The Study of Racialism

gemini072 · Moderator Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 2942 }

JONES FAMILY

1. Elizabeth Jones, born say 1665, was a taxable in Henry Hart's Surry County household in Lawnes Creek Parish in 1682 [Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol.22, 3:56]. She may have been the ancestor of

2 i. Margaret, born say 1715.

ii. James1, born say 1716, a soldier who enlisted in the expedition against the Spaniards at Carthagena and died in Jamaica. His "Mulatto" widow Rebecca Jones petitioned the Virginia House of Burgesses for a pension and was granted an allowance of five pounds on 26 May 1742 [McIlwaine, Journals of the House of Burgesses, 21, 37].

iii. Peter, born say 1723, a "negro" head of household with his wife Elizabeth and James Weaver in John Campbell's 1758 list for Bertie County and in John Brickell's 1759 list [CR 10.702.1]. Hertford County was formed from this part of Bertie County in 1759. There is no further record of him - probably because most Hertford County records were destroyed in court house fires.

3 iv. Mary1, born say 1725.

4 v. John1, born say 1731.

5 vi. Richard, born say 1732.

6 vii. Abraham1, born about 1734.

7 viii. Abraham2, born say 1735.

8 viii. Samuel1, born say 1738.

9 ix. Philip, born say 1740.

x. Richard, born say 1742, taxable with his wife ("Mulatoes") in Bladen County from 1768 to 1770 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:8, 16, 45]. On 9 September 1783 he sold 100 acres in Bladen County on the south side of Drowning Creek, south of Ashpole Swamp, which was land he had been granted on 11 November 1779. Ishmael Chavis witnessed the deed [DB 1:29]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 3 "other free," one white woman and one white male under sixteen years of age in 1790 [NC:49], head of a Beaufort District, South Carolina household of 8 "other free" in 1790 and 11 in 1800 [SC:120]. He may have been the father of Dick Jones, head of a Beaufort County, South Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [SC:104].

xi. Francis, born say 1750, a "Black" member of Captain James Fason's colonial Northampton County, North Carolina Militia [N.C. Archives Troop Returns, 1-3]. He was head of a Wake County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:103] and 8 "free colored" in Caswell County in 1820 [NC:66]. On 6 June 1818 he testified on behalf of Allen Sweat in Wake County court that he had served with him in the Revolutionary War [M804-2332].

2. Margaret Jones, born say 1715, was head of a Beaufort County household of 5 "black" taxables in 1755 [SS 837]. In 1769 she was living alone in the adjacent county of Craven [SS 837]. She sold 320 acres in Craven County on the south side of Neuse River near Chinquapin Creek to Joseph McKennie on 11 March 1775 with the proviso that she have a lifetime right to live on one hundred acres of this land [DB 21:240]. This part of Craven County became Jones County in 1779. Her descendants may have been

10 i. James2, born say 1738.

ii. Hardy, head of a Jones County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:144], 7 "other free" and a white woman over the age of 45 in Lenoir County in 1810 [NC:300] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:295].

iii. Bazzilla, born before 1776, a "free colored" woman who was head of a Jones County household of 7 in 1830 [NC:132].

iv. William, head of a Jones County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 (J___, ___iam) [NC:265] and 8 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:132]. On 23 December 1826 he and Bazel Jones purchased land on both sides of Chinquapin Creek from Elijah Jones which was land he had received by his father's will [DB 16:359].

3. Mary1 Jones, born say 1725, was a taxable head of a household of herself and Thomas and Mary Jones in the 1761 Cross Roads District of Granville County in the tax list of James Price as "mulattos &c" [CR 44.701.19]. In 1763 Mary had 4 taxables in her household in a list of Granville County insolvent taxpayers. Her children may have been

11 i. Thomas1, born say 1743.

ii. Mary2, born say 1745, taxable in Mary Jones' Cross Roads District household in 1761.

4. John1 Jones, born say 1731, was a "Mulatto" who lost his right to 200 acres in Brunswick County, Virginia, in a case heard before the Council of Virginia on 13 June 1753 [McIlwaine, Executive Journals of the Council, V:433]. He may have been the John Jones who was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:62]. Perhaps his widow was Margaret Jones, head of a household of 2 "other free" in the neighboring county of Northampton in 1800 [NC:453]. He may have been the father of

12 i. Thomas2 Jones, born say 1750.

13 ii. Tempy, born say 1765.

