Jasper-Butts-Statewide County GaArchives History .....John E. JONES, Petitions For Citizenship, United States Of America April 1, 1836
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"John E. Jones

On April 1, 1836, at the April term of the Superior Court, John E. JONES 
petitioned the superior court to become a citizen of the United States.  He 
stated that he was born a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland in 
Carmonthenshire in the principality of Wales, April 4, 1805; that he was a 
minor, or thereabout, and during minority, except for one voyage to Liverpool 
in an American vessel; and for three years next preceding the present date it 
had been his intention bona fide to be admitted a citizen of the United 
States, and he presented a petition, complying with all the laws, etc., in 
regard to naturalization.  James H. STARK was his attorney.  On April 5, 1836, 
Honorable Angus M. D. KING, judge of the superior court, administered the oath.

John E. JONES was a resident of Jackson in 1837.  He owned two lots, No. 2, 
and No. 3, in square No. 10, and mortgaged same to John HALL  March 9, 1837.  
On October 19, 1833, he married Thuzza THOMPSON, of Butts County." [1]

Source Citation and Source Information:

[1] Chapter X: Petitions for Citizenship: John E. Jones. History of Butts 
County, Georgia: 1825-1976.  Compiled by Lois McMichael for The William 
McIntosh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Jackson, Georgia. 
Ancestors Unlimited, Inc. Genealogical Society Reference Libray.  Atlanta, 
Cherokee Publishing Company. 1978. P:108.

[2]  Bride Index: Butts County, Georgia Marriage Records. P:00025.  THOMPSON, 
Thuzza and JONES, John E. 10/19/1833. Butts County, Georgia. Butts County, 
Georga.  Marriage Records, 1826-1870. Frances T. Ingmire. 10166 Clairmont 
Drive, St. Louis, MO. 63136. 1985. Respository: Clayton County Library System. 
Headquarters Library. 865 Battlecreeek Road. Jonesboro, GA 30236.  Reference 
MARC 202648835.  

[3]  Rita E. Goodman, ritaegoodman@yahoo.com.

Additional Comments:
Thuzza THOMPSON was a daughter of Henry THOMSON / THOMPSON, d. 1817 Jasper 
County, Georgia, and of his wife, Hannah GRIFFIN, d. 1830, Jasper County, 
Georgia; 

Henry THOMSON / THOMPSON and Hannah GRIFFIN married 1793 [marriage bond 7 Jan 
1793, Columbia County, Georgia]; 

Thuzza THOMPSON is thought to be granddaughter of ARW [NC] Michael GRIFFIN and 
of Nancy Ann WELDON; 

Thuzza THOMPSON is also thought to be ggranddaughter of Jacob WELDON, of St. 
Paul's Parish, which became Richmond County, Georgia circa 1790, and later, 
the northern part of Richmond County, became Columbia County, Georgia.

Thuzza THOMPSON married Wales immigrant John E. JONES, October 19, 1833, Butts 
County, Georgia. [2]

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