Jefferson Faulkner was born in July 1837 in Tennessee to Alexander Falkner and Elizabeth Plant.

He married Susan J McNeely about 1860.

They were the parents of Laura Dell Faulkner.

He married Rebecca Lattimer about 1871, probably in Humphreys County, Tennessee.

They were the parents of George Alfred Faulkner, Byrd Gregory Faulkner, Nancy Bessie Faulkner, LA Faulkner, and William J Faulkner.

His estimated death is in 1903 in Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.

Jefferson Falkner sold land in Humphreys County, Tennessee with his wife, Rebecca Falkner, on December 21, 1874. Copies of Deed Book V, Pages 285-287 are available. So is a transcription of the archaic handwritten document.

On September 22, 1876 Jefferson Falkner and his wife, Rebecca, once again sold land situated in Humphreys County, Tennessee. At this time they were probably living in Graves County, Kentucky which is evidenced by the necessary certification of the Graves County, Kentucky Clerk of the Court. Copies of the Humphreys County, Tennessee Deed Book W, Pages 270-272 are available, as is a transcription.

On that same day Jefferson and Rebecca sold two additional tracts of land. This transaction is recorded in Humpreys County, Tennessee HumphreysTNDeedBookW275-277. A transcription of this deed is also available.

An additional deed from JE Falkner and his wife, Rebeca J Falkner, is found in Humphreys County, Tennessee Deed Book W, Pages 436-437. A transcription of these pages is available.