The Silver Bowl: 1818 September 4

Mr. James McCullagh[1]

At Mrs. Jacksons[2]

Care of Mr. John Gillmer[3],

Creggan[4],

Dundalk.

Dear Sir,

Circumstanced as I am, it will be impossible for me to go to Creggan this harvest. I am still in the hands of Doc^rs Thank God I am considerably better than I was but not completely recovered yet. I hope in a short time to be perfectly well. I am sorry to hear of Mrs. Jackson’s illness. In case she wishes to make a Will my friend Mr. Wallace[5] will do it. He will see by a Will which I made some time ago what her intentions were, if no will should be made it is not of much consequence as your nephew David Jackson[6] would come in for the Freehold & the personal property is very small. I think £100 a year the full Value of Tullyegallahan[7], that is for the whole of it as formerly held by poor John[8]. Nor w^d I advise your sister to give more for it. My respects to her and all friends,

I am y^rs very sincerely,

Geo. Jackson

4^th Sept 1818

[1] James McCULLAGH (-1865). He was a sister of the recently widowed Elizabeth JACKSON née McCULLAGH and he would be probably have been quite young at this point. He married Eliza WALLACE about 1825. He resided at Ednafirkin, Co. Monaghan.

[2] Elizabeth JACKSON née McCULLAGH (1788-1880).

[3] John GILLMER. I suspect that this is the John GILLMER aka GILMORE (1764-), son of Alexander GILLMER & Elizabeth BIRCH. The name of his wife is unknown to me, but he had a son Samuel GILMORE (1795-1868) who would reside at Liscalgot, Co. Armagh.

[4] Creggan, Co. Armagh. This is a parish. I suspect by this time that Eliza is living at Urker, but she may still have been at Liscalgot – both are in the Parish of Creggan.

[5] In all likelihood, this is John WALLACE (1760-1827) of Cloghog Lodge, Attorney at Law. His wife was Jane DONALDSON. One of their daughters, Eliza WALLACE married James McCULLAGH (-1865), while another daughter Margaret WALLACE married Thomas BRADFORD while the three remaining sisters married DICKIEs. These marital connections would have consequences for the JACKSONs, BRADFORDs, DICKIEs & McCULLAGHs with respect to subsequent land dealings over Cavananore.

[6] David JACKSON (1814-1889) was the four year son (and only son) of John JACKSON(recently deceased) & Elizabeth McCULLAGH.

[7] Tullyegallahan aka Tullyogallaghan, Parish of Newtownhamilton, Co. Armagh. The name means “the hill of stagnant water”. In an indenture dated July 9, 1787, David JACKSON leases land in Tullygomore (which is on the eastern border of Tullygollaghan) to John BOHANNON. In the 1817 inventory done just after the death of David JACKSON in 1817, he has livestock on this townland as well as at Urker, so he as clearly still actively farming the land. I believe that Thomas BALL was the landlord at that time. 1825, there is no mention of JACKSONs or any other related family names. In the 1911 Census the name of the townland is referenced as Dorsey. Other times it is referred to as Cullyhanna. In another source, Dorsey, Ummericam and Tullyogallaghan “are all listed as aliases for the one townland” SOURCE: The O'Neills of the Fews Tomás Ó Fiaich, Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society, Vol. 7, No. 2 (1974), pp. 263-315 NOTE: In Griffiths, Walter M.G. BOND is a landlord. Names that may be significant at that time include SMITH, KELLY (also in 1830 Tithe Applotment Books), IRWIN.

[8] John JACKSON (1780-1817) father of David & husband of Elizabeth McCULLAGH.