Ebenezer Jones, Jr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, White Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1860, McMinnville P.O., Warren Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Name: Ebenezer JONES, Jr.
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1774 in Sussex Co., DE
Death: BET 1860 AND 1870 in Warren Co., TN
Reference Number: 35895
Note:

EBENEZER6 JONES, (Ebenezer5, Thomas4, Ebenezer3, Thomas2, WilliamA-1 ), b ca 1774 Sussex Co., DE d bet 1860-1870 Warren Co., TN m 1799 Irede ll Co., NC Elizabeth Cast b ca 1781 NC d bet 1850-1860 White or Warren Co ., TN dau of
Ebenezer may have lived on the Indian lands in Blount County, Tennessee wi th his mother Ann and brothers Prettyman and Zachariah, as he was issued a passport to enter the Indian lands on 2 June 1798. Others that were issued a passport at the same time were James Heuston; John Hueston; John Edwards; John Simons; Thos Simons; Tho Telford; Mathew Hueston his wife a nd negro girl; James Gillispie his wife & small girl, Wm Small; and Alex Gillispie.1

Ebenezer performed jury duty in Blount County. On 28 August 1804 Prettyman JONES gave his power of attorney to Ebenezer.2 I believe that Prettyman and Zachariah moved from Blount County to Buffalo Valley, JACKSON County, Tennessee at this time. I believe Ebenezer moved directly to White County from Blount County. He is in court minutes of Blount County on 24 May 1806 and 27 August 1808.2 On 23 May 1810 by grant number 1281 Ebenezer was granted 217 ¼ acres of land in Blount by right of occupancy.3 The land was also surveyed on 13 June 1807 and was on a branch of Sinking Creek. As Ebenezer JONES of White County, Tennessee he sold this land on 4 November 1817 to ALEXANDER Wilson.4 The deed states the land was on waters of Cloyd?s Creek, and adjoined John Woody, Samuel Dixon, James Curry and John Simons. Witnesses to the deed were JACOB JONES, Ruben Casada and Joseph Duncan.

Ebenezer was in White County, Tennessee, by 20 January 1810, as he was one of the witnesses to a deed from Prettyman JONES to Zachariah JONES.5 He was appointed as a road Commissioner on 13 May 1811.6 He lived in the Glade Creek area of northern White County. In White County he had 23 acres of land surveyed on 10 Aug 1814 7 and 1508 acres surveyed on 11 Aug 1814. These two tracts of land were on Glade Creek of the Caney Fork River. The survey chain carrier for the two tracts of land were HENRY Williams, William Kerr, Ruben Cassady and William Ward. The 150 acre tract bordered William Ray and John Howard. On the 3rd and 6th of October 1818, he had two more tracts of land surveyed on Glade Creek in White County. One survey was for 10 acres of land on west boundary of James Pearce9, and the other tract was also for 10 acres of land including a cabin below Ebenezer.10 The survey chain carriers for both surveys were William JONES and Reuben Cassady. His final land survey was on 11 May 1827 for 50 acres on Glade Creek.11 The lands beginning point was the Northeast corner of Ebenezer?s 20 acre survey. The land bordered William B. JONES and Kerr. The survey chain carriers were Charles Certain and Thomas JONES. Ebenezer purchased 50 acres of land on Glade Creek on 7 October 1830 from William B. JONES. This land begin on the Southwest corner of Ebenezer?s 10 acres. In the same deed William B. JONES also conveyed his right in two 10 acre tracts of land entered by Ebenezer and conditionally sold by Ebenezer to William B.12 The witnesses to this deed were John T. Goodwin and Thomas JONES. On 12 August 1839 Ebenezer sold land on Glade Creek to Stephen C. Pistole, and Thomas Fitch and Riley JONES witnessed the deed.13 As Ebenezer JONES, Sr he sold his 150 acres of land to Henderson M. JONES, and Thomas Fitch and Riley JONES witnessed the deed.14 The 1828 and 1829 White County Tax Lists show that Ebenezer owned one slave.

