Person:Edmond Jones (8)

Edmond Jones was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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From Chalkley's:

• Vol. 2 - Edgar vs. Donnelly——O.S. 215; N. S. 76——Leonard Morris deposes, 1814; He was at William Mann’s on Kenawha in 1776 when Archer Mathews and Andrew Donnally bought the bottom from John Prior. John Jones was present, assisting to drive cattle to Point Pleasant. John Hansford deposes; has known the land 25 years. Edmond Jones had been living in the neigh­borhood 23 years; son of John Jones, and is 23 years old 2d of last April. William Jones has known the bottom 26 years. Levi Morris, brother of Benj. deposes. Above four depositions taken 1813. Benj. Morris deposes 1813; Levi Morris deposes 1813; John Jenkins deposes 1813. Patent 21st March, 1792, to John Jones, assignee of Andrew Donnelly, 359 acres in Kenawha County. Certificate of settlement by John Prior in 1776. Ditto by John Hicks, 200 acres in Montgomery County, on New River by settle­ment in 1774.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.

   Edmund Jones
   Birth 2 Apr 1789
   Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
   Death 9 May 1874 (aged 85)
   Wayne County, Indiana, USA
   Burial: Elkhorn Cemetery
   Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
   
   Edmund was the grandson of William Morris and son of John Jones, who together were very active in battling Indians and settling the frontier in Western Virginia, now West Virginia. Edmund was the first Jones to migrate north to Indiana and was greatly instrumental in establishing Wayne County as a center of importance in the new state.
   
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