Background
Jackson, Henry Rootes was born on June 24, 1820 in Athens, Georgia, United States. Son of Henry and Martha (Rootes) Jackson.
Jackson, Henry Rootes was born on June 24, 1820 in Athens, Georgia, United States. Son of Henry and Martha (Rootes) Jackson.
Graduated from Yale, 1839. A.M. (honorary), University Georgia, 1848, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1893.
Admitted to Georgia bar, 1840. United States district attorney for Georgia, 1842. Served as colonel of a Georgia regiment.
Editor Georgian, Savannah, 1848-1849. Judge Superior Court of Eastern Circuit, 1849-1853. United States charge d’affaires Austria, 1853-1854, minister resident, 1854-1858.
Member Georgia Secession Convention, 1861. Judge Confederate cts. of Georgia. Commissioned major general of a division Georgia Militia, 1861.
Commissioned brigadier general Confederate Army, 1864. United States minister to Mexico, 1885, resigned, 1886. President Georgia History Society.
Trustee Peabody Education Fund. Author: Talulah and Other Poems, 1850.
Member Georgia Secession Convention, 1861.
Married Cornelia Davenport. Married second, Florence King.
