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1 DEST Family Trees Quick & Easy
1 DATE 2 MAR 2003
2 TIME 00:24:32
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1 NAME LIVING
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1 NAME LIVING
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1 FAMC @F3@
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1 NAME LIVING
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1 NAME Charles Lewis /Williams/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 JUN 1916
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Warm Springs,Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Warm Springs,Georgia
1 FAMS @F3@
1 NOTE BURIAL: Buried at Mt. Hope Cemetary, Mt. Hope Church in Warm Springs, GA.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 AUG 2001
3 TIME 16:44:49
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME Edna Mattie Elizabeth /Phillips/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 JAN 1926
1 DEAT
2 DATE DEC 1998
2 PLAC Manchester,Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Warm Springs,Georgia
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F4@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 AUG 2001
3 TIME 16:40:49
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME Edwin Levi /Phillips/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 DEC 1889
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 JUL 1964
1 FAMS @F4@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 AUG 2001
3 TIME 16:45:45
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Hattie Mae /Jones/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 MAY 1893
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 DEC 1969
1 BURI
2 PLAC Warm Springs,Georgia
1 FAMS @F4@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 AUG 2001
3 TIME 16:46:43
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME LIVING
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMC @F6@
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME LIVING
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMC @F7@
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME Chart Asberry /Thompson/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1887
1 FAMS @F6@
1 SOUR @S1@
2 _RIN 1
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 AUG 2001
3 TIME 16:50:48
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME Hattie Mae /Owens/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 OCT 1888
1 FAMS @F6@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 AUG 2001
3 TIME 16:51:16
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME William Morris /Jones/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 SEP 1895
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 JAN 1984
2 PLAC Warm Springs,Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Memorial Gardens,Manchester
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMC @F8@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 9 SEP 2001
3 TIME 19:30:06
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME Dora Mae /Sosebee/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 OCT 1900
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 FEB 1984
2 PLAC Warm Springs,Georgia
1 BURI
2 PLAC Memorial Gardens,Manchester
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMC @F9@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 9 SEP 2001
3 TIME 19:30:24
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME Jonathon Monroe /Jones/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1869
1 DEAT
2 DATE 9 MAY 1943
1 FAMS @F8@
1 FAMC @F23@
1 NOTE Lived around Hall and Banks Counties in North GA as per Joyce Jones 
2 CONC Thompson. Possibility of a relative being a full blooded Cherokee also 
2 CONC has per Joyce Jones Thompson as heard from her father, William Morris 
2 CONC Jones.
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1 CHAN
2 DATE 13 AUG 2001
3 TIME 18:06:34
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME Clifford /Jordan/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 FEB 1872
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 MAR 1947
1 FAMS @F8@
1 SOUR @S3@
2 _RIN 6
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 AUG 2001
3 TIME 22:24:38
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1 NAME Albert David /Sosebee/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 OCT 1877
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 AUG 1954
1 BURI
2 PLAC Manchester,Ga City Cemetery
1 FAMS @F9@
1 FAMC @F10@
1 NOTE info on Albert David Sosebee from Sosebee family Bible. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Albert David may also be Albert Davis. Need to verify middle name, 
2 CONC written differently in 2 places.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Verified with Estelle Sosebee Roberts that name is Albert Davis. Also in 
2 CONC obit. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From Manchester Mercury, Thursday, August 26, 1954 volume 14 number 19 
2 CONC Pine Mountain Regional Library, Manchester, GA film June 1953 - November 
2 CONC 1954. Transcribed as printed, spelling included. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral Services Held Sunday for A.D. Sosebee Sr. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Albert Davis Sosebee Sr. passed away at his home on Rt. 1, Warm Springs 
2 CONC last Saturday at the age of 76. He was born in Habersham  County and had 
2 CONC lived in Manchester 28 years. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Funeral services were conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the St. James 
2 CONC Methodist Church where he was a member. The Rev. J.R. Kelley, pastor, 
2 CONC officiated and was assisted  by the Rev. Homer Fowler, pastor of 
2 CONC Northside Baptist Church. Burial was in the City Cemetery with Cox 
2 CONC Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Pallbearers were Charlie Broxton, W.P. Spier, Fred Smith, Roy Carter, 
2 CONC Julian Thompson and Jim Collins. Honorary pallbearers were Fred Stewart, 
2 CONC Earl Hood, H.C. Burke, Raymond Wheelis, W.T. Lee and J.G. Willingham. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Survivors are three daughters - Mrs. Morris Jones, Warm Springs, Mrs. Roy 
2 CONC Parten and Mrs. Bill Roberts, Manchester; four sons - Paul and Ralph, of 
2 CONC Manchester, A.D. Jr., of Atlanta, and Grady, of LaGrange; three sisters - 
2 CONC Mrs. Addie Sosebee, Manchester, Mrs. Joe Welcher, Chicopee, and Mrs. 
2 CONC Preston Smith, New Holland, Ga; 13 grandchildren and seven great 
2 CONC grandchildren.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 APR 2002
3 TIME 22:53:35
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME Martha Elizabeth /Leonard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 AUG 1880
2 SOUR @S2@
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1 APR 1940
1 FAMS @F9@
1 FAMC @F212@
1 NOTE Sister is Nancy Jane Leonard as per email from Cheryl Williams.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 AUG 2001
3 TIME 16:57:54
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Cye /Sosebee/
2 NICK Josiah
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 SEP 1853
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 NOV 1909
1 FAMS @F10@
1 FAMC @F11@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 13 AUG 2001
3 TIME 21:06:03
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Porter/
2 NICK Mollie
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1859
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 NOV 1909
1 FAMS @F10@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 13 AUG 2001
3 TIME 21:06:36
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME Solomon E. /Sosebee/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F11@
1 FAMC @F12@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 13 AUG 2001
3 TIME 20:16:27
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME Nancy /Roberts/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F11@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 12 AUG 2001
3 TIME 17:00:40
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME Sampson /Sosebee/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAY 1786
2 PLAC Spartanburg,SC
2 SOUR @S4@
3 NOTE Buried in Cool Springs Methodist Churchyard, Habersham Co. GA
1 DEAT
2 DATE JUL 1863
2 PLAC Banks County,Ga
2 SOUR @S4@
1 FAMS @F12@
1 FAMC @F13@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 13 AUG 2001
3 TIME 20:14:18
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME LIVING
1 FAMS @F12@
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME Job Sosebee /Sosebee/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAY 1758
2 PLAC South Carolina
2 SOUR @S4@
3 NOTE not verified with source
3 DATA
4 TEXT Job joined the NC militia in 1779. He was awarded two land grants in 
5 CONC Spartanburg for his war service. At one time the plantation covered 900 
5 CONC acres on either side of Peter's Creek. After his death most of his 
5 CONC children migrated to the Nacoochee Valley in North Georgia. 
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1821
2 PLAC Spartanburg,SC
2 SOUR @S4@
3 NOTE not verified
1 FAMS @F13@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 13 AUG 2001
3 TIME 20:25:17
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Tankersly/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 JAN 1763
2 PLAC Spartanburg,SC
2 SOUR @S4@
3 NOTE not verified
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1847
2 PLAC Habersham County,Ga
2 SOUR @S4@
3 NOTE not verified
1 FAMS @F13@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 13 AUG 2001
3 TIME 20:22:44
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1 NAME Lewis Bevel /Jones/
2 NSFX Sr.
1 TITL Sr.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 MAY 1849
2 PLAC Hall County,Ga
1 DEAT
2 DATE 5 MAY 1939
2 PLAC Banks County,Ga
1 BURI
2 PLAC Hickory Flat Methodist Church,Banks County
1 FAMS @F23@
1 FAMC @F130@
1 NOTE Co. F, 1st. Ga. Reserves, CSA - from 
2 CONC http://www.gencircles.com/users/familydigger/1/data/659
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT http://www.gencircles.com/users/familydigger/1/data/659
