Married Sept. 23, 1824 Whitley County, Kentucky to Jane Martin.

TIMELINE
Born
1793 – January 7, Greene County, Tennessee

Married
1824 – September 23, Whitley County, Kentucky to Jane Martin

1830 – Whitley County, Kentucky census. Nancy Jones listed above him

1840 – Benton County, Missouri. Isaac Jones, Andrew Jones also in County

1840- Missouri to Texas- (1846 Travis County, Texas – Unconditional Land .. 640 acres he shows his date of immigration was 1840)

1846 – May 25 enlisted in the Mexican War in Austin, TX. , 6 month term

1846- November 18 Travis County, Texas – Unconditional Land James and Selina Jeffers were witnesses for Samuel C. Jones, 640 acres he shows his date of immigration was 1840

1850 – October 9 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

1858- February 25 Travis County, Texas , Land Headright Registered and Approved Feb 25, 1858 -Withdrawn March 1858 by C A Crosby, District/Class: Court of Claims File Number: 004468 Original Grantee: Jones, Samuel C

1860- June 13 Medina County, Texas

1874-December 19 Bexar County, Texas 160 acre homestead J S Capps & S M Ellison, W D Burnett & Jonathan Mulsburger vouching for him -on the waters of the Saldao Creek a tributary of the San Antonio River: surveyed on the above date with chain carriers of Wm D Burnett and Henry Jeffers

1879- May 1 Medina County, Texas 160 acres on the waters of Black Creek a tributory of the San Miguel , 19 miles SW of Castroville, surveyed 1 May 1879 chain carriers A L Hector & H D Tomerlin

1880- June 5 Bexar County, Texas

Death
1889 – May 1 Bexar County, Texas. Pearl Lewis Lunt was told by her grandmother, Olief A Jones Lewis,that Samuel C. Jones was building a rail fence when he died,
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Joyce Capps; "Belle Capps Jones told me that her father was a contemporary of Samuel C. and that her father was a great admirer of him. Her father told her that Samuel was a big, red-headed Welshman. She was also told that Samuel C. and Jane were attacked by a band of Indians on the Salado Creek Area. He used his muzzle-loading Kentucky rifle (she and the girls made the ammunition) and repelled the Indians. She said that Jane had said she knew she had personally killed one, while Samuel C. had killed their chief. Thereafter, he was known by the Indians as the Red-headed Chief Killer.

Belle Capps Jones was told that Samuel C. always had plenty of money; so evidently, he was a good trader. "

"Typed by Granddaughter of Mellie Tomerlin McBeth, Karen Tingle Tucker, May 19, 1999 Great Grandpa (Samuel C.) Jones and wife, Jane Martin Jones - Indian fight at his home.
It was early one Sunday morning (29 Aug 1855) in the 70's or 80's. They saw the Indians and Grandpa said "We will all go to the pecan bottom and hide." A German who was helping him said, "No, if you do they will hunt you down and kill all of you." So he decided to stay and fight. The old Chief ran his horse up to the door and gave his war cry. Grandpa shot him off of his horse and loosed the dogs. He only had 14 of them (dogs) and 17 Indians. Grandpa had two guns and a shot gun. he stood in the door and fired at them. They were so busy fighting the dogs couldn't do much fighting.

Grandmother stood beside him cooled and reloaded the extra gun. While our Grandmother and her sister molded bullets on the fireplace. I think this was Aunt Kizzie - not sure. They were only 12 and 14 years of age or about. The German when the fighting started went under the bed and stayed there till he heard an Indian building a fire in the corner of the fireplace, he got the shot gun and shot him through the wall. And there was a dead Indian there later and a pile of kindling there. They fought about two hours. They took all of the horses (16 horses and 400 cattle) including a race mare and colt. Also a mother dog and her puppies. They drew about three or four hundred yards away and doctored their wounds. When they left Grandpa just fell to the floor. He was so tired. There was a barrel of part or part of one of butter put down in ____ the corner of house it was full of arrows. They just left it there and people from San Antonio came to look at it. Arrows were sticking in the side of it.
Before that Great Grandmother Jane had always fussed about the dogs. She didn't anymore after that. They milked cows and sold butter and eggs in San Antonio. Granddad lived to be in his 90's. He cut a gate post and carried it to the house and took the hiccup's and died. Was a very hot day.

