Person:Henry Jones (85)

Henry Jones

b.15 Mar 1787 Virginia

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m. 31 Jan 1821

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Henry Jones
Gender	Male
Birth^[4]	15 Mar 1787	Virginia
Military^[5]	Dec 1816	Grayson County, TexasMartin Varner & Henry Jones engaged in a battle with the Osage on the Red River near the present site of Denison. Varner was wounded.
Marriage	31 Jan 1821	Texasto Nancy Stiles
Census^[3]	1850	Fort Bend County, Texas
Death^[4]	8 Jun 1861	Fort Bend County, Texas
Burial^[4]		Jones Family Cemetery, George Ranch Historical Park, near Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas

Fort Bend County, Texas, 1850 census:^[3]

Jones, Henry 60 yrs Farmer (real estate = $31,873) b. Virginia

Nancy 46 yrs b. Kentucky

John 20 yrs b. Texas

Helty[?] E. 17 yrs b. Texas

Virginia C. 16 yrs b. Texas

Elizabeth R. 14 yrs b. Texas

Susan Ann 12 yrs b. Texas

Wiley P. 10 yrs b. Texas

Sarah H. 5 yrs b. Texas

Thomas W. 9/12 yr b. Texas

Borton, Alexander 28 yrs School Teacher b. Ireland

References

↑ Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
pp. 3-4.

Long-rifle hunter. Came into Texas with his brother-in-law, Gabriel Martin, c.1819. The new settlement of Jonesboro was named for him. Ran a ferry across the river, 1819-1821.
Texas Historic Sites Atlas (atlas.thc.state.tx.us)
Jonesboro, Sam Houston Park, Manchester vicinity, CR 2381, 0.2 mi SE of CR 2353.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Fort Bend, Texas, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 230B, dwelling/family 101/101.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Find A Grave.

Henry Jones
↑ Wood County Historical Society (Texas); Herman F Benthul; and T. Roy Hodson. Wood County, 1850-1900. (Quitman, Texas: The Society, c1976)
p. 155.