William Jackson (1759–1828)
William Jackson was born in England on 9 March 1759. Orphaned in early childhood, he was sent to South Carolina to be raised by friends of his family. During the Revolutionary War, Jackson served as an aide to Major-General Benjamin Lincoln and accompanied John Laurens (1754–1782) to France on a diplomatic mission. As secretary of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, he kept the official record of that body's deliberations.
"William Jackson." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310010477/UHIC?u=viva_uva&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=6550abfa. Accessed 24 Sept. 2023.
"To George Washington from William Jackson, 31 July 1790," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-06-02-0068. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 6, 1 July 1790 – 30 November 1790, ed. Mark A. Mastromarino. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996, pp. 155–158.]
"From Alexander Hamilton to William Jackson, 26 August 1800," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-25-02-0068. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 25, July 1800 – April 1802, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977, pp. 88–91.]
Political and Commercial Register (Philadelphia) 1804–1820, Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Franklin Repository (Chambersburg, PA), 30 December 1828, page 3, column 2 (Newspapers.com).
Major William Jackson at Find a Grave.