JACOB LONAS
SON OF HENRY AND SIBELLA HELSLEY LONAS
--from "Lonas Is My Line".
"Jacob Lones, the first child of Henry and Sibella Helsley Lones, was born December 26, 1792, in Shenandoah County, Virginia. At the age of three, he moved with his parents into the region called The Territory South of the Ohio, part of which became the sixteenth state of the Union, Tennessee, in 1796.
The Lones men were typical Germans in stature. Jacob was over six feet in height. It is understandable that Jacob and his brother, Henry, Jr., lived more by the principles established by their father, Henry, Sr., who was almost thirty years old when they were born. They matured under stern discipline and moderate living. They were determined to establish themselves without being dependant on their father's wealth--no ego trips, no flashy attire for them. That trait was to emerge in some of the younger children. It is one thing to work and build an estate and quite another to enjoy the fruits of another's labor!
Jacob Lones grew to manhood west and southwest of the then-small town of Knoxville, Tennessee. His early years were spent in farming and in the service of his county. His life proved him to be "a chip off the old block."
In 1812, when the United States declared war on Britain, Jacob and his brother Henry, Jr., "joined up" (enlisted), September 23, 1813. He served with Tennessee Volunteers, Captain Child's Company. During a heated battle, the commanding officer became incapacitated and his men began to flee. Jacob called them back to order, and through his moral encouragement, they rallied and overcame their foe. In recognition of this act of leadership, Jacob Lones was commissioned lieutenant in the field.
There exists a letter written to Jacob while he was serving in the War of 1812 by his father, Henry Lones (Georg Heinrich Lohnes). The letter informs young Lieutenant Lones of the death of his mother, as well as the decease of Equire Reed's wife and that of another friend, Mrs. Robert Craighead. A copy of the letter, kindly supplied by Mrs. W. V. Helsley, may be found at the end of this section.
After the Treaty of Ghent, Jacob returned to the family home. On July 5, 1815, he was wed to Miss Jane Hickey, born May 10, 1796, the eldest daughter of Cornelius and Judith Hickey; copies of the marriage bond and license certificate are supplied. Jane was nineteen years of age and Jacob was twenty-three. (List of children followed, but not repeated here).
Ten children in twenty-four years! "Buck", the youngest, was an uncle before he was born!
Jacob and Jane Hickey Lones would be considered remarkable today! Theirs was an era, however, when "necessity was the mother of invention." As their family grew their living quarters seemed to shrink. After having aided in the building of Henry Lones's brick home several years earlier, they began a home of the same material for themselves in 1835. The brick were made by slaves and kiln-dried on location. It has been said they celebrated the completion of the home on New Year's Day, 1838. There had been mansions of stone earlier, but brick was looked upon with a jaundiced eye in East Tennessee, strange as it may seem since it had long been used in England. Some of the early settlers believed the red-clay brick would not hold shape in the wet and harsh winters of the region. The Loneses were expected to perish in red clay mud!
The Kingston Pike "Forks of the Road" home not only served as nest of three generations of Loneses, but it was a coach or "four mile" stop for "R. and R." (rest and refreshment). It was often referred to as the Lones Tavern. "Tavern" today connotes a watering place, or saloon, but the first Loneses were devout Lutherans and whiskey was not served; for them, the use of alcohol was verboten! Another Lones brick home, located four miles farther west and known as a "Four Mile House," also served as a coach stop. Still farther west, another Lones home was erected on the old stage road. Horses had to be fed and watered!
Brick homes became popular and a symbol of status--the Loneses were restored to the community! The only collapse of a Lones brick home being the result of man's wanton destruction.
--Karlene
SON OF HENRY AND SIBELLA HELSLEY LONAS
--from "Lonas Is My Line".
"Jacob Lones, the first child of Henry and Sibella Helsley Lones, was born December 26, 1792, in Shenandoah County, Virginia. At the age of three, he moved with his parents into the region called The Territory South of the Ohio, part of which became the sixteenth state of the Union, Tennessee, in 1796.
The Lones men were typical Germans in stature. Jacob was over six feet in height. It is understandable that Jacob and his brother, Henry, Jr., lived more by the principles established by their father, Henry, Sr., who was almost thirty years old when they were born. They matured under stern discipline and moderate living. They were determined to establish themselves without being dependant on their father's wealth--no ego trips, no flashy attire for them. That trait was to emerge in some of the younger children. It is one thing to work and build an estate and quite another to enjoy the fruits of another's labor!
Jacob Lones grew to manhood west and southwest of the then-small town of Knoxville, Tennessee. His early years were spent in farming and in the service of his county. His life proved him to be "a chip off the old block."
In 1812, when the United States declared war on Britain, Jacob and his brother Henry, Jr., "joined up" (enlisted), September 23, 1813. He served with Tennessee Volunteers, Captain Child's Company. During a heated battle, the commanding officer became incapacitated and his men began to flee. Jacob called them back to order, and through his moral encouragement, they rallied and overcame their foe. In recognition of this act of leadership, Jacob Lones was commissioned lieutenant in the field.
