Samuel
Jones was born in 1764 in Wales. He was the son of Stephen Jones & Unknown.
Some trees list Agnes Shepherd as his mother, but Scott C. Jones in a 2013 email
says he now thinks that is unlikely. Family story is that the family came to America
when Samuel was "an infant", but old letters indicate that Samuel was
sent back to Wales for his teenage years for schooling. He probably returned to
America after the Revolutionary War ended and travel was safer, about 1781. Some
online trees indicate that his middle name was Chandler, but I don't have documentation
for that at this time.
Celia Jane Creech was born about 1764 in Rowan, North
Carolina. She is believed to be the daughter of Stephen Creech & Elenor
Fulghen, but more documentation is needed to confirm.
THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL JONES & CELIA JANE CREECH
Special thanks to Scott C. Jones, author of "The Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Jones and Celia Creech of Mouth of Wilson, Grayson County, Virginia" for much of the information on this family, especially the family stories. Also special thanks to Susie Burke for her kindness in giving me a copy of this book!
 | Samuel Jones & Celia Jane Creech | Samuel Jones & Celia
Jane Creech were married about 1783 in Rowan, North Carolina. Census records
do not exist for the state of Virginia for 1790, 1800 & most of 1810, but
Grayson Co., Virginia was created in 1793. In August 1793 Samuel Jones entered
50 acres on Beaver Creek, Grayson County, Virginia. (Book A, page 2) He is listed
on tax records there in 1794, 1800, 1810, 1813 & 1817. The 1810 record states
that Samuel lived in Wilson Creek. The family is listed on the 1820 census of
Grayson Co., Virginia. Samuel was a hunter, and according to his son Isaiah he
was an excellent hunter. He only owned 50 acres when he died, but he left his
heirs a large amount of money. Samuel Jones died on June 17, 1824 in Virginia.
A family story told by James Madison Gilley (son of Isaiah Tilden Gilley and gr-gr
grandson of Samuel) is that Samuel died along the road on a trip from Wise Co.,
Virginia to Grayson Co., Virginia and was buried along side the road close to
where he died. I have not found Celia on the 1830 or 1840 census at this time.
She is listed at age 86 on the 1850 census of District 31, Lee, Virginia, listed
on the same page as the household of son Isaiah Jones, and next to the household
of a Sarah Church. Celia Creech Jones died in January 1853 in Turkey Cove,
Lee, Virginia. Notes for Samuel Jones |
The Children of Samuel Jones & Celia Jane Creech
| Martha Jones | Martha "Patsy" Jones was born about
1785 in Montgomery Co., Virginia. She is listed in the Scott C. Jones book
as being a known child of Samuel Jones & Celia Creech. Scott credits descendant
Danny Miller as the source of much of his information on Patsy's line. Patsy married
John P. Baker about 1807 in Grayson Co., Virginia. John was the son of
Rev. Andrew Baker, who was an early frontier Baptist minister in Ashe and Grayson
Co., areas. Census records indicate that John and Martha had at least 10 children,
born between 1808-1826 in Ashe Co., North Carolina. Martha "Patsy"
Jones Baker died sometime between the birth of her last child in 1826 and April
1830, when her husband remarried. She probably died in Ashe Co., North Carolina.
At the time of her death, their youngest child was age 0-8. Her husband John
was married second to Keziah Cearly in Wilkes, North Carolina. The family
is listed on the 1830, 1840 & 1850 censuses of Ashe Co., North Carolina. John
P. Baker died sometime after July 21, 1855, probably in Ashe Co., North Carolina
but I have not found a death record for him. There is a John B. (age 61, b. Virginia)
and Kizziah (age 55, b. South Carolina) Baker living in Linn Co., Missouri in
1860 that is possibly them if there was census taker error for age. Children of
Martha Jones & John P, Baker were: Elizabeth "Betsy" (1808), Eli
(1808), Unknown Son #1 (1810), Unknown Son #2 (1812), Sarah (1813), Mary Eveline
(1816), Unknown Son #3 (1818), Andrew (1820), John Calvin (1822) & William
"Bill" (1826) Baker. |
| Stephen Jones | Stephen Jones was born on February 2, 1787 in Grayson
Co., Virginia. He is listed in the Scott C. Jones book as being a known child
of Samuel Jones & Celia Creech. Scott credits B. David Sarles, Jr, descendant
of Stephen's oldest son, Jonathan, as the source of much of his information on
Stephen's line. According to Scott C. Jones' book, "Stephen became, perhaps,
the best known of the children of Samuel & Celia. He held the most land, probably
had more children, and had more influence than any of the other children."
