BIOGRAPHIES - JONES, Thomas, Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: Thomas JONES1 _________________________________________ Birth: January 19, 1792, Baughman’s Creek, Fayette County, Kentucky Death: July 26, 1883, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky Age: 91 Burial: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky Military: War Of 1812 Father: James JONES (1758-1839) Mother: Salathial SCHOOLER (1761-1850) Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Martha “Patsy” ASHURST Birth: November 30, 1794, North Middletown Precinct, Bourbon County, Kentucky Death: February 8, 1863, Bourbon County, Kentucky Age: 68 Burial: Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky Father: Josiah ASHURST (-1820) Mother: Rebecca (Rebeckah) KENNEDY (-1855) Marriage: January 22, 18124 Children: James B. (1813-1835); Josiah Ashurst (1815-<1882); John I. (1820-1884); Rebecca Kennedy (->1893); Sarah D. (1824-1863); Thomas Devine (1831-1883); Paulina (1834-1869) _________________________________________ 2: Lucy A. MONDAY Birth: 1841, Madison County, Kentucky Death: January 15, 1891 Age: 50 Burial: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky Children: Lilly (1865-1900) THOMAS JONES,2 retired farmer; P. O. Paris; one among the oldest citizens, now living in Bourbon County; is Uncle Thomas Jones, who has lived under every administration; from Washington down to the present; he was born Jan. 19, 1792, on Baughman’s Creek, near Athens, in Fayette County, this State; his father was James Jones, who was born about the year 1758, in Spottsylvanina County, Va., son of Thomas Jones, a Virginian; James Jones was a Revolutionary soldier, also his brother, William, who was present at the surrender of Cornwallis; he emigrated to Kentucky, locating in Fayette County, in 1789; his wife was Sallie Schooler, also a native of the Old Dominion; she had three brothers, who served in the Continental army, viz : Horton, Benjamin and William; the father of our subject was a farmer, and raised a family of ten children—eleven being born ; the educational advantages afforded the family were very poor indeed; Thomas remained with his father until his majority, after which he hired to his father for a time, then volunteered as a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a member of Colonel Johnson’s regiment of cavalry, and was at the battle of Thames, after which he was discharged and returned home; Jan. 22, 1814, he was married in North Middletown, to Patsey Ashurst, who was born in 1787, in that precinct ; she was a daughter of Josiah and Rebecea (Kennedy) Ashurst; he was a native of Georgia; Mr. Jones came to Bourbon County with his father in 1800; after the marriage of our subject, he located upon a piece of land, which he had leased near Thomas Station, in Clintonville Precinct; he had but little to commence with, his entire property amounting to about $300; he began with his naked hands in the woods to make his start, and from this small beginning, he after years of hard toil, accumulated about 1100 acres of choice land; being a man of iron constitution, of indomitable perseverance and a tireless worker, he made a success at last, and accumulated a handsome property; he gave his attention strictly to farming pursuits; in 1833, he began raising some thoroughbred cattle, of the short horn class, which he continued in a moderate way, until he abandoned farming and retired, and removed to Paris during the war, where he has since resided; his wife died, leaving him six children, viz: Josiah A., John L, Rebecca K., Sarah D., Thomas D., and Perlina A.—but three now living: Rebecca, now Mrs. Hildreth; Thomas D., and John I.; Thomas resides in Tennessee; his present wife was Lucy A. Monday, a native of Madison County, a daughter of Edmond and Mollie Monday, both natives of Kentucky; he of Madison, she of Clark county; by last wife has one child, Lillie; he has been a member of the church over sixty years; in 1819, joined the Old Baptist Church; later he joined the Reformed, and now stands like a shock of corn, fully ripe and fit for his Master’s use. Thomas was a member of COL Johnson’s regiment of cavalry and was in the Battle of Thames (1813).3 Sources 1. The primary information for this Jones family line is from “ANCESTORS - DESCENDANTS: JOHN I. JONES and MARY ELLEN SWARTZWELDER, Bourbon County, Kentucky.” May 8, 1956, Mary Elizabeth Hagan-Bowman & Wm. R. McCann. 2. Perrin, p. 474 3. Hagan-Bowman, Mary Elizabeth; McCann William Ray. “John I. Jones Who Married Mary Ellen Swartzwelder,” privately published, p. 1. 4. Bible record indicates January 22, 1812, as marriage date. 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