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James Jones
James Jones
s/o Capt James Jones and Charity Alston
Founder of the Jones family of Hart County, GA
born - Dec 25, 1766 in Wake Co., NC
died - Dec 25, 1865 in Hart Co., GA
married - 1795 to Elizabeth Henderson, b) 1770, d) Oct 21, 1858,
d/o a prominent family of VA & NC
To be near his sister, Rachel Alston Jones, who married Ralph
Banks in 1788, and settled on Coldwater Creek, twelve miles from
Elberton, GA, James Jones and his bride came to Georgia and
settled in what is now Cokesbury community, this being only a
few miles from his sister. Here he owned extensive farm lands on
the Savannah River, using many slaves to till the soil. James
Jones was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In
order to have a church in the community, he gave the land on
which Cokesbury Methodist Church now stands. This church was
originally known as Jones' Chapel, but later the name was
changed to Cokesbury in honor of two Methodist Bishops, Coke and
Asbury. The Jones family have been members of the Methodist
denomination as far back as is known. The first annual
conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church ever held inGeorgia
is said to have been held in the name of James Jones' sister,
Mrs. Ralph Banks, who lived in Elbert County on Coldwater Creek.
James Jones in buried beside his wife, Elizabeth Henderson
Jones, in the Cokesbury Cemetery, six miles southeast of
Hartwell, GA.
SOURCE: "DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAINJAMES JONES", by James Jones
Banks, pg. 104.
James and Elizabeth went to Georgia.
James Jones, Revolutionary War Soldier, was born on April 28,
1764 in Virginia and died in 1807 in Elbert County, Georgia. He
served on the Virginia Continental Line, and received bounty
grants in Georgia. The Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers in
Georgia, by McCall, indicates that James died in 1807, however,
this is not true. He was listed on the 1850 Elbert County
Census, age 79 (which makes his birth 1771), with his wife, E.,
age 77 or 79. Everytime I search the above James Jones, I
confirm that he did not die in 1807. This is an error.
SOURCE: Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers in Georgia, by
McCall, page 101; 1850-1860 Elbert County Census; Elbert County
Marriages; History of Elbert County.
75. James Jones b. 4/28/1764 d. 1807
Served in the Virginia Continental Line and later received
bourty land in Georgia.
See: (1) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p. 101.
SOURCE: GEORGIA REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS' GRAVES, compiled by
H. Ross Arnold, Jr. & H. Clifton Burnham, Volume One
(Appling-Lanier Counties), Copyright 1993, Georgia Society Sons
of the American Revolution, ISBN 0-935931-83-X, Page 216.
In 1820, James Jones is living in in the Rufus Christian
District of Elbert County.
SOURCE: 1820 Census of Elbert County, Georgia, Microfilm No. 33,
Roll No. 8. |
