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  Handbook of Texas Online:
Jasper County (J-23) is located in Southeast Texas, bordered on the north by San Augustine and Sabine counties, on the east by Newton County, on the south by Orange County, and on the west by Hardin and Tyler counties.
The population of the county increased to 15,569 by 1920 and to 17,408 by 1930.
The population of the county increased to 24,692 in 1970, 30,781 in 1980, and 31,102 in 1990.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/JJ/hcj3.html   (1977 words)

  
 William Jasper Barlow, Mary Elizabeth Stanfil, and Catherine Wright
William Jasper3 Barlow (Henry 'Buck'2, John1) was born October 06, 1828 in Simpson Co Mississippi, and died December 30, 1910 in Copiah Co Mississippi.
William Jasper Barlow, Mary A. Elizabeth Stanfil, and Catherine Louisa Wright are all buried in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, at Barlow, Copiah Co Mississippi
Jasper Daniel4 Barlow, son of William Jasper Barlow and Catherine 'Kate' Wright, was born February 25, 1905 in Copiah Co Mississippi, and died March 08, 1988, burial in Antioch Cemetery, Copiah Co Mississippi.
www.barlowgenealogy.com /MsKinfolk/MyBarlows/WilliamJasperBarlow.html   (5887 words)

  
 brown1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Jasper Brown was widely known in the years before his death as one of Georgia's last Confederate soldiers.
William Jasper Brown died on 2 March 1949 at the age of 103.
Her Uncle Jasper was quite a character He prevailed upon the Rooks to move an old car (that wouldn’t run) to a favorite spot of his.
www.candlersonsofconfederacy.homestead.com /brown1.html   (1839 words)

  
 View Genealogy for William Jasper Howard (4/12/1856-1/15/1950)
William Jasper Howard was born on 4/12/1856 in Russell County, AL and died on 1/15/1950 in Hiland Park, FL.
William is a farmer born in Alabama and states that both parents were born in Arkansas.
William is a farmer operating a general farm and Jesse is a laborer working the farm.
www.littletownmart.com /family/Genealogy.asp?57   (1691 words)

  
 William Jasper Spillman Papers, 1891-1940
The papers of William Jasper Spillman were donated to Washington State University Library by his son, Ramsay Spillman, in June, 1940.
William Jasper Spillman was born October 23, 1863 in Lawrence County, Missouri, the eleventh child of Nathan Cosby Spilman (b.
This resulted in a lack of distinction between the papers of William Jasper Spillman and the interpolations and additions of his son.
www.wsulibs.wsu.edu /holland/masc/finders/cg250.htm   (1406 words)

  
 History of William Jasper Harris
William Jasper Harris was born at Geneva, Morgan County, Illinois on October 25, 1836.
This certifies that the bearer, Elder William J. Harris, is in full faith and fellowship with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and by the General Authorities of said Church, has been duly appointed a missionary to Europe to preach the gospel and administer in all the ordinances therof pertaining to his offoce.
William Jasper Harris was a faithful Latter-day Saint doing all in his power to be a true citizen and an honest man. At the time of his death he was 72 years of age.
www.marthaann.org /willmjaspr.html   (3968 words)

  
 Jasper, William - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He joined William Moultrie's regiment early in the Revolution (1775), was made sergeant, and was ordered to Fort Sullivan (now Fort Moultrie) in Charleston harbor.
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Jasper, Texas: The Sentence, The Advocates, The Town, The Lessons, CBS
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 William Jasper Andrews
William Jasper Andrews, son of William and Jane Wellman Andrews, was born April 22, 1840, on his father’s farm on Brouillet’s Creek south of Saint Bernice, Indiana.
Jasper or Jap, as he was familiarly called, was third in a family of ten children, two of whom died in infancy.
Jasper and Amanda moved to an eighty—acre tract at the north edge of Jonestown after residing briefly in Jonestown awaiting completion of their new house.
home.rochester.rr.com /andrewsfamily/Genealogy/WJAndrews.html   (1173 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Jasper, the county seat of Jasper County, is on U.S. highways 96 and 190, State Highway 63, and Sandy Creek in north central Jasper County.
In 1835 it was renamed for William Jasper, a hero of the American Revolution.
Jasper became the county seat in 1844 by an act of the Texas Congress.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/JJ/hfj2.html   (570 words)

