William Mitchell Jones Sr.

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William Mitchell Jones Sr.

Birth
Tattnall County, Georgia, USA
Death
25 Aug 1877 (aged 63)
Bulloch County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Register, Bulloch County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Son of Daniel Eastwood Jones (b. 1787, d. 1864) and Susannah Miller (b. 1793, d. 1880). Susannah Miller's father was William Miller (b. 1759, d. 1837) and her mother was Amy Barker (b. 1760, d. 1831).
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William Mitchell Jones married Nancy Hendricks (b. 17 FEB 1820, d. 08 AUG 1907). Both William M. Jones and his wife, Nancy Hendricks Jones, are interred in this privately owned cemetery called, THOMAS NEVIL CEMETERY, near Register, in Bulloch County, Georgia, USA. At the time this biography is being written the land upon which the THOMAS NEVIL CEMETERY sits is owned by his great great grandson, JAMES LEMUEL NEVIL, JR. This Cemetery is located about 1.5 miles South of Lotts Creek on the West side of US Highway 301 (about 100 yards from the edge of the highway), near Register in Bulloch County, Georgia.

Children of William M. Jones and Nancy Hendricks:

1. *Louise Jones, b. unknown, d. unknown. As of this writing, it has not yet been proven that Louise is a child of this marriage. Nothing has been found to support this. Still checking, stay tuned.

2. Mathew 'Mack' Jones, b. 16 MAY 1835, d. 21 SEP 1904. Married on 06 JUL 1860 to Emily 'Emma' Nevil, daughter of Jacob Nevil Jr. and Elvina Kirkland. 11 children from this marriage.

3. Mary E. Jones, b. 12 JUL 1838, d. 12 DEC 1927. She is interred in Lower Lotts Creek Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia. Mary married 1st Thomas Nevil. There are four (4) children from this marriage. (a) Peter Love Nevil; (b) Simon Lamar Nevil/Neville; ( c) Charles 'Charlie' John Nevil/Neville; and (d) Thomas 'Tom' Butler Nevil.

4. Amy 'Anna' Jones, b. About 1843, d. Before 1930. Amy was named for after her grandmother Amy Barker (b. 1760, d. 1831). Amy Jones married John Banks. (I have been unable to find where she and her husband are buried). It is known by the family that Amy Jones had a child, born out of wedlock, prior to marrying John Banks. This child, Ezekiel William Jones, b. 01 APR 1861, d. 02 DEC 1930, was raised as her sibling by her parents (See #13 below).

5. Martin Eastwood Jones, (CSA Veteran) b. 27 DEC 1844, in Lumpkin County, GA, d. 05 MAY 1925, in Bulloch County, interred in Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, GA. Married 3 times.

(1) Married 1st Mary 'Polly' Sumerlin on 27 APR 1881. b/ About 1856, d. Unknown. (2 children: William 'Billy' Jones, b. About 1874, d. After 1960 near Miami, Florida. They divorced.

(2) Married 2nd Sally 'Sallie' E. Lanier, b. 06 AUG 1847, d. 28 JAN 1897. 5 children from this marriage. (a) Calley D. Jones, (b) Norman Jones, ( c) Daniel Webster Jones, (d) Annie Elizabeth Jones, and (e) Mary Alice Jones.

(3) Married 3rd Ella J. Ennis, b. 03 FEB 1874, d. 30 APR 1942. Ella was a widow of Durrence with two minor children Tom and Lula Durrence. Martin and Ella had 4 children:

(a) Ollie J. Jones, b. 19 AUG 1906 d. 07 JUN 1907.
(b) Randford Jones, b. 18 DEC 1901, d. 07 JAN 1902.
(c) Samuel Gordon Jones, b. 13 APR 1903, d. 08 JAN 2006, and
(d) Ethel Marguerite Jones, b. 01 NOV 1908, d. 18 MAR 1997 (Married Alfred Jackson Bowen. Seven (7) children from this marriage, six sons and one daughter) .

