JONES: Of McKowns Creek, East Walton.

John M. Jones, son of John and Jane (Rector) Jones, came to these parts in the year 1858. He was born in Monroe County, Virginia, February 11, 1827. His first wife was Ann E., daughter of John T. and Nancy Ellis. Of this marriage the following named children were born: Augustus C., 1845; Martha A., 1848; Mary J., 1850; Lizzie S., and Eliza F., February 12, 1855; the wife, Anne E. (Ellis), having died August 13, 1861. On February 12, 1864, John M. married Amanda Waldon, born in Washington County, Virginia, 1836. To John M. and Amanda J. (Waldon) Jones were born, prior to 1880, the following named children: John P., February 28, 1866; Isaac S., June 14, 1869, and Bertha V., May 5, 1875. This last Bertie V. became the wife of James A. Gandee, Jr., of Poca country.

We do not have the family record, but are informed that Dr. Edward Clarence Jones, of Spencer (1926) is a son of Mary J., of the above above family, whose husband was another Jones of an unrelated family of Joness. This pioneer John M. Jones says in his biography that his father, John, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and that his grandfather, James Jones, was a soldier of the Continental forces of the American Revolution.


Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 568
Submitter: Sandy Spradling, November 28, 1999