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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 22102
Library of Virginia
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Joseph Jones was born 23 August 1749 in Petersburg,
Virginia, the son of Thomas Jones (d. 1773) and Lucy Watson
Jones. He was elected vestryman of Bristol Parish in 1773.
Jones served as a captain in the Revolution, became a colonel
in the Virginia militia in 1784, promoted to brigadier general
in 1784, and elected major general in 1803. He served in the
House of Delegates in 1787, and as a postmaster and collector
of the port for Petersburg. He married first Ann Call
(1761-1778) and had one child, and he married second Jane
Atkinson in 1780 and had 10 children. Jones died 9 February
1824 at "Cedar Grove," his home in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
His oldest son by his second wife, Thomas Jones, was born 18
August 1781 at "Cedar Grove" and attended the College of
William and Mary, where he earned an A.B. and B.L. Thomas
married Mary Lee (1790-1848) 11 December 1804. Jones died 9
November 1866 at "Bell Vue" in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
Joseph Jones's son and Thomas Jones's brother Joseph Jones was
born 20 February 1787 in Petersburg. He studied medicine in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and became a doctor. He married
first Sarah Bland Atkinson, and second, Mary Pickett of
Kentucky. Joseph Jones moved west, dying in New Orleans,
Louisiana, 29 August 1847. Thomas Jones's son Thomas was born
8 September 1811 at "Bell Vue." He married Anne Seymour
Trowbridge of Westmoreland County, Virginia, 21 October 1843.
First a Presbyterian minister, then a lawyer, Jones served as
Westmoreland County's commonwealth's attorney from 1849 to
1869. He served as a judge from 1872 to 1893. He died 27
December 1893.
Papers, 1788-1846, of the Jones family of Dinwiddie and
Chesterfield Counties, and Petersburg, Virginia, consisting of
personal and business correspondence to and from Joseph Jones
(1749-1824), Thomas Jones (1781-1866), and Joseph Jones
(1787-1847), discussing land and property in Virginia and
Kentucky, education of children, politics, militia musters,
agriculture, and inheritances. Includes: deeds, accounts,
lists of slaves and livestock, powers of attorney, bonds,
promissory notes, agreements, memorandums, and songs.
1: Letter.
L[eighton] Wood,
Richmond, to Colonel Joseph Jones, Dinwiddie,
26 March 1788.
1 p. (1 print)
2: Deed. Erasmus Gill and Sarah, his
wife, n.p., to Joseph Jones, Dinwiddie County, two lots
in Town of Petersburg, dated
20 July 1789 and recorded Dinwiddie
County,
July 1790 .
4 p. (4 prints)
3: Deed. Roger Atkinson, Jr., and
Agness, his wife, Chesterfield County, to Joseph Jones,
Dinwiddie County, 500 acres in Halifax County, dated
20 October 1790 and recorded Halifax
County,
25 October 1790 .
2 p. (2 prints)
4: Letter. A. Buford, Richmond, to
Colonel Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
10 May 1793.
3 p. (2 prints)
5: Letter. A. McRae, Richmond, to
General Joseph Jones, Dinwiddie,
16 June 1793.
3 p. (2 prints)
6: Letter. John Stith, Brunswick
County, to General Joseph Jones, Halifax County,
12 September 1795.
1 p. (1 print)
7: Account of Joseph Jones with
Chrisopher Jones, paid
21 March [17]97.
1 p. (1 print)
8: Letter. Benjamin Harrison, Brandon,
to General Joseph Jones, Cedar Grove, [Town of
Petersburg],
29 January 1798.
2 p. (2 prints)
9: Letter. Joseph Jones, n.p., to
Alexander McRae, n.p.,
22 June 1798.
1 p. (1 print)
10: Deed. John Walsh, Halifax County,
to Joseph Jones, Dinwiddie County, 263 acres in Halifax
County, dated...
4 p. (3 prints)
11: Letters. Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
to [the professors of the College of William and Mary],
14 October 1798.
2 p. (3 prints)
12: Letter. Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
to [Brechen?], n.p.,
10 March 1800.
1 p. (1 print)
13: Letter. John [Verell?], Sterling
Castle, to General Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
25 August 1800.
2 p. (2 prints)
14: Deed. Joseph Jones, Dinwiddie
County, to Donald Mackensie, Town of Petersburg, use of
water,
October 1803.
1 p. (1 print)
15: Letter. Joseph Jones, Cedar Grove,
[Town of Petersburg], to Thomas Jones, Westmoreland
County,
1 July 1805.
1 p. (1 print)
16: Deed. Josiah Farler and Mary, his
wife, to Joseph Jones, both parties of Dinwiddie County,
300 acres in Brunswick County, dated,
13 January 1809, and recorded
Brunswick County,
26 March 1810 .
2 p. (2 prints)
17: Survey. 1,210 acres belonging to
[Joseph Jones?], Halifax County, by James Eastham,
Surveyor,
20 November 1810.
1 p. (1 print)
18: Letter. A. Buford, Chilacothee
[Chillacothe?], Ohio, to General Joseph Jones,
Petersburg,
1 December 1810.
3 p. (2 prints)
19: Letter. Joseph Jones, n.p., to
General Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
6 October 1812.
3 p. (2 prints)
20: List of Negroes,
1813 .
