Jones of Wilkinson County
From: W. Chris Jones. Feb. 17. 2013This is the info on my 3GGF...John Gabriel Jones (1801-1881).
He was known as Gabriel Jones and fathered 13 children between 1830-1855 through two marriages. Five sons were killed in the Civil War: Matthew, James Gabriel, Joseph, Hiram Anderson and John Washington Jones.
3/5/1801 - John Gabriel Jones born in SC (1830 Wilkinson County, GA Census)
7/24/1827 - Gabriel obtains livestock, rifle, and many other items from sale of Joseph Jones estate.
Abt. 1828 - Gabriel Jones marries Nancy Underwood
Abt. 1830 - Child John Washington Jones born (marries Elizabeth Honeycutt) - Needs research!
1830 census of Wilkinson County, GA Gabriel is Head of Household. P. 354, Gabriel Jones, 1 male under 5, 2 males 20-30, 3 females under 5, 1 females 10-15, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 60-70. EST DOB 1800-1810. It is likely the 60-70 year old female is his mother and also includes the remaining younger children.
1832 - Child Matthew M. Jones born (later marries Evelyn Ballard)
1833
Child Joseph Jones is born (marries Mary Jane Deason) 1834
Child Hiram Anderson Jones is born 1835
Child Wm. Franklin Jones is born 6/4/1838
Child Mary Elizabeth Jones is born.
1839 - Children of Gabriel Jones listed with John Underwood associated with Lewis Bond Estate (property is 1806 land grant of Lot 194 to Francis Jones, Sr. Lewis Bond estate (Ussery Place, tax records)
1840 Census - Definite error here: P. 293, John G. Jones, 1 male 15-20, 1 female 15-20 EST DOB 1820-1825 (look at those dates?-probably a census taker error)
9/1842 - John G. Jones ordered to pay $5,000 Security Bond w/ Benjamin Exum, Ellis Harvill, as Guardian of Isaac Barnett, orphan and makes return. (Robt. Barnett, RS, son of Humphrey Barnett moved to Wilkinson Co. from Cowpen, SC. Son Isaac b. 1800, m. Clarissa Clark.).
3/1843 -John G. Jones, grdn for Isaac Barnett (orphan) summoned complaint of Burrell Hall, Lewis Spears.
6/13/1843 - Child Nancy Matilla Jones is born 3/1844 -
3/1844 - John G. Jones loses Lewis Spears as Secrty as grdn for Robert Barnet and Maggy L. Barnet. Jackson Fountain is security in Spears' place.
5/1844 - Gabriel replaces Fountain as sole Guardian for Isaac, Robert and Maggy Barnett.
6/1844 - John G. Jones, Barnet guardian, makes return.
7/1844 - Gabriel makes return on Barnett Guardianship.
8/1844 - Gabriel files court complaint that Savil Dixson, Admin., is mismanaging Sampson Dixon estate.
9/11/1844 - Executor of estate of brother, Hiram's estate. 11/1844 - Gabriel Jones along with Sam'l Beall, Jesse Peacock, Thomas Parker and James Bloodworth are appointed distributors of the estate of Benjamin Jones Stubbs (believe J.G's father Joseph Jones had daughter marrying into Stubbs family before arriving in Wilkinson County, GA). Benjamin Stubbs died before 9/1844 - and will proven by Thomas H. Parker, John M. Spence, Thomas Underwood, John Starley and O.D. Osgood, William C. Parker is executor. Benj. Jones Stubbs wife was Fannie Parker.
1845 - Child George Washington Jones is born.
3/1845 - Gabriel wins complaint against Savil Dixon. (In 1860 & 1870 Savil Dixon b. 1799, nee Stokes and the widow of Sampson Dixon show family: John, 1834 m. Reba Mathis; Laura b. 1837 m. Mr. Booth; Wm. H., 1840 died in Civil War; Harriet b. 1838 never married; Romulus, b. 1839; Martin b. 1840; Rosann?) 5/1845 - John Obanon named to replace Gabriel Jones on Dixon estate bond.
