A defunct Presbyterian college in Columbia, Tennessee, founded in 1830 as a manual labor academy.
Jackson College was established in 1830 as the Manual Labor Academy at Spring Hill, Tennessee, with an initial enrollment of seven students. Around 1832, it was chartered as Jackson College through legislative action. The institution relocated to Columbia, Tennessee in 1837, at which point the manual labor requirement was discontinued. During the American Civil War, the college was destroyed when Union forces burned Columbia, and it likely ceased operations at that time.
The college's original curriculum was distinctive for requiring each student to work two hours daily at manual tasks, primarily farming, as part of their education. This manual labor component was considered beneficial to student development and was maintained through the early years of the institution.
Jackson College produced several prominent figures in Tennessee history, including Neill Brown and John Brown, who served as the 12th and 19th governors of Tennessee respectively. Other notable alumni include Sam Watkins, an American writer and humorist, and Felix Zollicoffer, a Confederate general during the American Civil War.