Downtown in Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
John And Ellen Jackson: Tampa Pioneers
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 5, 2022
1. John And Ellen Jackson: Tampa Pioneers Marker
Inscription.
John And Ellen Jackson: Tampa Pioneers. . John Jackson and Ellen Maher immigrated independently of each other after the great potato famine began in Ireland in the 1840s. They met in St. Augustine, married in 1847, and came to Tampa on their honeymoon. John had intended to go on to Manatee, but Ellen persuaded him to stay in Tampa. After living in a log cabin on the Hillsborough River, they eventually built a fine home here, facing Franklin Street. John was a professional surveyor who mapped much of frontier Florida. He plotted and named downtown Tampa's streets, and both he and his son Thomas served as mayor of Tampa. The Jacksons recruited nuns from Key West, and were founders of the Academy of Holy Names and of Sacred Heart Church.
John Jackson and Ellen Maher immigrated independently of each other after the great potato famine began in Ireland in the 1840s. They met in St. Augustine, married in 1847, and came to Tampa on their honeymoon. John had intended to go on to Manatee, but Ellen persuaded him to stay in Tampa. After living in a log cabin on the Hillsborough River, they eventually built a fine home here, facing Franklin Street. John was a professional surveyor who mapped much of frontier Florida. He plotted and named downtown Tampa's streets, and both he and his son Thomas served as mayor of Tampa. The Jacksons recruited nuns from Key West, and were founders of the Academy of Holy Names and of Sacred Heart Church.
Erected 2021 by Hillsborough County Historical Advisory Council, Lula Dovi, Descendant of John and Ellen Jackson. (Marker Number None.)
Location. 27° 56.986′ N, 82° 27.533′ W. Marker is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of North Franklin Street and East Zack Street, on the right when traveling south on North Franklin Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tampa FL 33602, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Tampa Bay. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
2. John And Ellen Jackson: Tampa Pioneers Marker with WDAE marker in the background
Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 989 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on June 20, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.
