This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ya.2ADI/621 Message Board Post: NEWS RELEASE William Britton JONES Cemetery Restoration Project The William Britton Jones Cemetery, aka Walker, Clark and Taylor Cemetery, is in disrepair: A group of volunteer descendants, collateral relatives and friends have planned the restoration, and will then complete the forming of a standing committee to maintain the cemetery for posterity. A harmonious Working Restoration Party will be the main effort on January 10-12, 2003, Friday, Saturday and ending Sunday with a dedication cemetery vigil. The base of operations will be at Mr. Willie Frank Harrell's place at 278 Golden Road, across from and near the Golden Nursing Home. A number of family historians and researchers will be attending. Participation is also expected by members of the Bay Springs Free Will Baptist Church, and the Wiregrass Genealogical Society. An open forum and casual dinner gathering will be held for participants and their relatives and friends at the Sugarberrys Restaurant outside Eastman, GA, Saturday, January 11, 7:00 PM (Cemetery Restoration Project). From Eastman, take U.S. 341 South 2 1/2 miles, turn left at Golf Cart World onto Pine Bluff Road, and the restaurant is about a half mile at 345 Pine Bluff Road. Rain dates are January 17-19. The cemetery is about five miles East of Eastman off Hwy 46 (past Airport Road) and between Golden Road, on Mr. Glyen Hickman's property. Located in the middle of farming land (Lot #205 in the 16th Land District, La: 31.9817, Lo:83.1469). Our sincere thanks to Mr. & Mrs. Hickman acquiring the land a few years ago and fully supporting the estoration project. Known graves in the cemetery: William Britton JONES (1797-1877) and wife ancy Ann RAFFIELD-JONES (1814-1889) and their infant son. John obert (Bob) JONES (1869-1944). G. W. WALKER d. Nov 5, 1927 and wife Sarah Frances DYKES-WALKER (1851-1925) (dau of Moses and Flora McNEIL-DYKES). D. M. F. NIXON. Elizabeth Jane RAFFIELD-FIELDS (1822-1890), wife of Jefferson Green FIELDS. William Britton JONES and his wife Nancy Ann RAFFIELD-JONES were pioneer settlers in Dodge County. They had nine children, and many of the JONES in Dodge County are their descendants: (1) John William JONES married Margaret TAYLOR, (2) Sarah Elizabeth JONES(died about age 6), (3) Eliza Ann JONES married William B. TAYLOR Jr., (4) Joseph Greenberry JONES married Martha Ann PEACOCK, (5) Robert M. JONES married Clementine PEACOCK and after her death married Sarah Jane ALLIGOOD, (6) Seaborn Andrew JONES(died about age 3), (7) Mary Edith JONES married Thomas MORGAN ROGERS, (8) Charles Jackson JONES married Millie Ann SEAY, and, (9) Nancy JONES married James Knox Polk MULLIS. Mr. Ed Dittmer of NC has done extensive ancestral research on this family, will be attending the January 10-12 restoration, and will have a number of copies of his 40-plus page research paper available for distribution to anyone interested. Elizabeth Jane RAFFIELD-FIELDS had three children: (1) Mary Ann FIELDS married Green Jackson TRIPP, (2) Joseph FIELDS married Elizabeth WARREN, and (3) Catherine Margaret FIELDS married William Franklin SWEARINGEN. Also, there are other graves that must be identified and recorded. If any information is known of others that are buried in the cemetery, the restoration group is interested in receiving the information: Lee Fields, 540 778-4807, 3558 Lucas Hollow Road, Stanley VA 22851, lfields@shentel.net . Fields will be staying at Eastman's Days Inn during the period January 8-12 for the restoration project, and would like to receive any known or suspected graves and ancestral information. A DNA information sheet for possible testing will be available for information and consideration. You may also volunteer to participate in the restoration effort. If so, contact Bill Livingston, Cochran GA, 478 934-2141, or Chad Smith, 517 Soperton Hwy, Eastman GA 478 374-2746. BYOT&S (bring your own tools and supplies). Should you desire to make a donation (NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE) for the direct cost associated with the restoration, primarily the fencing and for the continual maintenance, you may send to the Treasurer, Rick Hutto, payable William B. Jones Cemetery Fund, 1269 Jackson Springs Road, Macon GA 31211-1731.