This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lg.2ADE/74.1 Message Board Post: I believe that Elizabeth's maiden name was Thompson. It's believed she died around 1830 and is buried in Panola or Rusk County Texas when the family emigrated to Texas after Thomas died. Joseph P Jones ws my G.G.G. Grandfather and he received a Mexican land grant in Milam County for one league of land (4,428 acres) in 1834 at what is now known as Jones Prairie, Texas. Later he was killed by Indians in what is known as the Battle Creek Massacre in Navaro County on October 6, 1838.