Descendants of Ambrose Jones

Generation No. 1

1.  AMBROSE¹ JONES¹ died 1799 in Granville Co., North Carolina.

Child of AMBROSE JONES is:

2.                i.       STEPHEN² JONES, b. 19 Aug 1750, St. Mary's County, Maryland; d. Abt. 1839, Harlan County, KY.

Generation No. 2

2.  STEPHEN² JONES (AMBROSE¹) was born 19 Aug 1750 in St. Mary's County, Maryland², and died Abt. 1839 in Harlan County, KY³.  He married (1) SUSANNA WILBURN, daughter of EDWARD WILBURN and MARY ST. CLAIR.  She was born Bef. 1764 in North Carolina.  He married (2) NANCY THOMPSON.    He married (3) MARY ADAMS.  She was born Abt. 1750.

More About STEPHEN JONES:

Event 1: Place and date of birth obtained from his pension application of 1836

Child of STEPHEN JONES and SUSANNA WILBURN is:

3.                i.       WILEY³ JONES, b. Abt. 1781, Fincastle Co., Virginia; d. 1879, Laurel County, Kentucky.

Generation No. 3

3.  WILEY³ JONES (STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹)⁴ was born Abt. 1781 in Fincastle Co., Virginia, and died 1879 in Laurel County, Kentucky.

Notes for WILEY JONES:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kylaurel/mtecho/1879.html

Excerpts from the

Mountain Echo

Laurel County's

first newspaper

1879

Died at the residence of his son, Mr. James Jones of this county on the evening of the January(?) 19th,1879. Wiley Jones. Mr. Jones was one of the oldest men in the county, if he was not the oldest. It is not definitely known what year he was born, but it is generally supposed by his connection, from all circumstances and from his recollection that he was born about the year 1781, which if correct would make him about 98 years of age.

Jones, Wiley - 1Lt., Co. A, 24th KY Volunteer Infantry, USA.  Home address Mershon's Cross Road, Ky from  Report of Adjutant General, State of KY, Vol. 2.  Source is It Happened Here in Laurel County, KY  by Jess Wilson.

Jones, Edmund Captain 24th Infantry London, Ky.

Died May, 1862

Jones, Wiley 1st Lieut. 24th Infantry Mershon's Cross Roads

Resigned May 2, 1862

Children of WILEY JONES are:

4.                i.       MARTHA PATSY⁴ JONES, b. 1816, Harlan Couny, Kentucky.

                  ii.       RACHEL JONES, b. 1795, Harlan County, Kentucky; m. HENRY SIZEMORE; b. 1791.

5.              iii.       EDMOND JONES, b. 1811, Harlan County, Kentucky; d. 01 May 1862, Laurel County, Kentucky.

                 iv.       JAMES JONES, b. 1819.

                  v.       HUGH JONES, b. 1830.

Generation No. 4

4.  MARTHA PATSY⁴ JONES (WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) was born 1816 in Harlan Couny, Kentucky.  She married (1) JOSHUA HOSKINS, son of JOHN HOSKINS and NANCY STOTTS.  He was born Abt. 1816 in Knox Co. Kentucky.  She married (2) UNKN. 

Child of MARTHA JONES and JOSHUA HOSKINS is:

6.                i.       EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵ JONES, b. 1835, Bull Creek, Clay Co-Leslie Co. Kentucky; d. Abt. 1911, Jones Fork of Bull Creek Hyden, Kentucky.

5.  EDMOND⁴ JONES (WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) was born 1811 in Harlan County, Kentucky, and died 01 May 1862 in Laurel County, Kentucky.  He married SALLY HOSKINS 21 Sep 1835 in Harlan County, Kentucky, daughter of JOHN HOSKINS and NANCY STOTTS.  She was born 1817 in Harlan Co. Kentucky.

Notes for EDMOND JONES:

Edmund was a Captain in the 24th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.

Fought at the battle of Shilo with his father Wiley (1st. Leut.).  Edmund got sick shortly after the battle of Shilo and died on May 1st. 1862 and his father Wiley resigned his commission the next day.

----------------Kentucky Adjutant Generals Report

Children of EDMOND JONES and SALLY HOSKINS are:

                   i.       POLLY⁵ JONES, b. 1836.