  
 Welcome to the Jasper County Chamber of Commerce
Jasper County is a part of the South Carolina Lowcountry, renowned worldwide for its unique history and natural assets.
Formed in 1912, Jasper County is South Carolina’s third youngest county, but has since grown to a population of around 16,000.
Traditionally the economy of Jasper County has been based on agriculture, the production of forest products, row crops, vegetables and livestock and is still a way of life for many residents.
www.jaspersc.org /history.htm   (487 words)

  
 Re: Sgt. William Jasper Rev. War
William and Mary lived on Sullivan's Island in a house that later was made into a building for the Episcopal Church, probably a mission of Grace church parish.
Sgt. Jasper's most famous deed, the rescuing of the fallen colors during the Battle of Fort Sullivan became a symbolic deed for patriots, representing at once the ideals for which they fought and the valor of the common soldier.
William Jasper was the grandson of Thomas and Sarah Taylor Jasper who lived in Richmond County, Virginia, and he was the great, great, great grandson of Lancelot and Rose Sheppard Jasper who lived in Redgrave, Suffolk, England.
genforum.genealogy.com /jasper/messages/511.html   (326 words)

  
 Lowcountry NOW: Local News - Re-enactors revisit death of Sgt. Jasper 10/17/04
Francis Marion, later known as the "Swamp Fox." Among those not making the return march was Sgt. William Jasper, hero of the 1776 Battle of Charleston and now of the Savannah attack.
Jasper, for whom Jasper County was named when it was formed in 1912, had become a martyr of the patriot cause.
However, the late Savannah historian and federal judge, Alexander A. Lawrence, noted that the flag borne by Jasper is not a trophy of the King's Elite Corps at London, as some have asserted.
www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/101704/LOCsiege.shtml   (987 words)

  
 William Jasper
In the height of the engagement the flag-staff was shot away, and the flag fell to the bottom of the ditch on the outside of the works.
Fearlessly leaping from an embrasure, Jasper recovered the colors, which he tied to a sponge-staff and replaced on the parapet, where he supported them until another flagstaff had been procured.
In the assault on Savannah, 9 October, 1779, Sergeant Jasper accompanied D'Estaing and Lincoln in their attack on the Spring Hill redoubt, and was mortally wounded while attempting to fasten the regimental colors to the parapet.
www.famousamericans.net /williamjasper   (442 words)

  
 Jasper, Texas
Jasper is named for Sgt. William Jasper, a hero of the American Revolution.
Japer's terrain ranges from hilly to flat, 85 percent of the land is forested by lush pine and stunning hardwoods.
Jasper's historic town square features the County Courthouse, antique shops, and the old county jail where the county archives are housed
www.lnstar.com /mall/txtrails/jasper.htm   (195 words)

  
 Georgia Division of Public Health | Counties | Jasper County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jasper County had 5.4 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons.
In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 3.9, compared to the state average of 19.3.
Jasper County was created in 1807 from a part of Baldwin County.
health.state.ga.us /regional/jasper/index.asp   (185 words)

  
 Liberty's Kids . Parents & Teachers . Play . A Brave Immigrant
At the end of his years of indentured servitude, John William Jasper was free to find a place where he could build a home in this new land.
William proved himself a valiant soldier, rising to the rank of Sergeant.
The long pole that William Jasper used for a flagpole is supposed to have sponge around the end, but rags can be tied on the end to serve the same purpose.
www.libertyskids.com /pt_play_braveimmigrant.html   (1523 words)

  
 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Note: This is NOT the official web site of Jasper County or of any county officials; it is an educational web site about the history of the county courthouse and the county itself.
On Dec. 10, 1810, a legislative act renamed the county because of Randolph's opposition to the War of 1812 (though eventually he was forgiven and in 1828 would be recognized by having another new Georgia county named in his honor).
On this day, the county became Jasper County in honor of Revolutionary War hero Sgt. William Jasper, who during the siege of Savannah was mortally wounded while retrieving his regiment's flag from the British.
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/courthouses/jasperCH.htm   (329 words)