7/1845 - Gabriel Jones is Co-executor (with widow Sarah) of brother, Thomas' estate.
7/1845 - Gabriel and Sarah Jones, Admin., allowed to sell Hyram Jones' estate.
9/1845 - Gabriel makes return on Isaac Barnett; cleared on settlement of Maggy L. Barnett guardianship.
11/1845 - John G. Jones is administrator of Burrell Jones estate in Burke County. (?)
1/1846 - Gabriel makes return as guardian of Robert Barnet; makes return of Hyram's estate.
2/27/1846 - Gabriel makes return of $317.43 on Hiram's estate. 3/1846 - Gabriel permitted to sell 1/2 of certain Negro man (Burrell), belonging to Barnett heirs.
6/12/1846 - Gabriel Jones pays Miles M. Bloodworth (Tax Commissioner) $16.00 1/3 cash in full Mary Jones' legacy of said Estate of Joseph Jones as directed by John Deason.
7/1846 - Thomas Jones' will proven with Gabriel Jones and Rebecca Jones, executors.
- John G. Jones, guardian for Robert. R Barnet, Ward, on complaint of Robert R Barnet, ordered to Court to show cause not to be removed as security or strengthen position. 8/7/1846 - Gabriel makes $16.73 final payment from Joseph Jones' estate in Mary Jones' legacy (the name Franklin Jones appears directly across from the date on the bottom line of this record?).
9/10/1846 - John G. Jones makes return of $326.75 as Robert Barnet's (or Parrish?) Guardian; released as guardian and replaced by James Jackson with $3000 bond.
- Gabriel return of $192.72 on Hyram Jones' estate. 9/24/1846 - Gabriel dismissed as Executor of Hyram's estate fulfilling duties
1846 - Wife Nancy Underwood dies and Gabriel marries Mariah Carr, dtr. of Stanmore Butler and Mary Manderson Carr.
1/1847 - Gabriel makes return as Barnett Guardian.
7/5/1847 - Child Mary Elizabeth Jones is born (she later marries William Brantley Carr).
3/14/1849 - Gabriel Jones granted deed to Mary (Evelyn ? who was Matthew's wife?) Ballard 50 acres for $50.00...Book A, Page 266. (Mary Ballard listed with Margiann Brady Ballard in 1850 who was widow of James Ballard).
1850 - Child Newton P. Jones is born.
1850-census: He is listed as a farmer with an estate valued at $1,500 in Wilkinson County, GA as 49 years of age with Mariah or Mary Ann Carr (2nd wife) at 37 and that he was born in SC. Children by first wife listed are: Hiram 16 and a farmer; William 15 and a farmer; Mary 12; Nancy M 10; James G. 8. Children by 2nd wife listed are John W., Frances. There is also a Newton P. Jones, age 8 months.
1850, Gabriel's father-in-law, Thomas Underwood, was stabbed while at the Wilkinson County Courthouse. Gabriel's children (Thomas' grandchildren - was he the 35 year old Thomas I Jones in 1870 census in Cross Roads Dist? ) were beneficiaries of land tracts No. 162 and 194 in Wilkinson County and Lot No. 328 in the First District of Cherokee County.
1/5/1852 - Child Joseph Taliaferro is born
1/10/1852 - Gabriel Jones named guardian, in account with Estate of Joseph Jones.
3/1852 - Gabriel received $424.60 on behalf of his children in the probating of the estate of their grandfather, M.M. Bloodworth.
4/27/1852 - Gabriel Jones, guardian, paid $5.00 to Federal Union Office (newspaper?) to advertise property of minor heir of Gabriel Jones for sale. Accpted by James Nesbitt for proprietors.
1/15/1854 -Gabriel Jones granted deed for 200 acres to M.M. Bloodworth for $225.00...Book A, Page 148. The 200-acres in Dist 5 Land Lot 143 sold by Gabriel was within the branches of Watson's Creek and Bull Creek near the county line with Baldwin County, remarkably close to where the M.M. Jones/Temples families were located. Watson's Creek appears to be pretty close to Fishing Creek running out of the southwestern outskirts of Milledgeville. Historic GA Families said Dr. John Taliaferro had land along Fishing Creek in/near Milledgeville.