5. Richard Jones, born say 1732, and his wife Barshaba were taxable as two black tithes in the 1764 Granville County list of Samuel Benton. In 1768 his wife was called Mary when he was taxed with her and his son Ephraim in John Pope's list. He was still in Granville County in 1780 where he had no property but was taxable as a "married man" in Goshen District, and taxable on one poll in 1785. He may have been the Richard Jones who was head of a Martin County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:68]. His child was

i. Ephraim, born about 1755, taxed in his father's household in 1768. His estate was sold in Granville County on 16 November 1781 [WB 1:326].

6. Abraham Jones, born about 1734, was head of a household of one Black male and one Black female in the 1767 Granville County tax list of John Pope adjacent to Richard Jones. In 1768 he was listed in Pope's list with his wife Charity. In the 1778 Militia Returns for Granville County he was listed in Captain John Rust's Company as a "mulatto," about forty-four years old [The North Carolinian VI:726 (Mil TR 4-40)]. He bought 8-1/2 head of cattle at the estate sale of Ephraim Jones on 16 November 1781 [WB 1:326]. He was taxable in Granville County in 1782 on 3 horses and 5 cattle and taxable on one poll in 1785 through 1788. Perhaps one of his children was

i. Jonathan, born about 1761, a seventeen-year-old "mulatto" listed in Captain Rust's Granville County Militia Returns adjacent to Abraham Jones [The North Carolinian VI:726], probably the Jonathan Jones who was taxable on one poll in Nash District of Person County in 1793 [N.C. Genealogy XVII:2673], head of a Person County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:597] and 8 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:498].

7. Abraham2 Jones, born say 1735, was a man of mixed blood who petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly in 1797 stating that he had purchased his wife Lydia about 1757 and had six grown children: Isaac, Jacob, Thomas, Abraham, Lewis and one other. He was concerned that once he died his wife and children would revert to slavery, having not been formally freed. His petition was rejected [http://history.uncg.edu/slaverypetitions/doucmentary.html, PAR# 11279701]. He was head of an Anson County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:225] and 7 in Hertford County in 1810 [NC:98]. He was the father of

14 i. Isaac, born say 1760.

ii. Jacob, head of an Anson County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:225].

iii. Thomas, head of an Anson County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:48] and head of a Mill Creek, Anson County household of 8 "free colored" and 2 white women in 1820 [NC:12].

iv. Abraham.

v. Lewis.

8. Samuel1 Jones, born say 1738, was taxable in Granville County on 150 acres, 2 horses, and 7 cattle in Fishing Creek District in 1782. He may have been the Samuel Jones who married Ann Harris, 24 November 1780 Granville County bond with Edward Harris bondsman. In 1786 he was head of an Epping Forest District household of 5 males and 3 females for the state census, and he was taxable in Granville County on 50 acres and 2 free polls in 1786. In 1788 he was taxable on 200 acres but was not subject to poll tax so he was probably over fifty years old. He was head of a Granville County household of 5 "other free" in 1800. He was taxable on 80 acres in Beaver Dam District for the last time in 1805 [Tax List 1803-09, 110]. One of his children was most likely

i. Emmanuel, born say 1768, called "Manuel Scot Jones" on 7 February 1788 when he purchased cattle and tools from (his father?) Samuel Jones in Granville County [WB 2:153]. He entered 100 acres in Granville County on Buckhorn Creek on 17 March 1795 [Pruitt, Granville County Land Entries, 61]. He was taxable on one poll in Granville County in 1789, was taxed on 97-1/2 acres in Beaverdam District in 1797 and was charged with Samuel Jones's tax in the Beaverdam District of Granville County in 1802 [Tax List 1796-1802, 67, 326]. He was head of a Granville County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:864]. In 1815 he was taxed on 79 acres in Beaver Dam District, and he and a woman over forty-five years of age were counted as "free colored" in the 1820 Granville County census for Beaver Dam District [NC:16].

ii. Samuel2, born say 1778, head of a Granville County household of 2 "other free" in 1800.

iii. Lyford, born say 1779, head of a Granville County household of 3 "other free" in 1800.

iv. Phereby, born say 1782, married Daniel Evans, 10 September 1800 Granville County bond, Emanuel Scott Jones bondsman. Daniel was head of a Granville County household of 2 "other free" in 1800.

v. Major, born say 1786, head of a Beaver Dam District household of 4 "other free" in 1810 and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:16]. He married Honor Bass, 25 August 1814 Granville County bond, Elijah Valentine bondsman.

