| Summary: | The following is inscribed on the memorial: "In Memory of Judge Jackson - Judge Jackson, author of The Colored Sacred Harp, also wrote a short autobiography before his death, April 7, 1958. In it he states that he was born in Montgomery County, eight miles west of Orion, March 12, 1883. He attended school briefly in Ansley, on Jan. 1, 1899. He left home walking with his clothes in a sack and fifty cents in his pocket. He arrived in Ozark four days later and started farming for Lark Bagwell at $4.00 per month. He met Ben Thompson who influenced him to join the Baptist church. He also drove a wagon for Major Carroll. While working for him, he met Lela Campbell, who was a cook in the major's house. They married in 1902. Judge Jackson farmed with his father-in-law until he was able to buy his own farm in 1906. He and his wife raised eleven children to adulthood. He said, 'In all my buying land and building houses, it was God's hand that led me. "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof." I have nothing to boast about.'"
|
|---|
