The Stabbing of Thomas Minyard

4.15.1800Greene GAJohn Jackson marries Jane Richards.
1807Franklin GAJohn Jackson, William Jackson, Nathan Smith, Everett Smith and George Allen appear on the tax list.
1807GeorgiaJohn Jackson dies.
6.19.1809Chatham GAJane Jackson seeks payment owed by Timothy Barnard to the estate of John Jackson.
4.30.1814PhiladelphiaWilliam Rabjohn enlists in the army.
May or June 1814New YorkWilliam Rabjohn deserts his post.
7.15.1814United StatesWilliam Rabjohn is court-martialed.
1.27.1820PhiladelphiaWilliam Rabjohn re-enlists in the army.
10.20.1823Copiah MSWilliam Jackson and Nathan Smith are appointed administrators of George Allen’s estate.
4.26.1824Copiah MSWilliam Jackson is issued 84 acres in Copiah County.
1.26.1825New OrleansWilliam Rabjohn is discharged from the Army.
7.19.1825Baton RougeWilliam Rabjohn re-enlists in the army.
10.4.1825New OrleansWilliam Rabjohn is stationed in New Orleans.
12.9.1825Baton RougeWilliam Rabjohn deserts his post.
1830Copiah MSCensus-
William Jackson
10.2.1830Baton RougeWilliam Rabjohn has mail at the post office.
1831MississippiWilliam Rabjohn’s oldest child James is born; the mother is a woman from Tennessee.
1832*MississippiWilliam Rabjohn meets/marries Alpha Jackson.
1833MississippiWilliam Rabjohn’s second child George is born; the mother is a woman from Georgia.
1834Carroll MSSiblings William, James and Delaney Minyard arrive from Lawrence MS.
1836Lawrence MSThomas Minyard appears on the tax list.
1836MississippiStephen Rabjohn is born.
11.6.1838NatchezThomas Minyard has mail at the post office.
1839Carroll MSThomas Minyard appears on the tax list.
1840Carroll MSCensus-
William Jackson
1841Carroll MSWilliam Rabjohn first appears on the tax list.
1843Carroll MSWilliam Rabjohn appears on the tax list.
12.4.1848Carroll MSThomas Minyard is appointed administrator for the estate of James Minyard.
2.19.1849Oxford, MSStephen Jackson files suit against the estate of James Minyard for $27.
3.6.1849Carroll MSThe court rules in favor of A. Jackson for $10.35 against James Minyard’s estate.
October 1850Carroll MSCensus-
William Jackson with wife Celia and Amy and Celia Ratcliffe.
9.25.1850Carroll MSWilliam and Alpha Rabjohn appear on the Census with 8 children.
Dec. 1850Carroll MSStephen Jackson dies.
8.26.1852Carroll MSStephen Rabjohn stabs Thomas Minyard in the chest.
April 1853Carroll MSAdam Carpenter probates a note vs. J.H. Matthews, deceased, in favor of Green Carpenter for $105 and transferred to Adam Carpenter.
6.1.1853Carroll MSStephen Rabjohn stabs Thomas Minyard in the belly.
10.4.1853Carroll MSThomas Minyard is appointed commissioner for Steven Jackson’s estate.
Dec. 1853Carroll MSStephen Rabjohn’s attorney summons Elijah and Stephen Jackson as defense witnesses.
1.3.1854Carroll MSGreen Carpenter, Nathan Carpenter, and G.H. Jackson are appointed commissioners of Steven Jackson’s estate.
June 1854Carroll MSOliver Jackson is an alibi witness for Stephen Rabjohn. Owin Minyard issues Rabjohn the subpoena.
6.7.1854Carroll MSStephen Rabjohn is indicted for the attempted murder of Thomas Minyard.
Sep. 1858Carroll MSWilliam Jackson dies.
7.4.1859Carroll MSWilliam Jackson and Nathan Jackson recover $13,950 from Alfred Jackson, commissioner of William Jackson’s estate.
July 1860Tallahatchie MSWilliam and Alpha Rabjohn appear on the Census with Clark Smith, b. 1810 TN.
11.18.1861Carroll MSAlfred Jackson, guardian of W. H. Jackson.