Perry County AlArchives Biographies.....Jones, Robert Tignall October 8, 1815 - 
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Author: "Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record and Public Men From 1540 to 1872,: by Willis Brewer, published 1872, pages 492-493

Robert Tignall Jones was a citizen of this county.  He was born in Mecklenburg 
county, Virginia, October 8, 1815, and was the son of a farme; his mother being 
a Miss Hall.  The son received a good education, and was graduated at West 
Point in 1837.  Receiving a commission as lieutenant, he was sent to Florida, 
where he saw active service in the Indian war.  In 1838 he resigned and settled 
in Perry county as a planter.  He was here noted as a prominent citizen, and 
one who surveyed and constructed the Cahaba & Marion Railroad.  In 1861 he 
declined the rank of brigadier general and a seat on the military board of the 
State, tendered by Gov. Moore.  Repairing to Fort Morgan, he was placed in 
command of a battalion of artillery, and at one time was in command of the 
fortress.  In July he was appointed colonel of the Twelfth and the Twentieth 
Alabama regiments, and accepted the former.  Col. Jones was a strict 
disciplinarian, yet, so great was the confidence of his men, that he was 
reelected colonel at the re-organization of the regiment in 1862.  At Seven 
Pines he fell, towards the close of the day, while turning the guns of a 
captured battery on the enemy.  The ball pierced his breast and his death was 
immediate.

Col. Jones was endowed with sound judgment, inflexible will, and a lofty sense 
of honor.  He was of upright character, and so practical that he preferred 
deeds to words.  When Gen. Beauregard sent the new battle-flag to the 
regiments, most of the colonels mad addresses, and now, said themen of the 
Twelfth, Colonel Jones will make a long speech.  He mounted his horse and had 
the regiment drawn up.  “Unfold that flag,” se he to the orderly.  “Men!” he 
continued, pointing to the bunting, “there is your new battle-flag.  Wherever 
you see it moving, do you follow.”  He then dismissed the regiment as usual, 
and rode off.  His first wife was a Miss Jones of this county; his second a 
sister of Capt. J. J. Sewell, also of this county.  He left several children, 
who reside in Perry.


Additional Comments:
Robert married first Lucy Jones on February 8, 1843 and second Mary IndianSena 
Sewell on September 30, 1847, all in Perry County.

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