Evan Jones worked for a New York City "mercantile house;" he had contacts in Spanish Louisiana and British West Florida, during the 1760s and 1770s. After the Revolutionary War, the Confederation Congress appointed him as American consul to the Spanish colonial government in New Orleans. The Spanish in turn appointed him as commandant of the Bayou LaFourche district.

Jones was granted some land, and he purchased additional tracts. Eventually, he went in to the sugar cultivation and production business and established Evan Hall Plantation on his acquired lands.

After the Louisiana Purchase, Jones resigned from an appointed seat on the Orleans Territorial Council. In 1804, he was named President of the Louisiana Bank.

Evan Jones married Marie P. Verret in Ascension Parish, and the couple had seven children.

~ Biography contributed by Sandi H. (48466302) November 2014, based upon an excerpt from the 2002 book 'The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia,' by Rodriguez. ~

Evan Jones worked for a New York City "mercantile house;" he had contacts in Spanish Louisiana and British West Florida, during the 1760s and 1770s. After the Revolutionary War, the Confederation Congress appointed him as American consul to the Spanish colonial government in New Orleans. The Spanish in turn appointed him as commandant of the Bayou LaFourche district.

Jones was granted some land, and he purchased additional tracts. Eventually, he went in to the sugar cultivation and production business and established Evan Hall Plantation on his acquired lands.

After the Louisiana Purchase, Jones resigned from an appointed seat on the Orleans Territorial Council. In 1804, he was named President of the Louisiana Bank.

Evan Jones married Marie P. Verret in Ascension Parish, and the couple had seven children.

~ Biography contributed by Sandi H. (48466302) November 2014, based upon an excerpt from the 2002 book 'The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia,' by Rodriguez. ~