Stephen emigrated from Grayson to Lee County, Virginia about 1805, and he acquired
a lot of land in the Turkey Cove area of Lee, Virginia. Stephen married Mary
"Polly" Tipton in 1806 in Lee Co., Virginia. Mary had died by 1820,
when the age of Stephen's wife on the 1820 census indicates that he had already
married his second wife, Mary "Polly" Parsons. Polly's parents
were next door neighbors of Samuel & Celia in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. Stephen
had 13 children altogether, born between 1808-1832, although there is some debate
on which ones belong to which wives. All children born 1820 or later were children
of second wife Mary Parsons. The family is listed on the 1820, 1830 & 1840
censuses of Lee Co., Virginia. Stephen Jones died on August 18, 1848 in Turkey
Cove, Lee Co., Virginia. By the time he died, Stephen owned 2,000 acres of
valley land and another 1,000 acres of grazing land in the mountains. Polly is
listed with some of the children on the 1850 census of District 31, Lee, Virginia.
Children of Stephen Jones & Mary "Polly" Tipton are Jonathan (1808),
Elizabeth (1810), Sarah "Sally (1812), Lodena (1814), Arrena (1816), and
William P. (1818) Jones. Children of Stephen Jones & Mary "Polly"
Parsons are James Franklin (1821), Malinda (1824), Mary Caroline (1826), and Manasha
(1828) Jones. Note that Mary Parsons was age 18 in 1811, and any children born
after that date could be hers depending on when she and Stephen married. Notes for Stephen Jones |
| John Jones | John Jones Jr. was born in 1794 in Grayson Co.,
Virginia. Based on birthyears of their children, John married Lavina Tipton
in about 1815 in probably Lee Co., Virginia. John's older brother Stephen had
married Mary Tipton in 1806, and his youngest brother Samuel later married Minerva
Tipton in 1833. John & Lavina had 8 children. The family is listed on the
1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850 censuses of Lee County, Virginia. Wise County was formed
from parts of Lee, Scott and Russell Counties, Virginia in 1856, and John &
his family are listed on the 1860 census of Wise Co., Virginia and the 1870 census
of Gladeville, Wise, Virginia. John Jones died on May 4, 1876 in Wise Co.,
Virginia. The Virginia Death and Burials Index states that his parents were
Samuel and Sealy Jones, that his wife was Luvina Jones, and that he was born in
Grayson Co., Virginia.. Children of John Jones & Lavina Tipton were Unknown
Daughters #1 & 2 (both born between 1815-1820), Emerantha (1823), Alfred (1825),
Elizabeth (1827), James (1832), Lucinda (1833), Henry (1834), William (1837) &
John (1840) Jones. Notes for John Jones Jr |
 | William Jones | William Jones was born about 1796 in Grayson
Co., Virginia. He is believed to be the twin of his brother Isaac Newton Jones.
William married Jane Rhodes(?) were married about 1815, probably in Virginia.