7.               ii.       IRVINE JONES, b. 1839.

                 iii.       AGNES JONES, b. 1841.

                 iv.       EMILY JONES, b. 1868.

                  v.       WILLIAM JONES, b. 1847.

                 vi.       JAMES JONES, b. 1849.

                vii.       NANCY JONES, b. 1851.

               viii.       SELBORNE JONES, b. 1855.

                 ix.       FILMORE JONES, b. 1856.

                  x.       JOHN JONES, b. 1862.

Generation No. 5

6.  EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵ JONES (MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) was born 1835 in Bull Creek, Clay Co-Leslie Co. Kentucky, and died Abt. 1911 in Jones Fork of Bull Creek Hyden, Kentucky.  He married MARY (POLLY) ASHER 1858, daughter of DILLON ASHER and HENRIETTA BOLLING.  She was born 1842 in Mouth of Asher's Branch, Clay County, Kentucky.

Notes for EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK" JONES:

Different accounts show his name as Richard or Richard Dick.  No real basis can be found for these names.  In the various censuses he is shown as either Edmond or Edward and his military service record shows his name as Edward.

Private in 47th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry, Co. H

Served with his brother-in-law Jim Asher.

More About EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK" JONES:

Event 1: Name appears in Censuses and Military records as either Edmond or Edward

Children of EDMOND JONES and MARY ASHER are:

                   i.       JACKSON⁶ JONES, d. Thousand Sticks, Ky..

Notes for JACKSON JONES:

He was shot while sitting at a window in his house in Thousand Sticks, Kentucky.   It is thought it was over a property boundry line.

                  ii.       MARGARET JONES, m. NEFF STUBBLEFIELD.

8.              iii.       MARTHA JONES.

                 iv.       ARTRICIA JONES, b. 1859; m. FELIX ASHER.

                  v.       ABIJAH JONES, b. 1860.

                 vi.       MARY JANE JONES, b. 1862; m. RENIE ASHER.

9.            vii.       VINA JONES, b. 1864.

               viii.       HARVEY JONES, b. 1868.

                 ix.       HUEY JONES, b. 1870.

10.             x.       ELIJAH (LIGE) JONES, b. 1880, Leslie County Kentucky; d. 22 Mar 1954, Hazard, Ky..

7.  IRVINE⁵ JONES (EDMOND⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) was born 1839.  He married SALLY.  She was born 1848.

Children of IRVINE JONES and SALLY are:

                   i.       EDMOND⁶ JONES, b. 1875.

                  ii.       WILLIE JONES, b. 1877.

Generation No. 6

8.  MARTHA⁶ JONES (EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹)  She married JOHN MARTIN. 

Child of MARTHA JONES and JOHN MARTIN is:

11.              i.       DOROTHY⁷ MARTIN, b. Abt. 1908.

9.  VINA⁶ JONES (EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) was born 1864.  She married JACK HIBBARD. 

Child of VINA JONES and JACK HIBBARD is:

                   i.       WILLIE⁷ HIBBARD.

10.  ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶ JONES (EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹)⁵ was born 1880 in Leslie County Kentucky, and died 22 Mar 1954 in Hazard, Ky..  He married (1) MARTHA COUCH in Hazard, Kentucky.    He married (2) LILLY BRITTAIN in Clay Co. Ky. (mouth of Big Creek), daughter of CARLO BRITTAIN and ADELINE MARCUM.  She was born 1884 in Red Bird River, Clay County Kentucky, and died 1926.

Notes for ELIJAH (LIGE) JONES:

Lige Jones was nicknamed "Chippy".  He was a champion fiddler and was in much demand for square dancing events around Eastern Kentucky.  For a period of time Lige was a tipper foreman for Wisconsin coal company and after that he worked for and retired from L & N Railroad.

More About ELIJAH (LIGE) JONES:

Event 1: Champion Fiddler in Eastern Ky

Fact 2: Buried Riverside Cemetary, North Hazard, Ky

More About LILLY BRITTAIN:

Cause of Death: cancer

Medical Information: Cancer, Diabetes

Children of ELIJAH JONES and MARTHA COUCH are:

                   i.       RAY⁷ JONES.

                  ii.       SHAFTER JONES.