2 CONT 
2 CONT Note: 1-35 Biography of L. B. Jones, Sr., Margaret Selah Harrington Jones 
2 CONC andChildren. I. History of L.B. Jones I, William Bevel Jones, 
2 CONC feelobligated to explain the purpose of this book, and the main chain 
2 CONC ofdescent of our people to this area, when and why they came this way. 
2 CONC Iknow that a full size family tree is in the making, complete with allthe 
2 CONC branches. I can hardly wait to read about the Bryants, theHarringtons, 
2 CONC the Bevels, the Morris's, the Boyds, the Butterworths, andthe branches of 
2 CONC the Jones family. I wish to thank everyone that helpedon this book, for 
2 CONC all the .bits of information, I appreciate the help ofcousin Margaret 
2 CONC Jones Guest who told me I was the seventh generationfrom England and of 
2 CONC Welsh descent. I was thankful for the help receivedfrom Merle Jones 
2 CONC Divine of Burbank, California and Edwin Lewis Jones ofGreen Valley, Ariz. 
2 CONC Lewis has since passed on, these two are children ofJohn Lewis Jones who 
2 CONC went to Pots Camp, Mississippi from Hall County,Georgia and wrote a 
2 CONC history of the Jones family in 1936 which went backto our tree. Having 
2 CONC checked on the Jones family still in Wales, that weleft over there, have 
2 CONC multiplied and moved all over Great Britain, but alarge percent still 
2 CONC live at the foot of the mountains near the Springson self supporting 
2 CONC farms, as church going, God fearing people, that arecredited with the 
2 CONC ability to talk and laugh, and enjoy life in all typesof circumstances. 
2 CONC It has been said that most of the British folklorecome from the Welsh 
2 CONC area. The Jones boys still pull the small boats downthe canals just wide 
2 CONC enough for two boats with a small mule. The boatsare loaded with coal and 
2 CONC supplies to sell in London. They still go downto Cardiff, the capitol, 
2 CONC for the big Singing every November near the bigRock Shoals where Rock of 
2 CONC Ages was written many years ago. Sometimessixty thousand attend. Emory 
2 CONC Jones says Wales is covered up withJones's. He lived in England one 
2 CONC summer with the Herford family whodeveloped the Herford cattle. Thomas 
2 CONC Jones came from Wales in 1979 afterhe had just put out a best selling 
2 CONC Album and bought Dean Martin's housefor the sum of one million dollars. 
2 CONC The album II You'll Stay UntilTomorrow". Our Jones's from Wales was 
2 CONC Jonathan Jones who settled inVirginia. He had five children all born in 
2 CONC the United States. Fannie,Lewis, Thomas, Jonathan, and Lewis born in 
2 CONC South Carolina. Some think itunlikely to name two sons Lewis, but I would 
2 CONC not doubt it at all becausethey have carried all these names all the way 
2 CONC to this time including whothe girls married like the Bevels and the 
2 CONC Boyds. Onetime in Hall Countythere was three John Lewis Jones's. Two 
2 CONC changed to Jack and one moved toMississippi. In my time once there were 
2 CONC three Bevel Jones's at the sametable and four if you counted Lewis Bevel, 
2 CONC Senior. Hall County wasformed and named for Dr. Lyman Hall, signer of the 
2 CONC Declaration ofIndependence, later Governor of Georgia. This was in 1818. 
2 CONC ElizabethMorris's family was already living in the area, having moved 
2 CONC there fromSouth Carolina. Great Great Grandfather Lewis Jones married her 
2 CONC andhoneymooned back to South Carolina riding horses, where they lived 
2 CONC untilafter Merriman Morris Jones was born. Then in 1822 just after 
2 CONC theychanged the name of Mule Camp Springs to Gainesville they moved to 
2 CONC HallCounty. This was in the year 1822 and had seven more children. 
2 CONC Butbefore we go into this I would like for you to turn your watch back 
2 CONC tothe year 1741. 2. On the east side of Georgia; The west side would 
2 CONC bethe Mississippi River. Only two counties in Georgia. The tall trees 
2 CONC makeit a dark wilderness with no electric lights, telephones paved 
2 CONC roads,automobiles, radios, airplanes, and no Jones's (a very quite 
2 CONC place). .The earliest road map that I can find, shows only one road 
2 CONC fromVirginia, so all of our people are going to come down this road 
2 CONC asGeorgia was offering to give land to all new comers, that is until 
2 CONC June7, 1795 when the legislature met at Louisville and voted to give 
2 CONC fourlarge real estate companies thirty five million acres. The people 
2 CONC roseup and called it the Yazoo Fraud, sayin some day it might be worth 
2 CONC amillion dollars. They rescinded the act, got the land back, and 
2 CONC sureenough, seven years later, the U. S. Government gave them one 
2 CONC million,two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for all the land west of 
2 CONC theChattahoochee River With this money in the Treasury, they 
2 CONC startedsurveying sixty nine new Counties to be given away by lottery. The 
2 CONC Jonesfamily was well liked in Virginia and North Carolina You take the 
2 CONC caseof John Paul Jones, the Father of our Navy, his . only name was 
2 CONC JohnPaul until he met the Jones family and liked them and changed from 
2 CONC JohnPaul to John Paul Jones. I contacted the John Joseph Jones family 
2 CONC inEngland. His people went to Ireland, but Jack Jones as he was 
2 CONC called,went back to England and became a member of Parliament. Jack once 
2 CONC calleda man a liar on the floor, and was asked to leave the floor. I 
2 CONC willleave the floor but the man is still a liar. Jack Jones would 
2 CONC havepassed for a twin brother of Uncle Chester Jones. The Jones family 
2 CONC livedin North Carolina for a time. I don't know how long, then they 
2 CONC movedinto South Carolina and was pretty established. They may have been 
2 CONC nearwhere George Walton settled and built a complete settlement of 
2 CONC nicehomes and everything was going fine until both of the adjoining 
2 CONC statesstarted trying to collect taxes. They left everything, loaded. up 
2 CONC lock,stock and barrel, pots, axe, and frow, deserted the land. They used 
2 CONC totell me that a town was built on our land. We might still own a 
2 CONC bigtown. The trip to Georgia was a slow adventurous journey. On the 
2 CONC waythey saw a large black panther crouched on a big oak limb directly 
2 CONC overthe road. They debated as to what to do. If they shot the panther 
2 CONC andthe mules ran away, everything would be lost so they had to wait 
2 CONC untilthe panther decided to give up and leave. All the way there was 
2 CONC adifference of opinion as to where to . go to settle down and live. 
2 CONC Somewanted to go to Wilkes County Some wanted to go further west to 
2 CONC theTombigbee River. I think. Great Great Grandpa knew where he was 
2 CONC going.all the time and the might have thought he was "hen pecked" 
2 CONC butregardless of what they thought, they came to the parting of the 
2 CONC ways.They shook hands said goodbye and never saw each other again. , I 
2 CONC haveno way of knowing if they got to the Tombigbee or not but the 
2 CONC CreekIndians were between here and the Tombigbee and the; had their 
2 CONC landposted. They may have been wiped out or they ma have "chickened out" 
2 CONC andsettled some place else, and didn't want it known that they did not 
2 CONC maketheir destination. The period from 1802 to 1839 many things were 
2 CONC takingplace and lots of changes were being made. In the 69 new Counties 
2 CONC houseswere being built, where battling sticks could be heard from house 
2 CONC to .house. (That was the forerunner of the May Tag washing machine.) 
2 CONC TheJones's were busy building Jones Town .The Cherokee' were also 
2 CONC busybuilding a town and a Nation within the state ,s 3. complete with 
2 CONC aconstitution similar to ours. They were hauling brick from Savannah 
2 CONC onhorse back building brick houses, printing a newspaper and learning 
2 CONC theEnglish ways in every respect. They even had eleven hundred slaves and 
2 CONC apopulation of sixteen thousand according to 1835 census. All of 
2 CONC thiscaused President Andrew Jackson to order them to cease. Desist as 
