JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.4.js"></script>
<body>
<table>

<tr>
  

<td id="LastName">
    <input type="text" value="Abner">
</td>

</tr>

</table>
</body>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
	var name = $('#LastName').find('input').val()
	console.log(name);
});