Name |
Shadrack Jones |
Birth |
6 Sep 1776 |
North Carolina |
Gender |
Male |
Other-Begin |
Jan 1780 |
Battle Creek Massacre, Robertson Co, Tennessee |
- Records of the Red River Settlement (Renfro Station) indicate that Abraham Jones was killed along with his mother and father and his brother was taken prisoner by the Indians. Accounts say that he and Mary "Polly" Rentfro had three children almost grown when he was killed and she
escaped with Shadrack and Betsy. However the date of Betsy's birth would make her an infant at the time of the Indian attack.
|
Property |
15 Feb 1798 |
Robertson Co, Tennessee |
- deed dated 15 Feb 1798 in Davidson Co., TN on Shadrack Jones and Betsy Jones is the witness.
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Military |
1812 |
Militia list, Davidson Co, Tennessee |
Death |
1847 |
Newton Co, Mississippi |
Notes |
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=deloreswilley&id=I12836
Shadrack JONES b. abt 1772/73 in NC. He married Cilia DOWLEN. We believe that Celia was a sister to Harris DOWLEN Sr. and the full spelling of her name was Urcilla. This family came from Warren Co., NC. The JONES-WATTS families were very close to the DOWLEN families. I have several deeds on Shadrack JONES which date from 1793 to 1804. The last record I have on him is the 1812 Militia list of Davidson Co., TN. He was in Capt. Dempsy Morris's company along with other family: James REEVES, Daniel REEVES, Elijah REEVES, Elisha REEVES, Isaac MAYFIELD, Thomas WATTS, Samuel HOWE, Harris DOWLEN Sr., Lewis WILLIAMS, Dempsy MORRIS, Edmond HYDE, and a few others that were in close contact with the family. The FELTS were also close family members. In an old letter we have from a collection of several family members there is one from William LEE who is a nephew of Shadrack's and Betsy's by marriage in which he states he had heard from "Uncle Shadrack Jones" and he was living in Mississippi. This letter was dated 1834.
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Person ID |
I15252 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
7 Jun 2016 |