2 CONC anation and send Winfield Scott with the U. S. Army to round them up 
2 CONC anddrive them to Oklahoma. This was known as the Trail of Tears, as 
2 CONC manydied on the way. Our folks never had any trouble with the Indians, 
2 CONC myMother, Dora Jordan Jones, told me her grand parents, Tommie 
2 CONC andLeuvicia Jordan visited with the Indians on the Hudson River near 
2 CONC theplace where my grandfather Jacob M. Jordan let the contract for 
2 CONC andbuilt a large house complete with two porches and upstairs for the 
2 CONC sumof $75.00. The house is still being used in 1980. Hall County 
2 CONC wasprogressing at a rapid rate and Jones Town was becoming the 
2 CONC greatestfree enterprise community in the world. All were working 
2 CONC together;included in this community were the Butterworths, 
2 CONC Chandlers,Buffingtons, and many others. The Presbyterian Church was 
2 CONC organized in1825. The Baptist church was organized at Lime Stone Springs, 
2 CONC now NewHolland in 1826, according to the Chamber of Commerce, the first 
2 CONC circuitrider for the Methodist Church was ridden out of town on a rail, 
2 CONC and didnot get established until 1833. once they got established they 
2 CONC went likewild fire. They built Churches and hugh arbours, maybe a hundred 
2 CONC by twohundred feet long with large square timbers, surrounded by wooden 
2 CONC houseswith upstairs suitable for two or three weeks camp meetings. They 
2 CONC wereheld annually during the summer. Vacations were unheard of in 
2 CONC thosedays, but no vacation will ever come up to a week of camping with 
2 CONC ahundred families. They held four preaching services per day plus 
2 CONC prayermeetings and singings by the young people. The first service was at 
2 CONC 8A.M. then 11 A.M. Dinners and picnic lunches all over the place, 
2 CONC eating,visiting and getting ready for the 3 P.M. service and after the 
2 CONC sermon,singing, visit- ing, courting, prayer meetings and preparation for 
2 CONC the 8P.M. service. This was the order of a camp meeting day. To name a 
2 CONC few ofthe camp grounds; Lebannon was near Jones Town, Mossy Creek 
2 CONC nearClearmont, Loudsville near the mountains and the one here was 
2 CONC HawkinsCamp Ground. I was talking recently to Randall Jones and he said 
2 CONC he hadalways thought the Hickory Flat Church was a very small country 
2 CONC church,and was surpised to learn that 100 years ago or about 1885 his own 
2 CONC greatgreat grandfather was preaching to from 500 to 1000 people at a 
2 CONC timeunder the large arbour that was named in his honor and that he 
2 CONC helpedbuild. His name was Rev. Toree Baleem Mauldin Hawkins and was known 
2 CONC asUncle TOB. The builders of the Hawkins Campground Arbour was the 
2 CONC Rev.TOB Hawkins who married grandma's sister Fannie Harrington, Lewis 
2 CONC BevelJones, Bob Morris, Dick Morris, Moses Smelley, Ham Boling, L. 
2 CONC H.Suddeth, Jeff Turner, Allen Sumner and many friends and neighbors. 
2 CONC Theirwork was not in vain because over the many years it stood and was 
2 CONC used,many hundreds of people were converted and lived happy Christian 
2 CONC lives,including yours truly, but after many years of service it began to 
2 CONC rotdown. My sister, Dora Lee Jones Bryant, said it fell as flat as a 
2 CONC boardon the Fourth of July. We don't know what year. I don't know when 
2 CONC theHarrington Family settled around White 4. Sulphur Springs. They 
2 CONC musthave got there about the same time that old man Lewis Jones did. 
2 CONC Bothfamilies had plenty of land. One lady told me that old man Lewis 
2 CONC Jones'splantation reached all the way from the Homestead to the 
2 CONC Gillsville Roadwhich is a longway. A lot of their land joined each other. 
2 CONC JohnHarrington was Grandmother Margaret Selah Harrington's uncle. He was 
2 CONC avery conservative old fellow and said "Buggies are the ruination of 
2 CONC thecountry, can be used for nothing but pleasure and will eventually 
2 CONC breakup the Government". Old man Lewis Jones was just the opposite and 
2 CONC assoon as he could get some square cut nails, door knobs and hinges he 
2 CONC setout building a modern house, using sawed lumber, and before framing 
2 CONC thehouse he dug out a large living room and two bedrooms in solid clay 
2 CONC with18 inch clay walls between the rooms. Then he built a brick chimney 
2 CONC withextra fireplace under the ground in that living area. The last time 
2 CONC Iwas there in May 1968, the house was falling in. The old well 
2 CONC wasdangerous and the place was covered with silver maples. Further on 
2 CONC inthe pines on the right by the side of a brick house a wagon trail 
2 CONC thatgoes to the old Morris Cemetary about one half mile away is a 
2 CONC marblestone where Lewis Jones was laid to rest October 16, 1881. By his 
2 CONC sidewas his wife Elizabeth Morris Jones who died three years before, 
2 CONC bothwere 84 years old , when they died. Next in my line was a son, 
2 CONC greatgrandfather William Freeman Jones (known as Uncle Will), who liked 
2 CONC alittle wine for his stomach sake, a jigger of strong drink and no 
2 CONC more,but he soon lost his will power. He was married to Emmeline 
2 CONC Butterworth.One boy died young. They moved to Taledega, Alabama. This did 
2 CONC not solvehis problem, and after they moved back, his wife died leaving 
2 CONC four smallchildren. He then married Leuisie Williams and they had four 
2 CONC morechildren. According to Norman Butterworth's mother, every body 
2 CONC likedUncle Will but they must have felt sorry for him. He returned to 
2 CONC theBaptist Church at Timber Ridge and was buried there. My 
2 CONC grandfatherLewis Bevel Jones was born May 7, 1847, eight miles east of 
2 CONC Gainesville,4 miles west of Lula, Georgia near Timber Ridge Church, as 
2 CONC Uncle Will'slittle boy Lewis. This is not far from where my grandmother 
2 CONC MargaretSelah Harrington was born July 29, 1849 to great grandfather 
2 CONC Jeptha BoydHarrington and great grandmother Elizabeth Bryant Harrington. 
2 CONC JepthaBoyd died when grandmother Margaret Selah Harrington was about 4 
2 CONC yearsold. I have tried to find out how old Grandpa was when they moved 
2 CONC toAlabama. I did find out that W. B. Buffington made an affidavit in 
2 CONC 1919for a pension for Grandpa, stating that he had known him since 
2 CONC 1857,which indicated that Grandpa might have been 10 years old when 
2 CONC theymoved back. Anyway, Grandpa was not too happy at home with 
2 CONC hisstep-mother. He said she was good to him but he just couldn't 
2 CONC decidewhat to call her. In the spring of 1864 the war was being fought 
2 CONC andcontending armies maneuvered for positions less than 30 miles 
2 CONC fromAtlanta. Grandmother was visiting in Acworth, Georgia and the folks 
2 CONC shewas visiting lost everything they had but some silver. It was so 
2 CONC wellhidden that the soldiers never found it. She left Acworth follow- 
2 CONC ingthe enemy wagons, staying out of sight. Almost to Atlanta then 
2 CONC cutacross to the railroad and same back home. She may have told 
2 CONC Grandpa,'because he and \1. B. Buffington ran away from home to join the 
2 CONC army.They went to Gainesville on May I, 1864 and enlisted in the 
2 CONC FirstGeorgia Reserves Co. F. Twenty-three days later, on the 23rd day of 
2 CONC May1864, Mayor James H. Calhoun of Atlanta, issued the 5. 
2 CONC followingproclamation: In view of the dangers which threatens us, and 
2 CONC inpursuance of a call made by General Wright and General Wayne, I 
2 CONC requireall male citizens capable of bearing arms without regard to 
2 CONC occupationwho are not in Confederate or State Service to report by 12 
2 CONC noon onThursday the 26 inst to 0. H. Jones, Marshall of the City, to 
2 CONC beorganized into companies and armed and report to General Marcus 
2 CONC J.Wright when organized and all male citizens who are not willing 
2 CONC todefend their homes and families are requested to leave the City at 
2 CONC theirearliest convenience. Their presence only em- barrasses the 
