Charlotte Co., VA was formed in 1764 from Lunenburg Co., VA

Revolutionary War Soldier - Jones, James (R5706).
James Jones was born in Lunenburg Co. (Charlotte Co.), VA in 1753. He resided in Washington Co., NC and Ninety-Six District (Union County), SC during the War of the Revolution. He lived on the Nolichucky River in Washington Co., NC (later TN, and now Unicoi Co., TN) when he entered the service. He first served in North Carolina units. He was commissioned on 28 September 1775 as Captain of the Salt Catcher Volunteer Company. He moved to Ninety-Six District (Union County), SC in the fall of 1777. He resided at the home of his uncle in Ninety-Six District (Union County), SC when he volunteered in the service of the South Carolina Militia in January 1779, and served for very nearly three years until the fall of 1782. He served twelve months as Captain, and the remainder as Sergeant and Private.

Will of William Watkins, grandfather of James Jones:
Will. I, William Watkins of the Parish of Cornwall and C, being of sound and perfect memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life.
My just debts and funeral expenses to be paid.
To my son Richard - all that part of my tract of land and plantation lying north of the ridge lying
between the 2 branches. Also Negroes Jack, Nancy, Aaron, and Suck, 15 nett cattle, 15
sheep, 3 beds & furniture, all my hogs, all my pewter and kitchen furniture.
To my grandson William, son of my Richard - 1 Negro girl named Lett.
To my son Benjamin - the other part of my tract of land and plantation lying south of the ridge,
To my son-in-law, Benjamin Breedlove, John Breedlove, and my son Benjamin Watkins - the
rest of my stock of cattle and sheep, to be equally divided between them.
To my grandson Richard Worsham (if he lives to return from the army) - the Negro boy named
Cuff. If he doesn't return, the Negro to be divided in the same manner as the rest of my
Negroes.
To my grandson James Jones (if he lives to return from the army) - 1 Negro boy named Isaac.
If he doesn't return, the Negro to be divided in the same manner as the rest of my Negroes.
To my sons James, William, Joseph, John, Benjamin, and my son-in-law John Breedlove - the
rest of my Negroes and other estate not before given, to be equally divided between them.
My estate should not be appraised.
Executors: my sons, James, William, and John.
Signed Apr 2, 1781 - William Watkins. Wit - Thomas Spencer Jr, Gideon Spencer, Lucy Watkins
At C Court of Dec 6, 1784, the will of William Watkins dec'd was exhibited in court by James and
John Watkins, 2 of the executors, and proved by the oaths of witnesses Thomas Spencer and
Gideon Spencer, and OR. The executors were granted a certificate for obtaining probate;
Thomas Read was their security. Liberty is reserved to William Watkins, the other executor, to
join in the probate when he sees fit. - Charlotte Co., VA Wills (1765-1791), p365

Marriage Record for Nelly Jones and James Phelps - Nelly Jones and James Phelps were married on 31 Dec 1807 in Ohio Co., KY. A marriage bond was issued for Nelly Jones and James Phillips (James Phelps) on 28 Sep 1809, in Ohio Co., KY. Consent: Julund Phillips (Julian Phelps) and James Jones. Bond: James Phelps and William Phelps.

James Jones and his two sons Thomas and Philip were all three listed in the 1810 Census for Grayson Co., KY.

1810 Census Grayson Co KY
James Jones
2 Males 10-16 years...........(William, Moses Even)
1 Male 45 years & over.......(James Jones)
3 Females under 10 years..(Mary "Polly", Nancy, Rebecca)
1 Female 10-16 years.........(most likely R.G.L. Jones "male")
1 Female 45 years & over...(Nancy Jones)

James and Nancy Jones first appear in the Beaver Dam Baptist Church Records in May 1815.

1820 Census Grayson Co KY
James Jones
1 Male 45 years & over.......(James Jones)
1 Female 10-16 years.........(Nancy)
1 Female 16-25 years.........(Rebecca)
1 Female 45 years & over...(Nancy Jones)

According to a June 1826 Edmonson County, Kentucky Order, James Jones was to be exempted from paying his taxes now and in the future.

James Jones made two declarations in Butler Co., KY, one on 09 December 1834 at age 82, and the other on 07 January 1843 at age 90. The purpose of the declarations was to apply for and obtain benefits of the Act of Congress passed 07 June 1832 entitled "An act supplementary to an act for the relief of the Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution". His first claim was disallowed due to negligence or mistakes made by those who were in control of the Pension Department.

James Jones sold land to Alexander Graham, Volney Graham and George Howorth on 01 Jun 1838. He purchased the land from Frederick Schrader. It adjoined the land of John Honaker on Green River and was near to Honaker's Ferry. - Butler Co., KY Deed Book D, p412

1840 Census Butler Co KY
Moses E. Jones
2 Males under 5 years...(Daniel, Washington)
1 Male 5-10 years..........(Richard)
1 Male 10-15 years........(Moses)
2 Males 15-20 years......(Isaac, Alvin)
1 Male 40-50 years........(Moses Even Jones)
1 Male 80-90 years........(James Jones)
0 Females under 5 years
1 Female 5-10 years.......(Patience)
1 Female 10-15 years.....(Nancy)
1 Female 40-50 years.....(Honor (Painter) Jones)
1 Female 70-80 years.....(Nancy Jones)
The male in age group 80-90 and the female in age group 70-80 are the parents of Moses E. Jones.