1 p. (1 print)
21: List of cattle, etc.,
April 1813 .
1 p. (1 print)
22: Deed. Roger Atkinson and Agnes,
his wife, to Thomas Jones, both parties of Chesterfield
County, 2 1/3 acres in Chesterfield County, dated
March 1814 , and recorded
Chesterfield County,
11 April 1814 .
2 p. (1 print)
23: Letter. Joseph Jones, n.p., to
General Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
[19 December 1816].
3 p. (2 prints)
24: Agreement. Joseph Jones,
Petersburg, with Joseph Kidd, Brunswick County,
20 November 1817.
1 p. (1 print)
25: Letter. Joseph Jones, n.p., to
General Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
5 December 1817.
3 p. (2 prints)
26: Power of attorney. Joseph Jones,
Dinwiddie County, to Abraham Buford, Scott County,
Kentucky,
14 May 1818.
1 p. (1 print)
27: Letter. J[oseph] J[ones],
Petersburg, to Colonel Abraham Buford, n.p.,
26 May 1818.
1 p. (1 print)
28: Letter. Joseph Jones, Ohio, to
Mrs. Jones, Cedar Grove, Petersburg,
2 August [1818?].
2 p. (3 prints)
29: Letter. Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
to Colonel Abraham Buford, [Scott County, Kentucky],
16 May 1819.
2 p. (1 print)
30: Letter. Joseph Jones, n.p., to
General Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
25 September 1819.
1 p. (1 print)
31: Letter. A[braham] Buford, Scott
County, Kentucky, to General Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
October 1819.
2 p. (2 prints)
32: Letter. Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
to Colonel [Abraham] Buford, n.p.,
22 October 1819.
2 p. (2 prints)
33: Letter. A[braham] Buford, Scott
County, Kentucky, to General Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
21 July 1821.
3 p. (2 prints)
34: Letter. Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
to Joseph Jones, n.p.,
1 October 1821.
1 p. (2 prints)
35: Letter. Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
to Joseph Jones, Halifax,
8 February 1822.
1 p. (1 print)
36: Letter. A[braham] Buford, Scott
County, [Kentucky], to General Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
14 June 1822.
2 p. (2 prints)
37: Survey. 42 acres belonging to
General Joseph Jones, Dinwiddie County, by James
Hargrave, Surveyor,
28 June 1822.
1 p. (1 print)
38: Letter. Joseph Jones, Petersburg,
to Colonel Abraham Buford, [Scott County, Kentucky],
14 July 1822.
1 p. (1 print)
39: Contract. Joseph Jones with John
Conway, both parties of Town of Petersburg,
22 September 1822.
1 p. (2 prints)
40: Promissory notes. Thomas Jones to
William B. Giles,
17 July 1826.
1 p. (2 prints)
41: Letter. William B. Giles, Wigwam,
to Thomas Jones, n.p.,
2 August 1826.
2 p. (2 prints)
42: Letter. Thomas Jones, Wigwam, to
Thomas Jones, Petersburg,
6 May 1827.
2 p. (2 prints)
43: Agreemtn among the children of
Joseph Jones, deceased,
25 November 1828.
2 p. (2 prints)
44: Letter. James B. Jones,
Mecklenburg, to Messrs. [Baird?], Thomas, Joseph, Roger
and Benson Jones, n.p.,
11 April 1829.
3 p. (2 prints)
45: Letter. A[braham] Buford, Scott
County, Kentucky, to Joseph Jones, near Petersburg,
1 June 1833.
3 p. (2 prints) Incomplete.
46: Letter. John Sims, Halifax, to
Thomas Jones, Chesterfield,
17 January 1834.
3 p. (2 prints)
47: Letter. Thomas J. Woodson, Knox
County, Kentucky, to Thomas Jones or Joseph J. Anderson,
Petersburg,
29 August 1834.
3 p. (2 prints)
48: Deed. Thomas Jones, executor of
Joseph Jones, deceased, n.p., to Henry Nollner, Town of
Petersburg, lot in Petersburg, dated
22 April 1835, and recorded Town of
Petersburg,
23 May 1835 .
2 p. (2 prints)
49: Bond. Benjamin W. Gates to Thomas
Jones,
12 January 1838.
1 p. (1 print)
50: Letter. Catherine MacDougall,
Chesterfield, to Mrs. Jones Bellevue, n.p.,
21 January 1844.
1 p. (1 print)
51: Letter. M. E. Baugh, Portsmouth,
to [Mrs. Mary Jones, Petersburg],
12 June 1846.
2 p. (1 print)
52: Letter. M. Jones, n.p., to Thomas
Jones, Bellevue, near Petersburg,
7 August [?].
2 p. (2 prints)
53: Letter. Virginia [?], n.p., to
Mrs. Mary Jones, Bellevue, [near Petersburg],
30 August [?].
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