2 CONC authoritiesand tends to the demoralization of others. Three months and 
2 CONC many battleslater this same Mayor tore out a page from a memorandum book 
2 CONC and wrote;"Sir: The fortune of war has placed Atlanta in your hands. As 
2 CONC Mayro ofthe City, I ask protect- ion to non-combatants and private 
2 CONC property."Then the famous high speed march to the sea, November 15, 1864 
2 CONC with twoArmies; east wing and a west wing. Sherman got to Savannah by 
2 CONC Christmas.The west wing were one hundred and sixty three days going one 
2 CONC hundredand seventy-five miles. These sixteen and seventeen year old boys 
2 CONC werevolunteers. They would wait for a dark night, and at midnight would 
2 CONC runfull speed on the horses right through the pup tents or try to 
2 CONC knockdown the big tents. I guess it was hard to fight a war with a bunch 
2 CONC ofyoung boys. Grandpa said he took the measles and went to the hospital 
2 CONC inMacon. The first day he helped the doctor remove minnie balls, 
2 CONC thesecond day the Doctor said "You can stay here and help me and. 
2 CONC neverhear another gun fire." Grandpa slipped out of the hospital and 
2 CONC wentback to his outfit resisting the west column and the raiders until 
2 CONC thelast battle was fought at West Point, Georgia. This was April 16, 
2 CONC 1865and Grandpa was discharged at Albany, Georgia. They had fought a 
2 CONC hardand loosing war, food was scarce and some were eating poke salad, 
2 CONC irishpotato tops, briar leaves, apricot, and pea vines. For Vegetables, 
2 CONC IrishPotatoes and Green Apples were boiled and mashed together, seasoned 
2 CONC withsalt, pepper and onions. When corn was in season, they sometimes 
2 CONC hadroasting ears for breakfast, dinner and supper. The clothes 
2 CONC situationwas bad also. one man summed it up this way "one hole in the 
2 CONC seat of thebreeches indicated a Captain, two holes a Lieutenant, and seat 
2 CONC of thepants all out indicates that. the individual is a Private." 
2 CONC Grandpareturned home from the Army at age 16. It was hard for him to 
2 CONC settledown. I don't know if he was converted before he and Grandma 
2 CONC weremarried or not, but I understand he told her he did not want to 
2 CONC beobligated to any Church or organization, then suddenly he made a 
2 CONC 180degree turn, and spent 75 years fulfilling the obligations of 
2 CONC theChurch. It was in December 1865 they got Squire Buffington to come 
2 CONC downto her mothers house (every body called her Mother Harrington) and 
2 CONC therethey got married. They started housekeeping near Jones Town. They 
2 CONC nailedtwo by four posts to the floor and wall, floored it, and boxed it 
2 CONC in,then they filled a bed tick with corn shucks and straw, then before 
2 CONC longthey had collected up an adequate supply of furniture and moved up 
2 CONC onthe Chattahoochee Ri ver in sight of Walker Mountain, farming 
2 CONC andraisin, a family. Now Grandpa was such a small fellow that he wanted 
2 CONC tolook like a man so he let his beard grow out. I asked him about it 
2 CONC andhe said it was flowing black beard about 18 inches long and he 
2 CONC fastenedunder his belt when riding his horse at full speed. He kept the 
2 CONC 6. beardfor a number of years, but he said one day in December he was 
2 CONC riding hishorse to Gainesville when it started raining his beard froze 
2 CONC solid. Hegot in such a mess that he rode right up to the barber shop and 
2 CONC had ittaken off and his face was white as snow. The children didn't know 
2 CONC him.Aunt Emma said she just couldn't quit crying. From then on he was 
2 CONC knownas a clean shaven man. When the children were big enough to work 
2 CONC UncleMonroe got a snake bite and two of the children nearly drowned. 
2 CONC Theydecided to move to Banks County on the Hudson River about 3 miles 
2 CONC eastof Hickory Flat Church to a two story log house. There the Jordans 
2 CONC andthe Jones's were sure having a ball. Grandpa was appointed . 
2 CONC TickEradicator and this required a fearless cowboy that could ride and 
2 CONC ropethe wildest bull. All of the cattle had to be roped and dipped 
2 CONC incresote. Cattle were plentiful in those days as a family could have 
2 CONC ahundred head for the cost of a branding iron and a cow bell. All 
2 CONC Georgiacowboys and mule skinners carried a plait ted whip with a cracker 
2 CONC on thetip end could resemble the sound of a 45 caliber pistol. That is 
2 CONC why weare known around the world as the Cracker State. Uncle Bevel said 
2 CONC oncethe snow was so deep for the vehicles to go to the church that 
2 CONC Grandpawrapped toe sacks around his feet and-walked to church 3 miles 
2 CONC away. Hesaid I can see him now coming back from the church. Ma said "how 
2 CONC manywere there 'I "just me and the Lord," "what did you do," "I built a 
2 CONC firein the pot belly stove, had Prayer, and I feel like I have done 
2 CONC myduty." Grandpa was mean enough to make all the children mind 
2 CONC andReligious enough to hold Prayer meetings at his house every Sunday. 
2 CONC Thisis what Aunt Mary Jordan told me, "Old man Jones had Prayer 
2 CONC meetingevery Sunday afternoon and I went every time Ma would let me." I 
2 CONC saidwhile I am here tell me about Rev. Billy Bryan, she said every 
2 CONC bodyknows about him, said I knew him well as a boy he went to a tent 
2 CONC meetingand the preacher said repent o~ go to hell and he took a stub of 
2 CONC apencil and wrote on top of his shoe I'll risk it, and looked at his 
2 CONC shoeuntil he was converted and preach- ed all of his adult life until he 
2 CONC was90 years of age.' I had found his tombstone at the Silver Shoals 
2 CONC BaptistCemetery. The stone reads "Erected by his friends he baptised over 
2 CONC 5000souls". Grandpa Jones decided he was too far from the church SO 
2 CONC theymoved to an old house one half mile from the Hickory Flat Church, 
2 CONC nearthe Irion Hill. His children must have been hot rodders as I 
2 CONC countedthirteen wrecked buggies around h~ house. If his buggy was wrecked 
2 CONC hejust put out a foot. He let nothing interfere with his going to 
2 CONC church.The weather never got too bad and no visitor was important enough 
2 CONC tokeep him away from church. Grandpa never threw away any junk, so one 
2 CONC dayOne of the grand- children decided to sell some of Grandpa's 
2 CONC junk.Grandpa met him on the road and asked him how much junk was 
2 CONC bringing,said four dollars per load, he said I'll take it, so he bought 
2 CONC his ownjunk. Grandpa was hard to explain. He was kind hearted high 
2 CONC tempered,hard-headed, and nobody dared to dispute his word. He was always 
2 CONC in ahurry. If the average speed was 4 miles per hour he .wanted to go 
2 CONC 6miles per hour. If he was here now and the speed was 55, he would wantto 
2 CONC go 65. One day he was rushing home with a wagon load of supplies andthe 
2 CONC children on top of the supplies, a sack of flour fell off the wagon,they 
2 CONC hollered and told him , about it. He said let the :Devil have itand just 
2 CONC kept driving.' They looked back and the preacher stopped andgot the sack 
2 CONC of flour. They were so well tickled that they jumped off infront of the 
2 CONC 7. house so they could laugh. .Once Uncle Jep decided toleave home to get 
2 CONC out from under his father and was gone for threeweeks. He and my father 
2 CONC Jim under- stood each other real well, and theycould whistle like a 
2 CONC police whistle. Jim heard Jep whistle over in thewoods, Jim went to him, 
2 CONC he said tell Pa to give me the whipping and takeme back home. Jim said 
2 CONC let us play it by ear, so they went into thesupper table, sat down and 
2 CONC Jim didn't say anything, Jep didn't dayanything, and Grandpa didn't say 
2 CONC anything and nothing was evermentioned. Uncle Jep liked to hunt o'possums 
2 CONC so he got a new dog andasked Grandpa if he could try the dog out on 
2 CONC Sunday afternoon. He said"after midnight you can," he waited until 20 
2 CONC minutes before twelve to goabout a mile before starting to hunt, the dog 