Children of ELIJAH JONES and LILLY BRITTAIN are:

12.            iii.       SHERMAN⁷ JONES, b. 18 Oct 1906, Thousand Sticks Leslie County Kentucky; d. 14 Nov 1997, Jackson, Ky.(Buried in Campton, Ky).

13.           iv.       OMAR JONES, b. Abt. 1908; d. Abt. 1980.

14.            v.       JAMES E. (JIMMY) JONES.

15.           vi.       CARLO JONES, b. 14 Feb 1911; d. 06 Feb 1931.

16.          vii.       ODA (ODIE) JONES, b. 23 Oct 1915.

17.         viii.       CORNELIUS (CORN) (BLACKIE) JONES, d. 05 Feb 2002, Prospect, Tn.

18.            ix.       JESSE JONES.

19.             x.       OLA (OLIE) JONES, b. 05 Dec 1902; d. 28 Dec 1990.

20.            xi.       EDNA JONES.

21.           xii.       CHARLES JONES, d. California.

Generation No. 7

11.  DOROTHY⁷ MARTIN (MARTHA⁶ JONES, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) was born Abt. 1908.  She married OMAR JONES, son of ELIJAH JONES and LILLY BRITTAIN.  He was born Abt. 1908, and died Abt. 1980.

Notes for DOROTHY MARTIN:

Omar Jones was Dorothy Martin's first cousin.

Notes for OMAR JONES:

Dorothy Martin was Omar's 1st cousin.

Children of DOROTHY MARTIN and OMAR JONES are:

                   i.       CHESTER (DEFOE)⁸ JONES.

                  ii.       LORETTA JONES, b. 14 Aug 1931; d. 14 Jul 1979; m. (1) PALMER (PAM) HANEY; m. (2) OTHER SPOUSE.

12.  SHERMAN⁷ JONES (ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹)⁵ was born 18 Oct 1906 in Thousand Sticks Leslie County Kentucky, and died 14 Nov 1997 in Jackson, Ky.(Buried in Campton, Ky).  He married BESSIE WOOTON, daughter of HENDERSON WOOTON and ELLEN BEGLEY.  She was born 09 Mar 1906 in Dry Hill, Leslie County, Kentucky, and died 29 Nov 1975 in Lexington, Kentucky(Buried in Campton, Ky).

More About SHERMAN JONES:

Event 1: Buried in Campton, Ky

Notes for BESSIE WOOTON:

Bessie played accordian and guitar before she married Sherman.

Children of SHERMAN JONES and BESSIE WOOTON are:

                   i.       MARGARET JUNE⁸ JONES, b. 22 Oct 1927, Hazard, Kentucky; m. HAYS PIGMAN, 15 Mar 1947, Hazard, Kentucky; b. 04 Mar 1918, Hindman, Kentucky; d. 22 Aug 2001, Lexington, Ky.

                  ii.       WILLIAM SHERMAN JONES, b. 12 Jun 1936; d. 15 Jun 2002, Hazard, Ky (buried in Campton, Ky); m. MONA GILBERT.

                 iii.       ARLIE JONES, b. 25 Jul 1926, Hazard, Ky.; d. 18 Mar 2007, Flora Vista, NM; m. JOHN DORSEY, Hazard, KY; b. 22 Sep 1918; d. 20 Dec 1995, Farmington, NM.

13.  OMAR⁷ JONES (ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) was born Abt. 1908, and died Abt. 1980.  He married DOROTHY MARTIN, daughter of JOHN MARTIN and MARTHA JONES.  She was born Abt. 1908.

Notes for OMAR JONES:

Dorothy Martin was Omar's 1st cousin.

Notes for DOROTHY MARTIN:

Omar Jones was Dorothy Martin's first cousin.

Children are listed above under (11) Dorothy Martin.

14.  JAMES E. (JIMMY)⁷ JONES (ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹)  He married ARIZONA (ZONIE) TURNER. 

Children of JAMES JONES and ARIZONA TURNER are:

                   i.       PAULINE KESSLER⁸ JONES, Adopted child.

                  ii.       GERALDINE JONES.

15.  CARLO⁷ JONES (ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) was born 14 Feb 1911, and died 06 Feb 1931.  He married SALLY STEWART. 

