Just to share. When I was in jr high school in the late 50s, the prinicpal of Horace Mann JHS was Mr. Leon Taliferro. His wife Elizabeth T taught civics and government at Th Jeffeson HS. By then, they would have had grown children, even gr children. I had her as a senior in 1963. As a teacher, she was of the old school, professorial, dull, boring. But she was a wonderful, fair, knowledgeable teacher. We did laugh now and then. Lectured. She was active some professional AUW organization. I suposed they retired from SAISD. Carole Beth Arnette San Antonio, TX nautilus@satx.rr.com if you wish, I can check the SA city directories for an address, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "W. Chris Jones" <wchrisj@bellsouth.net> To: <JONES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 10:37 AM Subject: [Jones] Jones-Hardin-Taliaferro (NC>GA in the 1790's) > Yes...old subject, new wrinkle. > > The previous earliest known information on this line came from 1926 booklet on Historic Georgia Families by Rigsby which identified John L. Jones and wife Lucy Taliaferro receiving land via her father's (Dr. John Taliaferro) will next to Joseph Jones in Wilkinson County, GA in 1821/1822. John L. Jones was viewed as being from Surry County, NC or Virginia. It has since been learned that John L. Jones was brother to Joseph (mentioned above) and Thomas and Hiram Jones who were in Wilkinson County by the 1820 census. The following 2 recently discovered queeries shed new light on the origins of the Jones brothers. > > The DAR Magazine of July 1916, page 41, #4462, Lingo. "As I am the great granddaughter of Elijah Lingo who married Mary Hardin Taliaferro....Mary Hardin Taliaferro was the daughter of Dr. John and Mary (Hardin) Taliaferro of Surry Co., NC. Elija drew a bounty land on Fishing Creek, Baldwin County, GA, where he died in 1822. Mary H. Lingo died in 1826. From Mrs. S. J. Jones. > > The DAR Magazine of December 1916 Vol. XLIX #6, page 394, query 4859, Jones-Hardin. John L. Jones Jr. of Morgan District Wilkes County NC was b. December 8, 1776 and married Lucy, daughter of Dr. John and Mary (Hardin) Taliaferro. He was the son of John L. Jones who was living in Morgan District Wilkes County NC in 1790 according to the census with 4 males > under 16 and two females in his family. John Taliaferro was living in the same District with 3 females in his family in 1790. His wife Mary Hardin was the daughter of Henry Hardin who was also living there with 1 male under 16 and 3 females in 1790." > > ----- > > I've looked all through the GA Archives and am unable to tie the land in Baldwin County to any of the Georgia lotteries, etc. I believe that his land may have been in Hancock County, GA which later became Baldwin County. There are no records of John Taliaferro receiving a land grant in GA so I assume he must have purchased or settled on it. Fishing Creek in Baldwin County is near the land that Madison Monroe Jones obtained from William F. Jones (originally obtained from John Gabriel Jones) in the late 1870's. > > Does anyone have any insights on John L. Jones, Sr. in the Wilkes County, NC area in 1790 and before? Thank you. > > > Chris Jones > Roswell, GA > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the listowner at jones-admin@rootsweb.com > For detailed instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing visit this site: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jones.html > browse the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/jones > search the archives: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JONES > Unusual JONES given names, http://members.aol.com/stjones/jones/oddnames.html >