2 CONC started .hunting just outof the back yard and treed a possum right at the 
2 CONC house. Grandpa was upbefore day and went into the room where Jep and Jim 
2 CONC were sleeping, sawwhich side Jep was on and went to the corner of the 
2 CONC room to get thehickory while Jep traded places with Jim and Jim got the 
2 CONC whipping. Oneday Grandpa was whipping Uncle Sam and he said, "you know 
2 CONC what I amwhipping you for," yes sir, "for chewing tobacco," "I didn't 
2 CONC know aboutthat so I will have to gi ve you another." At age of 68 Grandpa 
2 CONC built anew house in sight of the Church near the spring, installed a 
2 CONC telephone,bought a hydraulic ram com- plete, but he loaned the pipe to a 
2 CONC friend,and carried water in a bucket the rest of his life. He owned a 
2 CONC Cobblershop but I don't know if he ever made a pair of shoes. He also had 
2 CONC anail keg full of Confederate Money, and the rats gnawed it all topieces. 
2 CONC Grandpa was a man of great faith. When he was 70 years old hesaid to me, 
2 CONC "I want to clear up those woods back of the house and plantvineyards, and 
2 CONC fruit trees of all descriptions, both early and latevarieties so I can 
2 CONC have fruit all the summer." I said, "how long do youexpect to be around," 
2 CONC "He said I am going for a hundred if I am not aburden to anyone, when I 
2 CONC become a burden I would like to go quickly."About 4 years later on June 
2 CONC 20, my birthday, he brought me a big basketof ripe peaches for my 
2 CONC birthday, and gathered fruits for some 18 years.I don't know how much 
2 CONC education Grandma had but she had read the Biblethrough until she almost 
2 CONC knew it by heart, and taught Sunday School foryears and years. Lealon 
2 CONC Morris said to me not too long ago that she wasthe best Sunday School 
2 CONC teacher he ever heard teach. In February 1925Grandma realized she did not 
2 CONC have long to live and she said she wantedall of her children at her 
2 CONC bedside, so all the children were thereexcept Aunt Emma in Arkansas. When 
2 CONC Aunt Emma got to Atlanta they toldher the train did not stop in Lula. 
2 CONC That's a fast train and I want toride it. She knew the conductor and his 
2 CONC name was Tom Turner. She said"Tom, my mother has sent for me and when you 
2 CONC get to Lula you pull thecord, slow down the train and I will jump off, " 
2 CONC and so she did andUncle John caught here, put her in the buggie and 
2 CONC carried her to GrandmaJones's bedside. She motioned for Jep whom she 
2 CONC dearly loved to raise thepillow up where she could see them. The eleven 
2 CONC children stood around herbed all adults. Uncle Sam the youngest was 32 
2 CONC years old. She nodded toeach of them one at a time, smiled and went to 
2 CONC sleep to wake no more.Grandpa was very active all his life, old age 
2 CONC didn't seem to get himdown as it does a lot of people. Mae and I carried 
2 CONC him to Athens once tovisit Uncle Bevel's family when he found out there 
2 CONC 8. was a liverystable near he bought a mule and was aiming to ride the 
2 CONC mule the 40miles back home so I rode the mule back for him. Uncle John 
2 CONC met me downthe road and was I glad to see him. When Grandpa was 79 years 
2 CONC old hewent to Cornelia and bought a new Ford Roadster for 490 dollars, 
2 CONC withthis car he covered many miles visiting friends and relatives near 
2 CONC andfar. He never seemed to get over the loss of his wife, and he told me 
2 CONC henever intimately knew any other woman but Margaret, and I would 
2 CONC gladlywalk a thousand miles just to hear that nervous foot pat. I 
2 CONC thinkGrandpa told me he only went to school three weeks or three months, 
2 CONC buthe had a good education. I asked him about that and he said he 
2 CONC boughthimself a good dictionary and looked up every word that he saw that 
2 CONC hewanted to learn or thought he would need. He attended every 
2 CONC lecture,speech or sermon if he thought the person knew more than he did. 
2 CONC He gotacquainted with all the Judges and Lawyers. In speaking of Richard 
2 CONC B.Russell, he said "If little Dick is half as good as his daddy is he 
2 CONC willbe all right." Back in those days they did not have schools as we 
2 CONC havetoday. Back then somebody would furnish a house and the community 
2 CONC wouldmake up the money to pay the teacher, usually about five dollars 
2 CONC perweek. They only taught Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and 
2 CONC Spelling.Everyone had to learn the multiplication tables up to twelve 
2 CONC timestwelve. Nearly all of the inventions we have today were brought 
2 CONC outduring the 92 years of Lewis Bevel Jones. He and I spent many 
2 CONC hourstogether. He was fascinated by Radio and told me that there would be 
2 CONC aComputer, except he didn't all it a Computer. He said a machine would 
2 CONC bemade that could pick up every word ever spoken in this world, 
2 CONC andidentify the person, time, and place. I thought Grandpa you are 
2 CONC cuttinga wide path. A lot of the thing she did was very practical, like 
2 CONC puttingthe outhouse in line with and beyond the wood pile, where on the 
2 CONC wayback you could bring a stick of wood, except during epidemics. I 
2 CONC thoughtone day Grandpa had made an error in his conversation. He said I 
2 CONC couldhear the words, but could not get the articulation, he was correct. 
2 CONC oncetwo well educated fellows came to Grandpa's, said they were trying 
2 CONC toget people to change their Religion, and wanted to spend the night. 
2 CONC Hesaid I don't think we will be seeing eye to eye, and it might be 
2 CONC betterif you went further to spend the night, we expect reactions like 
2 CONC that,and most of our success has been in leaving Religious tracts. 
2 CONC Grandpasaid leave a few tracks if you will but let all the toes point 
2 CONC away frommy house. When Grandpa was middle aged, people started flying in 
2 CONC air-planes. He liked to keep with every thing so he said, "carry me over 
2 CONC tosee this flying machine". So I carried him over to Gaines- ville 
2 CONC whereBeler Blivens was going to bring one that summer to haul passengers 
2 CONC for$1.00 per minute, five minutes per ride. Some ten thousand people 
2 CONC hadbeen milling around on the red clay to get a glimpse of the plane 
2 CONC whenit flew, so the red dust was about 3 inches deep. Nothing would do 
2 CONC butfor Grandpa to get right up close to the tail of the plane, where 
2 CONC hecould see if anybody really went up in(it. When the propeller 
2 CONC startedand the dust began blowing, everybody ran but Grandpa. All I could 
2 CONC seewas his pants legs flapping in the breeze, when the dust settled 
2 CONC someoneasked him if he had just been resurrected. Grandpa never forgot 
2 CONC JonesTown and his dream was to build another one in Banks County, but I 
2 CONC thinkthat he would be proud to 9. know. that his descendants have 
2 CONC madefootprints on almost every Nation in the world. His Great Great 
2 CONC GreatGranddaughter Susan Smith was born 5000 miles east of Hickory 
2 CONC FlatChurch in a little town in Spain. This information made Bishop 
2 CONC Smithhappy at the church dedication. Lewis Bevel Jones was not a 
2 CONC hypocrite.He was open and above board and didn't believe in secret 
2 CONC organizationsof any kind. His word was his bond and often swore to his 
2 CONC own hurt. Iremember Dank Carter said "Uncle Lewis, if you will bring me 
2 CONC your cottonI will give you discount on your bill." He said I don't want 
2 CONC anydiscount, my debts are worth 100 cents to the dollar. He was firm, 
2 CONC andstern, when it came to what he thought was right and wrong. I have 
2 CONC oftensaid he was the most kind hearted man I ever knew and I knew him 
2 CONC well.He said I want to be buried on my own land, then see that a deed is 
2 CONC madeto the church including the entire Cemetery. William Bevel Jones 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Memorial to Margaret Harrington and L. B. Jones In the 19th century, 