9. Philip Jones, born say 1740, was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:65] and 2 in 1800 (called Philip, Senr.) [NC:322]. He made a deposition in Northampton County court on 26 March 1791 that he enlisted and served as a soldier in the Continental Army [NCGSJ XI:118]. He may have been the Philip Jones who sometime before 7 September 1787 sold Bounty Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, which he received for his services in the War [Franklin County DB 6:89]. He sold 10 acres in Halifax County on Hog Pen Branch on 11 July 1795 [DB 17:831]. The Halifax branch of the family may have been related to Barshaba Jones of Granville County since a child named Barshaby Jones (no race mentioned) was ordered bound an apprentice by the 16 February 1836 Halifax County court. Philip's children were

i. ?James3, head of a Halifax County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:65] and 12 in 1810 [NC:29]. On 19 May 1823 he testified for Isham Scott in Halifax County court that he was in the service with him in Colonel Ashe's regiment.

ii. ?Philip, Jr., born before 1776, head of a Halifax County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [NC:322], 2 in Hertford County in 1810 [NC:100], and 9 "free colored" in Hertford County in 1820 [NC:182]. He was one of the "Sundry persons of Colour of Hertford County" who petitioned the General Assembly in 1822 to repeal the act which declared slaves to be competent witnesses against free African Americans [NCGSJ XI:252].

10. James2 Jones, born say 1738, may have been one of the "black" tithables in the Beaufort County household of (his mother?) Margaret Jones in 1755. He was a "black" taxable in Craven County in 1769 [SS 837]. On 26 April 1780 he purchased 67 acres adjoining his land on Chinqapin Creek in Jones County from Jacob Jones, being the land where Jacob Jones, deceased, formerly lived, for 18 pounds [DB 3:90]. He was counted as white in the North Carolina state census for Jones County, recorded on 30 September 1786: head of a household of 1 male, 5 males and 5 free females, listed next to William Morgan, John Conner, and Mark Conner who were also counted as white [Governor's Office Census of 1784-7, Jones County family nos. 181-5]. He was head of a Jones County household of 11 "other free" in 1790 [NC:144]. By his 15 January 1790 Jones County will, proved February 1802, he left his wife his house and a third of his lands which were to be divided between his sons James and Bazel at her death or marriage. He divided the remainder of his land amongst his sons James, Frederick, Ezekiel, Elijah, and Jacob and left furniture and livestock to his daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary. His wife Sarah and son James were executors. Bazel Pritchard, Job Ives and Joseph Treurt (Truett) were witnesses to the will [WB 2:250]. Bazel Pritchard was counted six households away from James Jones in the 1786 state census [family no.188] and eleven households away in the 1790 census [NC:144]. Job Ives was head of a Dobbs County household of a white man in 1790 [NC:138]. He was probably related to Isaac Ives who was listed two households from James Jones in the 1790 census: head of a household of a white woman and an "other free" man [NC:144]. Isaac and Job Ives were counted as white in Lenoir County in 1800 [NC:15]. James was the father of

i. Elizabeth, received a bed, furniture and two cows by her father's will.

ii. James4, executor of his father's will, head of a Jones County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:265].

iii. Frederick, received a bed and furniture, the bed he made use of, and the seventeen head of hogs he had raised, two cows, a mare, and a gun by his father's will.

iv. Sarah, received a mare and two cows by her father's will.

v. Ezekiah/ Ezekiel, head of a Jones County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:264].

vi. Mary4, received two cows, eighteen hogs, and a chest by her father's will.

vii. Elijah, head of a Jones County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [NC:265] and 5 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:132]. On 23 December 1826 he sold to Bazel and William Jones all the land on both sides of Chinquapin Creek which he had received by his father's will [DB 16:359].

viii. Bazel, received a young horse by his father's will. He was head of a Jones County household of one "other free" in 1810 [NC:265].

ix. Jacob, head of a Jones County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 [NC:144] and one "free colored" man 55-100 years old in 1830 [NC:132].