There exists a letter written to Jacob while he was serving in the War of 1812 by his father, Henry Lones (Georg Heinrich Lohnes). The letter informs young Lieutenant Lones of the death of his mother, as well as the decease of Equire Reed's wife and that of another friend, Mrs. Robert Craighead. A copy of the letter, kindly supplied by Mrs. W. V. Helsley, may be found at the end of this section.
After the Treaty of Ghent, Jacob returned to the family home. On July 5, 1815, he was wed to Miss Jane Hickey, born May 10, 1796, the eldest daughter of Cornelius and Judith Hickey; copies of the marriage bond and license certificate are supplied. Jane was nineteen years of age and Jacob was twenty-three. (List of children followed, but not repeated here).
Ten children in twenty-four years! "Buck", the youngest, was an uncle before he was born!
Jacob and Jane Hickey Lones would be considered remarkable today! Theirs was an era, however, when "necessity was the mother of invention." As their family grew their living quarters seemed to shrink. After having aided in the building of Henry Lones's brick home several years earlier, they began a home of the same material for themselves in 1835. The brick were made by slaves and kiln-dried on location. It has been said they celebrated the completion of the home on New Year's Day, 1838. There had been mansions of stone earlier, but brick was looked upon with a jaundiced eye in East Tennessee, strange as it may seem since it had long been used in England. Some of the early settlers believed the red-clay brick would not hold shape in the wet and harsh winters of the region. The Loneses were expected to perish in red clay mud!
The Kingston Pike "Forks of the Road" home not only served as nest of three generations of Loneses, but it was a coach or "four mile" stop for "R. and R." (rest and refreshment). It was often referred to as the Lones Tavern. "Tavern" today connotes a watering place, or saloon, but the first Loneses were devout Lutherans and whiskey was not served; for them, the use of alcohol was verboten! Another Lones brick home, located four miles farther west and known as a "Four Mile House," also served as a coach stop. Still farther west, another Lones home was erected on the old stage road. Horses had to be fed and watered!
Brick homes became popular and a symbol of status--the Loneses were restored to the community! The only collapse of a Lones brick home being the result of man's wanton destruction.
--Karlene
JACOB LONAS
SON OF HENRY AND SIBELLA HELSLEY LONAS
--from "Lonas Is My Line".
"Jacob Lones, the first child of Henry and Sibella Helsley Lones, was born December 26, 1792, in Shenandoah County, Virginia. At the age of three, he moved with his parents into the region called The Territory South of the Ohio, part of which became the sixteenth state of the Union, Tennessee, in 1796.
The Lones men were typical Germans in stature. Jacob was over six feet in height. It is understandable that Jacob and his brother, Henry, Jr., lived more by the principles established by their father, Henry, Sr., who was almost thirty years old when they were born. They matured under stern discipline and moderate living. They were determined to establish themselves without being dependant on their father's wealth--no ego trips, no flashy attire for them. That trait was to emerge in some of the younger children. It is one thing to work and build an estate and quite another to enjoy the fruits of another's labor!
Jacob Lones grew to manhood west and southwest of the then-small town of Knoxville, Tennessee. His early years were spent in farming and in the service of his county. His life proved him to be "a chip off the old block."
In 1812, when the United States declared war on Britain, Jacob and his brother Henry, Jr., "joined up" (enlisted), September 23, 1813. He served with Tennessee Volunteers, Captain Child's Company. During a heated battle, the commanding officer became incapacitated and his men began to flee. Jacob called them back to order, and through his moral encouragement, they rallied and overcame their foe. In recognition of this act of leadership, Jacob Lones was commissioned lieutenant in the field.
There exists a letter written to Jacob while he was serving in the War of 1812 by his father, Henry Lones (Georg Heinrich Lohnes). The letter informs young Lieutenant Lones of the death of his mother, as well as the decease of Equire Reed's wife and that of another friend, Mrs. Robert Craighead. A copy of the letter, kindly supplied by Mrs. W. V. Helsley, may be found at the end of this section.
After the Treaty of Ghent, Jacob returned to the family home. On July 5, 1815, he was wed to Miss Jane Hickey, born May 10, 1796, the eldest daughter of Cornelius and Judith Hickey; copies of the marriage bond and license certificate are supplied. Jane was nineteen years of age and Jacob was twenty-three. (List of children followed, but not repeated here).
Ten children in twenty-four years! "Buck", the youngest, was an uncle before he was born!
Jacob and Jane Hickey Lones would be considered remarkable today! Theirs was an era, however, when "necessity was the mother of invention." As their family grew their living quarters seemed to shrink. After having aided in the building of Henry Lones's brick home several years earlier, they began a home of the same material for themselves in 1835. The brick were made by slaves and kiln-dried on location. It has been said they celebrated the completion of the home on New Year's Day, 1838. There had been mansions of stone earlier, but brick was looked upon with a jaundiced eye in East Tennessee, strange as it may seem since it had long been used in England. Some of the early settlers believed the red-clay brick would not hold shape in the wet and harsh winters of the region. The Loneses were expected to perish in red clay mud!
