Samuel Thompson Jones (1793 - 1875)

Born 15 Jul 1793 in Bath County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Husband of Maryann (Ralls) Jones — married 6 Apr 1814 in Bath County, Ky

Husband of Nancy Bailey — married 12 Feb 1828 in Bath County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1875 at age 81 in Bath County, Kentucky

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Biography

Samuel Thompson Jones b. 15 Jul 1793 Sharpsburg, Bath, KY, d. 22 Feb 1875 Sharpsburg, Bath, KY m. Mary Ann Ralls b. 1793 NC, d. 10 Jan 1831 Bath, KY. Samuel was the son of Francis Jones b. 5 Sep 1765 Orange, NC, d. 30 Aug 1832 Bath, KY m. Elizabeth Thompson b. 1772 Salisbury, Rowan, NC, d. 1845 Fleming County, KY.^[1]

Burial

Date: AFT 22 FEB 1875

Place: Jones & Ratliff Cemetery, Bath County, Kentucky

Research Note

This account of Samuel Jones can be found on the website Descendants of John O'Rea, O'Reas (O'Rears) of Virginia by Lee H. Hoffman [1]

"Samuel, or uncle Sam Jones as I have often heard him spoken of in our family, lived near Sharpsburg where he preached for many years he was said to have been very wealthy and had a lovely home in the country and had so many negroes that he did not know some of them when he saw them. He was a Baptist of the "old school" and as so many of the Jones men were described, a fine old gentleman, no doubt. He married in 1814, Mary Ann Ralls. She probably did not live long for his second wife Nancy Bailey is given in the records obtained from his descendants as the mother of his children. They are as follows: Lide married a Ratliff Lou (Louise?) married a Ratliff Thomas Jefferson married Elizabeth Athison Elizabeth married Roland Burbridge, she Elizabeth Jones Burbridge is the grandmother of Mrs. T.G.Hoffman of Mt. Sterling, Ky. who has a lovely miniature of the grandmother, a sweet faced lady, and she also has two very handsome life sized portraits in oil of her gr. grand-parents Uncle Sam and Aunt Nancy Jones. These portraits are the work of a real artist and not "primitive" as was so often found in these early days." ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ www.jones-dna.org Y-DNA pedigree site. Family Group: R1b-M269 #4 FTDNA kit: 54945.
2. ↑ Benson, Mrs. H.L. The Jones Family of Bath Co. Kentucky and The Thompson Family of Fleming County Kentucky. Columbia, Missouri (Copied for reprinting and indexing by Lee H. Hoffman, P. O. Box 148, Mt Sterling, KY 40353) Note from Lee Hoffman:These histories were received in the mail by my mother in about 1958-1965 probably received them from the author. I would like to point out that the author's name is not denoted on the papers. However, the papers are the same as those included in the Mrs. Benson's "History of the Bronaugh Family".