Family legend is Silas Iverson Knott was the son of Iverson Knott and Jane Elizabeth nee Goodrum, who were counted on the 1850 and 1860 Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN census. Because of a crime he committed to avenge a brutal attack on his mother, Silas changed his name to William Toliver Jones.
William Toliver Jones married 1st Dorothy Bell Adams, and they were first recorded on the 1880 Navarro Co., TX census. Included in their home was their daughter, Maggie May Jones.
William and Dorothy's children were:
Maggie May (nee Jones) Whitworth
Jennie Bell Jones Whitworth
Silas Ivy Jones
Charles B. Jones, born Jul 1887
William Toliver Jones married 2nd Anna Catherine "Katie" Belyeu, daughter of John Berry Belyeu and the former Frances Hunter Thompson.
Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
Kaufman County
15 Jul 1891
William Jones
Katie Bellen (sic)
William and Katie's children were:
Bessie Lee (nee Jones) Bonin
Josephus "Joe" Jones
Jesse Jackson Jones
William Mickey Jones
Henry Milton Jones
Rovena (nee Jones) Hope Arnold
Allie Mae (nee Jones) Green Still Lisbon
Casey Dewey Jones
Family legend is Silas Iverson Knott was the son of Iverson Knott and Jane Elizabeth nee Goodrum, who were counted on the 1850 and 1860 Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN census. Because of a crime he committed to avenge a brutal attack on his mother, Silas changed his name to William Toliver Jones.
William Toliver Jones married 1st Dorothy Bell Adams, and they were first recorded on the 1880 Navarro Co., TX census. Included in their home was their daughter, Maggie May Jones.
William and Dorothy's children were:
Maggie May (nee Jones) Whitworth
Jennie Bell Jones Whitworth
Silas Ivy Jones
Charles B. Jones, born Jul 1887
William Toliver Jones married 2nd Anna Catherine "Katie" Belyeu, daughter of John Berry Belyeu and the former Frances Hunter Thompson.
Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
Kaufman County
15 Jul 1891
William Jones
Katie Bellen (sic)
William and Katie's children were:
Bessie Lee (nee Jones) Bonin
Josephus "Joe" Jones
Jesse Jackson Jones
William Mickey Jones
Henry Milton Jones
Rovena (nee Jones) Hope Arnold
Allie Mae (nee Jones) Green Still Lisbon
Casey Dewey Jones
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