6. Jane Jones, b. 17 JUN 1849, Dahlonega, GA (Lumpkin County, GA), d. 27 JUN 1925, Candler County, GA. Married William Cartee. Her husband is interred in Kimbrell Cemetery (a private Cemetery), Candler County, GA and Jane is interred in Lake Church Cemetery, Candler County, GA. Nine (9) children from this marriage.

7. James Wesley Jones, b. 07 JAN 1850, d. 12 MAR 1912. He married Susan Callaway. Six children from this marriage. Both are interred in Old Anderson Baptist Church Cemetery, Tattnall County, Georgia.

8. Martha Jones, b. 08 JAN 1852, Lumpkin County, GA, d. 08 DEC 1944, Candler County, GA. Married Farrer 'Dock' Cartee - nine children from this marriage. Both interred in Lake Church Cemetery, Candler County, GA.

9. George Asbury 'Berry' Jones, b. 11 MAR 1854, d. 11 OCT 1921. Married Jincy Ann Anderson. 9 children from this marriage. Both are interred in Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, GA.

10. Nancy Luvicy Jones, b. 15 MAR 1856, d. 13 FEB 1947. Married Rev. David Levi Callaway. 8 children from this marriage. Both are interred in Old Anderson Church Cemetery, near Collins, in Tattnall County, GA.

11. Isabelle F. Jones, b. 04 FEB 1858, d. 07 AUG 1937. Married William Shelton Anderson. 11 children from this marriage. Both are interred in Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, GA.

12. Missouri Ann Virginia Jones, b. 10 MAY 1860, d. 18 JUL 1934. Married Colonel 'Kernie' Harrison Anderson. Both are interred in Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia. There are ten children from this marriage, as follows, in birth order:

(1) Colonel Erastus Anderson, b. 23 APR 1883, d. 23 MAY 1951. Married Annie Laurie Rushing, b. 29 APR 1881, d. 07 OCT 1971. Both are interred side-by-side at Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.
(2) William Roscoe Anderson, b. 24 APR 1885, d. 05 NOV 1964, d. 05 NOV 1964, married Fannie E. Anderson, b. 07 NOV 1888, d. 23 JUN 1984, daughter of John Hershel Anderson & Macy Ann Elizabeth DeLoach. Note: His wife's maiden name is ANDERSON. Both are interred in Ephesus Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.
(3) Elinder Lucius Anderson, b. 23 DEC 1886, d. 10 NOV 1971. Married Ada Irene Beasley, b. 25 AUG 1884, d. 31 DEC 1963. Both are interred side-by-side at Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.
(4) Genie Anderson, b. 02 JAN 1889, d. 15 JUL 1977. Married Ivy Miller, b. 29 APR 1884, d. 04 DEC 1967. Interred with her husband at Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.
(5) Troy H. Anderson, b. 13 DEC 1890, d. 30 OCT 1952. Burial Pinecrest Cemetery & Mausoleum, Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia.
(6) Leroy R. Anderson, b. 21 DEC 1892, d. 19 JUL 1962. Married Salina Rushing, b. 26 DEC 1891, d. 25 JUL 1991 (age 99). There were four children from this marriage. Both Leroy and Salina are interred in Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.
(7) Dessie Anderson DeLoach, b. JAN 1895. Married William A. DeLoach (1893-1953). Both are interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Beaufort County, South Carolina.
(8) Ethel Queen Anderson Gerald b. MAY 1898, d. 05 APR 1981. She married Harry Clarkson Gerald, b. 13 MAY 1900, d. 31 MAY 1949. She and her husband are interred, side-by-side, in Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
(9) Arnold Bremen Anderson, b. 25 NOV 1900, d. 13 APR 1933. Married Rubye Vernon Akins, b. 12 SEP 1900, d. 02 NOV 1980.
(10) Vennie Mae Anderson Blitch, b. 21 MAY 1904, d. 10 MAR 1962. Married Thomas N. Blitch, Jr.. born in Statesboro, Georgia, Bulloch County, on 05 APR 1904, d. 14 APR 1957.