6/27/1855 - Child Madison Monroe Jones is born
1856 - Gabriel Jones was appointed Commissioner of Patrols for the Bloodworth District. In this capacity, he would have led patrols to search for Negroes who were beginning to organize and become more militant in seeking their freedom at this time.
1859: Gabriel was a suspect in the death of another person. According to the July 12, 1859 Milledgeville/Baldwin County Union Recorder, "John Cobb, Jr. was hung in Atlanta on Friday, the 8th instant. He was convicted of being engaged in the murder of Mr. Landrum. Radford J. Crockett, another of the parties engaged in the murder, was hung sometime since; and Gabriel Jones, also implicated, has yet had his trial."
Later that year, Gabriel sold a portion of his estate to son William Franklin Jones:
State of Georgia
Wilkinson County
This indenture made this twenty seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine between Gabriel Jones of the county and state afore said of the first part and William F. Jones of the same place of the second part witnesseth that the said Gabriel Jones for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars to him in hand paid at and before the sealing and delivering of these presence the receipt where of is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargainith sold and conveyed and does by this presence grant unto the said Willim F. Jones his being anonymous (?) sell and convey all that tract or parcel of land situated lying and being in the fifth district of Wilkinson County known and distinguished in the plan of said district as part of the Lot # 137 fifty acres more or less in the last corner of said lot bounded S.W. by J. Bloodworth, N? W. by David Rics (?), ?? by Thos. Temps and S.E. by Gabriel Jones the understanding is that William F. Jones is to have all the land belonging to the said Gabriel Jones lying on the north side of Bull Branch including a small portion of lot known as Redspring both and a portion of lot known as the home place boath (?) these last named lot numbers not known making in all eighty acres more or less to have and to hold said tract or parcel of land unto him the said William F. Jones his heirs and assigned together with all and singular the rights members and apprentenances thereof to the same in any manner belonging to his and their own proper use benefit and behoof forever in fee simple and the said Gabriel Jones for himself his heirs, executors and administrators the said bargained premises unto the said William F. Jones his heirs and assigns with warrant and forever defend the right and title thereof against themselves and against the claim of all other pensions whatever.
In witness whereof the said Gabriel Jones hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year above written.
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of
Bloodworth Gabriel Jones X His Mark (LG)
James G. Jones
1860 Census - Gabriel, Maria and family are listed in Bloodworth District, Wilkinson County, GA with an estate of $8,000 and personal effects of $2419 as a farmer living next door to son Wm. F. Jones & Elizabeth and baby James T.. The daughter Mary E. Jones is not living with them (likely married by this time). There are children John W. Jones, age 16, Jasper T. Jones, age 8, and Madison M. Jones, age 5, listed after the main family group along with 13 slaves. Milly Temples, 50 year old widow and 6 children are nearby; so is James Bloodworth and family.
In Sept. 1860, his daughter Nancy Matilda Jones was married to Joseph M. Martin in the Gabriel Jones home (Union Recorder Newspaper).
Sept. 3, 1861 Wilkinson Inferior Court of ordered Gabriel along with Vincent Jeans and John Temples to serve on committee in Bloodworth District to report the destitute families of district whose husbands are in the war.
6/1862 - Son Hiram Anderson Jones dies at Camp Randolph in Calhoun, GA during Civil War
1863 Son Mathew Jones dies in Civil War of pneumonia during Seige of Vicksburg, MS; also son Wm. F. Jones captured at Vicksburg but is released.
1863 - Son Joseph Jones goes missing while fighting in Civil War.
1864 - Son George Washington Jones dies at Batte of the Crater in Spotsylvania, VA in Civil War; son James Gabriel dies at Petersburg, VA battle. In Dec. 1864, son William Franklin Jones is captured a Pulaski, TN and sent to Camp Chase, OH.
June, 1865 - Son William Franklin Jones is released from Camp Chase, OH and returns home from the war.