11. Thomas1 Jones, born say 1743, was taxable in the household of (his mother?) Mary Jones in Cross Roads District of Granville County in the tax list of James Price as "mulattos &c" in 1761 [CR 44.701.19]. He may have been the same Thomas Jones who was head of a Greensville County, Virginia household of 6 persons in 1783 [VA:55]. He and his wife Rebecca were mentioned in the 10 February 1796 Greensville County marriage bond of their daughter Nancy. Their children were

15 i. ?Britton, born say 1763.

ii. ?Elizabeth, born say 1768, married Meshack Haithcock, 26 December 1789 Greensville County bond.

iii. ?Mary3, born say 1770, married Reuben Haithcock, 30 January 1788 Greensville County bond, Braxton Robinson surety [Marriage Bonds, 28].

iv. Sarah, born say 1776, married Thomas Going, 24 July 1794, Greensville County bond, William Dungill surety, and on 29 September 1794, called "Daughter of Thomas Jones" when she married Mark Going, 29 September 1794 Greensville County bond, Robert Brooks Corn bondsman.

v. ?Bryant, born 24 December 1777, registered in Greensville County on 12 December 1807: born free of Yellowish Complexion ... Aged twenty nine years the 24th day of December last, 5 feet Nine & 3/4 Inches high [Register, no.12]. He was head of a Caswell County, North Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:483], perhaps the Britain Jones who was head of a Caswell County household of 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:67].

vi. Nancy, born say 1780, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Jones, married Robert Watkins, 10 February 1796 Greensville County bond, Abraham Artis surety [Marriage Bonds, 34].

vii. ?James6, born about 1784, registered in Greensville County on 27 February 1807: born free of a yellowish Complexion, freckled ... Aged 23 years, five feet six Inches high [Register, no.9].

12. Thomas2 Jones ("black"), born say 1750, and his wife Mary were living in Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex counties, Virginia, in February 1774 when the christening of their daughter Rebecca was recorded [Richards, Albemarle Parish Register, no. 243]. He was head of an Isle of Wight County household of 7 "white" (free) persons in 1782 [VA:30], taxable in Isle of Wight County on two tithes and 5 horses in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 31:285] and head of a Sussex County household of 8 "other free" in 1810. Their children were

i. Rebecca, born 13 February 1773.

ii. ?Willis, taxable in Isle of Wight County on in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 31:285] and head of a Surry County household of 3 "other free" and one slave in 1810.

iii. ?John2, taxable in Isle of Wight County in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 31:285] and head of a Sussex County household of 4 "other free" in 1810. He married Sacky Cypress on 12 February 1807 in Sussex County [Ministers Returns, 283].

iv. Betsy Andrews, "daughter of Thomas Jones," married Joseph Byrd, 23 December 1816 Surry County bond, John Charity surety.

v. ?Polly, married Edwin Roberts, 7 January 1796 Isle of Wight County bond, Thomas Jones surety.

vi. ?William, a "free Negro" taxable in Isle of Wight County in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 31:285] and a "Free Negro" head of an Isle of Wight County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:34].

vii. ?Davis, a "free Negro" taxable in Isle of Wight County in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 31:285], head of a Petersburg Town household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:119a].

13. Tempy Jones, born say 1765, was probably the mother of Willie, Sterling, and Montfort Jones, "base born children" who were bound by the Halifax County, North Carolina court to Ephraim Knight on 25 August 1797 [Minutes 1796-8, Friday]. She died before 25 March 1814 when her son Mumford Jones received a certificate of freedom in Halifax County: Mumford Jones, the son of Tempy Jones, decd., the grandson of Margarett Jones all of the county of Halifax in the state of North Carolina, was born free, that his grand father and mother were likewise a free color'd people and their freedom never disputed as I ever new and I have them and his mother lived in my fathers family Twenty or Thirty years past & the said Molatoe Boy Mumford has lived with me for near fourteen years past & that he is now something above twenty one years of age. A. Knight [Randolph County, Illinois, Servitude and Emancipation Register, vol. 1, 120]. She was the mother of

i. ?Willie, born about 1783, fourteen years old on 25 August 1797 when he was bound by the Halifax County court to Ephraim Knight to learn carpentry [Minutes 1796-8, Friday]. He was probably the William Jones, Sr., who was head of a Halifax County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:345].

ii. ?Sterling, born about 1785, twelve years old on 25 August 1797 when he was bound by the Halifax County court to Ephraim Knight to learn carpentry [Minutes 1796-8, Friday]. He was head of a Halifax County household of 13 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:293].