There is a marriage record for a William Jones to a Jane Rhodes on March 14, 1815
in Montgomery Co., VA that may be this couple. There are also online family trees
that list an 1815 Grayson Co, Virginia marriage of William Jones to Jane Sturgill,
but Jane Sturgill died in North Carolina and has been shown to NOT be the wife
of this William Jones. William & Jane had at least 5 children. The family
is listed on the 1820 & 1830 censuses of Grayson Co., VA. They moved sometime
between 1830 to 1838 from Virginia to Ohio. Their youngest child was born on March
20, 1838 in Ohio, and their daughter Elizabeth married in Lawrence Co., OH on
December 6, 1838. The households of William Jones & oldest son John Jones
are listed together on the 1840 census of Lymins, Lawrence Co., Ohio. Jane
(Rhodes?) Jones died on Aug. 14, 1848, probably in Lawrence Co., Ohio. Warren
Reed's book states that she is buried in Gage Co., NE, but I have not found documentation
that they were in Nebraska that early. (Also Nebraska only became an official
territory on May 30, 1854, and then a State on March 1, 1867.) William is listed
on the 1850 census of Symms Twp, Lawrence Co., OH , living with his son Martin
& Evalina (Jones) Thompson & family, and his youngest son Isaac. William
was married to Matilda McDaniel Chick about 1852 in Gallia Co., Ohio. Matilda's
first husband William T. Chick died February 28, 1851, so the marriage was after
that. Matilda died on July 25, 1858 in Gallia Co., Ohio and she is buried with
her first husband William Chick in the Sandfork Cemetery, Walnut Twp, Gallia,
Ohio. William moved about 1858, probably after Matilda's death, from Ohio to Nebraska,
probably to join son Samuel who moved from Ohio to Kansas about 1855 and was in
Nebraska by 1858. William Jones died on September 08, 1859 in Gage Co., Nebraska.
He is buried in the Austin Creek Cemetery, Midland Twp, Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska.
Samuel Jones is listed with his family on the 1860 census of Beatrice, Gage Co.,
Nebraska Territory, with his widowed sister Elizabeth also in his household. Another
married child of William & Jane who settled in Beatrice Gage Co., Nebraska
in 1866 was Evalina Jones Thompson. Children of William Jones & Jane were:
Elizabeth (1816), John (1818), Evalina (1822), Samuel (1825) & Isaac (1838). The Family William Jones & Jane Notes for William Jones |
| Isaac Newton Jones | Isaac Newton Jones was born October 1796 in
Grayson Co., Virginia. He was the twin of William Jones. Isaac married Mary
Sarah "Sally" Baker in 1816 in Grayson Co., Virginia and they had
6 children. The family is listed on the 1820 census of Grayson Co., Virginia,
and their son John was born March 1820 in Virginia. The family moved about 1821
to Ashe Co., North Carolina, and daughter Jane was born there in May 1822. Isaac
is listed with his family on the 1830 census of Ashe Co., North Carolina. Isaac
Newton Jones died in 1831 in Ashe Co., North Carolina. Sally was married second
to James Davis in 1835, and she and James had 3 more children. She is listed
as Sarah Davis on the 1860 census of South Eastern District, Ashe, North Carolina.
James Davis died of smallpox in 1864, and Sally is listed on the 1870 & 1880
censuses of Chestnut Hill, Ashe, North Carolina. She remained closely associated
with the Jones family descendants, and was affectionately known as "Granny
Davis". Sally Baker Jones Davis died in 1893 in Ashe Co., North Carolina.
Children of Isaac Jones & Sally Baker were: William (1818), John (1820), Jane
(1822), Calvin (1823), Jonathan (1827) & Samuel (1830) Jones. Children of
Sarah "Sally" Baker Jones and second husband James Davis were: Belinda
(1837), George Washington (1839) & Mary (1841) Davis Notes for Isaac Newton Jones |
| Sarah Jones | Sarah Jones was born about 1798 in Mouth of Wilson,
Grayson Co., Virginia. There is a female the right age group to be Sarah,
age 22, on the 1820 census of Grayson Co., Virginia in her parent's household
if the census taker mistakenly put her sister Ann, age 16, in the 10-15 year old
category. There is not a female the right age to be Sarah in the household of
her future husband Elijah Baker in 1820, as the oldest female in his household
was age 10-15. Sarah married Elijah Baker about 1821, probably in Grayson
Co., Virginia. Elijah had been married previously (to who?) and on the 1820 census
he is listed with 5 children under the age of 15 (probably under the age of 10
considering Elijah's was age 31 in 1820) and no female in the household older
than age 15, so his first wife had probably recently died. In 1830 there is a
female in Elijah's household who could be Sarah, age 32, and they have 6 additional
children who are age 9 or younger. In 1840 there is a female the right age group
to be Sarah, age 42, and 6 children still in the household. Only one son is age
5-9, and that may be one of the 3 sons who were age 0-4 in 1820 if he was an infant
in 1820 and age 9 in 1840. Sarah Jones Baker died sometime between 1840 and
the 1850 census in Grayson Co., Virginia or Kentucky. Elijah Sr. is listed
on the 1850 census of District 1, Breathitt, Kentucky, living in the household
of his married son John. He is listed on the 1860 census of Estill Co., Kentucky
in the household of married son Elijah Jr.. Elijah Jr was killed in 1864 during
the Civil War, and Elijah Sr. is listed on the 1870 census of Miller's Creek,
Estill Co., Kentucky in the household of married son Samuel. Elijah Baker Sr.