I forgot when the Chief fell the dogs killed the horse. The Indians managed to get the Chief's body and take him with them. This all happened around Moore (on the Hondo, 44 miles SW of San Antonio) or there abouts. One of the last Indian raids they came out of Mexico. They later told someone they did not know that he was Irish or they would not have attacked him. The gun or guns were in the Alamo for a while on loan by some relatives...they later were gone. Olief was the baby of Jones family when the fighting started she went upstairs or in the attic and hid until it was over. She was getting up a paper on the Jones family. This my mother had written and wanted me to just copy for you. I have, just as she wrote it. Dorothy Parks (1989)"
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RIFLE USED AGAINST INDIANS IS OWNED BY TEXAS RESIDENT (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Eagle Pass, Texas
John F. Wilkins, ex-Texas Ranger and retired federal employee, living here, has a muzzle-loading rifle that was used in early day Indian fights. It belonged to his grandfather, Sam Jones, A Kentuckian, who came to Texas in 1851 and settled on the land near the Salado creek 17 miles from San Antonio. The gun was used in several Indian fights, Wilkins said, but was exceptionally effective in one.

The morning of August 9, 1853, shortly after my grandfather had finished his house, he sent his helper, a young man named Frank, to hunt for the oxen. A few minutes later, Frank came back at full speed pursued by 17 howling Indians. The Indians went for a bunch of horses hobbled near the house. Wilkins said all were afoot except the chief, who was riding a smoke colored horse; the Indians deployed and began shooting, at the door and windows of the house. Grandfather loaded and fired this old musket while my Grandmother assembled the ammunition, in a lull while Grandma Jones was molding the bullets, the Indians made a rush for the house. It was a big mistake – for as they got nearer the door, Sam Jones turned lose 16 bloodhounds he had brought from Kentucky, and therefore it was dog-and-Indian melee with Sam standing at the door taking careful aim for each shot while the dogs kept the redskins busy. When the hubbub was over, seven dead Indians and eight wounded lay about the place. The sad part for Grandfather was that 14 of his hounds were also dead. The Indians never bothered his farm again. He lived to be 98 years old, and I remember him shooting a squirrel’s head off at 30 paces with this old gun.

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Claim against the Mexican Government, filed in Medina County, Texas by Samuel C. Jones, and continued in 1935 by descendants The undersigned hereby make affidavit and say: First , That Samuel C. Jones, who was the original claimant in a certain claim against the Government of Mexico, (recorded as Agency No. 3270) which claim is based upon illegal depredations by inhabitants and nationals of Mexico upon his ranch in Texas, during the period covered by the years 1868 to 1873 inclusive, and the theft therefrom and the killing and injury thereupon of certain livestock, particularly cattle and horses, coupled with other illegal injuries and losses, occasioned by said marauderings, was a native born citizen of the United States of America, having been born in Green County, Tennessee, on January 7th, 1793. Attached hereto and marked "Exhibit 1.," is a certified photostatic copy of the U.S. Pension application of the said Samuel C. Jones, evidencing such nativity. Second, that the said Samuel C. Jones was married on the 27th day of September, 1821 to Jane Martin, who was born in Whitley County, Kentucky, on October 6, 1800. As evidence of such marriage reference is here made to "Exhibit 1", referred to in paragraph marked "First." Third, that the said Samuel C. Jones and his wife Jane, were ranching in that part of the State of Texas, which is now known as Medina County; said ranch being located about twelve miles southeast of what is now Hondo, Texas, and on Hondo Creek, which place is still designated locally as "the old Samuel Jones place." That this occupancy commenced sometime prior tot he year 1868 and continued until sometime in 1873, when due to the depredation and marauderings upon which the said claim is based, they were compelled to leave and take up residence for a while in Bexar County, Texas. That during the above period, namely, the years 1868 to 1873, the said Samuel C. Jones was possessed of a large number of cattle and goodly number of fine-blooded horses. That on several occasions during the above mentioned period Mexican Nationals conducted raids and marauderings, stealing, killing and pillaging from the said Samuel C. Jones to his great injury and loss. Attached hereto, three affidavits marked respectively, "Exhibits 2, 2A and 2B", evidencing the fact of such raids and losses. (End of page1) (This record continues with descendants, that will be noted in each persons record...n.s.)

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APPLICATION FOR MEXICAN WAR PENSION

Samuel C. stated he served for 12 months and served under Capt. Highsmith, he was discharged in Austin, Texas in 1848. He states he was born in Green County, Tennessee, January 7, 1793. That he married Jane Martin in Whitley County, Kentucky on the 22nd, September, 1821. Wm. B. Jones, and James Jeffries signed the affidavits.