iii. Mumford, born about 1788, nine years old on 25 August 1797 when he was bound by the Halifax County court to Ephraim Knight to learn carpentry [Minutes 1796-8, Friday]. He obtained a certificate of freedom in Halifax County signed by A. Knight on 25 March 1814 which he registered in Pendleton District, South Carolina, on 8 November 1819 and later recorded in Randolph County, Illinois [Randolph County Servitude and Emancipation Register, vol. 1, 120]. A. Knight was apparently identical to Abner Knight, son of Ephraim Knight whose Halifax County will was proved in November 1800[Halifax County Minutes 1799-1802, 145].

iv. ?Grizza, born about February 1795, two years and five months old on 25 August 1797 when she was bound by the Halifax County court to Ephraim Knight [1796-8, Friday].

v. ?Peggy, born about November 1796, nine months old on 25 August 1797 when she was bound by the Halifax County court to Ephraim Knight [Minutes 1796-8, Friday]. She was head of a Halifax County household of 6 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:293].

14. Isaac Jones, born say 1760, was head of a Robeson County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:386]. Perhaps his widow was Priscilla Jones, born before 1776, head of a Robeson County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:302]. Isaac may have been the father of

i. Nathan, born 1776-94, head of a Robeson County household of 4 "free colored" in 1820.

ii. Willey, head of a Robeson County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:293].

iii. Abraham, born 1786-1804, head of a Robeson County household of 5 "free colored" in 1840, a "free man of Colour," granted a permit to carry a gun in Robeson County by the 22 November 1841 court [Minutes 1839-43, 240].

15. Britton Jones, born about 1763, was a Revolutionary soldier from Greensville County, Virginia [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 38], head of a Greensville County household of 2 persons in 1783 [VA:55], and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:262]. He and his wife Lucy and their unnamed daughter were "Mulatto" taxables in Greensville County in 1813 [Waldrep, 1813 Tax List]. He registered as a "Free Negro" in Greensville County on 1 April 1825: free born of a Yellowish Complexion about Sixty-two years old, 5 feet 10-1/4 inches high ... a planter [Register, no.140]. He was the father of

i. ?Sarah, born 15 August 1787, registered on 12 December 1807: born free of yellowish Complexion aged Nineteen years the 15th last August, five feet two & 1/2 Inches high [Register, no.13].

ii. ?Benjamin, born about 1788, taxable with his wife Winifred, "Mulattos," in Greensville County in 1813 [Waldrep, 1813 Tax List]. He registered on 7 April 1825: free born of yellowish Complexion between 35 & 40 years old, 5 feet 9-1/8 inches high in Shoes ... a planter [Register, no.143].

iii. Edmund, born about 1791, registered in Greensville County on 3 January 1826: (Son of Britton Jones) free born of a Yellowish Complexion, about 35 years of age, Six feet, two inches high (in Shoes) ... freckled face ... a farmer [Register, no.151].

iv. ?Winney, born about 1792, registered in Greensville County on 7 April 1825: free born of yellowish Complexion between thirty and thirty five years Old, 5 feet 4-1/2 Inches high ... a weaver & her 6 Children, viz., Lucinda about 14 years old ... Eliza Jane, 9 years old ... Sally Ann nearly 3 years old, and Britton Anderson 12 years Old next December, Peterson Douglas 7 years old next month, and Jack Anderson 5 years Old in June next [Register, no.142].

v. ?Peggy, born about 1797, registered in Greensville County on 15 April 1825: born free of a yellow complexion, about 28 years old, 5 feet 4-1/2 inches high in shoes ... a weaver [Register, no.146].

Another member of the family in Greensville County was

i. Sally, born about 1782, registered in Greensville County on 7 April 1825: free born of black Complexion, between forty & forty five years old, 5 feet 8-1/8 Inches high in Shoes ... and her Daughter Jacky Viney between three and four years old [Register, no.145].