13. *Ezekiel William Jones, b. 01 APR 1861, d. 02 DEC 1930. Married Sarah Ann Callaway, sister of Susan Callaway who married James Wesley Jones. Seven children from this marriage. Both are interred in Old Anderson Church Cemetery, near Collins, Tattnall County, Georgia. They had seven children;

(1) Milton Lee Jones b. 22 AUG 1885, d. 05 SEP 1969. Editor's Note: My father's youngest sister Lilly Bowen married Milledge C. Jones son of Milton Lee Jones - therefore my siblings and I are cousin to their children through my mother, Ethel Marguerite Jones, and my father, Alfred Jackson Bowen, Jr.).
(2) Maxie Jones (Byrd), b. 18 OCT 1887, d. (alive when Judge Harry DeLoach's book about the DeLoach Family was published in 1975),
(3) Raleigh R. Jones (An attorney for the Railroad, he moved to Dawson Georgia as a young man),
(4) Lula Jones (Married Henry Lindsey), b. 17 SEP 1892, d. 15 MAR 1960,
(5) Mary Addie Jones, b. 16 OCT 1894, d. (alive when Judge Harry DeLoach's book about the DeLoach Family was published in 1975),
(6) Walter ELMORE Jones, 27 NOV 1897, d. 07 AUG 1988 (married Annie Betty Hodges, b. 29 NOV 1903, d. 17 MAY 1989.
(7) Loren Wright Jones (died, age 13, as a minor - b. Dec 25, 1900, d. Dec 28, 1913).

This Biography is a WORK IN PROGRESS and will be updated, and corrected, as necessary, until finalized!


This Biography written, 18 SEP 2014, by William Kenneth Bowen, Great Grandson of Nancy Hendricks Jones and William M. Jones, Grandson of their son, Martin Eastwood Jones, and the Son of their Granddaughter Ethel Marguerite Jones (married A. J. Bowen, II). Update information posted on 15 FEB 2015.

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Son of Daniel Eastwood Jones (b. 1787, d. 1864) and Susannah Miller (b. 1793, d. 1880). Susannah Miller's father was William Miller (b. 1759, d. 1837) and her mother was Amy Barker (b. 1760, d. 1831).
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William Mitchell Jones married Nancy Hendricks (b. 17 FEB 1820, d. 08 AUG 1907). Both William M. Jones and his wife, Nancy Hendricks Jones, are interred in this privately owned cemetery called, THOMAS NEVIL CEMETERY, near Register, in Bulloch County, Georgia, USA. At the time this biography is being written the land upon which the THOMAS NEVIL CEMETERY sits is owned by his great great grandson, JAMES LEMUEL NEVIL, JR. This Cemetery is located about 1.5 miles South of Lotts Creek on the West side of US Highway 301 (about 100 yards from the edge of the highway), near Register in Bulloch County, Georgia.

Children of William M. Jones and Nancy Hendricks:

1. *Louise Jones, b. unknown, d. unknown. As of this writing, it has not yet been proven that Louise is a child of this marriage. Nothing has been found to support this. Still checking, stay tuned.

2. Mathew 'Mack' Jones, b. 16 MAY 1835, d. 21 SEP 1904. Married on 06 JUL 1860 to Emily 'Emma' Nevil, daughter of Jacob Nevil Jr. and Elvina Kirkland. 11 children from this marriage.

3. Mary E. Jones, b. 12 JUL 1838, d. 12 DEC 1927. She is interred in Lower Lotts Creek Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia. Mary married 1st Thomas Nevil. There are four (4) children from this marriage. (a) Peter Love Nevil; (b) Simon Lamar Nevil/Neville; ( c) Charles 'Charlie' John Nevil/Neville; and (d) Thomas 'Tom' Butler Nevil.

