Name derivation: Named in honor of James Jackson, governor, senator, legislator who returned from Washington D. C. to lead the anti-Yazoo forces in the state.
Acquisition: Cherokee cession, May 31, 1783 and Creek cession, Nov. 1, 1783
Taken from: Franklin County, Georgia
Counties created from: Barrow County, Georgia, Clarke County, Georgia, Madison County, Georgia

Cities: Jefferson (county seat), Arcade, Braselton, Commerce, Hoschton, Maysville, Pendergrass, Talmo

Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Georgia
Jackson County, Georgia, links