Background
Jackson grew up in Potsdam, New New York
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His family moved to Edwardsburgh, Upper Canada, shortly after the War of 1812. Jackson was given his deacon"s orders in 1818, at the Genesee conference. He was reassigned to the Long Point circuit in 1819, where he rode alongside William Rundle.
In 1820, he was reassigned to the Long Point circuit, where he road alongside William Williams.
Egerton Ryerson lived in the Long Point area, and Jackson and Williams cajoled him into giving an exhortation, which went disastrously. In 1821, he was assigned to the Westminister circuit, where he rode alongside George Ferguson.
The pair oversaw an increase in church membership of twenty-six. In 1822, he was assigned to the Thames circuit, where he rode alongside William Griffis.
The pair oversaw an increase in church membership of thirty four people.
At the 1822 Genesee conference, a motion was presented to expel Jackson from the Methodist church. Although it failed to carry, a motion suspending his ordination. Jackson was one of the chief organizers of the Canadian Wesleyan Methodist Church.
At its peak the church had 7000 members.
The church eventually merged into the Methodist Church of Canada in 1874.
