I contacted the LDS church History Department to get a copy of Samuel Jackson, Sr.’s patriarchal blessing. To my surprise I received four blessings. For each blessing below I have provided the date the blessing was given (Samuel’s age in parentheses), the name of the Patriarch and the name of the city where the blessing was given:
- March 14, 1859 (age 15) by William Capier in Nephi, Utah (original, transcription
- March 14, 1860 (age 16) by William Capier in Nephi, Utah (original, transcription)
- March 6, 1898 (age 54) by Silas S. Smith in Manassa, Colorado (original, transcription)
- November 2, 1902 (age 58) by Elihu S. Ball in Manassa, Colorado (original, transcription)
The March 14, 1859 and 1860 blessings are almost identical. They are both dated March 14 but are one year apart. They were given different document numbers. I assume these are one and the same and that it was a clerical error. The transcriptions were provided by Marcia Jackson.
