Re: Seek Info: Marriage of John E. JONES & Thuzza THOMPSON, 19 Oct 1833, Butts Co GA
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Seek Info: Marriage of John E. JONES & Thuzza THOMPSON, 19 Oct 1833, Butts Co GA
Kathryn Hanlin Kinard 3/27/08
"John E. Jones
On April 1, 1836, at the April term of the Superior Court, John E. JONES petitioned the superior court to become a citizen of the United States.He stated that he was born a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland in Carmonthenshire in the principality of Wales, April 4, 1805; that he was a minor, or thereabout, and during minority, except for one voyage to Liverpool in an American vessel; and for three years next preceding the present date it had been his intention bona fide to be admitted a citizen of the United States, and he presented a petition, complying with all the laws, etc., in regard to naturalization.James H. STARK was his attorney.On April 5, 1836, Honorable Angus M. D. KING, judge of the superior court, administered the oath.
John E. JONES was a resident of Jackson in 1837.He owned two lots, No. 2, and No. 3, in square No. 10, and mortgaged same to John HALLMarch 9, 1837.On October 19, 1833, he married Thuzza THOMPSON, of Butts County." [1]
Transcriber's Notes:Thuzza THOMPSON was daughter of Henry THOMSON / THOMPSON, d. 1817 Jasper County, Georgia, and of his wife, Hannah GRIFFIN, d. 1830, Jasper County, Georgia, marriage bond 7 Jan 1793, Columbia County, Georgia [2]; and thought to be granddaughter of ARW Michael GRIFFIN and of Nancy Ann WELDON; and thought to be ggranddaughter of Jacob WELDON, late of Columbia County, Georgia.
Source Citation and Source Information:
[1] Chapter X: Petitions for Citizenship: John E. Jones. History of Butts County, Georgia: 1825-1976.Compiled by Lois McMichael for The William McIntosh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Jackson, Georgia. Ancestors Unlimited, Inc. Genealogical Society Reference Libray.Atlanta, Cherokee Publishing Company. 1978. P:108.
[2]Bride Index: Butts County, Georgia Marriage Records. P:00025.THOMPSON, Thuzza and JONES, John E. 10/19/1833. Butts County, Georgia. Butts County, Georga.Marriage Records, 1826-1870. Frances T. Ingmire. 10166 Clairmont Drive, St. Louis, MO. 63136. 1985. Respository: Clayton County Library System. Headquarters Library. 865 Battlecreeek Road. Jonesboro, GA 30236.Reference MARC 202648835.
[3]Rita E. Goodman, [email protected].