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John Jones
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Jones Street in Savannah, Georgia, is named in Jones's honor
Birth name John Letton Jones
Born (1749-01-20)January 20, 1749
Died October 9, 1779(1779-10-09) (aged 30)
Place of birth Charleston, Province of South Carolina
Place of death Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Buried at Old Midway Church, Midway, Georgia, U.S.
Allegiance

Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors) Kingdom of Great Britain

Grand Union Flag United States of America
Service/branch Gadsden flag Continental Army
Rank Major
Battles/wars

John Letton Jones (January 20, 1749 – October 9, 1779) was a major in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was aide-de-camp to general William Howe and brigadier general Lachlan McIntosh.[1]

He was killed in the 1779 siege of Savannah. Jones Street in Savannah, Georgia, is now named for him.[2][3]

Early life[]

Jones was born to Joseph Lewis Jones and Mary Taliaferro in Charleston, Province of South Carolina, in 1749.[4][5]

Personal life[]

He married Mary Sharpe, daughter of James Sharpe and Mary Newton, on December 28, 1769. The couple had five children: Mary (1770), John (1772), Millicent (1774), Hannah (1778) and Joseph (1779).[5] One of his posthumous grandchildren was Charles Colcock Jones, son of John.[3]

Jones moved to coastal Georgia in the 1770s, purchasing a plantation in St. John's Parish.[3]

Death[]

Midway Church and Cemetery

Jones's burial place, Midway Church in Midway, Georgia

Jones was killed on October 9, 1779, in Savannah, Georgia, during the city's siege.[2] He was reportedly cut in two by a cannon shot during the assault on Spring Hill Redoubt (in today's Yamacraw Village).[6][7][8] Aged 30, he was interred in Midway Cemetery in Midway, Georgia,[9] around thirty miles southwest of Savannah. He had been living in nearby Sunbury.

His wife remarried, to major Philip Low.[4]

References[]

  1. "he Beautiful Row Houses on Jones Street by Lluba Lowry" (in en-US). 2021-02-21. https://lubalowry.com/postcardsfromsavannah/69. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Jones Street, Savannah, Ga". GoSouthSavannah. https://gosouthsavannah.com/historic-district-and-city/jones-street.html. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Makesi-Tehuti, Kamau (2006). How To Make A Negro Christian. Lulu.com. pp. 18. ISBN 9781411689268. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Greene, George Sears (1903). The Greenes of Rhode Island: With Historical Records of English Ancestry, 1534–1902. Knickerbocker Press. pp. 165. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie (1901). A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family. R. L. Bryan Company. pp. 140. 
  6. "Siege of Savannah During the American Revolutionary War" (in en-US). 2006-06-12. https://www.historynet.com/siege-of-savannah-during-the-american-revolutionary-war/. 
  7. McCall, Howard H. (2010). Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia. Genealogical Publishing Company. pp. 101. ISBN 9780806302195. 
  8. "Spring Hill Redoubt Historical Marker" (in en). https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=5475. 
  9. Index of the Rolls of Honor (ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volumes 1 to 160. 55–56. Press of Pierpont, Siviter & Company. 1920. 
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