The Kingston Pike "Forks of the Road" home not only served as nest of three generations of Loneses, but it was a coach or "four mile" stop for "R. and R." (rest and refreshment). It was often referred to as the Lones Tavern. "Tavern" today connotes a watering place, or saloon, but the first Loneses were devout Lutherans and whiskey was not served; for them, the use of alcohol was verboten! Another Lones brick home, located four miles farther west and known as a "Four Mile House," also served as a coach stop. Still farther west, another Lones home was erected on the old stage road. Horses had to be fed and watered!
Brick homes became popular and a symbol of status--the Loneses were restored to the community! The only collapse of a Lones brick home being the result of man's wanton destruction.
--Karlene
SON OF HENRY AND SIBELLA HELSLEY LONAS
--from "Lonas Is My Line".
"Jacob Lones, the first child of Henry and Sibella Helsley Lones, was born December 26, 1792, in Shenandoah County, Virginia. At the age of three, he moved with his parents into the region called The Territory South of the Ohio, part of which became the sixteenth state of the Union, Tennessee, in 1796.
The Lones men were typical Germans in stature. Jacob was over six feet in height. It is understandable that Jacob and his brother, Henry, Jr., lived more by the principles established by their father, Henry, Sr., who was almost thirty years old when they were born. They matured under stern discipline and moderate living. They were determined to establish themselves without being dependant on their father's wealth--no ego trips, no flashy attire for them. That trait was to emerge in some of the younger children. It is one thing to work and build an estate and quite another to enjoy the fruits of another's labor!
Jacob Lones grew to manhood west and southwest of the then-small town of Knoxville, Tennessee. His early years were spent in farming and in the service of his county. His life proved him to be "a chip off the old block."
In 1812, when the United States declared war on Britain, Jacob and his brother Henry, Jr., "joined up" (enlisted), September 23, 1813. He served with Tennessee Volunteers, Captain Child's Company. During a heated battle, the commanding officer became incapacitated and his men began to flee. Jacob called them back to order, and through his moral encouragement, they rallied and overcame their foe. In recognition of this act of leadership, Jacob Lones was commissioned lieutenant in the field.
There exists a letter written to Jacob while he was serving in the War of 1812 by his father, Henry Lones (Georg Heinrich Lohnes). The letter informs young Lieutenant Lones of the death of his mother, as well as the decease of Equire Reed's wife and that of another friend, Mrs. Robert Craighead. A copy of the letter, kindly supplied by Mrs. W. V. Helsley, may be found at the end of this section.
After the Treaty of Ghent, Jacob returned to the family home. On July 5, 1815, he was wed to Miss Jane Hickey, born May 10, 1796, the eldest daughter of Cornelius and Judith Hickey; copies of the marriage bond and license certificate are supplied. Jane was nineteen years of age and Jacob was twenty-three. (List of children followed, but not repeated here).
Ten children in twenty-four years! "Buck", the youngest, was an uncle before he was born!
Jacob and Jane Hickey Lones would be considered remarkable today! Theirs was an era, however, when "necessity was the mother of invention." As their family grew their living quarters seemed to shrink. After having aided in the building of Henry Lones's brick home several years earlier, they began a home of the same material for themselves in 1835. The brick were made by slaves and kiln-dried on location. It has been said they celebrated the completion of the home on New Year's Day, 1838. There had been mansions of stone earlier, but brick was looked upon with a jaundiced eye in East Tennessee, strange as it may seem since it had long been used in England. Some of the early settlers believed the red-clay brick would not hold shape in the wet and harsh winters of the region. The Loneses were expected to perish in red clay mud!
The Kingston Pike "Forks of the Road" home not only served as nest of three generations of Loneses, but it was a coach or "four mile" stop for "R. and R." (rest and refreshment). It was often referred to as the Lones Tavern. "Tavern" today connotes a watering place, or saloon, but the first Loneses were devout Lutherans and whiskey was not served; for them, the use of alcohol was verboten! Another Lones brick home, located four miles farther west and known as a "Four Mile House," also served as a coach stop. Still farther west, another Lones home was erected on the old stage road. Horses had to be fed and watered!
Brick homes became popular and a symbol of status--the Loneses were restored to the community! The only collapse of a Lones brick home being the result of man's wanton destruction.
--Karlene
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Jesse Hickey Lonas
1816–1854
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Henry Alexander Lones
1818–1893
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James Hurd Lonas
1820–1898
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Mary Ann Lonas McClary
1821–1858
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Martha Lones Knott
1824–1907
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John Hacker Lones
1827–1912
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Infant Lonas
1830–1830
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Darthula Lonas Knott
1831–1876
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Sarah Jane Lonas Felts
1834–1852
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Elizabeth Trig Lonas Sharp
1837–1887
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William Baker "Buck" Lonas
1840–1936
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