 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nhoroondo yekutanga uye kugadzirwa chaiko kweJasper haina kujeka kunze kwezvinyorwa zvishoma zvakapona pamoto mizhinji yedare mukupera kwema1800. Chatinoziva ndechokuti taundi rokutanga rakavakwa chinenge makiromita maviri nechokumaodzanyemba kwenzvimbo yaro yazvino, pedyo nenzvimbo yeHamilton Correctional Institution yemazuva ano. Chivako chokutanga chedare nechivako chokutonga zvaiva panzvimbo iripo zvino makuva eEvergreen. Vagari vemo vakarwa nemapoka eSeminole achipamba munguva dzokutanga, Hondo yekupedzisira yeSeminole yakapera muna 1858. Muna 1861 Hondo yavagari vemo yakauya kuJasper. Jasper Blues I Company 2nd Infantry CSA yakasikwa kubva kuJasper uye vagari venyika. Chikamu chacho chakasangana kumadokero kweJacksonville uye chakaendeswa nechitima kuVirginia, kusvika pazuva reFirst Battle of Manassas. Pakupedzisira vakaitwa chikamu cheFirst Corps Stonewall Jacksons yeArmy of Northern Virginia inotungamirwa naGeneral Robert E. Lee. Chikoro chiri muJasper chakatumidzwa zita rokuremekedza Lee uye nhasi chinoshandiswa neDare reZvikoro reDunhu. 