Jameson Family

William Jameson Sr. (my 6th Great Grandfather) was born on Dec 17 1737 in Ireland. In about 1750 William immigrated from Northern Ireland to America. William arrived in present-day Spartanburg County, South Carolina around 1760 near what is now the city of Landrum, South Carolina and settled along what came to be called Jameson's Mill Creek at the headwaters of Pacolet and Tyger rivers. William married Margaret Westmoreland sometime before 1763, (She was born on Apr 11 1743) and raised five daughters and one son with her. Around the late 1780s to 1790 they moved to Pendleton District in present day Pickens County and settled just north of Easley, South Carolina.

William Jameson Sr. owned and operated a Brandy Mill and was also a Farmer, Tanner, and Brick maker. He served in the military as a Private in the Spartan Regiment under Colonel Benjamin Roebuck during the Revolutionary War. He died on Dec 23 1818 in Pickens County, South Carolina and was buried in Freeman-Jameson-Westmoreland Cemetery, the grave is actually located on privately owned land near Cross Roads Baptist Church in Pickens County, SC. Margaret died on Jun 22 1823 in Pickens County, SC. She was also buried in the Freeman-Jameson-Westmoreland Family Cemetery with her husband William.

Their only son was my 5th Great Grandfather William Jameson Jr. he was born on Oct 12 1786 around the time they moved to the Pendleton District of South Carolina. William married Rebecca Fowler daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth Fowler. Rebecca was born in 1787 in Pendleton District, SC. In 1820 The Jameson Family Cemetery was established by William Jameson Jr. after the death of his parents, The Jameson Family Cemetery is still in use today it is located about 2 miles North of Easley, South Carolina.

William and Rebecca were the parents of eleven children who did a lot to shape the history of this area of the South and sacrificed a lot for the sake of the Confederacy. They had nine sons of which seven fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Three of these sons died in the war. Their oldest daughter Frances had both a son and a son in law killed in action during the Civil War. Their second oldest Madison Jameson the father of six daughters and four sons lost two sons and a son in law in battle and had one son James Madison Jameson who was not old enough for military service at the beginning of the Civil War but served in the cavalry during the last year of the war, James did make it home. Wilkerson “Wilkie” Jameson their third oldest died before the war started and sad to say three of his sons were lost in the war also.

William Milton Jameson their fifth child and my 4th Great Grandfather was a Private in Company E of the 2nd Regiment South Carolina Infantry Rifles, he was killed in action during battle on May 12 1864 in Spotsylvania, Virginia. His brother Carroll Jameson served with him in the same unit died of “sickness” sometime around 1864 in Dacusville, SC close to his home. Their brother Wesley Jameson was a Private in Company A 65th Regiment of the Georgia Infantry died on Jun 18 1864 from wounds he received during actions leading up to the Battle of Kennasaw Mountain in Georgia which was fought on June 27, 1864.

Joshua Jameson child number seven mustered in to Company G, 22nd Regiment South Carolina Infantry as a Sergeant, he was promoted to Captain before his discharge on October 15, 1862 due to poor health. He was purportedly appointed Colonel at the close of the war and was always known as "Colonel Jameson" after the war. He farmed in Pickens County and was also County Commissioner, and Magistrate in Pickens County, South Carolina. He died on Dec 10 1906 in Anderson County, SC and was buried in Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery in Easley, SC. McElroy Jameson the ninth child in this family was a Corporal in Company A 20th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry. McElroy served until the end of the war, he returned home and lived until 1908. He was a Farmer and is buried in the Jameson Family Cemetery.

William Jameson Jr. died on Apr 4 1850 in Pickens County, South Carolina. He was buried in Jameson Family Cemetery in Easley, South Carolina, Rebecca died on Aug 13 1851 and was buried next to her husband.