Hix (Hicks) Jones was the youngest son of George Washington Jones and Elizabeth Ann Cagle Jones. He was named for his grandfather, Jacob Cagle. As a young man, he earned a living by stripping tanbark, working at his father's sawmill, raising sheep, splitting cross ties and in carpentry.
In July 1906, he purchased 250 acres from his parents near the Big Hungry River and also contracted to lease two and a half acres plus water rights to R.M. Oates for a power plant to supply electricity to Hendersonville. Three years later he sold the property to Oates. In 1909, he sold 30 acres to the power company. Over the years he sold more property to Duke Power Co. He also sold timber off his land in Big Hungry. In 1953, he sold the last of his Big Hungry property, 100 acres, to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
He married Nettie Caroline Arledge on Oct. 1, 1911. The couple had nine children, two of whom died as infants.
In 1911, he bought 18 and a half acres on the Old Spartanburg Road in East Flat Rock from Perry H. Walker. He and his brother. Silas L. Jones, built the family's two-story home on the Old Spartanburg Road in 1912. He and his wife lived in this home for the rest of their lives.
He worked for Jones and Justus Builders through the 1920s. His brother Silas "Sicey" Jones was a co-owner of the company. They built many of the county's schools and other buildings in "downtown" East Flat Rock.
He also farmed his land in East Flat Rock and considered himself a farmer and a carpenter.
The last 25 years of his working life he worked for John A. Law and the Lake Summit Corp. as a builder and timber cruiser.
He was a member of Upward United Methodist Church his entire life, but did attend East Flat Rock First Baptist with his family.