died sometime after teh 1870 census, probably in Estill Co., Kentucky. Children
of Elijah Baker & his first wife (Unknown) were Samuel B (1810), Unknown Daughter
( abt 1810), John (1812), Unknown Son (b. 1816-1820) & Isaac (1818) Baker.
Children of Sarah Jones & Elijah Baker are Ann (1822), Elijah (1824), Unknown
Daughter (b. 1826-1830), William (1827), Ira D. (1829) & Unknown Son (1830)
Baker. Notes for Sarah Jones Baker |
| Ann Nancy Jones | Ann Nancy Jones was born October 8, 1803 in
Mouth of Wilson, Grayson Co., Virginia. There is a female the right age group
to be Ann, age 17, in the household of Samuel Jones on the 1820 census of Grayson
Co., Virginia. Ann's father Samuel died on June 17, 1824. There is a female the
right age to be Ann, age 27, in the household of William Plummer on the 1830 census
of Ashe Co., North Carolina. William's wife Rebecca was Ann's sister, and they
were only a year apart in age. Ann gave birth to daughter Celia Jones about 1830
in North Carolina. Celia's father is Unknown at this time. Ann married
James B. Wells on January 7, 1834 in Lee Co., Virginia, and they had 3
more children. The family is listed on the 1840 census of Lee Co., Virginia. Wise
County was formed from part of Lee Co., Virginia in 1856. Ann Nancy Jones Wells
died on December 20, 1857 in Wise Co., Virginia. Her husband James Wells is
listed with two of their children on the 1860 census of Wise Co., Virginia in
the household of his brother Thomas. He is listed with son Samuel on the 1870
census of Richmond, Wise, Virginia. He is listed in the household of his brother
Marshall (listed as Mahal) Wells on the 1880 census of Wyoming, Bath, Kentucky.
Child of Ann Nancy Jones & Unknown is Celia (1830) Jones. Children of Ann
Nancy Jones & James B. Wells are Francis (1834), Rebecca (1835) & Samuel
(1840) Wells. Notes for Ann Nancy Jones Wells |
| Rebecca Jones | Rebecca Jones was born about 1804 in Mouth of Wilson,
Grayson, Virginia. Rebecca married William Plummer in 1820 in Grayson
Co., Virginia, and they had at least 8 children. Based on birthplaces of their
children, the family lived in Ashe Co., North Carolina from 1821 to about 1833
when they moved to Lee Co., Virginia. The family is listed on the 1830 census
of Ashe Co., North Carolina, probably with Rebecca's sister Ann Jones in the household.
The Ancestry.com index mistakenly lists them under the name William Rumer. The
family is listed on the 1840, 1850, 1860 & 1870 censuses of Lee Co., Virginia.
