Individual Details
Rev. Thomas Thweatt JONES ¤ DD
(23 Aug 1836 - 25 May 1903)
In 1860, he was a school teacher still living with his father. At the time he owned $6,000 real and $4,000 personal property. He became a Presbyterian minister, and served a while in Clinton,SC, where he met his wife's family. He joined the CSA, but was captured in 1862 at Ft. Donaldson. He was imprisoned for only a short while, for during the last two years of the war he was a member of the Virginia State Senate. After the war he was the minister at the Concord Presbyterian Church near his father's home. The church is 3 1/2 miles off US1 near Rawlings in Brunswick Co.,VA. J.R.Jones has a photograph of the two.
Events
Families
Spouse | Margaret Ann Randolph "Mag" BOLLING ¤ (1840 - 1917) |
Child | John Bolling JONES MD (1871 - 1950) |
Notes
Census
Age 13Census
Age 23Military
CapturedCensus
Age 33Census
Age 43Burial
Inscription on tombstone: "His works do follow him."Endnotes
1. Jones-Field-Atkinson Bible in possession of Mrs. J.F.Edmunds (Transliteration of entries in Virginia State Library, 3pp.).