4. Amy 'Anna' Jones, b. About 1843, d. Before 1930. Amy was named for after her grandmother Amy Barker (b. 1760, d. 1831). Amy Jones married John Banks. (I have been unable to find where she and her husband are buried). It is known by the family that Amy Jones had a child, born out of wedlock, prior to marrying John Banks. This child, Ezekiel William Jones, b. 01 APR 1861, d. 02 DEC 1930, was raised as her sibling by her parents (See #13 below).

5. Martin Eastwood Jones, (CSA Veteran) b. 27 DEC 1844, in Lumpkin County, GA, d. 05 MAY 1925, in Bulloch County, interred in Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, GA. Married 3 times.

(1) Married 1st Mary 'Polly' Sumerlin on 27 APR 1881. b/ About 1856, d. Unknown. (2 children: William 'Billy' Jones, b. About 1874, d. After 1960 near Miami, Florida. They divorced.

(2) Married 2nd Sally 'Sallie' E. Lanier, b. 06 AUG 1847, d. 28 JAN 1897. 5 children from this marriage. (a) Calley D. Jones, (b) Norman Jones, ( c) Daniel Webster Jones, (d) Annie Elizabeth Jones, and (e) Mary Alice Jones.

(3) Married 3rd Ella J. Ennis, b. 03 FEB 1874, d. 30 APR 1942. Ella was a widow of Durrence with two minor children Tom and Lula Durrence. Martin and Ella had 4 children:

(a) Ollie J. Jones, b. 19 AUG 1906 d. 07 JUN 1907.
(b) Randford Jones, b. 18 DEC 1901, d. 07 JAN 1902.
(c) Samuel Gordon Jones, b. 13 APR 1903, d. 08 JAN 2006, and
(d) Ethel Marguerite Jones, b. 01 NOV 1908, d. 18 MAR 1997 (Married Alfred Jackson Bowen. Seven (7) children from this marriage, six sons and one daughter) .

6. Jane Jones, b. 17 JUN 1849, Dahlonega, GA (Lumpkin County, GA), d. 27 JUN 1925, Candler County, GA. Married William Cartee. Her husband is interred in Kimbrell Cemetery (a private Cemetery), Candler County, GA and Jane is interred in Lake Church Cemetery, Candler County, GA. Nine (9) children from this marriage.

7. James Wesley Jones, b. 07 JAN 1850, d. 12 MAR 1912. He married Susan Callaway. Six children from this marriage. Both are interred in Old Anderson Baptist Church Cemetery, Tattnall County, Georgia.

8. Martha Jones, b. 08 JAN 1852, Lumpkin County, GA, d. 08 DEC 1944, Candler County, GA. Married Farrer 'Dock' Cartee - nine children from this marriage. Both interred in Lake Church Cemetery, Candler County, GA.

9. George Asbury 'Berry' Jones, b. 11 MAR 1854, d. 11 OCT 1921. Married Jincy Ann Anderson. 9 children from this marriage. Both are interred in Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, GA.

10. Nancy Luvicy Jones, b. 15 MAR 1856, d. 13 FEB 1947. Married Rev. David Levi Callaway. 8 children from this marriage. Both are interred in Old Anderson Church Cemetery, near Collins, in Tattnall County, GA.

11. Isabelle F. Jones, b. 04 FEB 1858, d. 07 AUG 1937. Married William Shelton Anderson. 11 children from this marriage. Both are interred in Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, GA.

12. Missouri Ann Virginia Jones, b. 10 MAY 1860, d. 18 JUL 1934. Married Colonel 'Kernie' Harrison Anderson. Both are interred in Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia. There are ten children from this marriage, as follows, in birth order:

(1) Colonel Erastus Anderson, b. 23 APR 1883, d. 23 MAY 1951. Married Annie Laurie Rushing, b. 29 APR 1881, d. 07 OCT 1971. Both are interred side-by-side at Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.
(2) William Roscoe Anderson, b. 24 APR 1885, d. 05 NOV 1964, d. 05 NOV 1964, married Fannie E. Anderson, b. 07 NOV 1888, d. 23 JUN 1984, daughter of John Hershel Anderson & Macy Ann Elizabeth DeLoach. Note: His wife's maiden name is ANDERSON. Both are interred in Ephesus Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.
(3) Elinder Lucius Anderson, b. 23 DEC 1886, d. 10 NOV 1971. Married Ada Irene Beasley, b. 25 AUG 1884, d. 31 DEC 1963. Both are interred side-by-side at Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.
(4) Genie Anderson, b. 02 JAN 1889, d. 15 JUL 1977. Married Ivy Miller, b. 29 APR 1884, d. 04 DEC 1967. Interred with her husband at Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.
(5) Troy H. Anderson, b. 13 DEC 1890, d. 30 OCT 1952. Burial Pinecrest Cemetery & Mausoleum, Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia.
(6) Leroy R. Anderson, b. 21 DEC 1892, d. 19 JUL 1962. Married Salina Rushing, b. 26 DEC 1891, d. 25 JUL 1991 (age 99). There were four children from this marriage. Both Leroy and Salina are interred in Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.
(7) Dessie Anderson DeLoach, b. JAN 1895. Married William A. DeLoach (1893-1953). Both are interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Beaufort County, South Carolina.
(8) Ethel Queen Anderson Gerald b. MAY 1898, d. 05 APR 1981. She married Harry Clarkson Gerald, b. 13 MAY 1900, d. 31 MAY 1949. She and her husband are interred, side-by-side, in Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
(9) Arnold Bremen Anderson, b. 25 NOV 1900, d. 13 APR 1933. Married Rubye Vernon Akins, b. 12 SEP 1900, d. 02 NOV 1980.
(10) Vennie Mae Anderson Blitch, b. 21 MAY 1904, d. 10 MAR 1962. Married Thomas N. Blitch, Jr.. born in Statesboro, Georgia, Bulloch County, on 05 APR 1904, d. 14 APR 1957.

13. *Ezekiel William Jones, b. 01 APR 1861, d. 02 DEC 1930. Married Sarah Ann Callaway, sister of Susan Callaway who married James Wesley Jones. Seven children from this marriage. Both are interred in Old Anderson Church Cemetery, near Collins, Tattnall County, Georgia. They had seven children;

(1) Milton Lee Jones b. 22 AUG 1885, d. 05 SEP 1969. Editor's Note: My father's youngest sister Lilly Bowen married Milledge C. Jones son of Milton Lee Jones - therefore my siblings and I are cousin to their children through my mother, Ethel Marguerite Jones, and my father, Alfred Jackson Bowen, Jr.).
(2) Maxie Jones (Byrd), b. 18 OCT 1887, d. (alive when Judge Harry DeLoach's book about the DeLoach Family was published in 1975),
(3) Raleigh R. Jones (An attorney for the Railroad, he moved to Dawson Georgia as a young man),
(4) Lula Jones (Married Henry Lindsey), b. 17 SEP 1892, d. 15 MAR 1960,
(5) Mary Addie Jones, b. 16 OCT 1894, d. (alive when Judge Harry DeLoach's book about the DeLoach Family was published in 1975),
(6) Walter ELMORE Jones, 27 NOV 1897, d. 07 AUG 1988 (married Annie Betty Hodges, b. 29 NOV 1903, d. 17 MAY 1989.
(7) Loren Wright Jones (died, age 13, as a minor - b. Dec 25, 1900, d. Dec 28, 1913).

This Biography is a WORK IN PROGRESS and will be updated, and corrected, as necessary, until finalized!


This Biography written, 18 SEP 2014, by William Kenneth Bowen, Great Grandson of Nancy Hendricks Jones and William M. Jones, Grandson of their son, Martin Eastwood Jones, and the Son of their Granddaughter Ethel Marguerite Jones (married A. J. Bowen, II). Update information posted on 15 FEB 2015.

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Inscription

WILLIAM M.
JONES
NOV 24, 1813
AUG 25, 1877
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HIS GOD THAT GIRDETH
ME WITH STRENGTH
AND MAKETH MY
WAY PERFECT.