Notes for CARLO JONES:

Had a motorcycle accident in Louisville, Ky. and broke his neck.  Sherman Jones went and got him and tried to nurse him back to health in his house in Wabbaco, Ky.  He drove a nail in the ceiling so Carlo could raise himself up occasionally.  The nail was still there years later.

Child of CARLO JONES and SALLY STEWART is:

                   i.       EMANUEL RAY⁸ JONES, d. Hindman, Ky.; m. SALLY.

Notes for EMANUEL RAY JONES:

He was the first person killed on the new Highway 80 which was still under construction at the Hindman exit.  The sun was in his eyes and he didn't see the car coming.

16.  ODA (ODIE)⁷ JONES (ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) was born 23 Oct 1915.  She married WARD NAPIER.  He died Abt. 1995 in Lexington, Ky.

Children of ODA JONES and WARD NAPIER are:

                   i.       DORIS JEAN⁸ NAPIER, b. 19 Jul 1935; d. 14 Oct 2006; m. UNKN MARTIN.

                  ii.       DONALD DEAN NAPIER, b. 06 Sep 1938; m. PAT SMITH.

                 iii.       DIXIE LEE NAPIER, m. BILL NAPIER.

17.  CORNELIUS (CORN) (BLACKIE)⁷ JONES (ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) died 05 Feb 2002 in Prospect, Tn.  He married (1) RITA.  She was born in Boston, Ma.  He married (2) WANDA. 

Children of CORNELIUS JONES and RITA are:

                   i.       CARL EDWARD⁸ JONES.

                  ii.       CAROL JONES.

Child of CORNELIUS JONES and WANDA is:

                 iii.       CORNELIEUS JR. (NUBBIN)⁸ JONES.

18.  JESSE⁷ JONES (ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹)  She married CARL GOINS. 

Children of JESSE JONES and CARL GOINS are:

                   i.       LOIS EILEEN⁸ GOINS.

                  ii.       RITA CAROL GOINS.

19.  OLA (OLIE)⁷ JONES (ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) was born 05 Dec 1902, and died 28 Dec 1990.  She married JOHN DANIEL ABNER.  He was born 19 May 1902, and died 25 Mar 1961.

Children of OLA JONES and JOHN ABNER are:

                   i.       ADDIE⁸ ABNER, b. 11 Jul 1924; d. 11 Jul 1924.

                  ii.       ELMER ABNER, b. 11 Jul 1924; d. 11 Jul 1924.

                 iii.       GENEVA JEAN ABNER, m. VIRGIL (JUNIOR) BAKER, JR..

                 iv.       DIXIE RUTH ABNER, b. 02 Mar 1931; m. WALLACE HATMAKER.

                  v.       HAROLD DEAN ABNER.

Notes for HAROLD DEAN ABNER:

Died at age 18.  The police were chasing him and they shot out his tires.  Wrecked into a gravel pile.  Another boy was killed also.  

                 vi.       JOYCE ABNER, m. JUNIOR BULLEN.

                vii.       MARIE ABNER, b. 11 Jul 1926; m. CECIL CAUDILL.

20.  EDNA⁷ JONES (ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹)  She married ROE BOWLING. 

Children of EDNA JONES and ROE BOWLING are:

                   i.       ROY⁸ BOWLING.

                  ii.       MARCUS BOWLING.

                 iii.       SARA LEE BOWLING.

                 iv.       JAMES EDDIE BOWLING.

                  v.       NIG BOWLING.

                 vi.       CHARLIE BOWLING.

                vii.       CARLENE BOWLING.

               viii.       MARVIN BOWLING.

21.  CHARLES⁷ JONES (ELIJAH (LIGE)⁶, EDMOND (EDWARD) "DICK"⁵, MARTHA PATSY⁴, WILEY³, STEPHEN², AMBROSE¹) died in California.  He married VERLENE. 

Children of CHARLES JONES and VERLENE are:

                   i.       CHARLEEN⁸ JONES.

                  ii.       RANDY JONES.

