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i have NOT checked Stonewall's father-in-laws tax records.

VA's "femme sole laws" as well as "dower & curtsy acts" (passed in the early 1700s) do NOT grant a wife's separate property to her husband upon marriage. all her SEPARATE property remains SEPARATE & passes upon her death to her children, if any. (incidently, i found out about this the hard way when my late wife passed away in 1984. her FATHER received V.K.'s separate property, as she passed away w/o children! i got ZILCH from her estate.)

HIS separate property is SHARED with his wife upon marriage 50/50! (my wife's family got 1/2 of my property upon her death, because she had no living children to inherit her 1/2 of our marital property.)

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I don't know why I didn't look this up first ... James Robertson says (p. 191-2) that Gen. Jackson personally owned two slaves, both of whom he purchased because they asked him to!

"Albert was the first. He had come to Jackson and begged to be purchased. In return, Albert promised to get a job and obtain his freedom through reimbursement to Jackson. The major agreed. For awhile, Albert was a waiter in one of the Lexington hotels. He also worked occasionally at Rockbridge Alum Springs. Jackson checked on him regularly to ensure that all was going well. During the 1858-1860 period, Jackson rented Albert to VMI for $120 annually."

"The second slave Jackson acquired was Amy, who was closest to Jackson's heart. Around 1855, the forty-year-old woman was on the verge of being sold at public auction when she too pled with Jackson to become his property. Jackson bought the servant and found her a position "in a good Christian family." There she remained until the Jackson's acquired their home. Amy thereupon came to work at the Jackson residence."

(Sourcing for these facts is not given; the only footnote refers to a letter of Mrs. Jackson's.)

Other slaves who were part of the Jackson household were gifts from Anna's family, and therefore owned either by her or by her father, if he didn't legally pass title.