We have no record that names any of the children of Ebenezer, but from the associations with each other, tax lists and census records we have a good idea of some of his children. On 1829 tax list of William B and James R. JONES. In 1836 and 1837 William B. and Riley are listed with him, but this is apparently the estate of William B. as he was dead by October 1 835 In 1838 Ebenezer is listed in District ?7 or 8 with William B., Zachariah, Riley, Ebenezer and Richard JONES. Henderson M., DOUGLAS, Madison F. and James R are listed together in District 7 in 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850. The 1850 census of White County, Tennessee, District 7, shows Ebenezer with Elizabeth as family number 1266 age 76 born in Delaware. Next door to Ebenezer as number 1267 was Richard J. JONES. Number 1268 was Henderson M. JONES, and number 1269 was Madison JONES. James R. JONES was list ed as family number 1255 in District 7. In the 1860 census of Warren County, Tennessee, Ebenezer is living in McMinnville with Ebenezer JONES age 44 blacksmith. There are associations in Warren County of Ebenezer JONES the blacksmith and Henderson M. JONES. There was a common support among what we feel were his sons for the Union during the Civil War. Descendants of Barnabas JONES that now live in Peeled Chestnut area of White County claim they are related to Hugh JONES and Ralph JONES. Ralph JONES and Nell JONES both state they are related to Berry (Barnabas) H. JONES of Baxter, Tennessee as told by their family, but do not know how they are related. In the 1830 census of White County Ebenezer is listed with six white males under age 10; three white males age 10 to 16; one male over age 45; one female under age 5; one female age 16 to 26; one female age 26 to 45 and four males slaves age 14 to 26. The 1830 census of White County has lis ted with Ebenezer one male under age 5; two males age 5 to 10; three males age 10 to 15; three males age 15 to 20; one male 50 to 60 and one female age 40 to 50. On the 1840 census of White County Ebenezer is listed with one male age 10 to 15; two males age 15 to 20; one male age 20 to 30; one male age 70 to 80 and one female age 70 to 80.

In the pension application of Ebenezer?s sister, Comfort, Elizabeth JONES states she first met Ebenezer and his family when she was nine years old (1790) in Iredell County, North Carolina and that the JONES and HARVEY families moved to Blount County, Tennessee in 1796 when she was fifteen. In 1799 Ebenezer returned to Iredell County and married her. Children:
+ 3562. (i) WILLIAM B.7 JONES b ca 1806 TN m Rachel ____.
3563. (ii) THOMAS7 JONES b ca 1808 TN.
3564. (iii) RILEY7 JONES b ca 1810 TN.
+ 3565. (iv) EBENEZER7 JONES, Jr b ca 1816 White Co., TN m1st Irena Garner m 2nd Siotha SCOTT.
+ 3566. (v) HENDERSON MACKLIN7 JONES b ca 1817 White Co., TN m1st#3717 Elizabeth Ann Gracy m2nd Elizabeth McConnell.
+ 3567. (vi) JAMES R.7 JONES b ca 1819 White Co., TN m Mariah Martin.
3568. (vii) ZACHARIAH7 JONES b ca 1821 White Co., TN.
+ 3569. (viii) MADISON F.7 JONES b ca 1823 White Co., TN m Celia Howell.
3570. (ix) RICHARD DOUGLAS7 JONES b ca 1826 White Co., TN m 8 Feb 1849 White Co., TN Elizabeth Weaver.

END NOTES
1. Potter, Dorothy Williams, "Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823 ", Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1982, p 320.
2. Blount Co. TN Court Records, WPA, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
3. East Tennessee Grants, Microfilm Roll 59, BK 2-1, p 405, TSL&A, Nashville.
4. Blount Co., TN Deed Book 1, p 461, microfilm, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
5. White Co., TN Deed BK D p 49.
6. White Co., TN Minute Book 1806-11, WPA, TSL&A, Nashville, TN, p 32.
7. Early TN Land Records, Record Group 50, TSL&A, Nashville, TN 1st Surveyors District Survey BK G, p 547.
8. Early TN Land Records, Record Group 50, TSL&A, Nashville, TN 1st Surveyors District Survey BK G, p 549.
9. Early TN Land Records, 1st Surveyors Dist Survey BK K p 292.
10. Early TN Land Records, 1st Surveyors Dist Survey BK L p 292.
11. Early TN Land Records, White Co., TN Plats &t Surveys, BK G p 425 & 42 6, TSL&A, Nashville, TN.
12. White Co., TN Deed BK K p 72.
13. White Co., TN Deed BK N p 60.
14. White Co., TN Deed BK M p 176-177.