  
 South Carolina State Library Jasper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jasper County was named for Revolutionary War hero Sergeant William Jasper (ca.1750-1779).
During the Civil War the Confederate army defeated federal troops at the battle of Honey Hill in November 1864.
Jasper County was home to Thomas Heyward, Jr.
www.state.sc.us /scsl/jasp.html   (155 words)

  
 Jasper, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the county seat of Jasper County
With the arrival of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway early in the twentieth century, Jasper grew into a center for the manufacture of timber products.
The city is served by Jasper Independent School District.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jasper,_Texas   (921 words)

  
 William Jasper
During the battle the staff holding the colors was sheared off and the colors lay on an outside wall of the fort.
Jasper rose from a protected position, called for a rammer (the pole used to compress a ball into the cannon), and planted it on the wall in full view of the British fleet while the fort was under fire.
It is generally believed that the Sergeant is buried in a common grave somewhere in the vicinity of Savannah.
www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/213   (295 words)

  
 Jasper County Fact Sheet
Named for William Jasper, a Sergeant of the Revolution who, during the action in Charleston harbor, replaced the flag shot away at Fort Moultrie, and later was killed at Savannah in 1779.
Note: Jasper County approved township organization on November 6, 1849, and the County Court even appointed commissioners to divide the county into townships, but this organization was never completed.
Click on thumbnail to view a map of Jasper County and its civil and congressional townships.
www.sos.state.il.us /departments/archives/irad/jasper.html   (153 words)

  
 Northeast Georgia Regional Development Center
Georgia's 34th county was named for Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero who died trying to retrieve a flag during the siege of Savannah.
Jasper County was actually the first Georgia county named for John Randolph of Virginia.
Special events in Jasper County include the Shady Dale Rodeo, the Piedmont Classic Horse Show and the Deer Festival.
www.negrdc.org /counties/jasper/default.asp   (241 words)

  
 Illinois Genealogy Trails: History and Genealogy of Jasper County, Illinois
Jasper County was named for William Jasper, a Sergeant of the Revolution who, during the action in Charleston harbor, replaced the flag shot away at Fort Moultrie, and later was killed at Savannah in 1779
The records of the various churches have been preserved and are in the care of the Primitive Baptist Library in Hancock County.
Jasper Co. Residents at the Illinois Southern Hospital for the Insane
genealogytrails.com /ill/jasper/index.html   (1633 words)

  
 William Jasper Hale
William Jasper Hale was born in Marion County, Tennessee, on September 26, 1874.
The oldest child in a poor family of four boys and two girls, young Hale went to work at an early age.
Their three children were graduated from A and I College with distinction: William Jasper, Jr.
www.tnstate.edu /library/digital/hale.htm   (629 words)

  
 William & Jane McCallister - William Jasper McCallister's branches
They had eight children, the 3rd of whom was William Jasper McCallister.
Andrew David McCallister was the 7th child of William and Jane.
William Jasper married Mariah Whittington (November 25, 1858 - April 5, 1934).
www.sonofallister.com /admwjm.html   (531 words)

  
 Welcome to the GAGENWEB Page for Jasper County
Jasper County was created December 10, 1807 from Baldwin County, number 31 in the order of creation.
Jasper County was named in honor of William Jasper, who was an officer in Colonel William Moultrie's Second South Carolina Infantry, 1775.
Jasper County Local Government, City of Monticello Government, and other useful telephone numbers.
www.rootsweb.com /~gajasper   (700 words)

  
 OSU Archives - President's Gallery - William Jasper Kerr
William Jasper Kerr was chosen as President of Oregon Agricultural College in 1907 and lead the College through a 25-year period of tremendous growth in numbers of students and faculty, academic and research programs, and physical facilities.
This portrait photograph was taken a few years before Kerr came to Oregon, while he was President of the Agricultural College of Utah (now Utah State University).
Kerr"); Robert Marion Kerr; and William Jasper Kerr.
osulibrary.oregonstate.edu /archives/exhibits/presidents/kerr.html   (403 words)

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