Ok, so my mother said that she was told that one of her Jones ancestors was governor (she thought maybe VA but did not know) she said that his brother was hung for being a horse thief. Does that make us related? ;-) Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "jenjoet" <jenjoet@rof.net> To: <JONES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [Jones] Early Joneses > Hi I have heard a story about stealing horses from one of my relative. > Sorry, this person passed on and could not get any more of this. But it > was not Jones, the James boys did stealing horses from Jones and Graves in > Kansas or possiblity in Missouri. Joe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LEE JONES" <ALeeJones@webtv.net> > To: <JONES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:48 PM > Subject: [Jones] Early Joneses > > > > I think the real story is that at one time everyone was named > > JONES...Some of them started stealing horses and had to change their > > names.... > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >