On Sept. 21, 2016, Jakalyn Jackson of Cannon, Kentucky donated a large collection of genealogical documents and records to the Knox Historical Museum. The donation was made in memory of the late Sonya Burnette, who died on February 27, 2015.
"She wanted me to have the materials," Ms. Jackson noted. She and Mrs. Burnette were longtime members of the former Knox County Historical Society. Ms. Jackson is currently active in the Knox Historical Museum.
A listing of the donated materials follows:
- 45 folders containing letters and genealogy materials
- 33 folders of early marriage licenses and certificates
- Cemeteries in Knox County, Vol. II
- Index to Kentucky wills - Ronald Vern Jackson
- Virginia 1800 Accomack County Census Information - Ronald Vern Jackson
- Kentucky 1850 Mortality Schedule - Ronald Vern Jackson
- North Carolina 1850 Census Index - Ronald Vern Jackson
- Tennessee 1850 Census Index - Ronald Vern Jackson
- Muster Rolls of War of 1812, North Carolina - Ronald Vern Jackson
- First Census of U.S. 1790 Virginia
- North Carolina 1840 Census Index - Ronald Vern Jackson
- Virginia 1850 Census Index - Ronald Vern Jackson
- Marriages in Rockingham County, Virginia 1778-1816
- First Census of U.S. North Carolina - Ronald Vern Jackson
- Kentucky Records
- Petition of Early Inhabitants of Kentucky
- 1850 Kentucky Census Index - Ronald Vern Jackson
- 1820 Tennessee Census Index - Ronald Vern Jackson
- Early Kentucky Householders 1787-1811
- 1840 Tennessee Census Index - Ronald Vern Jackson
- 1890 Kentucky Census Index - Ronald Vern Jackson
- 1810 Virginia Census Index - Ronald Vern Jackson
- 1850 Tennessee Census Index - Ronald Vern Jackson
- 4 Copies of Mountain Heritage (Knox Co.)
- 5 copies of Kentucky Ancestors
- 17 Copies of Reflections - Claiborne County, Tennessee
- 8 copies of Virginia Genealogy
- 23 Copies of Virginia Appalachian Notes
- 10 Copies of Southwest Virginia (genealogy)