In 1850 they are in District 31, in 1860 in Western District, and in 1870 in Yokum
Station. William Plummer died in August 1869 in Lee Co., Virginia. Rebecca
Jones Plummer died in 1878 in Lee Co., Virginia. I do not know where William
& Rebecca are buried at this time. Children of Rebecca Jones & William
Plummer were Sela/Cecilia (1821), Anne (1827), Mary (1829), Samuel (1831), Emeline
(1835), Martha (1839), Elizabeth (1843) & William (1847) Plummer. Notes for Rebecca Jones Plummer |
| Isaiah H. Jones | Isaiah H. Jones was born about 1806 in Wilson,
Grayson, Virginia. There is a male the right age group to be Isaiah, age 14,
in the household of Samuel Jones on the 1820 census of Grayson, Virginia. Isaiah's
father Samuel died on June 17, 1824 in Virginia when Isaiah was age 18. Isaiah
is listed on tax record in Grayson County in 1827. Isaiah married Mary Ann
"Polly" Watson Davis about 1829 in Grayson Co., Virginia and they
had 4 children. In 1832 the family settled in Lee Co., Virginia, and Isaiah &
Polly lived on that land the rest of their lives. The family is listed on the
1850 census of District 31, Lee Co., Virginia. The land they had settled on in
Lee County became Wise County in 1856, and they are listed on the 1860 census
of Big Stone Gap, Wise Co., Virginia. They are listed on the 1870 & 1880 censuses
of Richmond, Wise, Virginia, Post Office Big Stone Gap. Isaiah is listed as a
Farmer on all census records, but he held several offices including Justice of
the Peace and he was the first school commissioner from the Richmond District
in 1856. Isaiah was instrumental in establishing The Jones School in Wise County.
Isaiah's wife Polly died on October 29, 1880 in Big Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia.
Isaiah H. Jones died in 1892 in Big Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia. Children
of Isaiah H. Jones & Mary Polly Ann Watson Davis were Celia Virginia Jane
(1830), Benjamin Franklin (1832), Elizabeth Emarantha (1840) & Mary A. "Polly"
(1845) Jones. Notes for Isaiah H. Jones |
| Frank Jones | James Franklin "Frank" Jones was born about 1810 in Virginia. There are two unidentified males that may be Frank in the household of Samuel Jones on the 1820 census of Grayson, Virginia; one is age 10-15 and one is age 0-9. Franks's father Samuel died on June 17, 1824 in Virginia when he was probably about age 14. Family letters indicate that Frank went with his mother Celia to Lee Co., Virginia after his father died. I have no further information on Frank Jones. |
 | Mary Jones | Mary "Polly" Jones was born on March
18, 1812 in Grayson Co., Virginia. There is a female the right age group to
be Mary, age 8, in the household of Samuel Jones on the 1820 census of Grayson,
Virginia. Mary's father Samuel died on June 17, 1824 in Virginia, when Mary was
age 12. I have not found Mary or her mother Celia in 1830 at this time. Based
on birth years of their children, Mary married Absalom Hobbs Jr (b.1806)
about 1831 in Virginia. At the time of their marriage, Mary was age 19. There
can be some confusion when researching this family because Absalom's father, also
named Absalom, married twice. His first wife, Susan Helvy, is the mother of Absalom
Jr and six other children. Absalom Sr then married second wife Mary Ann Olinger,
in 1825 and had 7 more children, so Absalom Sr and Mary Olinger Hobbs were having
children during some of the same time period in Lee Co., Virginia that his son
Abasalom Jr and Mary Jones Hobbs were. Also five children from Absalom Sr's first
marriage and three from the second marriage all emigrated from Virginia to Tipton
Co., Indiana, and they lived near each other. Based on birthplaces of their children,
Absalom Jr & Mary emigrated from Virginia to Indiana in 1835. According to
family story, they moved in 1838 to land that later became Tipton Co., Indiana.
They are listed on the 1840 census of Hamilton, Indiana. They are listed on the
1850 & 1860 censuses of Madison, Tipton Co, Indiana. Mary "Polly"
Jones Hobbs died on May 20, 1878 in Tipton, Tipton, Indiana. Absalom is listed
as widowed on the June 5, 1880 census of Madison, Tipton, Indiana. Absalom Hobbs
died on September 27, 1880. Absalom & Mary are both buried in the Hobbs Cemetery,
Hobbs, Tipton, Indiana. Thanks to Cynthia Joyner for the photo of Mary's gravestone.