Father: Ebenezer JONES , Sr. b: BET 3 JAN 1746 AND 1747 in Worcester Co. MD
Mother: Ann ROGERS b: BET 1748 AND 1749 in Worcester Co. MD

Marriage 1 Elizabeth CAST b: ABT 1781 in NC .
?Married: 1799 in Iredell Co., NC
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Census:
1850 White Co, Tennessee
residence 1266
Ebenezer Jones 76 South Carolina
Elizabeth Jones 67 North Carolina

residence 1267
Richard Jones 26 1824 Tennessee
Elizabeth Jones 20 1820 Tennessee

residence 1268
Henderson M. Jones 33 1817
Elizabeth Ann Jones 26 1824
Hugh S 11 1846 Tennessee
Mary Jane 2 1848 Tennessee
Fatina 0 1850 Tennessee

residence 1269
Madison Jones 37 1813 Tennessee
City Jones 34 1816 Tennessee
John Jones 5 1845 Tennessee
James Jones 3 1847 Tennessee
Jessee 7 1843 Tennessee



Census:
1860 McMinnville P.O., Warren Co, Tennessee
E Jones 44
Erena Jones 46
Finetta Jones 17
Alfred Jones 15
Albert Jones 15
Leonidas Jones 12
Flora Jones 9
Mariah Jones 7
Ebenezar Jones 87

Ebenezer married Elizabeth Cass (or Cast?, maybe Jany?) in 1799 in Iredell Co, North Carolina. Elizabeth was born in 1776 in Iredell, North Carolina; died in Apr 1860 in Warren Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William B. Jones was born about 1806 in Tennessee; died before Oct 1834 in White Co, Tennessee.
2. Riley Jones was born about 1810 in Tennessee; died after 1850.
3. Elizabeth Jones was born on 26 Mar 1813 in White Co, Tennessee; died on 23 Mar 1863 in Madison Co, Arkansas.
4. Ebenezer Jones was born in 1816 in Tennessee; died after 1860 in of, Warren Co, Tennessee.
5. Henderson Macklin Jones was born in 1817 in White Co, Tennessee; died before 1838 in of, White Co, Tennessee.
6. James R. Jones was born in 1819 in White Co, Tennessee; died after 1850.
7. Zachariah Jones was born in 1821 in White Co, Tennessee; died after 1840.
8. Madison F. Jones was born in 1823 in White Co, Tennessee; died after 1850 in of, White Co, Tennessee.
9. Richard Douglas Jones was born in 1824 in White Co, Tennessee; died after 1850 in of, White Co, Tennessee.
10. Ammon Davis Jones was born on 26 Feb 1828; died on 26 Jul 1901 in Boiling Springs, Putnam Co, Tennessee.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 16 Mar 1776, Sussex Co, Pennsylvania (Delaware); "Jones First Choice"
• Residence: Between 1787, Augusta Co, Virginia; tax list

Notes:

Ebenezer Jones

Research by Mitch Jones' Via. Deborah Watson Stubbs on WorldConnect.

Ebenezer was baptized at St. Georges's Protestant Episcopalian Church which on the church records is listed Ebenezer of Thomas Jones b. Jan 3, 1746/47. The next record of Ebenezer is also in the St. George Church records which lists his son's birth and baptism as Prettyman son of Ebenezer and Ann Jones b. Feb 22, 1772 and baptized Dec 6, 1772.

