Are you keeping up with the Jones?
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Are you keeping up with the Jones?
ATTENTION: CITIZENS OF POLK COUNTY ,TEXAS
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The descendants of Martin William "Gobbler" Jones and his wife, Rhoda Hodges, who married in 1804 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, are having their third reunion on 20 July 2008, at Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, Angelina County, TEXAS.
We are seeking all descendants of two of their sons; the first born, John Hodges Jones and his wife, Lucinda; and the third child, Jesse Riggs Jones. Jesse was the first of the Jones Family to come to TEXAS, where he fought in The Battle Of Bexar, he and his wife, Messiline Burks, were following her family from Arkansas, she was daughter of John D. Burks and Josephine Morgan. Messiline and her father died a few years before Jesse and Josephine (who both died in a house fire at Jones Prairie in 1848).
Jesse was the founder of Jones Prairie. Though his older brother, John, is credited with founding Jones Prairie, he did not. John and his family, came to TEXAS, about ten years after Jesse. John, along with his parents and the rest of his siblings and their families, arrived in TEXAS between December 1845 and January 1846. They went to POLK COUNTY to be with Jesse , but later, all of them except John (who stayed in POLK COUNTY) settled in Angelina County, establishing the town of Jonesville, second county seat of that county. John and Jesse had their family to marry into so many different families there, we have had difficulty locating all of them, and , therefore, some of you may not know you are a Jones descendant
If any members of the following named families intermarried with our Jones Boys, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your's is a magnificient heritage. From Wales, in The United Kingdom, they "crossed the pond", landed on the shores of America The Beautiful, from the Carolinas, to Tennessee, to Alabama, to White County, Arkansas, and their final destination, The Piney Woods of "That whole other country, TEXAS. Every place they
passed through, they left it better than they found it.
Surnames:
Alexander; Hardin; Oates; Watts; Garvey; Stevens; Barr; Bean;Jackson;Kennedy; Taylor; Marsh;Crawford;Martin;
Whitehead;Hammon;Traughber; Baker;Clark; Bond;Thompson;Parrot;Rice;Calhoun; McCraney;LaRoe;Adams;Straughn; Matthews;Parrish; Gay;
Walker; Leggett; McDuffie;Davenport;Swanzy;Boshe; Marquis;
Hereford;Rion;Hanie;Shilts; Miller; Pierce; Harper; Capel; Purvis; Fuller; Thomas; Wilson; Gibbs; Dallard; Hopkins; Cook; Wasdin; Bird; Brack; Phillips; Layton; Andrews; Holliman; Garrison; Handley; Standley; Scaglioola; Lindsey; Moore; Powell; Smith; Hicks; Hearn; Fountaine; Kimmey; Winn; McCormick; Wilkinson; Rogers; Maythes; Copeland; Hayes; Tullos; Hickman; Mooring; Thagard; Willis; Benson; Roberts; Dziadek; Carraway; Loggins; Nash; Key; Lewington; Messina;Lapham; King; Suddarth; Miguez; Upton; Vernon; Bulley; Chalker; Farrar; Buller; Hendsley; Gestennberg; Hensley; Koenig; Coker; Astleford; Browning; Jamail; Varga; Leathers; Apple; Plagman; Halley; Lockhart; Gorel; Rudolph; Reed;
Green; Dixon; Womack; Modrall; Mulkey; Sellers; Ten-Eyck; Maxon; Hanna; Hornbeck; Mann; Steele; Middleton; Davis; Mitchell; McAirley; Christensen; Pearce.
The reunion will start at 10 A.M. Sunday morning, 20 July 2008.
Bring photos, old family recipes. Bring a covered dish of food, or stop at Kentucky Fried Chicken, buy a few pieces , or whatever strikes your fancy. If you do not care to eat, just come and be there, we'll give you something cool to drink. Come, meet your kinfolks, (Hey, we are something special). Visit the Jonesville Cemetery, see Martin William "Gobbler" Jones and
Rhoda's graves, and many other Jones kin buried there. The cemetery is very near Huntington's Civic center.