1870 Census Gabriel Jones family is named in Wilkinson County census.
January 8, 1879 (Book D, Pages 199-200) - Gabriel Jones sold to Morgan M. Bloodworth for $400, 50 acres of Lot #160 and 50 acres of Lot #159, 5th District.
January 8, 1879 (Book D, Page 201) - Gabriel Jones sold to Jasper T. Jones for $400, 50 acres of Lot #136, 5th District and 50 acres of Lot #159, 5th District.
January 8, 1879 (Book D, Page 202) - Gabriel Jones sold to Madison M. Jones for $400, 125 acres of Lot #136, 5th District.
The records of the Georgia Surveyor General were checked to find the original grantees for land lots 137, 149, and 158 in District 5, the lots sold by Gabriel Jones.
#137 granted to Samuel McClellan of Hancock Co.
#149 granted to Richard Young of Jefferson Co.
158 granted to John Parrish of Franklin Co.
Since the early deeds are missing, it is impossible to find when and how this land was acquired by Gabriel Jones.
In 1879, about two years before his death, Gabriel Jones sold land to his two younger sons and to his son-in-law, Morgan Bloodworth. By this time William F. Jones had already sold his part of Lot # 137 to his brother. No grantee deed has been found for this property, but given its close proximity to the land of Gabriel Jones, it is very possible that it Gabriel sold it to William. The sale of this property in 1878 probably explains William's move to Baldwin County by 1880. Note that the 1870 census valued William's land at $1000, but he sold it for $140.
The 1880 census lists Jasper T. as the son of Gabriel in dwelling 382/family 433. Living 2 doors away from Gabriel at this time is Madison M. Jones (James Hooks is in between). There is also an Amelia (or Arilla?), age14, listed as the grandchild of Gabriel. Gabriel and his parents are listed as from South Carolina while son Madison and Lefa Temples are 2 houses away.
Gabriel Jones died July 30, 1881 at 80 years of age.
John Gabriel Jones and his second wife, Mariah Carr, are buried in Mount Carmel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery of Wilkinson County, GA, next to Stanmore Butler and Mary Manderson Carr.
Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Gabriel Jones, Deceased:
1 horse about 9 years old named "Morgan" 80.00 1 male hog 5.00, 2 sows & 8 pigs 10.00, 1 sow 3.00, 1 boar 2.00 20.00 1 God's Oven (? 30.00, 1 cart & yoke 10.00, 1 buggy & harnesses 10.00 at hives bees 56.00 1 sugar mill-1, 80 gal. Boiler, 1 skimmer & dipper 25.00 1 anvil - 2 hammers, 1 booker vice & snew (?) plate 2.00 1 show Cutter 5.0, 300 @ fodden a..less @ 80(??) 1 ? saw 3 auger 2 2 chisels and 2 plows 3.00 2 Plow stocks - 1 lob plows - 1/2 single trus & 2 clivis? 5.00 2 sets plow gear 120, 1 crow bar 50, 1 lot of old irons 50, 3 welding ? 100 2.25 1 pump 2.50, 1 wash pot & 2 tubs 2.00, 1 axe & 1 food adg. & lot irons 100 5.50 1 cross cut saw 100 3 bards & 21 kegs 1.50, 1 jar lard 10 & 125/12 3.75 2 boxes & empty keg 25 1 sausage cutter 50 75 300 seed cotto more or less @ 275 per hundred 2 pr. Shred shears 75, 1 old saddle 50, saw wove@ 20-c per pound 1 rifle gun & gum burner 5.00 3 small boxes set 1 jug .25, 1 grind stone 6.35 Grooming (?) Crop Corn, cotton, potatoes, peaches & apples 50.00, 1 clock 2.00, 1 slad 25 52.25 1 bed stead 2.00, 1 doz. Chairs 3.00, 1 stove & kitchen furniture 5.00, money 725 15.25 110 acres of land in Cherokee County Lot of land #160 containing 202 1/2 acres/250 accept 50 acres sold to J.T. Jones & 125 acres sold to M.M. Jones. 1 note against Joe Steven Taylor Jefferson & J M Parker 42.80 1 note against C.C. Parket 30.00, 1 note against Jesse Taylor 25.00 65.00
We the undersigned appraisers do certify that having been fully sworn by and before each other according to the law that the written foregoing is a bill inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Gabriel Jones deceased as far as the same was produced before us by the Admd. Of said deceased to the best of our judgement and understanding. Given under our hands and seal this 8th day of September 1881.
