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A fiery Revolutionary War soldier turned statesman, James Jackson gave up a U.S. Senate seat to come home and overturn the Yazoo land fraud, the scandal whose nullification was so total the corrupt records were burned by 'fire from heaven.'
James Jackson is a historical marker in Jefferson, Jackson County, erected in 1996. It is one of 17 historical markers documented in Jackson County, among 116 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.1185, -83.5743 near Jefferson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jackson County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Jackson County Courthouse, Crawford W. Long Museum, and Martin Institute Mural.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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