Formed out of Clay and Crawford Counties in 1831 -- named for William Jasper of South Carolina who was a valiant defender of Fort Moultrie in 1776 -- Burl Ives, American folksinger, author and actor was born in Jasper County. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in "The Big Country" in 1958 -- He was the vocalist and narrator on television's "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" in 1964
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