CAMPBELL COUNTY, VA - HISTORY - Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches Family Sketches - Jones ----¤¤¤---- CAMPBELL CHRONICLES and FAMILY SKETCHES Embracing the History of CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1782-1926 By R. H. EARLY With Illustrations J. P. BELL COMPANY LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 1927 Jones As early as 1742 Thomas Jones patented 323 acres on the north side of Falling River and the same date Thomas Jones, Jr., patented 40O acres on the south side. The next year Thomas, Jr., patented 3 tracts, 4O acres on both sides of Crooked Run, 391 acres on the north side of Crooked Run adjoining his old line and 84O acres on the east side of Little Roanoke, both sides of Ash Camp creek. In 1746 he patented 86 acres on both sides of Falling and, together with Charles Irby, patented 604 acres on Crooked Run. In 1746-48 John Jones patented 1O4 acres and 438 acres on the Staunton river, and Difficult creek, adjoining Robert Wynn and John Russell, and an 1736 acre tract in the same locality. In 1747 Richard Jones patented 40O acres, and Philip Jones 642 on Little Roanoke. In 1787 John Jones registered himself from Crooked Run, Brunswick county. In 1781 Thomas Jones was an ensign and William Jones 1st lieutenant in the Revolutionary army. In 1784 John and Elizabeth Jones sold Thomas Jones 55O acres in the fork of Great Falling river bounded by the lands of John Wood, Thomas Jones, Sr., and William Jones, deceased. Thomas sold Wm. Harris 116 acres both sides of Simmons7 branch, near Dutchman's branch, and Thos. and Elizabeth sold Robert Alexander 2OO acres on the east branch of Falling river, near Ross and Hook's corner. In 1785 John and Elizabeth Hook sold Thomas Jones 2OO acres lying on both sides of Little Mill creek, a branch of Falling, •which was part of a patent of 565 acres granted Ross and Hook in 178O: at that time David Ross registered from Prince George county, and acquired from John Hardwick a tract of 10O acres. Publius Jones patented 320 acres on Entray creek, eastern branch of Falling; in 181O Publius rebuilt Hat Creek church and received £10O as contractor. It is probable that it was Thomas Jones, Jr., who was ensign in the Revolutionary War and later acquired the title of Major: his son, James S., married Martha, daughter of Major Thomas West and Elizabeth Blair (dau. of Robert Bolling of Chilowe, Buckingham county and his 2nd wife Susan Watson), and Eliza Bolling, dau. of James S. and Elizabeth Blair-Jones m. Dr. Glover Gilliam of Landover, near Naruna. The West family lived above Lynch's Station, towards the Bedford line, and Charles West drew a pension for war service. Letter to Major Thomas Jones, from Moses Hoge, president of Hampden-Sidney College, written on the fly leaf of the 1st volume of Plutarch's Lives, September 27, 18O9: "Dear Sir: As it is the desire of your sons, James and Buckner, to prosecute their literary studies, it will, I think, be advisable for you to gratify so laudable a desire. They have conducted themselves well. With the progress of James I am best acquainted as he recited to me. It has been very considerable. I scarcely ever knew a student to make an equal progress in the same time. It is, however, impossible to obtain a liberal education in a year. It would be to me particularly pleasing if he and his brother might be permitted to return next session. I am yours respectfully, "MOSES HOGE, President." Below the above is written: "Major Thomas Jones, C. C.: That Mr. James Jones has completed with much approbation the usual scientific course at Hampden-Sidney College (algebra excepted), and that he has uniformly conducted himself with much propriety is certified by MOSES HOGE, President." It is not possible to distinguish the various members of the Jones family in Campbell because they bore similar Christian names. In 1787 John Jones of Crooked Run, Brunswick county, sold Robert Hall 26O acres of land on the south side of Buzzard branch, a fork of Lick creek, head of a branch on the island road to the old line of Ruffin, "now Ruffin's line." In 18O4 James Jones patented 5O acres on the south branch of Molley's creek. James Jones lived at Locust Level, on the island road, about a mile from Pannill's Green Hill estate, a double stone and gabled building, claimed to be the oldest brick dwelling in the county, still in good condition, and standing near the roadway's present line. Jones married, in 1791, Catherine, daughter of Richard and Lucy Hall-Stith. Richard Stith, Sr., devised to his son-in-law, James Jones, "the land laid off for him of my daughter Catherine's portion, 73 acres on the north side of the old island road on the south joining his own line, with Buzzard branch on the west side." In 18O6 Richard, Jr., and William Stith sold James Jones 977 acres upon which they were living and which had been willed them by their father, land known as Old Jacob and Nan field, lying on the north side of Suck creek (formerly Lick creek) along David Jones' and Thomas West's lands. Agnes Walker, daughter of James and Catherine Stith-Jones, married, in 1811, Richard Gaines Brown, and their daughter, Martha Virginia Brown, married James Lorenzo Morgan, son of Richard Morgan, then living at Shady Grove, his father's home, but moved later to Missouri from which state his daughters, Roberta (Mrs. Wm. M. Strother) and Agnes (Mrs. Wm. M. Stokes), returned to make their home in Lynchburg. In 178O, when collections of provisions in lieu of money tax for army supplies proved difficult, Congress then issued a new-species of paper money guaranteed by the states. These bills were to be redeemed within six years in specie, but from the partial compliance of the states, the expedient answered little purpose and a monetary crisis followed in 1781. Jimmy Jones (as known to his familiars), the victim of a hoax, was told that he could sell this continental currency with great profit at some (fictitious) place in North Carolina, and he proceeded to buy what was in the possession of his neighbors. Naturally the fictitious place could not be located and his credulity cost him the amount he had invested in the then worthless paper. An inventory, taken in 1792, gives an item of 692 dollars paper currency (value 1OOO for one) with market value of four shillings and six pence. Marriages in Jones family, 1782 to 1811:—Joel Jones, m. Agnes Fitz Patrick; —Rhoda Jones m. Thomas Stith;-Elizabeth Jones m. (2nd wife) Col. John Cabell; —John Jones m. Jenny Hightower;—Nancy Jones m. William Stith;—Dorcas Jones m. Achilles Moorman;—Polly Jones m. Thomas Daniel;—Thomas Jones m. Elizabeth Wood; —Judith Jones m. Pleasant Rosser;—Rachel Jones m. William Guthrie;-Polly Jones m. John Smith;—Joel Jones m. Dolly Cobbs. 1823-Sarah Jones m. Henry Brown. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________ File size: 7.1 Kb