The name Jonesborough could have possibly come from Jonesboro Ill . I had Treas ancestors who lived in Jonsboro Il first and followed land grants to the Walnut Ms area later. This would be in the 1830era. Chuck Treece OpusLola@aol.com wrote: >While I cannot name a family that Jonesborough was named for, I will tell >you that some historians have theorized that the name was transferred from >another place with the same name, either in S. Carolina or N. Carolina, Ga., etc. > >But, if you look around you may notice that there is a Jones Creek that runs >thru the area, and it is quite likely, to me at least, that this creek must >have been named by some Jones family or after some Jones, etc. I have looked >at the early census records of the area and it appears to me that there were >a few Jones candidates available for use by both the town and the creek. I >do not have that information available at present, but you should be able to >find out for yourselves, just check the 1840 Census, etc. > >Ron Hughes > > >==== MSTIPPAH Mailing List ==== >Don't forget to ask those older folks about their pictures. You know they have them stashed away somewhere. > > > > >