York County

1. Sarah Jones, born say 1700, was presented by the York County court on 15 May 1738 for not listing herself as a tithable. The court excused her from paying the fine but ordered that she and Nanny Jones pay their levies for that year and the future [OW 18:414, 427]. She may have been the ancestor of

i. Nanny, born say 1719, presented by the York County court on 19 June 1738 for not listing herself as a tithable [OW 18:427], perhaps the Nanny Jones who was a "free" head of a Williamsburg City household of 3 "black" persons in 1782 [VA:45].

ii. Humphrey, sued a number of people for debt in York County court between 1748 and 1754. In a suit which he brought in chancery against John Rollison (Rawlinson) on 17 August 1752 the parties by their counsel agreed that the plaintiff and a witness named Thomas Carter were "Mulattos." The court ruled that the lease involved in the suit was obtained fraudulently and was, therefore, cancelled. Rawlinson appealed to the General Court. Humphrey sued Rawlinson for a 93 pound, 16 shilling debt on 19 November 1753 [Judgments & Orders 1746-52, 101, 112, 153, 163, 182; 1752-4, 119, 153, 166, 168, 170-1, 178, 196, 285, 343-4, 353, 495].

iii. George, born say 1725, sued Joseph Kennedy (Cannady) for trespass, assault and battery in a case which was dismissed by the York County court on 19 May 1746 when neither party appeared [W&I 19:429]. On 19 September 1763 he sued Peter Gillett for 35 shillings due by account with John Poe as his witness [Judgments & Orders 1759-63, 325; 1763-5, 79]. The court ordered George to pay Sarah Freeman 40 shillings on 15 January 1770 in her suit against him for trespass, assault and battery. Peter and Sarah Gillett were witnesses against him [Orders 1768-70, 407]. He was living in Halifax County, Virginia, on 20 April 1775 when he appeared in court to answer the complaint of his servant Mary Scandling. The court released her from his service because he was a "free Mulatto" and had purchased her indenture. However, two years later on 20 February 1777 the court ordered the churchwardens to bind Mary's son Macklin Scandling to George. Mary died before 19 November 1778 when Lucretia Macklin (who was also from York County) was charged with her murder. At Lucretia's hearing, George deposed that

he was riding on the road with Mary Scandling the deceased person behind him and met the prisoner Lucretia Macklin who insulted him with opprobrious language and pick'd up a stick about the size of his arm and offer'd to strike which this deponent endeavour'd to fend off with his arm, but doth not know whether she struck the deceas'd on which the stick broke, on which this deponent got off his horse and went to the prisoner, in which time the deceas'd was off the horse and walk'd about thirty yards and sat down and call'd to this deponent to come to her for she was dying. And this deponent went to the deceas'd and took hold of her and she appear'd to be fainting. This deponent ask'd her to go, she reply'd she was not able, and lay there until she dy'd [Pleas 1774-79, 109, 193, 379].

Lucretia Maclin was counted in the 1782 census for Richmond City [VA:111]. On 27 May 1789 George complained to the Halifax County, Virginia court against George Fitch for a breach of the peace, and he sold property by deed proved in Halifax County on 28 June 1789 [Pleas 1789-90, 251, 258].

iv. John1, born say 1725, living in York County on 20 November 1749 when his wife Mary was presented for not listing herself as a tithable. The charges were dismissed when John paid her tax and costs of the suit. Mary was presented again on 19 November 1750 for not listing herself [Judgment & Orders 1746-52, 256, 277, 364, 384].

2 v. Barshaba, born say 1727.

vi. William, a "free Negro," who died before 7 November 1769 when the vestry of Elizabeth City paid for his coffin. The vestry also paid Jane Allen for maintaining him for four weeks during his sickness [von Doenhoff, Vestry Book of Elizabeth City Parish 1751-1784, 101].

vii. Edward, presented by the York County court on 19 November 1750 for not listing his wife Betty and "Will a Negro" (a slave). The court fined him 1,000 pounds of tobacco [Judgment & Orders 1746-52, 364, 384].

3 viii. James, born say 1745.

ix. Disey, born about 1749, registered in York County on 18 December 1809: a woman of yellowish complexion supposed to be about 60 years of age ... thin visage & has fierce black Eyes for one of her age. Born of free parents in the parish of Bruton & county of York [Free Negro Register 1798-1831, no. 39].

x. Mary, born say 1755, a "free Negro" attending the "Negro School" in Williamsburg in September 1762.

xi. Elisha, born say 1757, a "free Negro" attending the "Negro School" in Williamsburg in September 1762 [Stephenson, Notes on the Negro School in Williamsburg, 1760-1774, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (1963), Appendix no. 1, iii, citing Manuscripts of Dr. Bray's Associates, American Papers, 1735-1774, S.P.G. Archives, London].

xii. Anny, sister of Sally Delaney who married John Comboe (Cumbo), 10 August 1797 York County bond.

xiii. Susanna, married Henry Ashby, 23 January 1796 York County bond. He was taxable in James City County from 1795 to 1801. Susanna Ashby was taxable there on a horse in 1807 and head of a household of one "Free Person of Colour above 16 years" in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-99; 1800-15].

