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Birth name | John Letton Jones |
Born | January 20, 1749 |
Died | October 9, 1779 | (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. |
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Rank | Major |
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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[]

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[]
- ↑ "he Beautiful Row Houses on Jones Street by Lluba Lowry" (in en-US). 2021-02-21. https://lubalowry.com/postcardsfromsavannah/69.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jones Street, Savannah, Ga". GoSouthSavannah. https://gosouthsavannah.com/historic-district-and-city/jones-street.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Makesi-Tehuti, Kamau (2006). How To Make A Negro Christian. Lulu.com. pp. 18. ISBN 9781411689268.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie (1901). A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family. R. L. Bryan Company. pp. 140.
- ↑ "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/.
- ↑ McCall, Howard H. (2010). Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia. Genealogical Publishing Company. pp. 101. ISBN 9780806302195.
- ↑ "Spring Hill Redoubt Historical Marker" (in en). https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=5475.
- ↑ 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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