He was treasurer of the borough from 1838 and trustee of a number of institutions, taking a large part in establishing the Doncaster Free Library.
He suffered heavy losses in the bank failure of Overend, Gurney, & Co.[1] Jackson died at Doncaster on 1 December 1882.
[1] Jackson's major work was Doncaster Charities, Past and Present (1881, Worksop), which had been written long before.
[3] Jackson also contributed to the Yorkshire Archæological Journal a paper on Sir Robert Swift and a memoir of the Rev.
Thomas Broughton, as well as papers on local muniments (abstracts of deeds in the possession of James Montagu of Melton-on-the-Hill) and on the Stovin Manuscripts.