Individual Details

Zachariah Fleming Jones, son of Benjamin Haden Jones, was a member of Mosby's Rangers during the Civil War. I found a webpage devoted to Zachariah:
http://scottsvillemuseum.com/war/gettysburg/home.html
Here are some excerpts:

Zachariah Fleming Jones enlisted in Company D, 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Mosby's Command in 1864 at the age of seventeen. He was a dashing figure in his Confederate uniform, and in later years, Zack often spoke of the daring exploits and narrow escapes of Mosby and his men. Mosby's Rangers included some of the best horsemen in the country, who frequently traveled by night on raids about the countryside. Again and again, Zack's horses were wounded under him. During a March 1865 battle at Tyson's Corner, Virginia, Jones narrowly escaped death when his horse reared up and took the bullet intended for his rider. Zachary Jones was paroled at Columbia, Virginia, at war's end and spent the rest of his life in Scottsville.

[after the war]
Zack returned home to Scottsville [Albemarle Co VA] to help his father, Benjamin Haden Jones, on the family farm two miles north of town. He remained a dashing figure throughout his life, as can be seen in this 1867 photo of Zack with his neat moustache and hat cocked at a jaunty angle. By 1880, Zack worked as a drummer, who traveled about the countryside to sell various farm products. Perhaps it was during his drummer years that Zack's entrepreneurial spirit was awakened; by 1895, Zack had a fistfull of U.S. Patents for his inventions that included a nut-lock, a plow protector, and new wagon bodies. He also met Cornelia Ann Crew, his future wife; they were married on March 2, 1881 By 1893, Zack and Cornelia Jones were the parents of four children: Mary Virginia, Benjamin Crew, Robert Dameron, and Annie Warren Jones. In 1897, Zack Jones purchased a three-acre lot with a frame house called 'Breezewood' on the western outskirts of Scottsville and moved his family to town. In 2005, Breezewood sits on the west side of Scottsville Library in town.


1860 Census. St. Anns Parish, Albemarle Co VA
two men named Benjamin H. Jones
P.O. Charlottesville, Hh 431
Benjamin H. Jones, age 35, miller
Mary W., age 37
Z. F., male, age 13
B. H., male, age 11
Mary E., age 8
Martha J. P., age 4
Martha Tillman, age 60
James A. Tillman, age 24, miller
and Hh 643
Benjamin H. Jones, age 40, carpenter
Marian R., age 7, Sally R., 2, Betty H. age 9 months
Betty, age 23
[This Benjamin H. was probably in the household of Basil M. Jones in 1850; still a single man.]


1870 Census. St. Anns Parish, Albemarle Co VA
B. H. Jones, age 45, miller, b. VA
Mary W., age 48
Z. F., male, age 23, farmer
B. H., male, age 20, miller
M. E., female, age 18
M.J.P. female, age 13
L. R. Robins, female, age 24, school teacher

the other Benjm Jones, age 53, carpenter
Betty, age 35
Sallie, age 13, Irene H. age 3, Fannie E., age 6


1880 Census. Scottsville, Albemarle Co VA
Benjamin Jones, age 55, farmer [b. 1825]
Mary, wife, age 58
Zack, son, age 36
Martha, daughter, age 21, seamstress

and another Benj. H. Jones in Scottsville, age 68, carpenter [only 13 years older than the other Benjamin Jones]
E.M., wife, age 45
Fannie, daughter, age 16
Iren, daughter, age 12
Lillian, daughter, age 8
Bazil, son, age 6 [his father was likely Basil M. Jones]
Sallie Eubank, daughter, age 22
Alex Eubank, son-in-law, age 26


1900 Census. Scottsville, Albdmarle Co VA
[indexed as "Laco" Jones]
Zack F. Jones, b. August 1846, age 53, married 19 years
Cornelia C., wife, b. Jany 1855, age 45,
Mary V., daughter, b. Jany 1884, age 16
Benjamin C., son, b. Sept 1887, age 12
Robert D., son, b. ?? 1890, age 10
Annie W., daughter, b. Oct 1893, age 6

