Temperance "Tempy" Jackson was born abt. 1782 in Bedford County, Virginia to Margaret "Peggy" Bush and Congrave Jackson. She had seven siblings: James, Martha "Patsy," Lydia, Margaret Bush, Frances, Nancy, and Susan "Sucky" Jackson. When Temperance was young, the family migrated to Kentucky (now Clark County) near Daniel Boone's fort. She spent much of her early youth in the forts, while the fierce Indian wars threatened extermination to the few whites who had dared to invade their hunting grounds. According to numerous biographies, Temperance saw Daniel Boone many times, having occupied the fort in which the pioneer chieftain was an inmate during those memorable days which gave to Kentucky the name of ‘the Dark and Bloody Ground.’

On December 12, 1805, Temperance married James Garland McAllister/McAlester in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky. He was the son of James Garland McAllister and Winifred Allen who also originated from Virginia. While many of her siblings and cousins moved to Howard County, Missouri, where Daniel Boone and his family also settled, Tempy and James Garland made their home in what became Simpson County, Kentucky (formerly Logan County), where her husband's sisters and mother settled.

Temperance and James Garland McAllister had five children including three sons, Nathaniel, Brightberry, William Jackson, and two daughters, Tempy who married and died without heirs, and Fanny who married Robert Rudolph of Johnson County, Missouri. James Garland McAllister died in 1816.

1820 Census - Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky

Tempy McAllister (head)
1 Free White Male - under 10
2 Free White Males - 10 thru 15
2 Free White Females - under 10
1 Free White Female - 26 thru 44
1 Male Slave - 14 thru 25
7 Total Persons

While the 1820 census enumerated her as head of household in Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, Temperance migrated in 1828 with her children to Howard County Missouri where three of her siblings had already established homes. She settled near Glasgow. William and James McAlester each adjoined as neighbors, with Thomas McAlester nearby.

1830 Census - Howard, Missouri
Temperance McCalister (McAllister/McAlester)
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total Slaves: 2
Total-All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 8

Temperance died in 1834 in Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri. She is buried in the Jackson Cemetery #2, which is located halfway between Glasgow and Fayette.

Sources:

United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, United States Publishing Company, New York, copyright 1878, page 262.

History and Genealogy of Hendrick, Buckner and Related Families by Jerry and Wincie Hendricks, Higginson Book Company, Salem, MA, copyright 2004, pages 193, 225-226.

http://gscm.missouri.org/boonebios/biosmc.html