2 CONC the1800's--A young girl with her girl- friend was walking down the 
2 CONC roadwhen they saw a young man leaning against a tree. The girl said to 
2 CONC herfriend, "That's my husband. II The young man must have thought the 
2 CONC sameline. God made them one Grandpa and Grandma Jones. God blessed 
2 CONC theirunion with eleven children, 7 boys and 4 girls. Willie was the 
2 CONC firstson, Monroe was next. It is said when they were yet wearing 
2 CONC dresses,Uncle Monroe did something he should not have done. Uncle Willie 
2 CONC wouldnot tell on Uncle Monroe. Grandma said, "1v'Jell, you will grow up 
2 CONC to bea liar; I just as well kill you now. " Uncle Monroe jumping up and 
2 CONC downsaid, "Tell it, Willie, tell it." He didn't have to. ll1ittle girl 
2 CONC Emmablessed their home, then Fannie. There came another little boy, 
2 CONC Jim,then another little boy, Jep. The fun started. A girl Magdalene 
2 CONC (Maggie)followed Jep, then Naomi. The fun continued. John, Bevel and 
2 CONC Samconsecutively came into the home. Of these their grandchildren and 
2 CONC thechildren, there have been ministers, farmers, judges, teachers, 
2 CONC managersof Corporations, musicians, writers, leaders in Church and 
2 CONC SundaySchool. Because they were extra -ordinary people? No, but one day 
2 CONC theywent down to an 01d-fashioned altar and. made Christ their Lord. 
2 CONC Grandmawas a Baptist. They went down to a Methodist meeting. While going 
2 CONC backthe next time, Grandma said," If he doesn't preach any better than 
2 CONC hedid last night I am not going back any more." The preacher preached 
2 CONC on"The ax is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree that beareth 
2 CONC notgood fruit shall be cut down and cast into the oven. " Grandma went 
2 CONC to.the al tar. I remember seeing my Grandma Jones once. She and 
2 CONC Grandpaate supper with me on my birthday. Many people have said to 
2 CONC me--Yourgrandmother was a. good woman. Not so many people have said that 
2 CONC aboutGrandpa. They did not have to. I grew up under his doorsteps. There 
2 CONC arememories of Grandpa as he worked about the Shop. He sat on the porch 
2 CONC andkilled flies with his home-made fly flap. I remember his reading 
2 CONC theBible with the big print. He often stood by the windw holding 
2 CONC hisquarterly near the light as he studied the Sunday School lesson. 
2 CONC 10.Many of the grandchildren were afraid of Grandpa. I never was, 
2 CONC exceptonce when I laughed at his falling as he stumbled when coming into 
2 CONC theback door. Once he sent we children to the house after we had 
2 CONC muddiedthe spring while catching crayfish. There were a lot of things 
2 CONC about thehouse to remember --the doorsteps, how many were there? The 
2 CONC oldtelephone that rang when one turned the crank. The old clock on 
2 CONC themantle one wound with a key. Of all the things to remember the 
2 CONC mostprecious to me was a plaque which hung on the dining room wall. It 
2 CONC wassimple, printed and plain. I was so happy when my daughter came 
2 CONC homewith one bearing the same verse. It hangs on my dining room wall. 
2 CONC Butsomehow it doesn't look as pretty as Grandpa's did. I want it, too. 
2 CONC Hereis what it said: "As for me and my house we will serve the Lord." 
2 CONC Letnot your heart be troubled, You believe in God, believe also in me. 
2 CONC Inmy Father's house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would 
2 CONC havetold you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare 
2 CONC aplace for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that 
2 CONC whereI am ye may be also. Since we gathered here last year, there are 
2 CONC thoseof our beloved who have left this earthly abode and have gone to 
2 CONC anotherplace of abiding. Charles Wesley Watkins, better known as "Paddy", 
2 CONC thehusband of Irene Jones Watkins; lllIargaret Jones Gillespie married 
2 CONC toDewy Gillespie; Mary Jones Jones, wife of the late Demos Jones. We 
2 CONC mournnot as those who have no hope but rest in His promise. "I will 
2 CONC comeagain and receive you unto myself." A Granddaughter, Maggie J. Bruce 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Subject: Thanks for the Welcome!
2 CONT Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:55:35 -0500
2 CONT From: "Dow Jones" 
2 CONT To: DStuart101@aol.com, vickyjchambers@yahoo.com, tjones@camden.net
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dear Debbie, Billie and Vicky:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Thank you all for welcoming me into the circle. I can tell from 
2 CONC thegenuine
2 CONT warmth that you are either a Jones descendant or are married to one!
2 CONT 
2 CONT Let me tell you a little about myself. I'm the ggg grandson of LewisJones
2 CONT and Elizabeth Morris. I live in Rome, Ga with my wife and 19 month old
2 CONT daughter. I have not been doing any genealogy research myself untilthe
2 CONT past two months. I had decided to research my wife's family since mostof
2 CONT the rocks on my side of the family had been overturned. Then I 
2 CONC sawBillie's
2 CONT post on the Hall county site. My affinity for the Jones family isgreat.
2 CONT As far as I can remember, and long before, (there is a photo of the 1909
2 CONT ones reunion in the book) the L.B. Joneses have been gathering at the
2 CONT Hickory United Methodist church each summer. As a boy I stayed several
2 CONT summers with my Aunt Mae (Nora Mae Jones Brewer)who lived in the 
2 CONC L.B.Jones
2 CONT home. I have enjoyed roaming amongst the same hills and streams as 
2 CONC ourfore
2 CONT fathers. So when I saw such a well informed post, the rest as they sayis
2 CONT history (no pun intended).
2 CONT 
2 CONT I am definitely interested in helping solve the Lewis Jones heritage.My
2 CONT brother and sister have done a lot of research. In addition to them twoof
2 CONT my cousins (both deceased) did quite a bit of research. I will bepicking
2 CONT their brains and sources as we go. I myself do not have a completedGEDCOM
2 CONT for the Jones family. The one I do have is based on one I downloadedfrom
2 CONT Ancestry.com compliments of one Vicky Chambers ( I recognize qualitywork
2 CONT when I see it!)! As soon as I have had a chance to insert the LewisBevel
2 CONT Jones information, I will send a copy.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Now lets talk about the Red Book (my nickname for it) aka "Lewis 
2 CONC BevelJones
2 CONT Margaret Selah Harrington and Children Family Picture Album" FirstEdition
2 CONT Published for the L.B. Jones Sr. Family, June 1983
2 CONT Privately printed and bound in the United States of America by SARGENT'S
2 CONT PRINTING PRESS, Inc. Lithonia, Georgia
2 CONT 
2 CONT This book is unique in its presentation. Primarily a photo album it has
2 CONT about 50 pages of photos of the descendants of Lewis Bevel JONES and
2 CONT Margaret Selah HARRINGTON. Scattered amongst the photos are tidbits of
2 CONT information, e.g. birth, marriage and death dates. Occasionally thereis a
2 CONT place associated with these dates but more than likely there is not. The
2 CONT photo pages are organized by family and are enumerated with the 
2 CONC alphabetin
2 CONT order of age beginning with my Great Grand parents as Section A 
2 CONC followedby
2 CONT each of their children and their families in subsequent sections. Abonus
2 CONT sections M and N. M is dedicated to the Harringtons and N is severalpages
2 CONT of "Various Pictures of Jones Family". Here's a rundown of thesections.
2 CONT Section
2 CONT A.....Lewis Bevel JONES
2 CONT B.....William Boyd JONES
2 CONT C.....Jonathan Monroe JONES
2 CONT D.....Emmeline Elizabeth (Emma) JONES Crenshaw
2 CONT E.....Nancy Frances (Fanny) JONES Sumner
2 CONT F.....James Thomas (Jim) JONES
2 CONT G.....Jeptha Wesley (Jep) JONES
2 CONT H.....Mary Magelene JONES Hope
2 CONT I.....Naomi Anne JONES Barrett Harrington
2 CONT J.....John JONES
2 CONT K.....Lewis Bevel JONES Jr.
2 CONT L.....Samuel Paul JONES
2 CONT M.....Elizabeth Bryant Harrington (Photo has b date of 1825!)
2 CONT N.....Various Pictures of Jones Family Some of the highlights are
2 CONT N1....L.B. Jones Family Reunion May 7, 1909, 1911, and 1913
2 CONT N2....The John Lewis Jones family..1916 Potts Camp, MS (John 
2 CONC Lewis(father),
2 CONT Zelda (Mother), Gwendolyn, Garwood, Willa, Lewis ruth and Merle
2 CONT N2.....An old old photo (my comment) Part of the first settlers of 
2 CONC theLewis
2 CONT Jones family...MAry Jane Jones, Christian Harriet Jones, Thomas 
2 CONC HenryJones
2 CONT and wife Martha Morris Jones, John Lewis Jones (Uncle Jack).
2 CONT N2.....Margaret Ellender Jones Guest
2 CONT .......An additional page shows the Hawkins Camp Meeting Arbor and theold
2 CONT wood Hickory Flat M.E. South Church.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Following the photo album are 35 pages of typed biographies of L. 
