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Birth	:	18 Oct 1819
Death	:	9 Apr 1878
Burial	:	Upper Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.2042007, -82.3917007
Inscription	:	Confederate States Of America Veteran.
Description	:	The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC) Wed, April 10, 1878 Death has again invaded our ranks and we are called upon to chronicle the demise of one of our oldest and most respectable citizens. Robert Jones, who has been in delicate health for some time past, of heart disease, was not an unexpected event took place at his residence in our town on yesterday morning at the age of 57 years. The deceased was born at Bowman's Ferry near Lowndesville in 1821. When a young man he taught school near Greenwood for 3 years. Afterwards, he attended... Read More	The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC) Wed, April 10, 1878 Death has again invaded our ranks and we are called upon to chronicle the demise of one of our oldest and most respectable citizens. Robert Jones, who has been in delicate health for some time past, of heart disease, was not an unexpected event took place at his residence in our town on yesterday morning at the age of 57 years. The deceased was born at Bowman's Ferry near Lowndesville in 1821. When a young man he taught school near Greenwood for 3 years. Afterwards, he attended 3 terms of the Cokesbury Conference School. For several years, after he left school he managed the farm of his uncle, Robert Y Jones, until 1850, when he married Miss Mary Davis, daughter of Mr Joshua Davis, who...on Long Cane. The children of this union number 13, of whom seven outlive their father. For several years, he was Overseer of the Abbeville branch of the railroad until 1857, when he came to Abbeville Court House and invested his net earnings in the mercantile business at the firm of Cobb, Hunter & Co. After the dissolution of that firm, he acted as Deputy Sheriff for Joseph T Moore until the beginning of the war. He then volunteered in the company commanded by Judge Dawson, and served as a Private in the Confederate Army until the Fall of 1862, when he was elected Sheriff of Abbeville County by a majority and was discharged from the war in order that he might enter upon the office to which the people had elected him. The important duties of this responsible position he performed in mercy to the debtor class, while he observed the most ....... At the expiration of his term of office, he was appointed United States Deputy Marshall and at the same time acted as Delinquent Tax Collector under Samuel Hodges, frequently he held the following offices at the same time - Deputy Sheriff under H S., United States Marshall, County Coroner and Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. The last named he held four years and was then elected Chairman of the Board. In 1878 he was nominated for re-election to the Democratic Party; and this office he had until the date of his death. He served as superintendent of the town for several years before the war..... The Index-Journal (Greenwood, SC) Sat, 15 Dec 1945 James Y Jones and Elizabeth_______ Children: (A family bible of James Y Jones shows) James Y Jones was born Aug 22, 1794 and died Feb 23, 1948. married Elizabeth (full maiden name not known). She was born July 27, 1790. and they had several children, including Robert (buried in Andrew Chapel Cemetery) Child: Robert Jones, “Thomas Jones, son of James Y Jones, had a brother, Robert Jones, born Oct 18, 1819 who married Rebecca___ (should be Mary Davis, Rebecca’s sister) and had 1 - J Y Jones 2 - Adolphus W Jones 3 - Mrs Bob Johnson 4 - Benton Jones 5 - Joseph E Jones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1880 US Federal Census Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina Josh Y. Jones 26 Dept Sheriff Mary Jones 42 Widow Anna R. Jones 16 Joseph H. Jones 6 Rebecca Davis 27 Aunt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1870 US Federal Census Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina Robt Jones 50 Mary Jones b 1831 Benton Jones 19 Josh Jones 17 Adolphus Jones 13 Robt Jones 11 Annie Jones 7 Willie Jones 3 Joseph E b 1870

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Latitude: 34.2042007
Longitude: -82.3917007

Family Members:

Parent

James Y Jones

(1794 - 1849)

Elizabeth Jones

(1790 - unknow)

Spouse

Mary “Polly” Davis Jones

(1831 - 1906)

Siblings

Nancy Jones Roberts

(1821 - unknow)

Thomas Jones

(1829 - 1895)

Dewitt Young Jones

(1837 - unknow)

Children

Benton W. Jones

(1852 - 1904)

Adolphus Williams Jones

(1857 - 1924)

Anna Robert Jones Johnson

(1863 - 1935)

William “Willie” Jones

(1867 - unknow)

Joseph Edward Jones

(1869 - 1923)

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