2. Barshaba Jones, born say 1727, had a daughter Eleanor whose birth on 26 November 1748 was recorded in Bruton Parish, James City County [Bruton Parish Register, 8]. He was called Bash Jones on 19 December 1748 when he sued Thomas Smith for debt in York County court in a suit which was dismissed by agreement of both parties [Judgments & Orders 1746-52, 150]. He was called "Barshaba Jones Negro" in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in the 1750 and 1752 tax list of Hugh Lawson [Tax List 1748-52, Virginia State Library Accession no.20094, p.2]. By 19 September 1759 he had moved to Granville County, North Carolina, where he pleaded guilty to trespass [Minutes 1754-70, 57]. An undated Granville County court affidavit by Henry Edwards requested

news of Whereabouts of free Negro runaway who is in his debt Barshaba Jones 9pds. he was sometime ago in Granville? ... [CR 44.928.25].

In 1761 he and his wife Ann were 2 black tithables in the Baptist District, Granville County tax list of David Harris [CR 44.701.19]. He was taxable in the 1763 Granville County tax list of insolvents with 5 taxables. The Baptist District of Granville County became Bute County in 1764. Barsheba sold 206 acres in Bute County on the north side of Fishing Creek on 6 January 1765, 80 acres between Fishing Creek and Reedy Creek on 8 January 1765, and 200 acres on Reedy Creek on 5 February 1765 [Warren County DB 1:8; 2:135; A:324]. He was sued for 2 pounds, 19 shillings debt by Zachariah Bullock in Granville County court on 11 August 1765 [Minutes 1754-70, 138]. He was in Bladen County on 12 September 1783 when he was witness to the deed of Braswell Hunt to John Cade for land on Ashpole Swamp [DB 1:28] and was head of a Robeson County household of 1 "other free" in 1800 [NC:387]. His children were

i. Eleanor, born 26 November 1748 [Bruton Parish Register, 8].

ii. William, born circa 1750, first taxed in his fathers's Granville County household in 1762. He was a taxable "Mulato" in Bladen County in James Lowry's household from 1768 to 1771 and a "Molato" head of his own household in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:5, 17, 45, 60; II:65]. He was head of a Beaufort District, South Carolina household of 8 "other free" in 1790 and 12 in 1800 [SC:106].

iii. John2, born circa 1750, first taxed in his father's Granville County household in 1762.

iv. ?Lucy, born say 1753, mother of a "Negro" boy, Dick Jones, born 15 June 1771, ordered bound to Joseph Norris in Bute County by the February 1772 court [Minutes 1767-76, 194]. He may have been the Richard Jones who was head of a Cumberland County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:619].

v. ?Burwell, a man of color from Lunenburg County who served in the Revolution [National Archives pension file R67SO cited by NSDAR, African American Patriots, 150].

vi. ?Martin, taxable on one poll in Person County in 1793 in Nash District, head of a Person County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:597].

3. James3 Jones, born say 1745, and his wife Margaret, "free mulattoes," registered the birth of their son John in Bruton Parish, James City County. Their son was

i. John3, born 28 March 1767 [Bruton Parish Register, 31]. He may have been the John Jones who died before 19 September 1803 when (his wife?) Nancy Jones was granted administration on his York County estate with Charles Carter and John W. De Rozario as securites [Orders 1795-1803, 606].

Richmond and Orange counties, Virginia

1. Margaret Jones, born say 1680, was the mother of Ann Jones who was indentured to Anne Fenner (daughter of John Fenner) for eleven years by the Richmond County court on 2 May 1705. She may have been identical to "Margaret, late Servant to Joseph Belfield, now living at John Fenner's" who was presented by the Richmond County court on 4 October 1705 for bearing a "Molatto bastard." She was called Margaret Chiswick in court on 5 December 1705 when she acknowledged that she had a "mulato ... begott by a Negro" [Orders 1704-8, 57, 61, 93, 97, 101]. She may have been the ancestor of

i. William1, born say 1715, a "mulatto," who owned a white servant woman named Margaret Irwin. William sold her to Isaac Arnold before 27 March 1755 when the Orange County, Virginia court ruled that she was a free woman because William had had no right to keep or dispose of her [Orders 1754-63, 80].

ii. William2, born say 1730, a "Mulatto" runaway servant man belonging to Moore Fauntleroy of Richmond County in August 1754 when he was taken up in Essex County [Essex County Orders 1753-4, 226].

