I found a little info on Hasten / Hastin / Hastings Jones, who moved to Bradley County in about 1847-1849. He is said to have had many slaves and a large farm in Clay Township, Bradley County. He lived in Bradley County for about 12 years, then about 1860 moved on to Texas. His first name has been found spelled as the above. We will use the name Hasten Jones, as it is found in the 1860 Slave Census of Bradley County, taken on August 11, 1860. At the time of the 1860 Slave Census, Hasten Jones was living in Clay Township of Bradley County. He is noted as having 17 slaves. Hasten Jones was born May 25, 1815 in Dallas County, Alabama and died on August 24, 1878 in Reagan, Falls County, Texas. Hasten Jones is believed to have been the son of Matthew Jones of North Carolina. Hasten Jones married Martha Goodman on December 29, 1839 in Dallas County, Alabama. Martha Goodman Jones was born February 25, 1825, died February 3, 1850 in Warren, Bradley County, Arkansas. I have not been able to located what cemetery she is buried in. Children of Hasten and Martha G. Jones are: Margaret Ann Jones, born August 17, 1841 in Alabama Wesley S. Jones, born January 28, 1847 in Mississippi Joanna Frances Jones, born May 29, 1849 in Arkansas, died November 6, 1849, in Arkansas. I have not found the cemetery where Joanna F. Jones is buried. The 1850 Census of Clay Township, Bradley County has only Hasten Jones and his 3 children listed. Hasten Jones is listed as age 35, born in Alabama, farmer, value of real estate $700., daughter Margaret A., age 9, born in Alabama; Wesley S., age 6, born in Mississippi, James M., age 3 born in Arkansas. No listing for daughter Joanna as she had died. This census was recorded on October 19, 1850. On October 20, 1850, Bradley County, Arkansas, Hasten Jones married Mary Ann Hanna. Mary Ann Hanna is the daughter of Alexander Hanna and Rosanna Hanna, living at the time of the 1850 Census in Warren Township, Bradley County, Arkansas. Mary Ann's age is listed as 26 and being born in Tennessee. Mary Ann Hanna Jones birth is noted as January 22, 1825 in Tennessee. Other family info has her birth in Carroll County, Georgia. Between their marriage in 1850 to 1860, it is noted that six children were born, all in Bradley County, Arkansas. First was: Mary Rosanna "Babe" Jones, born August 8, 1851, married to William B. DeWalt. next was: Alexander L. "Zan" Jones, born March 11, 1853, married Elizabeth "Eliza" Cornelison. next was: William Mortimer "Mort" Jones, born August 3, 1854 next was: Sarah Jane Jones, born December 1, 1855, died on December 29, 1855, in Bradley County, Arkansas. next was: Alonzo Pennington "Lon" Jones, born December 3, 1856, married Mary Lydia "Mamie" Cornelison. next was: Ann Eliza "Annie" Jones, born December 26, 1858, married Samuel Fletcher Barclay. It is said that about 1860, Hasten Jones moved his family to Polk County, Texas where he purchased 320 acres of land. About 1870 he moved again to Reagan Community, Falls County, Texas. Quote from a grandson Hastings L. Jones, "Hasten Jones migrated from Arkansas in 1860 to Polk County, Texas, he had a wagon train, cattle, horses and other stock. A large number of slaves..also were moved". Hasten Jones and his wife, Mary Ann Hanna Jones are buried in the Blue Ridge Cemetery in Falls County, Texas. Hasten Jones and children were one of the many families that moved from the Dallas County, Alabama area in about 1847 to 1849 to Bradley County, Arkansas. Coyal Maxey Gorman Minden, Louisiana