Sarah Jane Jones (1732 - 1801)

Born 6 Jan 1732 in London Grove, Chester, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Jones III — married 1750 in London Grove, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1 Oct 1801 at age 69 in Wrightsboro, McDuffie, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Name

Name: Sarah Jane /Jones/^[1]

Sarah was born in 1732 at a time when her parents were attending New Garden Monthly Meeting (MM) in Pennsylvania. Before 1755 she, her husband and several children moved to Orange County, NC with many friends and family where the group established Cane Creek MM.

In 1770 her husband had lot #22 in Wrightboro, named after James Wright who was the Colonial Governor of Georgia. The Quakers and pacifists were fleeing the buildup of the Revolutionary War and the lack of tolerance in North Carolina.

The group got 42000 acres from the Governor and established Wrightborough MM. ^[2]

In 1788, Georgia became a state of the United States of America and the fate of the Wrightborough was in jeopardy. The group began leaving for Illinois and Ohio. Sarah, in her 60s and maybe in poor health, stayed until she died in 1801.

Research

McDuffie County is the home of the first Quaker settlement in Georgia, called Wrightsboro. However, this region originally fell into Richmond and Columbia Counties and those records should also be researched for quaker ancestors. McDuffie County was created from Columbia and Warren counties on Oct. 18, 1870 and was named for George McDuffie (1790-1851), the former South Carolina Governor, Congressman, and U.S. Senator. Thomson is the county seat and the location of the old Quaker Village known as Wrightsboro (formerly Columbia County, now McDuffie). The "Friends" came from North Carolina in 1770 and settled along Germany Creek. Early Settlers: Judge E. S. Harrison, Dr. William Andrew Martin, Charles Washington Matthews, Dr. William Marion Pitts and Colonel John Allen Wilkerson. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/64993570/family
2. ↑ (Extracted from: The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. 1 North Carolina by William Wade Hinshaw.)
3. ↑ (McDuffie County Wills, Estates, Church Records, Maps, 1870 Residents https://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymcduffie.html)

• Source: S2 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1
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Notes: Some data says that Eleanor Parke Lindley Jones and Henry Jones went to Wrightsboro. A thorough search found that Eleanor and Henry died soon after 1748. Wrightsboro was established in 1770. Henry Jones listed in Wrightsboro may have been a relative.