Whoever said "you can run, but you can not hide"...never did any geneology, HUH? I'm looking for the parents of James Alfred Jones......here's a brief: James Alfred Jones, b 22 Feb 1832, Bulloch Co, GA; d 29 Dec 1886, Manatee Co, Fl. Married Sarah Patience Rawls, b 1838, Fl, d 11 Aug 1899, Manatee Co, Fl. Both are buried in Fortner Cem, Parrish, Manatee , Fl. Married 24 Aug 1854, Sarah lived in Marion Co, Fl at the time and James may have also. They had 14 children... Martha Ann,b 3 Sep 1855 d 7 Jul 1924, married a Drymon; Charles Wesley, b 4 Jul 1857 d 7 Feb 1865, Matthew Carson, b 25 Jul 1858, d28 Feb 1951 m Martha Lamb Mary Jane b 25 Jul 1860 d 2 Feb 1923 m John Craig James Simeon b 7 Jan 1862 d4 Dec 1906 m Ruby Sparkman Cassandra Patience b14 May 1863 d _____, m Daniel Sparkman, ___Pipkin Elva b15 Aug 1866 d 22 Dec 1907 m___Smith, ____Scott George Rawls b 8 Jun 1868 d 6 Jun 1947 Thomas Quentin b 15 Aug 1870 d1959 m Loretta____, Anna Wallace Emily b 1 Apr 1872 William Edward b29 Oct 1873 d 24 Aug 1898 Walter b28 May 1875 d 8 Nov 1898 Elbert Zedikiah b 5 Jul 1878 d 12 May 1947 m Maggie Penelope Dampier Florence Blanchard b 1881 Sarah's parents were George Rawls and Mary Hodges. George died 1862 at Antietam wearing a grey uniform. Some relatives were told that a family Bible stated that-..- Simeon Jones was from New York and married to Nancy Driggers. They were the parents of James Alfred Jones-..- That is as close as I have gotten to James's parents. Altho, the names Simon Jones, Mary Driggers and William E Jones have been flashed across my screen a couple of times!!!! James may have had brothers Thomas J, Jerome and Mathew. Story goes that George Rawls took James's place in the CSA and was killed in 1862. James later took up with the USA and took part in some raids along the west coast of Fla. Anyway, he showed back up in Manatee Co in 1870. A "vigilante" group in 1886, with some Rawls boys in tow, confronted James and later hanged him...but he didn't die for two weeks later!!! Well, there it is in a nutshell....any cousins out there? Love and Peace Graham Jones<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>