Jesse Jackson— 

House, Family, Farm

North Side (Front)

The House—

South Side

1897

1906

Early 20th Century

Wedding Day, April 23, 2011

Elizabeth & Clint Smith

     The  Jesse Jackson house, situated on a ridge about a mile from the Neuse River, was  built circa 1840 for Henry Jones and his wife.  About 1851, Jesse Jackson II bought the house and a thousand acres of land and moved here with his new bride, his second wife, Elizabeth Croom Whitfield.  

     During the Civil War, union soldiers broke into the house, evidence of which is shown on a broken panel in the front door.   Union officers briefly occupied the house but left it otherwise undamaged.

     Generations of Jackson descendents have lived here and many are buried in the nearby cemetery.

     This house, essentially unchanged was the first property in Lenoir County to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

     Elizabeth Vick-Smith, great, great, great granddaughter of Jesse Jackson, II and her husband Clint were married here on April 23, 2011 and make this their home.