name is not known." All of the other references to this article cite his full name as Thomas Jonathan Jackson.</ref> was a great-grandson of John Jackson (1715/1719–1801) and Elizabeth Cummins (also known as Elizabeth Comings and Elizabeth Needles) (1723–1828). John Jackson was an Irish Protestant from [[Coleraine]], [[County Londonderry]], Ireland. While living in London, England, he was convicted of the [[capital crime]] of [[larceny]] for stealing {{inflation|UK|170|1750|fmt=eq|orig=yes|cursign=£}}; the judge at the [[Old Bailey]] sentenced him to seven years [[penal transportation]]. Elizabeth, a strong, blonde woman almost {{convert|6|ft|cm}} tall, born in London, was also convicted of felony larceny in an unrelated case for stealing 19 pieces of silver, jewelry, and fine lace, and received a similar sentence. They both were transported on the merchant ship ''Litchfield'', which departed London in May 1749 with 150 [[convicts]]. John and Elizabeth met on board and were in love by the time the ship arrived at [[Annapolis, Maryland]]. Although they were sent to different locations in Maryland for their bond service, the couple married in July 1755.<ref>Robertson, pp. 1–2.</ref>

The family migrated west across the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] to settle near [[Moorefield, West Virginia|Moorefield, Virginia]] (now [[West Virginia]]) in 1758. In 1770, they moved farther west to the [[Tygart Valley River|Tygart Valley]]. They began to acquire large parcels of virgin farming land near the present-day town of [[Buckhannon, West Virginia|Buckhannon]], including 3,000 acres (12&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) in Elizabeth's name. John and his two teenage sons were early recruits for the [[American Revolutionary War]], fighting in the [[Battle of Kings Mountain]] on October 7, 1780; John finished the war as [[Captain (OF-2)|captain]] and served as a lieutenant of the [[Virginia militia]] after 1787. While the men were in the Army, Elizabeth converted their home to a haven, "Jackson's Fort", for refugees from Indian attacks.<ref>Robertson, pp. 2–3.</ref>

John and Elizabeth had eight children. Their second son was Edward Jackson (1759–1828), and Edward's third son<ref>Edward's second son was [[David Edward Jackson]]. {{Cite book |last=Talbot |first=Vivian Linford |title=David E. Jackson: Field Captain of the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade |publisher=Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum |year=1996 |location=Jackson Hole |page=17}}</ref> was Jonathan Jackson, Thomas's father.<ref>[http://www.vmi.edu/archives2.aspx?id=5005 VMI Jackson genealogy site]; Robertson, p. 4.</ref> Jonathan's mother died on April 17, 1796. Three years later, on October 13, 1799, his father married Elizabeth Wetherholt, and they had nine more children.<ref>Talbot, op. cit., p. 18</ref><ref name="VMIJacksonGenealogy">{{Cite web |title=Jackson Family Genealogy |url=http://www.vmi.edu/archives/stonewall-jackson-resources/jackson-family-genealogy/ |access-date=September 4, 2018 |website=Virginia Military Institute}}</ref>