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January 2003

ABRAHAM JONES

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BORN: June 1845, 1842, or 1843 in Rabun County, Georgia 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 16 19
DIED: after 1910, probably in Rabun Gap, Rabun County, Georgia 1 10
BURIED: Wolf Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Rabun County, Georgia (On Wolf Creek Road, off 441 about 4 miles, turn on dirt road marked with church's name. The cemetery is on the hill before you get to the church. 1997) 1 16 17
PARENTS: Licena Watkins and Berryman Jones 5 6 16 19
OCCUPATION: Farmer 7 8
MILITARY: Confederate soldier: Enlisted as a Private on 06 July 1862 Enlisted in Company E, 24th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 06 July 1862. Surrendered Company E, 24th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 06 April 1865 in Appomattox Court House, VA. 14 16
MARRIAGE: Nancy E. Williams (Jan. 1841 Ga.-Jan. 1909) in 1867 or earlier 1 7 8 9 16 17

CHILDREN 10 children, 6 living in 1900 9
NAME BORN DIED SPOUSE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTES
*William Nathan JONES Apr. 4, 1868 Aug. 1924 Eliza Florence Hardy 1+
Sarah L. or E. JONES Oct. 1869 7 8
Mary F. JONES 1872 8
Berryman D. JONES 8 10 1873 8 10 Sela or Lula or Lila (1886-) in about 1901 10 2 (Lola B. 1905 or 1907, 1 died before 1910) 10 Abraham is living with him in 1910. 10
James A. JONES 1876 8
Harmon C. JONES Sep. 1879 8
Emily JONES 9 Oct. 1883 9
child JONES 9 before 1900 before 1900
child JONES 9 before 1900 before 1900
child JONES 9 before 1900 before 1900

RESIDENCES: Rabun County, Georgia, Chechero District, Clayton Post Office, with parents, in 1850, 1860 5 6
Rabun County, Georgia, Chechero District, Clayton Post Office in 1870, 1880, 1900 7 8 9
Rabun County, Georgia, Chechero District, with son Berry, in 1910 10

NOTES:

SOURCES: 1 Joe Jones
5 1850 Census - Rabun County, Georgia
6 1860 Census - Rabun County, Georgia
7 1870 Census - Rabun County, Georgia
8 1880 Census - Rabun County, Georgia
9 1900 Census - Rabun County, Georgia
10 1910 Census - Rabun County, Georgia
14 American Civil War Soldiers
15 Sketches of Rabun County History
16 These Men Wore Grey Volume IV, Rabun County, Georgia
17 Wolf Creek Cemetery Inscriptions
19 Rabun County, Georgia and Its People Volume I, Rabun County Historical Society, P.O. Box 921, Clayton, GA 30525