Robert C. Jones, Winn Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Annette (Carpenter) Womack
of Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA
January 1998
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BIOGRAPHICAL & HISTORICAL 
MEMOIRS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

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RESIDENTS, AND AN INTERESTING HISTORICAL SKETCH 
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ROBERT C. JONES


Robert C. Jones is the efficient and popular clerk of the district court of
Winn Parish, La. and since entering upon the duties of his present office he
has won many warm and faithful friends.  He is a native of Dallas County,
Ala., his birth occurring on March 28, 1830, to J. B. and Elizabeth (Boucher)
Jones, who were born in South Carolina and Alabama, respectively, the former's
birth occurring in 1800, and his death in Jackson, Miss., in 1868.  His wife
died in her native State when about thirty-two years of age.  

Robert C. Jones came to Louisiana and settled some thirteen miles northeast of
Winnfield, in the parish of Winn.  Here, prior to May, 1862, he was engaged in
teaching school, but at that date put aside all personal ,considerations and
cast his lot with the fortunes of war, joining Company E, Twenty-eighth
Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, Confederate States Army, and served until the
closing scene in the bloody and lamentable War of  Rebellion.  

Returning home, he once  more engaged in teaching the young idea how to shoot,
continuing until 1868, when be was elected to the position of assessor, which
office he filled with satisfaction to all for two years.  So competent and
faithful was he known to be that in 1808 he was elected clerk of the district
court, a position he has held continuously tip to the present time (1890), and
is now one of the oldest parish officials in the State of Louisiana.  By the
faithful performance of every duty he has won a host of friends, and has
proved himself to be a "beau ideal" public officer, being punctual,
methodical, faithful and honorable.  Mr. Jones is a true Democrat, and is a
member of Eastern Star Lodge No. 151, of the A. F. & M.  

He was married on May,2, 1867, to Miss Susan Crockett, who was born in Shelby
County, Ala., on November 6, 1846, being a distant relative of the famous
pioneer hunter and distinguished citizen, Davy Crockett.  To Mr. Jones and his
wife one child has been born: Crockett K., born at Winnfield, La., on June 28,
1868, and is now a member of the well-known firm of Hill & Jones, at
Natchitoches, and is one of the leading business men of this section. 

Robert C. Jones is an earnest member of the Methodist Church, and his wife is
as earnest a Baptist.  Although this parish has long been well and justly
noted for the, sterling honesty and superior capability of her public
officials, Mr. Jones has, in every respect, sustained this reputation, and his
office is a model of order.