Re: Benjamin Jones born before 1775 "In Boone, Kentucky"
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Benjamin Jones born before 1775 "In Boone, Kentucky"
Kim Harrison 7/29/09
HI;
T he Richard Jones that I’m seeking was born in MD in 1810 per his son’s death certificate, shaky at best. Additional information on his death certification stated that the son’s mother was named Martha Jones. Further, he died in Meigs county’s Columbia’s Township, OH in the last quarter of 1861. His will was written on 29 August 1861 his wife remarried on January 8, 1862 to one of the witness on his will. I have not found a death date, grave, or any documentation on his mortality. This is my dead end !!
What I have foundis sketchy at best and comes under connecting the dots. As I go back in time I have found a Richard Jones marrying a Margaret McCan in Lewis County, WV, 1829. With this wife’s name being Margaret and Not Martha. I have found that this Margaret had a sister named Martha who married one Jacob Nicholas a few years before their marriage and can be found in Ohio’s Vinton County, less than ten miles from Richard’s farm, and now without Margaret. Richard remarried in 1844 to one Elizabeth (Marks) Walburn in Columbia Township, Meigs County, OH.
In the 1850 Ohio Census I can find Richard living with his second wife and it shows children from both marriages. In the 1860 Ohio Census I find just the children of the second marriage, but I do find the same Nicholas’s within ten miles and housing one of the son’s and most likely another daughter. I believe that I am on the right track with the 1829 marriage but have not proven it.
I can find Jones, Mark(s), and McCan (n) in Ireland, in several counties around Jamestown, Spotsylvania, VA, and Fredrick, MD & in Harrison, WV and Athens, OHcounties but no paper work to substantiate that these are the same families.
Where I think I need the most assistance is finding lists of his children. This might help in tracking his children. Also, in finding his parents. I have several Jones’ listed in Ohio that could fit but nothing so far.
Your thoughts and suggestions,
Evan Jones
Michigan
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