2 i. Mary, born about 1750.

2. Mary Jones, born about 1750, registered as a free Negro in Essex County on 7 December 1810: born free, dark Mulattoe, about sixty years of age, five feet two inches high [Register of Free Negroes, 1810-43, no.3, p.2]. She was the mother of

i. ?Chaney, born about 1777, registered on 7 December 1810: born free by affirmation of Richard Banks, dark Mulattoe, about 33 years of age, five feet three inches and three quarters [Register of Free Negroes 1810-43, no.4, p.3].

ii. Milly, born about 1785, registered in Essex County on 8 December 1810: daughter of Mary Jones, appearing by statement of Thomas Brockenbrough in person that she has always passed as a free born person, 25 years of age, a light black [Register of Free Negroes 1810-43, no.25, p.12].

Princess Anne/ Norfolk County

Members of the Jones family in Princess Anne and Norfolk counties born about 1750 were

i. Nanny, born say 1743, a taxable "free negro" in Norfolk County on the north side of Tanners Creek in Elizabeth Grant's household in 1765 and taxable in her own household in 1768 [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables, 1751-65, 209; 1766-80, 49].

1 ii. Judy1, born say 1745.

2 iii. Sarah, born say 1752.

1. Judy1 Jones, born say 1745, was the mother of seven children who were bound as apprentices by the Princess Anne County court in 1778 and 1779: James, Caleb, Elijah, Betty, Nat, Dick and Tom [Minutes 1773-82, 275, 293, 445]. She may have been the mother of Judah and Tom Jones, "free Negroes," who were living in adjoining Norfolk County on 15 February 1770 when the court ordered the churchwardens to bind them out [Orders 1768-71, 150]. Her children were

i. ?Judah2, born say 1764, a "free Negro" living in Norfolk County on 15 February 1770 when the court ordered her bound to Nanny Grant [Orders 1768-71, 150].

ii. Tom, born say 1766, a "free Negro" living in Norfolk County on 15 February 1770 when the court ordered her bound to James McCoy [Orders 1768-71, 150], perhaps identical to Tom Jones, son of Judy Jones, who was bound to William Wishert in Princess Anne County on 11 November 1779 [Minutes 1773-82, 445].

iii. James, born say 1768, son of Judy Jones, bound apprentice by the Princess Anne County court to William Wishart, Gent., to be a planter on 9 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 275].

iv. Caleb, born say 1770, bound by the Princess Anne County court to William ____ to be a planter on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 293].

v. Elijah, born say 1771, son of Judy Jones, bound by the Princess Anne County court as an apprentice planter to William Wishart on 10 July 1778, a "Free Mulatto" bound to William Russell to be a cooper on 8 April 1784 [Minutes 1773-82, 293; 1782-4, 193].

vi. Betty, born say 1773, daughter of Judy Jones, bound apprentice by the Princess Anne County court on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 293].

vii. Nat, born say 1775, "free Negro" son of Judy Jones bound to William Wishert by the Princess Anne County court on 11 November 1779 [Minutes 1773-82, 445].

viii. Dick, born say 1776, "free Negro" son of Judy Jones bound to William Wishert on 11 November 1779. He and Tom Jones were called "Free born Mulattoes" on 10 June 1784 when the Princess Anne County court bound them to Jonathan Park to be tanners [Minutes 1773-82, 445; 1782-4, 212].

2. Sarah Jones, born say 1752, was the mother of four children who were bound as apprentices by the Princess Anne County court. They were

i. Argyle, born say 1772, son of Sarah Jones, bound by the Princess Anne County court to Hillary ____ to be a blacksmith on 13 April 1775 and bound to be a mariner on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 94, 293]. He was head of a Norfolk County household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [VA:927].

ii. Robert, born say 1774, son of Sarah Jones, bound to ___ Martin to be a shoemaker on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 293].

iii. Dinah, born say 1775, daughter of Sarah Jones, bound to ___ Kilgore on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 293].

iv. Mary, born say 1777, daughter of Sarah Jones, bound to Mary ___ on 10 July 1778 [Minutes 1773-82, 293]. She was a "free Black" head of a Princess Anne County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:459].