On Mar 16, 1776 Ebenezer was granted 100 acres of land on the north side of Sheeppen Branch in Sussex County, PA (DE). The 100 acres was called "Jones First Choice", and adjoined a tract of land he lived on. On Jan 19 1780 Ebenezer purchased for 30 pound 70 acres from Robert Ingram, and on Jan 20, 1780 he purchased 76 acres of "Good Hope" from his father for 50 pounds.

It is apparent that Ebenezer and his family moved from Sussex County in 1786 for in that year he sold all his land. On Feb 4 1786 Ebenezer of Sussex, DE, Planter, sold to John Darby 76 acres of land called "Good Hope" and 100 acres of "Jones First Choice" on the north side of Sheeppen Branch for 200 pounds. Also on the same day Ebenezer and Ann his wife sold to John Darby for 50 pounds the 70 acres he had purchased from Robert Ingram. Another indication that he moved in 1786 is that he is on the 1784 and 1785 Tax lists of Dasborough Hd, Sussex Co, but he is not on the 1787 Tax List which is the next surviving list.

We do not know why Ebenezer moved from Sussex county but it is only reasonable to assume that he moved to acquire better land and to improved his family's economic conditions. One writer wrote that, "most Delawareans felt that the end of the Revolutionary War with Great Britain would bring prosperity. Instead they encountered frustrations, disappointments, and hardships. Paper money declined in value in relation to specie until 1785, when the state called in the paper money issued in the past and redeemed it at the rate of seventy-five to one in new bills. Clashes between political parties intensified, resulting in both verbal and physical abuse."

Between 1786 and 1796 the only references to Ebenezer are found in August County, Virginia. At this period of time the classic migration pattern from Delaware to the present states of Georgia, Kentucky, North & South Carolina, and Tennessee was to go north to Pennsylvania and down the Valley of Virginia. Augusta County is in the Valley of Virginia and would have been a logical stopping place on the way South. Ebenezer is found on the 1787 Tax list in Augusta County, Virginia with no white males between ages of 16-21, two horses, and two cattle. He is listed on Jan 21 1789 List of Insolvent for Taxes of 1787 as Ebinezer Jones gone to Kentucky and owning two horses. Also on this list were Jobe Ingram, Samuel Gillaspy, Henry Null, and Abraham Ingram. He is also on the Mar 18 1790 Insolvent's list for 1788, and is listed as Ebenezer Jones moved to Carolina with 1 slave and 7 horses. Other names on the list were Abram, Job, and Uriah Ingram.

In the Blount County, Tennessee Court Minutes we see an inquest was held about the death of Ebenezer Jones. He was found dead on Dec 26, 1796, and having with him, a gun and an ax. He died having a claim of 320 acres of land, a house, six head of cattle, and other property.

It is probable that Ebenezer and his family moved to Tennessee from Augusta County, Virginia. At the Treaty of Dumplin Creek in 1785 the Cherokee's agreed that the boundary between the Whites and the Indians would be the ridge dividing the water of Little River and the Tennessee River, and agreed to the cession of all the lands south of the French Broad and Holston Rivers, east of that ridge. The Dumplin Creek Treaty along with the great land grab of the 1780's by North Carolina's Legislators combined to open large areas of good rich land at very cheap prices to settlers. This opportunity for cheap land was a magnet drawing people into the area that would later be Tennessee. It was especially easy for settlers to move by way of the valley system that extended from Pennsylvania through Virginia into present day Tennessee. This was a much easier and more natural route into Tennessee that crossing the mountains while traveling from East to West. Blount County, Tennessee was at this time still a frontier area. Peace with the neighboring Indians was achieved only a few months before Tennessee achieved statehood in 1796. Consistent with the frontier conditions is that homes in the area were of log construction, and that our Joneses were farmers.

St. George's Chapel and Church, Indian River, Sussex Co. DE Microfilm, FHL, Salt Lake City, UT, p. 14.

Blount Co, TN Court Minutes, Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Vol 1, A-C, p. 30 .

Sussex Co, DE Wills A97/3 & AA94/114.

St. George's Chapel, FHL, p 60.

Sussex Co, PA (DE) Surveys, FHL, SLC, UH, Microfilm, pp 313-314.