At the October 1844 term of Butler County, Kentucky Fiscal Court, the court authorized payment of $40.00 to Moses E. Jones for keeping his father and mother (paupers), for one year.

DEATH Mary Logstone (Mary "Polly" (Jones) Logsdon), age 58, born in Warren Co., KY, died 14 Dec 1854 in Butler Co., KY, parents were James and Nancy Jones. - Butler Co., KY Vital Statistics.

KENTUCKY: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co.
HON. JULIAN N. PHELPS was born in Butler County, Ky., March 7, 1809, and
is the eldest of fifteen children born to James and Nellie (Jones)
Phelps, natives of Green County, and of Scotch-Irish and English descent
respectively. James Phelps received his early education in his native
county, but while yet a young man, in the latter part of the last
century, removed to what is now Butler County, Ky., which was then a
part of Ohio County, and almost an unbroken wilderness. Here he was
afterward married; bought wild land on the waters of Welch's Creek,
erected a log-cabin, and subsequently improved a farm, upon which he
resided for many years; then removed to Edmonson County, where he
resided some five or six years; returned to Butler County and again
bought wild land, adjoining his first purchase, where he improved another
farm and resided for several years; then sold out and bought a farm and
corn-mill on big Reedy Creek, same county, upon which he resided for some
five or six years, after which he made his home among his children until
his death, in 1863. He and wife were from early life members of the
United Baptist Church; he was also for many years a captain in the State
militia. His mother, Nancy (Nail) Phelps, the grandmother of Hon.
Julian N. Phelps, was killed by the Indians soon after settling in Green
County; and her husband Julian Phelps, was severely wounded at the same
time; the whole family only escaped massacre through the courage and
forethought of his brother, William Phelps. Hon. Julian N. Phelps
received such an education as could be obtained at the early schools of
the Kentucky frontier; he has, however, by his own exertions, acquired a
fair practical business education. He was employed on his father's farm
until he attained his majority; he then bought a part of the old
homestead in Butler County, and afterward bought the entire farm, to
which he added other lands from time to time until he was the owner of
some 600 acres, a part of which he has since sold. Here he has been
extensively and successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits ever since.
For the past eight years he has also been engaged in merchandising at
Brooklyn, in connection with farming, and is now doing a thriving
business; he sawed most of the lumber, with which his farm buildings were
built, with a whip saw. Mr. Phelps represented Butler and Edmonson
Counties in the lower house of the State legislature for three terms of
two years each, viz.: from 1851 to 1857. He was married in September,
1829, to Polly Duvall, a native of Nelson County, Ky.; born September 3,
1808, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rickets) Duvall. Mr. Phelps
and wife have no children of their own, but have reared five orphan
children, all of whom are now grown and married. Mr. Phelps' maternal
grandfather, James Jones, was a veteran of the Revolutionary war. Mr.
Phelps belongs to no church, but holds to the doctrines of the
Universalist Church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a
Democrat.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

KENTUCKY: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co.

CAMDEN ARCHIVES, CAMDEN, SC
Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files (II: F-M)
South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine (II, 19-21; XLVI, 105)
History of the Old Cheraws (Gregg, p. 409)
Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution (Moss)

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, COLUMBIA, SC
Revolutionary War Pension Files (Jones, James R5706)
Audited Accounts in the South Carolina Archives (A.A. 4106)
Stub Entries to Indents Issued in Payment of Claims Against South Carolina Growing Out of the Revolution (N506, W518, X3566)

WILLIAM B. & MARY A. (DEWEESE) JONES
Family History of Mary A. DeWeese, fifth child and second daughter of William and Elizabeth (Pitman) DeWeese
History of Montgomery County, KS (L. Wallace Duncan, Iola, KS, 1903, p31, p706, p707)

1810 CENSUS Grayson Co., KY
1820 CENSUS Grayson Co., KY
1840 CENSUS Butler Co., KY
1850 CENSUS Butler Co., KY
1841 FISCAL COURT ORDER BOOK Butler Co., KY
1810 COUNTY ORDER Edmonson Co., KY

• Married: ABT 1780

1. Thomas Jones b: ABT 1784 in , , NC
2. Philip F. Jones b: ABT 1786 in , , VA
3. Margaret "Peggy" Jones b: ABT 1789
4. Ellender "Nelly" Jones b: 22 APR 1792 in , , SC
5. R. G. L. Jones b: ABT 1794
6. Mary "Polly" Jones b: ABT 1796 in , Warren Co., KY
7. Moses Even Jones b: ABT 1797 in , Most Likely Grayson Co., KY
8. Nancy Jones b: ABT 1800
9. Rebecca Jones b: ABT 1802
10. William Jones b: ABT 1803