Paul... Glad I can be of service. There are other references I will check and will let you know what I find out. You will absolutely want to get more detail on Tom Jackson's military service with Vardeman Cockrill. What happened to Jeremiah Jackson and his family after they relocated to Texas.

This was not uncommon for families along the Missouri/Kansas border. For a comparison, check on Mrs. Weidenmeyer's account of moving to Texas after the destruction of Osceola, Missouri in September 1861. It is published in "Reminiscences of Missouri Women" (probably got the title wrong here). Her husband was a Captain who resisted the entry into Osceola of Lane's Kansas Brigade and published his story years later. Captain Weidenmeyer served throughout the war in the Missouri Brigade.

Anyway, thanks for sharing this interesting story.

Howard Mann