2 CONC B.Jones,
2 CONT Margaret Selah Jones and Children. Page 36 is a typed "affidavit" by
2 CONT William Bevel Jones quoting bible records and cemetery stones. I have
2 CONT attached a scanned copy to this email.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Hope this helps. I am reading the biographies and think there may besome
2 CONT useful information in L.B. Joneses regarding Lewis Jones. I amfollowing a
2 CONT lead on a history that had been written in 1936 as well as 
2 CONC combiningremarks
2 CONT made regarding dates and places. I'll keep you posted.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Billie. Can you forward the Hickory flat Cemetery listing? I'll usethe
2 CONT standard CC communications from here out!
2 CONT 
2 CONT Again. Thank you for the warm welcome. I hope I can be an asset tothis
2 CONT group.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Dow
1 SOUR @S3@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 22 SEP 2001
3 TIME 21:52:43
0 @I59@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret Selah /Harrington/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 JUL 1849
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 FEB 1925
1 FAMS @F23@
1 SOUR @S3@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 13 AUG 2001
3 TIME 18:03:29
0 @I324@ INDI
1 NAME William Freeman /Jones/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1823
2 PLAC Hall County,Ga
1 DEAT
2 DATE JAN 1884
2 PLAC Hall County,Ga
1 FAMS @F130@
1 FAMC @F131@
1 NOTE http://www.gencircles.com/users/familydigger/1/data/2456
2 CONT 
2 CONT Note: The birth of William Freeman Jones b Ga. and his older brother 
2 CONC bornNC/SC places them there.
2 CONT 
2 CONT CENSUS: 1850 - Hall County - dist #38 page 403
2 CONT W. F. Jones, age 27, born GA William Freeman Jones tenant farmerliving 
2 CONC next to his father - assume farming his land.
2 CONT R. E., age 24, born GA Rachael E. Butterworth (1st wife)
2 CONT L. B., age 3, born GA Lewis Bevel
2 CONT J. I., age 2, born GA Jonathan Isaac
2 CONT 
2 CONT CENSUS: 1860 - Talladega County - page 735
2 CONT W. Jones, age 30 (?), born GA William Freeman Jones
2 CONT L., age 35, born GA Louisa J. Williams, m. 26 Aug 1857
2 CONT L., age 15, born GA Lewis (Bevel)
2 CONT J., age 12, born GA Jonathan (Isaac)
2 CONT P., age 10, born GA Parks Narimond
2 CONT T., age 8, born GA Thomas Jackson
2 CONT W, age 6, born GA John Wesley
2 CONT S., age 2, born GA Sophronia (1st child by 2nd wife)
2 CONT Corp Wm F Jones Co I 24th GA INF
2 CONT Jones, William F. -- 1st Corporal - August 24, 1861. Being unfit forfield 
2 CONC service he was detailed for hospital duty March 3, 1863. Served 
2 CONC asdetailed nurse in Jerusalem General Hospital, Virginia June 30-July 
2 CONC 23,1863. Received pay Richmond, Virginia October 29, 1863. No later 
2 CONC record.enlistment date for William F. Jones - August 24, 1861, claimed 
2 CONC HallCo. Residency, age apr. 40
2 CONT in source "Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865"
2 CONT 
2 CONT CENSUS: 1870 - Hall County - page 143
2 CONT William F. Jones, age 47, born GA
2 CONT Louisa J., age 33 
2 CONT Jonathan I., age 22
2 CONT Narimond, age 20
2 CONT Thomas J., age 18
2 CONT John W., age 16
2 CONT Sophronia, age 12
2 CONT Chester K., age 10
2 CONT Elizabeth, age 6
2 CONT Mary J., age 4
2 CONT 
2 CONT CENSUS: 1880 Hall co. Ga. 133 Dist p. 25 #248/257 [transcribed by 
2 CONC DowJones March 2001]
2 CONT Jones ,William F. W M 57 head married Farmer Ga, SC, NC
2 CONT ,Louisa J. W F 43 wife married GA, Ga, Ga.
2 CONT , ______ W M 25 son Ga, Ga, Ga.
2 CONT ,____ W F 21 daughter Ga, Ga, Ga.
2 CONT ,Chester R. W M 19 son Ga, Ga, Ga.
2 CONT , Elizabeth C. W F 15 daughter Ga, Ga, Ga.
2 CONT , Mary J. W F 13 daughter Ga, Ga, Ga.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Based on above series of census data, I believe that Louisa must havebeen 
2 CONC 25 in 1860
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT From the Lewis Bevel Book in possession of Dow Jones: William 
2 CONC FreemanJones (known as Uncle Will), who liked a little wine for his 
2 CONC stomachsake, a jigger of strong drink and no more, but soon lost his 
2 CONC willpower.âa He was married to Emmeline Butterworth.âa One
2 CONT boy died young.âa They moved to Taledega, Alabama.âa This did not solvehis 
2 CONC problem, and after they moved back, his wife died leaving foursmall 
2 CONC children.âa He then married Leuisie Williams and they had fourmore 
2 CONC children. According to Norman Butterworth's mother, everybodyliked Uncle 
2 CONC Will but they must have felt sorry for him.âaâa He returnedto the Baptist 
2 CONC Church at Timber Ridge and was burried there."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Research of Will of William Freeman Jones-----19 Feb 2001 by Vicky 