1900 Census. Scottsville, Albemarle Co VA
Benj. H. Jones, age 49, b. Nov 1850, single
Mary W., mother, age 76, b. Oct 1823, widow, 4 children, 4 living
Mattie P., sister, age 46, b. Oct 1853, single


1910 Census. Scottsville, Albemarle Co VA
Zack F. Jones, age 63, married 1 time for 28 years, b. VA, farmer
Cornelia A., wife, age 53, had 7 children, 4 are living, b. VA
Mary T., daughter, age 25
Bennie C., son, age 22
Robert D., son, age 19
Annie W., daughter, age 16

Benjamin H. Jones, age 60, single, farmer
Mary W., mother, age 88, widowed, had 4 children, all living, b. VA
Martha P., sister, age 53, single


1920 Census. Scottsville, Albemarle Co VA
Zacharia [Z marked over to look like a "J"] F. Jones, age 73, widowed, b. VA
Mary V., daughter, age 35
Benjamin H., brother, age 69, single

1930 Census. Scottsville, Albemarle Co VA
Mary V. Jones, head of household, age 46 single, b. VA as were her parents
Zachria F. Jones, father, age 83, widowed, he was 34 when first married, b. VA

Grave markers for Zachariah and Cornelia in Scottsville Cemetery. She was born 22 Jan 1855 and died 28 Mar 1918.



FindAGrave.com

Zachariah Flemming Jones
Birth: Aug. 28, 1846
Virginia, USA
Death: Nov. 25, 1932
Virginia, USA
lived at Breezewood with his daughter, Mary Virginia. Zack lived an active life and in his mid- eighties decided to paint the roof of Breezewood. At the time, A. Raymon Thacker was standing in the school yard next door and observed Zack standing on the roof of his two-storied home: "Mr. Jones with his silver white hair was on the roof of his home and painting it with old paint. I was in high school at that time and was out on the school yard, looking at Mr. Jones on the roof. Suddenly, the safety strap holding him on the steep roof broke, and he fell two stories to the ground. I ran over quickly and found Mr. Jones in a pile of brick, covered in red which I thought was blood. Fortunately, the red turned out to be red paint. I helped get him up and into the house, and for poor Mr. Jones, it was the end. He never recovered from that fall but lived on for a year or so as a helpless cripple, cared for by his daughter, Mary." On November 25, 1932, Zachariah Fleming Jones died in Scottsville and is buried beside his wife, Cornelia, at Scottsville Cemetery.

Cornelia Crew Jones
Birth: Jan. 22, 1855
Virginia, USA
Death: Mar. 28, 1918
Virginia, USA

Mary Virginia Jones
Birth: Feb. 22, 1884
Albemarle County
Virginia, USA
Death: Dec. 7, 1967
Scottsville
Albemarle County
Virginia, USA
Mary Virginia Jones was born February 22, 1884, Albemarle County, VA; she died December 7, 1967, VA; buried at Scottsville Cemetery. Mary was a charter member of the Scottsville Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy, which was organized on July 31, 1908. Upon her mother's death in 1918, Mary and her sister, Annie Warren Jones, inherited Breezewood, the Jones family home in Scottsville. Miss Mary Jones lived with her father and kept house for him until his death in 1932. She was well known in Scottsville where she often tutored students to catch them up in their classes. Mary also served as a Sunday School teacher at the Methodist Church for fifty years. Mary married Edward Oliver Clements (1868-1952) later in life; the Clements had no children. Mary Virginia and Edward Ollie Clements lived in Scottsville next to the Thacker Brothers' Funeral Home on Valley Street. Mary V. (Jones) Clements died on December 7, 1967, and is buried at Scottsville Cemetery, Scottsville, VA.

Birth	28 Aug 1846
Death	25 Nov 1932

Father	Benjamin Haden Jones (1825 - )
Mother	Mary W. Tilman (1823 - )
Sibling	Benjamin H. Jones (1850 - )
Sibling	Mary E. Jones (1852 - )
Sibling	Martha J. P. "Mattie" Jones (1853 - )