JONES: Of Walton.
Edmund and Malinda (Carr) Jones, his wife, were residents of Hardy County, Virginia. Henry Jones, father of Edmund, was a "soldier in the Revolutionary War." Edmund and Malinda left Hardy and came to this Pocatalico country in the year 1855. Edmund died July, 1860, and Malinda in 1858.
Edmund and Malinda (Carr) Jones were ~the parents of sons and daughters, all of whose names we do not know. Isaac, John and Eli are sons mentioned by Isaac in his biography in Hardesty's, and from a granddaughter of William Riley we learn that there was a daughter of Edmund and Malinda (Carr) Jones, whose name was Mary Ann, became first wife of Willam Riley, of Lower Flat Fork.
John and Eli Jones, sons of Edmund and Malinda, both enlisted and served in the Union army, 9th West Virginia Infantry. John was killed in the battle at Winchester, September 19, 1864. Eli was wounded but served until the end of the war.
Isaac Jones, son of Edmund and Malinda (Carr) Jones, was born in Hardy County, Virginia, June 22, 1828; came to Pocatalico country with his parents in 1855; married Melissa J. Stump, June 6, 1860, she being a daughter of Henry and Permelia (Welch) Stump, and born in Gilmer County, West Virginia, June 13, 1842, and was living with her parents at the time of her marriage, whose home was then in Geary District, on Big Sandy.
To Isaac and Permelia (Stump) Jones, his wife, were born, all at Walton, the following children, all of whom grew up at Walton. Henry F., born January 2, 1863; Mary C., April 17, 1865; Waitmafl P.W., October 12, 1872; Louise F., September 15, 1874.
Of the marriages of these children we find the following on the county marriage records:
"Lulu Jones and Howard H. Fleshman, October 25, 1891; his age 25, her age 18."
"Waitman P. Jones to Dora J. Harmon, September 5, 1895; his age 23, her age l7."
Both recollections and even written records are sometimes wrong.
Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 567-568
Submitter: Sandy Spradling, November 28, 1999