2 CONC JonesChambers.
2 CONT Hall County Courthouse, Probate Court docket and records room.Gainesville 
2 CONC , Ga
2 CONT According to records shown William Freeman Jones died intestate. Thefirst 
2 CONC entry is on January 4, 1884 granting Louisa J. Williams admin.
2 CONT rights as requested by William F. Jones. Then on Febuary 4th, 1884 it 
2 CONC isshown in an Affidavit that Louisa J. Jones failed to comply with the
2 CONT court order of $1600.00 bond for adm.âa Jonathan I. Jones son of 
2 CONC thedeceased , W. F. Jones does come forward to accept adm. He tendered
2 CONT $2000.00âa as bond.âa There are several more normal petitions of the 
2 CONC courtsuch as 12 month support for Widow, Louisa J. Williams and two 
2 CONC minorchildren , Lucy A. Jones and Mary I Jones.âa This was acknowledged 
2 CONC onJuly 9, 1884.
2 CONT âaâaâaâa
2 CONT A new entry of petition of the court entered on August 3, 1884 byJonathan 
2 CONC I Jones, swearing he had dutifully tried within the letter of
2 CONT the law to collect monies owed to the W.F. Jones estate. He was not 
2 CONC ableto collect: $30.00 - M.M. Jones; $1.90 - Thomas Jones; $16.00 - 
2 CONC J.B.Harrington; $10.00 - ??? Simmons. Debt ordered insolvent.
2 CONT âa
2 CONT On page 460 of docket C - List of detailed inventory. Almost 
2 CONC totallyunreadable.âa Top of Page is, SALE BILL. 4 columns with 
2 CONC descriptions andpurchaser. I will list a few I can read.
2 CONT one sythe - J.K. Perry
2 CONT one Pr stock - J.A. Payne
2 CONT one empty barre l- J.E. Chumbler.
2 CONT one flour ke g- J.A. Elrod
2 CONT most of the rest is unreadable, July ?? 1884
2 CONT 
2 CONT Inventory for appraisement
2 CONT One hundred acres of landâaâaâaâa $1000.00
2 CONT 35 bushels of corn($1.50 Ea)âaâaâaâa $26.25
2 CONT 300 bundles of fodderâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâa $4.50
2 CONT 1 chain, ax , ???âaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâa $ 1.00
2 CONT 4 feather bedsâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâa $9.80
2 CONT 1 lot of bed clothingâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâa $15.00
2 CONT 4 bed steadsâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâa $3.00
2 CONT 1 calfâa and one riding saddleâaâaâaâaâa $21.00
2 CONT 1 table 6 chairs, one cook stoveâaâa $6.50
2 CONT 1 lot knives and forksâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâaâa $ 50( I think thisis fifty cents)
2 CONT 1 breadtray, 1 waterbucket, 1 chest, 1 chair, $ 2.35
2 CONT 1 bookâaâaâa &âa .75âaâa
2 CONT one looking glassâaâa & $.50
2 CONT 1 note signed by M.M. Jones for $30.00
2 CONT 1 open account from J.B. Harrington for $10.00
2 CONT dated Feby. 14 , 1884
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jonathan I. Jones Was discharged from adm. duty July 2, 1887
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1884, Louisa J. Jones filed for CSA pension, Hall Co. Ga, W.F. Jones 
2 CONC ,serv. Co Iâa 24th Ga Inf
1 CHAN
2 DATE 22 SEP 2001
3 TIME 21:56:18
0 @I325@ INDI
1 NAME Rachel Emmaline /Butterworth/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1826
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1855/1857
1 FAMS @F130@
1 FAMC @F132@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 22 SEP 2001
3 TIME 21:58:48
0 @I326@ INDI
1 NAME Lewis /Jones/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1797
2 PLAC North Carolina
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 OCT 1881
2 PLAC Hall County,Ga
1 BURI
2 PLAC Old Jones,Morris Cem Hall Co
1 FAMS @F131@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 SEP 2001
3 TIME 20:22:02
0 @I327@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth Wright /Morris/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1797
2 PLAC North Carolina
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 OCT 1878
2 PLAC Hall County,Ga
1 BURI
2 PLAC Old Jones,Morris Cem. Hall co.ga.
1 FAMS @F131@
1 FAMC @F224@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 SEP 2001
3 TIME 21:20:09
0 @I328@ INDI
1 NAME Issac Clement /Butterworth/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F132@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 22 SEP 2001
3 TIME 21:59:14
0 @I329@ INDI
1 NAME Parky P. /Hix/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F132@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 22 SEP 2001
3 TIME 21:59:31
0 @I621@ INDI
1 NAME John /Leonard/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F212@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 SEP 2001
3 TIME 20:00:16
0 @I622@ INDI
1 NAME Louise /Conley/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F212@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 SEP 2001
3 TIME 20:00:35
0 @I669@ INDI
1 NAME William /Morris/
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1860
1 FAMS @F224@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 SEP 2001
3 TIME 21:21:29
0 @I670@ INDI
1 NAME Christiana /Simmons/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1773
2 PLAC Amherst,VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1856
2 PLAC Georgia
1 FAMS @F224@
1 FAMC @F225@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 SEP 2001
3 TIME 21:25:38
0 @I676@ INDI
1 NAME James S. /Simmons/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JAN 1732
2 PLAC England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 9 FEB 1823
2 PLAC High Shoals,Rutherford,North Carolina
1 FAMS @F225@
1 NOTE source: http://www.gencircles.com/users/familydigger/1/data/2310
2 CONT 
2 CONT Note: This family information has not been totally verified. I feel that 
2 CONC allis correct. Keep this in mind when sharing with others.
2 CONT Family file I have in file cabinet says . ... James emmigrated to 
2 CONC thiscountry in the 1750's and bought a farm in Amherst Co. VA 1768 
2 CONC fromGeorge Carrington and then sold this farm in 1772 to John Dawson.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 SEP 2001
3 TIME 21:27:42
0 @I677@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Waters/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1740
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1791/1830
1 FAMS @F225@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 23 SEP 2001
3 TIME 21:33:19
0 @F2@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I3@
1 WIFE @I4@
1 CHIL @I1@
0 @F3@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I6@
1 WIFE @I7@
1 CHIL @I3@
1 MARR
2 DATE 17 OCT 1941
0 @F4@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I8@
1 WIFE @I9@
1 CHIL @I7@
0 @F5@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I10@
1 WIFE @I11@
1 CHIL @I4@
0 @F6@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I12@
1 WIFE @I13@
1 CHIL @I10@
1 MARR
2 DATE 11 NOV 1909
2 PLAC Harris City,Ga
2 SOUR @S1@
3 _RIN 1
0 @F7@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I14@
1 WIFE @I15@
1 CHIL @I11@
1 MARR
2 DATE 7 JUL 1918
2 PLAC Gainesville,Georgia
0 @F8@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I16@
1 WIFE @I17@
1 CHIL @I14@
1 MARR
2 DATE 25 DEC 1890
0 @F9@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I18@
1 WIFE @I19@
1 CHIL @I15@
1 MARR
2 DATE 25 MAR 1900
2 PLAC Habersham County,Ga
0 @F10@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I20@
1 WIFE @I21@
1 CHIL @I18@
1 MARR
2 DATE 10 DEC 1876
0 @F11@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I22@
1 WIFE @I23@
1 CHIL @I20@
0 @F12@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I24@
1 WIFE @I25@
1 CHIL @I22@
0 @F13@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I26@
1 WIFE @I27@
1 CHIL @I24@
0 @F23@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I58@
1 WIFE @I59@
1 CHIL @I16@
1 MARR
2 DATE 28 DEC 1865
2 PLAC Hall County,Ga
0 @F130@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I324@
1 WIFE @I325@
1 CHIL @I58@
1 MARR
2 DATE 29 JAN 1846
2 PLAC Hall County,Ga
0 @F131@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I326@
1 WIFE @I327@
1 CHIL @I324@
0 @F132@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I328@
1 WIFE @I329@
1 CHIL @I325@
0 @F212@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I621@
1 WIFE @I622@
1 CHIL @I19@
0 @F224@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I669@
1 WIFE @I670@
1 CHIL @I327@
1 MARR
2 DATE 30 APR 1793
2 PLAC Amherst,VA
0 @F225@ FAM
1 _STAT MARRIED
1 HUSB @I676@
1 WIFE @I677@
1 CHIL @I670@
1 MARR
2 DATE 1757
2 PLAC Amherst,VA
0 @S1@ SOUR
1 _TYPE Interview
1 TITL Interview with Joyce and Claude Thompson
1 AUTH Christina Williams Routon
2 ABBR Christina Williams Routon
1 _OTHER 11 Aug 2001
1 ABBR Interview with Joyce and Claude Thompson
1 QUAY 1
1 NOTE Not sure of spelling of name of Asberry. Other possibility could be 
2 CONC Asbury. 
0 @S2@ SOUR
1 _TYPE Bible Record
1 TITL M.E. Leonard
1 ABBR M.E. Leonard
1 NOTE From family Bible in possession of Joyce Jones Thompson and Claude 
2 CONC Thompson, found during personal interview on 11 Aug 2001. 
1 TEXT DOB 25 Aug 1880
2 CONT DOD 1 April 1940
1 _ITALIC Y
1 _PAREN Y
0 @S3@ SOUR
1 _TYPE Book
1 TITL L.B. Jones and Margaret Selah Jones Family Picture Album
1 _OTHER Published in 1983 for the L.B. Jones Sr. Family
1 ABBR L.B. Jones and Margaret Selah Jones Family Picture Album
1 NOTE Contains family information and photos of L.B. Jones' families as of 
2 CONC 1983. In possession of Joyce Jones Thompson and Claude Thompson. 
1 _MASTER Y
1 _ITALIC Y
1 _PAREN Y
0 @S4@ SOUR
1 _TYPE Electronic Databases
1 TITL Ancestry World Tree Viewer
1 ABBR Ancestry World Tree Viewer
1 NOTE ancestry.com world tree viewer, search on SOSEBEE.
1 _PAREN Y
0 TRLR