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William Jones

Male Bef 1774 -


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  • Name William Jones 
    Born Bef 1774  of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I3768  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Jones,   b. Bef 1756, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 10 Jun 1788, Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 32 years) 
    Mother Hannah Adair,   b. Bef 1759, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1810, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 53 years) 
    Married Bef 1774  of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary,   b. From 1775 to 1780, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef Aug 1795  of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1853  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]
      "A possible child of James Adair, Sr., cooper and his wife Eleanor is Elizabeth [is this a Brownlee typo for Hannah?], wife of John Jones, blacksmith.
      "Deed Bk. F. p. 10 - 25 Feb. 1784, James Adair, Sr. and wife, Eleanor, to John Jones, blacksmith, 150 a. adj. SW on John Adair, NE on James Montgomery, SE on John McCreary.
      his mark James x Adair; her mark Eleanor x Adair
      James Adair, saddler; James Adair, Jr.; James Miller
      Release: survey certified 3 June 1773, granted 200 a. 11 Aug. 1774, memorial entered in the Auditor General's Office, Bk. M, No. 13, p. 230, 7 Jan. 1775.
      "Deed Bk. F, p. 8 - 1 Aug, 1795, Hannah Jones, widow of John Jones, dec'd and her son, William Jones, and his wife Mary, to John Craig, 50 a. on Duncan Creek, part of a 200 a. grant to James Adair, Sr. 11 Aug. 1774, of which 150 a. conveyed by said James Adair and wife, Eleanor, to said John Jones in 1784, adj. John McCreary's spring branch, John Adair, James Montgomery. Wit: John Robertson, Alexander Fillson, John Owens.
      "Deed Bk. F, p, 9 - 1 Aug. 1795, Hannah Jones, widow of John Jones, dec'd, and her son William Jones and his wife Mary, to Alexander Fillson 100 a. of the above mentioned tract. Same witnesses.
      "John Jones, blacksmith, attended and made purchases at the estate sale of another John Jones of the Duncan Creek area on 16 July 1784. He died sometime prior to the census of 1790, Hannah Jones appears as head of household with:
      1 male age 16 and over - (William Jones-married Mary by Aug. 1795)
      3 males under age 16
      5 females
      0 slaves
      "No will or probate records for John Jones, blacksmith, have been located. No further research has been done on this Jones family. The names of the other 3 sons and probably 4 daughters are not known."

      2. Censuses:
      1790 US: Laurens County, South Carolina, p. 441, nearby many Adairs and other relatives:
      Hannah Jones
      1 male age 16 and over - (William Jones-married Mary by Aug. 1795)
      3 male. under age 16
      5 females
      0 slaves

      1800 US: Laurens County, South Carolina, p. 18 of 68:
      William Jones, males: 1(under 10)-0-0-1(26-44)-0; females: 0-0-2(16-25)-0-0; 0-0

      1810 US: Laurens County, South Carolina:
      There are three William Jones listed of which I cannot definitively determine which is correct even after comparing the neighbors in the 1800 census.