Andrew Jackson Isaacks
Cleveland, Liberty County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(December 3, 1817 - January 18, 1864) Born in Jackson, Mississippi. Fought in the Texas Revolution in 1835. Served as sheriff of Jasper County, 1841-1842. Married Miss Sicily Beatty in 1842. they had eight children. A farmer and rancher, Isaacks was the first postmaster at Tarkington Prairie, 1853-1854, at that time in Liberty County. He belonged to Baptist church. Upon his death he was buried at Tarkington Prairie. Remains were reinterred here in 1970. Recorded - 1970
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Born in Mississippi in 1817, Andrew Jackson Isaacks came to Texas and fought in the Texas Revolution in 1835 before settling into the civic life of a young frontier region. He served as sheriff of Jasper County, raised a large family, farmed and ranched, and became the first postmaster at Tarkington Prairie in the 1850s. Buried where he died in 1864, his remains were reinterred at this site in 1970.
Why it matters
His life sketches the everyday nation-building of early Texas, where the same settlers who fought for independence went on to organize its counties, mail routes, and communities.
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Related people
- · Andrew Jackson Isaacks
- · Sicily Beatty
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- · Texas Revolution
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