J. W. Davis (h.s.)
W. T. Farrer (h.s.)
A. Pennington (h.s.) R. L. King (h.s.)
Georgia
Wilkinson County
Personally came before me W. B. Carr twsp Adm. of Gabriel Jones, deceased who being duly sworn deposeth and saeth that the written and foregoing inventory is just true and correct and contains a true accrual of all the goods and chattles, rights and credits, real estate of the said deceased that have commit his hands, possession or knowledge.
Sworn to subscribed before me This 13th day of Oct. 1881
W. B. CARR (signed) T. M. Beall
Ordny.
Acct. sales of personal property this day sold as the property of Gabriel Jones decd Sept. 16, 1881.
No. 1 J W. Parker 1 Cane Mill & kettle & 2 dippers 30.00 No. 2 Frank Carr 1 anvil 2 hammers 1 vice 1.36 No. 3. Mrs. Mariah Jones 6 head sheep 1st choice at 1.00 6.00 No. 4. " " " 2nd " 1.30 6.60 No. 5 " " " 3rd " 1. 75 8.75 No. 6 " " " 4th " 1.75 8.75 No. 7 Madison Jones " " 5th " 1.35 6.75 No. 8 " " " " 6th 1.35 6.75 No. 9 Mrs. Mariah Jones 1 sheep with mark and claim 3.15 No. 10 Frank Carr 1 horse 47.00 No. 11 W. B. Ethridge 1 brindle ox 12.00 No. 12 Frank Carr 1 Red ox 3.60 No. 13 W. F Meeks 1 straw cutter 2.60 No. 14 Mrs. Mariah Jones 2 sows & 8 pigs 4.10 No. 15 " " " 1 sow 1.75 No. 16 " " " 1 boar 1.95 No. 17 Jasper Jones 1 Ox cart & yoke 9.06 No. 18 Madison Jones 1 buggy & harness 10.50 No. 19 Thomas Carr 1 hive bees 1st choice 1.70 No. 20 A. Pennington 1 " " 2nd " .65 No. 21 H. Temples 1 " " 3rd " .50 No. 22 A. Pennington 1 " " 4th .25 No. 23 H. Temples 1 empty bee ? .10 No. 24 W. F. Meeks 1 hand saw, 3 augers, 2 chocks & 2 plows 3.00 No. 25 " " " 1 single tree, 1 hoe, 1 plowstock _ No. 26 " " " Lot plows, 1 pr. Gran, 1 clevier 2.90 No. 27 Joseph Martin 1 crow bar .36 No. 28 Luther Smith 1 lot old irons .30 No. 29 Lince Parker 2 hoes, 1 auger & 1 ax 1.66 No. 30 J. K. Braniau ? 1 pump .60 No. 31 Mrs. Mariah Jones 1 pot & 2 tubs 2.16 No. 32 Jasper Jones 1 cross cut saw .20 No. 33 Mrs. Mariah Jones 3 barrels & 2 kegs 1.00 No. 34 W. F. Meeks 8 empty boxes & l key .06 No. 35 J.K. Arrington 1 sausage cutter .50 No. 36 W. F. Meeks 285 seed cotton @ 285 per hundred 8.23 No. 37 Madison Jones 1 pr. Sheep She and? .75 No. 38 " " 1 " " " " .65 No. 39 W. F. Meeks 1 pr. Chairs 2.10 No. 40 Mrs. Mariah Jones 1 pr. Chairs 4.25 No. 41 W. F. Meeks 1 bed stead 2.80 No. 42 W. F. Meeks 1 clock 1.55 No. 43 Mrs. Mariah Jones 1 sideboard .05 No. 44 Madison Jones 1 rifle gun & gun barrell 4.30 No. 45 Mark Jefferson 1 old saddle .35 No. 46 A. McCook 84 wool @ 17 1/2 1.45 No. 47 Henry Lewis 3 boxes, 1 jug & 1 grindstone .30 No. 48 J. W. Parker 472# Fodder @ 90-c. 4.25 No. 49 M. L. Smith Growing crop corn & peas 13.10 No. 50 H. Lewis " " potatoes 2.86 No. 51 J. K. Branau Apples & Peaches 2.30 No. 52 Joseph Martin Crop of cotton 16.50 Total Amt. $252.33
I hereby certify that the foregoing acct. sales are correct & true as stands stated. This Sept. 16, 1881.
