Thomas Jones (abt. 1770 - 1829)

Born about 1770 in South Carolina [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth Patterson — married about 1790 in South Carolina [uncertain]

Descendants

Died Nov 1829 at about age 59 in Paris, Edgar, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Thomas was born abt 1770. Thomas Jones married Elizabeth Patterson about 1790. Date & place based on birth of first child William who is currently believed to have been born about 1790 in South Carolina and died before 1829, probably in Kentucky.

• Marriage: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 3414.016; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 26

Thomas moved his family to Kentucky about 1799 where the last 6 of his children were born. He is listed on the census in Christian Co, KY in 1800 and 1810 and on the Tax Lists there in 1801 and 1802.

• Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
• 1810 census--Year: 1810; Census Place: Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky; Roll: 9; Page: 65; Image: 00072; Family History Library Film: 0181354

On 30 Jul 1803 Thomas Jones received a land grant of 160 acres on Pond River in Christian Co.

• Bk 12/170 "The KY Land Grants 1782-1924 by Tillson, 1971". Tax lists show show one male over 21. This is NE of Hopkinsville on Pond River.

After the youngest son, Enoch Madison Jones, was born 22 Apr 1814 the family moved to Illinois in 1815. The location is verified in the Marriage date stated in this biographical sketch--Edgar County History, p655. Also marriages of his children were in Illinois during the years 1816-1832, the first in Crawford Co and the remainder in Edgar Co.

• 1818 census of Crawford Co, IL--http://genealogytrails.com/ill/crawford/1818census.html
• 1820 census--1820 U S Census; Census Place: Crawford, Illinois; Page: 42; NARA Roll: M33_12; Image: 43

• Extracted From: THE HISTORY OF EDGAR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, File at: [1].
• Early settler in Illinois: files.usgwarchives.net/il/edgar/history

Thomas Jones passed away in Nov 1829. He wrote his will on 31 Oct 1929 and the probate was 7 Dec 1929.

• Will records, 1829-1927; index to estates, 1823-1963; Author: Illinois. Probate Court (Edgar County); Probate Place: Edgar, Illinois

Sources

• Marriage: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 3414.016; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 26

• www.jones-dna.org Y-DNA pedigree site. Family Group: R1b-M269 #12 FTDNA kit: 125310.

• 1810 census--Year: 1810; Census Place: Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky; Roll: 9; Page: 65; Image: 00072; Family History Library Film: 0181354

• 1818 census of Crawford Co, IL--http://genealogytrails.com/ill/crawford/1818census.html

• 1820 census--1820 U S Census; Census Place: Crawford, Illinois; Page: 42; NARA Roll: M33_12; Image: 43

• Will records, 1829-1927; index to estates, 1823-1963; Author: Illinois. Probate Court (Edgar County); Probate Place: Edgar, Illinois

• Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

• Marriage: Source number: 3414.016; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 26

• Extracted From: THE HISTORY OF EDGAR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, File at: [2]

• Early settler in Illinois: files.usgwarchives.net/il/edgar/history

• www.jones-dna.org Y-DNA pedigree site. Family Group: R1b-M269 #12 FTDNA kit: 125319.