Endnotes

1.  NC State Archives, GRANVILLE COUNTY, NC - WILLS -Ambrose Jones, Sr, 3 Jan 1792  ====================================================================       USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing           free information on the Internet, data may be used by           non-commercial entities, as long as this message           remains on all copied material. These electronic           pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit           or for presentation by other persons or organizations.             Persons or organizations desiring to use this material           for purposes other than stated above must obtain the           written consent of the file contributor.                          The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives                to store the file permanently for free access.             This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb           Archives by: Craig Kilby   CASHKILBY@aol.com  ===============================================================  Will and Estate of Ambrose Jones, (Sr.)  Granville County, North Carolina (1792)    Will of Ambrose Jones  (transcribed by Craig Kilby)    Will dated 3 January 1792. Proved November 1792.  Recorded in Will   Book 2, p. 320 Granville Co Circuit Clerk's Office, Oxford, NC.  Original at North Carolina State Archives,  Box CR.044.801.21.      I Ambrose Jones of Granville County and state of North Carolina do   make my Testament and last will followeth viz:    Imprimis.  I lend to my loving wife CATHARINE JONES during her   natural life all my Estate of what nature so ever, and at her death I devise to my son GABRIEL his heirs and   assigns for ever a certain part of the land I now live on beginning at   my upper line where it crosses Aaron's Creek, thence down the said   creek to the mouth of the long Branch thence East a straight line to   Charles Harris' line upon his paying in two years after his Mother's   death to my executors hereinafter named, two hundred pounds Virginia   money which sum I give to my sons, daughters and grandson namely   James, Ambrose, Stephen and Reuben, Elizabeth Winfree, Ann   Sandford, Phebe Gregory & Peggy Davie, and John Brassie to be   equally divided share and share alike.    ITEM.  I bequeath to my grandson John Brassie his heirs and assigns,   fifty pounds Virginia money.    ITEM.  The remainder of my estate of what nature or kind so ever I   give to my sons and daughters, and my grandson John Brassie to be   equally divided share and share alike providing that which ever of my children had an over proportion at a Division I made of part of my   negroes between them formerly, they pay to my Executors that over   [xxxx] and by them to be paid to those of my children for their deficiency   at that Division.    LASTLY.  I appoint my sons James, Stephen and Gabriel executors   of this my last will and testament.  In witness whereof I have hereunto   set my hand and seal this [evening?] of third day of January Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and ninety two.    /s/ Ambrose Jones    Witnessed by John Brown, George Brown, Thomas Mutter.  Proved   at November 1792 Court by John Brown and Thomas Mutter.  Then   came Gabriel Jones and Stephen Jones and two of the Executors therein named and qualified agreeable to Law.  Note that James Jones is not   among the executors named in court.    Estate File of Ambrose Jones, Sr.    Original estate papers filed at NC state archives, Box CR.044.508.97.      Item No. 1.  Dated 16 NOV 1799.  Legatees Bond to Each Other for Insolvencies.    Know all men by these presents that we James Jones, Ambrose Jones,   Stephen Jones, Reuben Jones, Gabriel Jones, James Winfree, Robert  Sandford, Thomas Gregory, William Davie and John Brassie are held and firmly bound unto each other jointly and severally in the full sum   of one thousand pounds Virginia money for the payment of which well   & truly to be made we bind ourselves and our heirs so sealed with our seals & dated this 16th day of November 1799.    The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the estate   of Ambrose Jones deceased hath been exposed to public sale for bond   with approved security payable the 25th day of December 1800 & whereas it is possible some insolvencies in the debts may arise Now  if any such insolvency doth happen provided each of the above named   persons shall well and truly bear an equal portion of the same when the estate is finally settled & paid by the executors then.....[part of page not   copied]....witness our hands & seals the day and date above written.    Witness Sterling Yancey, Philip Yancey.     Signed/ The legatees to each other   James Jones  Ambrose Jones  Stephen Jones  Reuben Jones  Gabriel Jones  James Winfree  Robin Sandford (signed by mark, written as Robin and not Robert)  Thomas Grigory  William Davey  John Brassie    Item No. 2.  Dated 8 Nov. 1799.   Consent bond to sell estate.    Know ye that we James Jones, Ambrose Jones, Stephen Jones, Reubin   Jones and Gabriel J.

2.  According to his Pension application of 1836, Born in St. Mary's County Md. Aug 19, 1750.

3.  Larry Jones.   

5.  Curtis Pigman.