Contact INA CARDWELL, 1125 N. 6th St., Huntington, TX 75949, Phone- 936-422-40064 or email: inacar@windstream.net
______________________________________________
The descendants of Martin William "Gobbler" Jones and his wife, Rhoda Hodges, who married in 1804 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, are having their third reunion on 20 July 2008, at Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, Angelina County, TEXAS.
We are seeking all descendants of two of their sons; the first born, John Hodges Jones and his wife, Lucinda; and the third child, Jesse Riggs Jones. Jesse was the first of the Jones Family to come to TEXAS, where he fought in The Battle Of Bexar, he and his wife, Messiline Burks, were following her family from Arkansas, she was daughter of John D. Burks and Josephine Morgan. Messiline and her father died a few years before Jesse and Josephine (who both died in a house fire at Jones Prairie in 1848).
Jesse was the founder of Jones Prairie. Though his older brother, John, is credited with founding Jones Prairie, he did not. John and his family, came to TEXAS, about ten years after Jesse. John, along with his parents and the rest of his siblings and their families, arrived in TEXAS between December 1845 and January 1846. They went to POLK COUNTY to be with Jesse , but later, all of them except John (who stayed in POLK COUNTY) settled in Angelina County, establishing the town of Jonesville, second county seat of that county. John and Jesse had their family to marry into so many different families there, we have had difficulty locating all of them, and , therefore, some of you may not know you are a Jones descendant
If any members of the following named families intermarried with our Jones Boys, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your's is a magnificient heritage. From Wales, in The United Kingdom, they "crossed the pond", landed on the shores of America The Beautiful, from the Carolinas, to Tennessee, to Alabama, to White County, Arkansas, and their final destination, The Piney Woods of "That whole other country, TEXAS. Every place they
passed through, they left it better than they found it.
Surnames:
Alexander; Hardin; Oates; Watts; Garvey; Stevens; Barr; Bean;Jackson;Kennedy; Taylor; Marsh;Crawford;Martin;
Whitehead;Hammon;Traughber; Baker;Clark; Bond;Thompson;Parrot;Rice;Calhoun; McCraney;LaRoe;Adams;Straughn; Matthews;Parrish; Gay;
Walker; Leggett; McDuffie;Davenport;Swanzy;Boshe; Marquis;
Hereford;Rion;Hanie;Shilts; Miller; Pierce; Harper; Capel; Purvis; Fuller; Thomas; Wilson; Gibbs; Dallard; Hopkins; Cook; Wasdin; Bird; Brack; Phillips; Layton; Andrews; Holliman; Garrison; Handley; Standley; Scaglioola; Lindsey; Moore; Powell; Smith; Hicks; Hearn; Fountaine; Kimmey; Winn; McCormick; Wilkinson; Rogers; Maythes; Copeland; Hayes; Tullos; Hickman; Mooring; Thagard; Willis; Benson; Roberts; Dziadek; Carraway; Loggins; Nash; Key; Lewington; Messina;Lapham; King; Suddarth; Miguez; Upton; Vernon; Bulley; Chalker; Farrar; Buller; Hendsley; Gestennberg; Hensley; Koenig; Coker; Astleford; Browning; Jamail; Varga; Leathers; Apple; Plagman; Halley; Lockhart; Gorel; Rudolph; Reed;
Green; Dixon; Womack; Modrall; Mulkey; Sellers; Ten-Eyck; Maxon; Hanna; Hornbeck; Mann; Steele; Middleton; Davis; Mitchell; McAirley; Christensen; Pearce.
The reunion will start at 10 A.M. Sunday morning, 20 July 2008.
Bring photos, old family recipes. Bring a covered dish of food, or stop at Kentucky Fried Chicken, buy a few pieces , or whatever strikes your fancy. If you do not care to eat, just come and be there, we'll give you something cool to drink. Come, meet your kinfolks, (Hey, we are something special). Visit the Jonesville Cemetery, see Martin William "Gobbler" Jones and
Rhoda's graves, and many other Jones kin buried there. The cemetery is very near Huntington's Civic center.
Contact INA CARDWELL, 1125 N. 6th St., Huntington, TX 75949, Phone- 936-422-40064 or email: inacar@windstream.net