William Hodge Jones (1760 - 1835)

Born 1760 in Henrico, Virginia

Husband of Dorothy (Hampton) Jones — married 4 Jul 1788 in Montgomery Co., Virginia (now Wythe Co., Virginia)

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1835 at about age 75 in Yancey, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

William Jones, Sr, was born in 1760, in Henrico County, Virginia. He died 1 Jan 1835.^[1]

Occupation: Brick & Stone Mason. William Jones was also a Baptist preacher in the Indian Creek community of Yancey County. ^[2]

Religion: Baptist.

Served in Revolutionary War in North and South Carolina, part of the time under General Greene.

Rev. William Jones, Baptist preacher of Indian Creek, Yancy County, North Carolina and wife Dolly Hampton.^[3] Children:

• Fannie/Fammie Susanna Francis Jones (1798-1852)

Sources

1. ↑ Jack O. Wilson, “Rev. William, Sr. and Dorothy “Dolly” (Hampton) Jones”, Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Vol. II, Page 219, Doris Cline Ward, Editor, Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society and Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1987.
2. ↑ Violet Marshbanks Cook, "The Metcalf (Midcalf) Family", Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Vol. I, Page 278, Doris Cline Ward, Editor, Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society and Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1987.
3. ↑ “Metcalf’s Father’s Poem and Metcalf Genealogy” by James Farol Metcalf (http://www.electric-history.com/~zero../361-Wilderness-Road.htm)

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