Children of Mary "Polly" Jones & Absalom Hobbs were Samuel (1827),
Araminta (1833), Serelda (1835), Job (1837), Almira (1840), Lavina (1842), John
(1843), Didama (1845), Winfield (1847) & Rebecca (1850) Hobbs. Notes for Mary "Polly" Jones Hobbs |
| Samuel Jones | Samuel Jones was born about 1814 in Grayson Co.,
Virginia. There is a male the right age group to be Samuel, age 6, in the
household of Samuel Jones on the 1820 census of Grayson, Virginia. Samuel's father
Samuel Sr. died on June 17, 1824 in Virginia, when Samuel was age 10. I have not
found Samuel or his mother Celia in 1830 at this time. Samuel married Minerva
Tipton on March 21, 1833 in Lee Co., Virginia. (Minerva's sister Lurina had
married Samuel's brother John in 1824.) Samuel & Minerva had 3 children. Samuel
Jones died on October 1849 in Marshall, Alabama. He was age 36 at the time
of his death, and is listed on the 1850 Mortality Schedule of Marshall Co., Alabama
as being born in Virginia, occupation Farmer, and cause of death Pneumonia. Minerva
is listed as head of household on the 1850 census of Red Hill, Marshall, Alabama
with children Celia, William C & John in the household. After Samuel's death,
Minerva was married second to Robert Bruce Elgin who was a widower with
3 children. They married about 1851 in Alabama, and had two more children. The
family is listed on the 1860, 1870 & 1880 census of Marshall Co., Alabama.
In 1860 they were in Western Division, in 1870 in Township 9, Range 2, and in
1880 there is no town listed. Robert Elgin died on April 6, 1880 in Marshall,
Alabama. There are two older women named Susan and Mary Putnam living in the household
with Robert & Minerva in 1860 & 1870, and Robert is buried in a connecting
stone with Susan Putnam in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Calhoun,
Alabama. I do not know where Samuel or Minerva are buried at this time. Children
of Samuel Jones & Minerva Tipton were Celia (1842), William C. (1844) &
John (1846) Jones. Children of Minerva Tipton Jones & Robert Bruce Elgin were
Samuel J.(1853) & Martha J. (1856) Elgin. |
| Lavina Jones (NOTE: is related but not definitely a child of Samuel & Celia) | Lavina
Jones was born on February 20, 1817 in Wilson, Grayson Co., Virginia. Birthdate
is from an 1881 bio of her husband W. S. Wells that was printed in "The History
of Buchanan County, Missouri." Lavina is listed in "Early Settlers
of Lee County, Virginia" as being a relation to Samuel & Celia's family,
and a large number of online trees list her as a daughter, but I am not sure.
Her mother Celia was about age 53 in 1817, and it is possible but not probable
that she had a child at that age, and also there is only one female under age
10 in the household of Samuel Jones in 1820, and I believe it is his daughter
Mary, age 8. There is an unidentified male under 10 in the household that year,
who may be Lavina if there was census taker error. Lavina married William Samuel
Wells on May 8, 1833 in Lee Co., Virginia, and they had 10 children. According
to a bio on William Wells, they moved in 1837 from Virginia to Platte Co., Missouri,
and William taught one of the first schools opened there in the spring of 1838.
The family returned to Virginia in late 1838, but in 1843 they moved to Wright
City, Missouri, and then in 1844 to Marshall Co., Alabama. The family is listed
on the 1850 census of Red Hill, Marshall, Alabama. According to the bio, they
moved later in 1850 to Western Tennessee, and William became an ordained minister
in 1853. In 1856 William & Lavina moved to Douglas Co., Kansas, where William
was elected a member of the Locompton Convention, which framed a constitution
for the state of Kansas. They are listed on the 1860 census of Willow Springs,
Douglas, Kansas Territory. In November 1860 the family moved to Atchison, Kansas,
and in January 1861 they returned to Missouri, and settled in Rushville, Buchanan,
Missouri. William served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War from 1861-1862.
In May 1866 he established a Mercantile Business. William and Lavina are listed
on the 1870 & 1880 censuses of Rush, Buchanan, Missouri. In 1874 William was
elected to the 28th General Assembly, and he was reelected in 1876. In the 1881
bio it was also noted that he had been a justice of the peace for 6 years, and
a notary public since 1873. Lavina Jones Wells died in 1899 in Rush, Buchanan,
Missouri. In 1900, William is listed as widowed and living with his married
daughter Celia Wells Allison in Rush Buchanan, Missouri. Notes for Lavina Jones Wells |
