Hello Karli. There is always hope! There is a record dated 29 April 1768 in which the then governor of NC (Tyron) grants 200 acres of land to Wylie Jones, Solomon Alston and Joseph Montfort. This land was in Mechlenburg Co, on both side of "2nd Broad River". This was a very difficult time for those in NC. The western settlers were rebelling against the eastern "establishment" and was about to lead to the Battle of Alamance where over 200 western settlers, called Regulators, where killed. Two key political leaders on the "eastern" side were an Allen Jones, and a Willie Jones. It would not surprise me that Willie, Wyllie, Wylie where of the same group. I have abstracted the Colonial Records of the state of NC, 1662 - 1776, for the JONES SURNAME, and this research is available at the Joseph Wheeler Jones Memorial Library, Danville, KY. This would give you a chronological abstract of the JONES surname in NC and some of the historical content which often helps in sorting out the various JONES groups. Hope this is helpful. Jerry.

My elusive Jones was born in VA abt 1750. Don't know what part of VA. His first name is JAMES, making things more difficult. Even worse, he married a Sarah JOHNSON! They were in Orange Co NC by 1774 where a son James Jr was born. James Jr grew up to be a preacher, most likely Baptist, and married Naomi Baker. We believe he had 16 kids and was married twice. He died before 1850 and there is nothing to show the names of his children except one, Calvin S B Jones, born in 1822.... and that is my GGgrandfather, who lived in Chatham Co NC. I welcome ANY leads at all to finding these James Joneses and their children. <sigh> Nancy dotsicle

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [Jones] Re: Jones Genealogist/Wylie Jones | Hello Karli. There is always hope! There is a record dated 29 April 1768 in | which the then governor of NC (Tyron) grants 200 acres of land to Wylie This was scary!!! I was sitting here staring at another JONES email from Jonesgenealogist and this new email popped up....Wylie JONES. I wondered what the chance was that anyone would have any info on this particular JONES. I have lost my information on my line and all I remember of the early information is the name Wylie JONES. I think I have broken all the laws of the JONES list sending this reply so I will go hide and later, when it is safe, I will come back out on my limbless tree and contact the JonesGene Have a good day.... MaryAnn SMITH