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January 2004
| BORN: | September 28, 1805 in South Carolina 4 6 7 15 16 17 |
| DIED: | October 31, 1891, age 86. 7 15 16 17 |
| BURIED: | Tiger Cemetery (also called Cannon Cemetery) in Tiger, Rabun County, Georgia. His wife and son Russell are also buried in the same plot. 15 16 17 |
| PARENTS: | Basheba Coffee and William Jones 15 16 |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer 6 7 16 |
| MILITARY: | 
Confederate: Rabun County, Georgia Militia district #587.
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| MARRIAGE: | Susan Cannon (July 8, 1799 Georgia-Nov. 17, 1876 Rabun Co., GA age 77) Her parents are Hannah Bowen and Henry Cannon. 4 6 7 15 16 17 |
| NAME | BORN | DIED | SPOUSE | NUMBER OF CHILDREN | NOTES |
| Angeline JONES (Angie) 4 15 16 | between 1825 and 1830 4 | John or Vinson LaPrade 15 16 | 1+ | Son Fernando m. Lizzie Dover, (his cousin), went to Texas as a cowboy, then Arizona. His son was Attorney General of AZ. 15 | |
| Thurza JONES (or Thursey) (female) 4 15 16 | May 2, 1830 16 17 | June 16, 1903 16 17 | Isaac Nelson (Cicero) Kirby or Kerby (1825-1863)
on Nov. 28, 1849 in Rabun Co., Georgia.
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| 1+ Walter Cicero (lived in Tiger in 1948) m. Mollie S. (1858-1940) 17 | Isaac was a confederate soldier: Co. K, 1st South Carolina Artillery.
Enlisted Feb. 1862. Died in Charleston, SC. hospital of fever June 8, 1863.
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Thursey is buried in Tiger Cemetery near her parents. 16 17 |
| Rachel JONES 4 15 16 | Jan. 16, 1832 17 | July 14, 1910 17 |
John Marion York (1828-Apr. 3, 1906) on Nov. 26, 1851
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| John was a Confederate soldier. Possibly in Co. D, 11th Ga. Cavalry. He is buried in Tiger Cemetery with his wife. 16 17 | |
| William JONES 4 6 15 | 1835 4 | Teacher in 1860 6 This may be the William H. Jones that was a Clerk of the Superior Court from Feb. 1860-Apr. 1861. 15 | |||
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Clinton A. JONES
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| 1838 | Teacher in 1860. 6 Clerk of the Superior Court May 1861-July 1861. 15 Settled in Texas 15 Confederate soldier: Co. G, 25th N.C. Inf. as a 1st Sgt. 16 | |||
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Russell M. JONES
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| Nov. 11, 1839 16 17 | Nov. 8, 1865 (age 25) 16 17 |
Confederate Soldier:
Enlisted as a Private on 01 August 1861 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company G, 25th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 01 August 1861.
POW on 06 February 1865 at Petesburg, VA
Confined on 08 February 1865 at Point Lookout, MD (Estimated day)
Took Oath of Allegiance on 28 June 1865
Released on 28 June 1865.
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| Hannah Louiza JONES (Eliza) 6 15 16 | 1842 17 | 1937 17 | Sherod W. Dover
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| 2+ | Son Dr. Jesie Carlton m. Mary Simmons; 3 children. Daughter Lizzie m. Fernando LaPrade (her cousin) Sherwood Dover was a confederate soldier in C.S.A. 4th Corp., Co. D, 62nd, N.C. (July 14, 1862) 17 |
| RESIDENCES: | South Carolina 6 7 15 |
| Rabun County, Georgia in 1840, 1860 and 1870 After his marriage he lived near his parents. He owned over 2,500 acres of land, in what is now Tiger. The house was gone by 1948. 4 6 7 15 |
| NOTES: | Owned 5 slaves in 1862. 15 |
| SOURCES: | 4 1840 Census - Rabun County, Georgia |
| 6 1860 Census - Rabun County, Georgia | |
| 7 1870 Census - Rabun County, Georgia | |
| 8 1880 Census - Rabun County, Georgia | |
| 13 Georgia Marriages | |
| 14 American Civil War Soldiers | |
| 15 Sketches of Rabun County History | |
| 16 These Men Wore Grey Volume IV, Rabun County, Georgia | |
| 17 Tiger Cemetery Inscriptions and Clayton Baptist Church Cemetery |