Georgia   Biographies  James Jones

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JAMES JONES

Hon. James Jones was born in or near Savannah.  He was
bred to the law, though he pursued the profession but a
short time.  He was frequently in our Legislature, where
he displayed considerable talent, and was also a
Representative in Congress.  Towards the latter part of
his life, he resided in Bryan county.  He died at
Washington City.

There were several other Jones's, men of considerable
distinction; but members who were in the Legislature when
the county was named, inform me, that it was to
prerpetuate the memory of James Jones, familiarly called
Chatham Jemmy, to distinguish him from several others
then active in the State.

Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed by P. Force, Washington City, p.
292.


Carolyn White Williams in her HISTORY OF JONES COUNTY,
GEORGIA, writes that Hon. James Jones was born 1769 in
Maryland.  That he was educated at an academy in Augusta.
He became well-known because of his unsuccessful efforts
to prevent the Yazoo Act.

Mrs. Williams states that Jones died January 19, 1801,
age 32, in Washington, D. C., while representating
Georgia in Congress.  He was buried in Arlington by the
side of General James Jackson.  His will is recorded in
Book A, Chatham County Courthouse.


JONES COUNTY, GEORGIA

Laid out in 1807; part added from Putnam, 1810; part to
Bibb, 1822.  The chief river is the Ocmulgee.

CLINTON is the county town, distant from Milledgeville,
22 miles.

Among the first settlers were, Captain Jonathan Parish,
Peter Clower, Henry Low, Wm. Williams, Wilkins Jackson,
Jeremiah Dumas, Thomas White, Jeremiah Pearson, Major
Humphries, James and High Comer, Roger McCarthy, Allen
Greene, Benjamin Taver, Bailey Stewart, James Anthony,
George Harper, John Chapell, Jesse M. Pope, Henry Pope,
John Bayne, Stephen Kirk, Wm. Carbanus, P. A. Lewis,
James Jones, Wm. Jones, Robert Hutchins, James Grey.

Ref:  White, Rev. George M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF
GEORGIA, 1854, Pudney & Russell, Publishers, New York,
pp. 505-508.  (Reprinted 1968, Heritage Papers,
Danielsville, GA)



Note: Adiel Sherwood, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, Washington City, Printed by P. Force, 1837,  pp.
255-256. APPENDIX:  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES "The author
conceived that a short biographical sketch of the
individuals after whom the several counties were named,
would furnish an instructive and pleasing appendage to
his topographical work... Acquainted with the intimate
friends of some of the 'venerable dead,' he has been
furnished with sufficient materials to enlarge on their
character... There are in the State ninety counties (book
printed in 1837, presently in 2001, there are 159
counties)..."


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