R. L. King
Clerk Sales ----------
Un-researched Land transactions of (John) Gabriel Jones: 1854-1891 - Gabriel Jones granted deed to M.M. Bloodworth...Book D, Page 199.
1854-1891 - Gabriel Jones granted deed to Jasper T. Jones...Book D, Page 201.
1854-1891 - Gabriel Jones granted deed to Madison M. Jones...Book D, Page 202
1854-1891- Gabriel Jones received deed from Jasper Jones...Book D, Page 202 (vol. 1, drawer 299, box 28).
1854-1891- Gabriel Jones received deed from Madison M. Jones...Book D, Page 228 (vol. 1, drawer 299, box 28).
1854-1891-Gabriel Jones received deed from Lewis Mandarin (?) Book A, Page 263 (vol. 1, drawer 299, box 28).
From: Jeannette Austin
Feb. 22, 2013.
Additional information:
Jones Research (1820 Land Lottery)
Jones Research (1807 Land Lottery)
Jones Research (Hancock County Newspapers Abstracts)
Jones Research (Oglethorpe County Deed Books)
Jones Research (1800 Oglethorpe County Census)
Conclusion
You have done a wonderful job on organizing your Jones' information and are very thorough. I did not find anything further in Georgia. The 1800 Oglethorpe Census (above) lists a Gabriel Jones. You might know who this is. It appears that the name "Gabriel" is a marker for the old Revolutionary War Soldier listed below. In other words, descendants preserved the name, so this Gabriel could be from that lineage.
Gabriel Jones. Revolutionary War Soldier, born ca 1723, enlisted from Surry County, North Carolina, resident of Floyd County, Kentucky in 1818, listed as aged about 95 years. At that time he said that he had a wife and children. He died March of 1832.
Surry County, N. C. Deeds A, B and C 1770-1788 by Mrs. W. O. Absher
3 Nov 1784, Gabriel Jones, 300 acres on Muddy and Abbits Creek adj. Augustine Blackburn, David Morrow, near *Deep Creek.
3 Nov 1784, Gabriel Jones, 100 acres on Blews Creek adj. Stone, his own line, Frazur, Libny Coffin, A QUAKER.**
3 Nov 1784, Gabriel Jones, 80 acres on waters of Blews Creek adj. Ludowick, Stone and Dobson.
Deed Book C, page 452. 19 Dec 1785. Gabriel Jones and his wife, Elizabeth to Aaron Coffin for 20 pounds 80 acres on Blews Creek adj. Ludowick, Stone, Dobson and Lowdermilk.
Early Kentucky Tax Digest by Kentucky Historical Society
Gabriel Jones, 2 horses, 7 cattle, 1795 Mercer County, Kentucky, William Gaines, Comr.
*Quaker meeting place was Deep Creek. I examined the Deep Creek Minutes in Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy. Nothing found.
**The comma and caps is exactly how Mrs. Absher abstracted it.
Conclusion: I believe that further research is indicated on Gabriel Jones of Floyd County, Kentucky to try to prove the connection. Your Jones' families seem to have longevity, and this Gabriel was over 100 years old when he died. He must have outlived his children, so even if an estate were located, it won't help unless some of his Georgia grandchildren were named.