James Richard Jacks was born on March 14, 1835 in Fayette, Tennessee to parents William Martin and Narcissia Temperence Redding Jacks.  Prior to the Civil War James Jacks had married to Bethany Herridge, detail of this marriage are unknown.  However, to this first union was born Christopher, Leonidas, Lulla, Robert E. Willis and Conealus. On August 16, 1861 James Jacks enlisted at Greensboro, Mississippi with Company K of the 24th Mississippi Regt. for service with the Confederate States.  Jacks served in the battlefield with his company until detailed on July 18, 1863 when he was ordered to the Atlanta Arsenal by Gen. Bragg, here Jacks became a gunsmith.  Jacks carried out his service as a gunsmith with the Confederacy until November of 1864 when he was ordered to his command in Tennessee. On December 28, 1864 Jacks was captured during a raid of Union Forces while at Egypt Station in Mississippi.  After being captured Jacks was imprisoned in Alton, Illinois.  After three months in prison Jacks was carried to the James River in Richmond, Virginia where a prisoner exchange and release was to occur.  On March 6, 1865 Jacks was given a parole furlough until July 27, 1865 when took oath of allegiance to the United States while in Greensboro, Mississippi; then after being released. After the war settled in Lafayette, Mississippi where he married to Selena Emma Hall on October 5, 1879.  Soon after marriage James and Selena began to raise a family, to this union was born Erlie May, Ernest Lee b. 1880, Ouida b. 1884 and Olin E. b. 1890. In November of 1904 Jame R. Jacks retired to Pasco County where he and his wife purchased 5 acres of property in the Anclote Community along the coast of Pasco County.  On his property James Jacks engaged in farming like most local residents.  James Richard Jacks remained in Pasco County until the time of his death in 1915.  On April 3, 1915 James Jacks died at his home in Anclote, he was then buried in the Anclote Cemetery, next to his wife, in the Jacks Family plot. (Research by Jeff Cannon)