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Christened:
Research by Mitch Jones' Via. Deborah Watson Stubbs on WorldConnect.

Ebenezer was baptized at St. Georges's Protestant Episcopalian Church which on the church records is listed Ebenezer of Thomas Jones b. Jan 3, 1746/47
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Residence:
Ebenezer is found on the 1787 Tax list in Augusta County, Virginia with no white males between ages of 16-21, two horses, and two cattle.

Ebenezer married Ann Rogers in 1771 in Indian River, Sussex Co, Delaware. Ann (daughter of John Rogers and Comfort Prettyman) was born in 1753 in Sussex Co, Delaware; died in 1804 in Blount Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mitch Jones' Notes Via: Deborah Watson Stubbs.

Notes for ANN ROGERS: .

Ann left few records. There were many possibilities for her surname including Ingram and Prettyman. The conclusion is Rogers. John Rogers in his will of Oct 6, 1794 mentions "my well beloved children that are married and left me heare after mentioned I gave and bequeathe Eatch of them one shilling sterling and no more that is to say Ann Jones & Comfort Fisher& Rachel Warren & Polla Marvel, Thomas Rodney, and William Rodney. The witnesses to the will were David Marvel, Thomas Rodney, and William Rodney. The were all neighbors of John Rogers and the Joneses. There was one farm between John Rogers and the Joneses, and it is only logical in that period of time that Ebenezer would marry the daughter of a neighbor. Another point indicating Ann was the daughter of John Rogers is that two of her sons named their first born sons John R. Jones. This is even more important when we consider that three other daughters of John Rodgers named sons John. Orpha Marvel names a son, John Rogers Marvel; Leah Marvel had a son, John R. Marvel; and Levina marvel named her first child, John Marvel. .

There is another mention of Ann Jones in the records. On April 26, 1798 "Annis Joans and part of her family" was issued a passport "to pass and Repass unmolested to her former place of Residence over the Indian Line on Purpose of Taking away her Stock and taking care of the Grain now a Growing on Said place." We believe this is a misspelling of her name because as we later see her sons, Ebenezer, Prettyman and Zachariah, also had been removed from Indian lands..
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Notes:

Buried:
Inscription:
In Memory of
Col THOMAS JONES
Who departed this life
On the 24th March 1808,
In the 85th year of his Age.
He served his country with fortitude,
Bravery, and honor during the
Revolution, and since the peace
has been in the constant exercise
of various civil officers with reputation
to himself and utility to his fellow citizens.

Thomas married Elizabeth Prettyman in 1745 in Sussex Co, Delaware. Elizabeth (daughter of John Prettyman, III and Mrs. Elizabeth (..) Prettyman) was born in 1726 in Pennsylvania, Sussex Co, Delaware; died in 1795 in Sussex Co, Delaware. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 6 Oct 1794

Notes:

Will:
will of Oct 6, 1794 mentions "my well beloved children that are married and left me heare after mentioned I gave and bequeathe Eatch of them one shilling sterling and no more that is to say Ann Jones & Comfort Fisher& Rachel Warren & Polla Marvel, Thomas Rodney, and William Rodney. The witnesses to the will were David Marvel, Thomas Rodney, and William Rodney.
(see notes of daughter Ann)
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John married Comfort Prettyman in 1759 in Dagsboro, Sussex Co, Delaware. Comfort (daughter of Thomas Prettyman and Elizabeth Inloe) was born in 1741 in Sussex Co, Delaware; died on 28 Jan 1797 in Sussex Co, Delaware. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Hannah Kenney about 1723 in Sussex Co, Delaware. Hannah was born in 1700 in Sussex Co, Delaware; died on 23 Nov 1770 in Worcester, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mrs. Elizabeth (..) Prettyman about 1697. Elizabeth was born about 1677; died after 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth Inloe about 1732 in Sussex Co, Delaware. Elizabeth was born on 25 Nov 1712 in Sussex Co, Delaware; died on 14 Apr 1795 in Sussex Co, Delaware. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]