Joseph Cabell Jones (1829 - 1900)

Born 8 Oct 1829 in Mississippi, United States

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Died 28 Oct 1900 at age 71 in Claiborne, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Pvt Joseph Jones served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 8 May 1862
Mustered out: 4 May 1865 (surrendered)
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. G, 1st Regiment, Louisiana Artillery

Joseph was born in 1829 in Jefferson County, MS. He was the son of Joseph Jones Martha Augusta Green. On 28 Jan 1852 in Claiborne, Mississippi, he married Jane H Carpenter. They had 7 known children.

On 8 May 1862, he enlisted as a Private in Company G, 1st Regiment, Louisiana Artillery^[1].

In April 1863, a letter was sent by a physician, requesting Joseph be allowed to return home as she had a "partial separation of the pelvis bone" after giving birth to a child two months prior and had "entirely lost the use of her lower extremities". The letter stated she only had a very young lady providing assistance and that "the negroes have no one to manage or direct them". The request was for him to be allowed to return home for 60 days^[2]. Based on the muster rolls, it is assumed he was granted leave as he showed "sick" as early as July 1863^[3] and continued to show this way through April 1864^[4]. It is believed he returned to service in summer 1864.

He was taken captive on April 9, 1865, at Blakely, Alabama ^[5]and was transferred to Ship Island, Mississippi on April 15, 1865, and then again to Camp Townsend^[6]. On 4 May 1865 he was mustered out via surrender at Citronelle, Alabama^[7].

After the war he returned home to Claiborne, Mississippi, where he continued farming. It was here he passed away in 1900 and was buried at the White Oak Cemetery.

Children:

1. Mary Augusta Jones b. 1852 - d. aft. 1870
2. Joseph Horace Jones b. 1854 - d. 1939, m. Sallie Alba Fortenberry
3. Archie Eggleston Jones b. 1856 - d. 1930, m. Julia Hughes
4. Martha Henryetta Jones b. 1858 - d. 1883, never married
5. Claude Marston Jones b. 1861 MS - d. 1910 OK, m. Ida Mae Thompson
6. Janie Eva Jones b. 1863 - d. 1945, m. Joseph Henry Samuel Little
7. Lucy Ruth Jones b. 1865 - d. 1882, age 17 (buried next to sister Martha)

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/66451544
2. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/66451610
3. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/66451567
4. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/66451544
5. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/66451539
6. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/66451534
7. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3871320:1555

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36477901/joseph-cabell-jones

• [1] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Parents, Siblings, Wife, Marriage, Children page 307, 308

• https://www.fold3.com/image/66451526

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-VQ9 : Thu Oct 05 03:54:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph E Jones and Martha A Jones, 1850.

• "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZV-7FR : 14 February 2020), Joseph C. Jones, 1852.

• 1860 United States Federal Census: The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Police District 5, Claiborne, Mississippi; Roll: M653_580; Page: 579; Family History Library Film: 803580

• 1870 United States Federal Census: Year: 1870; Census Place: Pattona, Claiborne, Mississippi; Roll: M593_726; Page: 600A

• 1880 United States Federal Census: Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 3, Claiborne, Mississippi; Roll: 644; Page: 562D; Enumeration District: 067

• 1900 United States Federal Census: Year: 1900; Census Place: Greens Store, Copiah, Mississippi; Roll: 806; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0042