This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hcB.2ACE/2340.1.1 Message Board Post: This is the information from that Family Tree Book by R. Wayne Bratcher, which was compiled and printed in 1988: "The earliest date found in his estate records is September 4, 1846 so William evidently died sometime in August 1846. These estate records are on file in Roll #1064 Anderson County, South Carolina Probate Judges Office. The exact location of his grave is unknown but he is said to be buried on the property he owned in the Six & Twenty Creek area of Anderson County. Family tradition has it that William was married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown. His second wife was Anna Estee. Just when Anna was born is unclear. On page 171 of the 1830 census of Anderson County, South Carolina, there is a female age 50/60 who was born about. 1770/80 in the household of William Alexander Jones. On page 168 of the 1840 census there is a female age 50/60 who was born about. 1780/90 in the household of William Alexander Jones. It is possible that the woman in the 1830 census was William's first wife and the woman in the 1840 census was Anna, William's second wife. Anna died in 1847 ! probably in October. Her estate is found in Roll #1128 of the Probate Judges records. Wilson is thought to be the oldest child and Hampton Riley the youngest. Very little is known about the other five children or which of William's wives were their mother. Since William Jones was the administrator of Anna's estate it is assumed that Anna was his mother. Family tradition has it that William lived in lower Greenville County before moving to Anderson District. Just when this move occurred is unknown but the land records is the Anderson County Clerk of Courts records show William bought three parcels of land on October 25, 1825 in Anderson District. These parcels were: 180 acres from James Baily on Little Beaverdam Creek 266 acres from Joseph R. Terrill on the Seneca River 500 acres from William King on Little Beaverdam Creek On November 12, 1839, William bought from Thomas L. Carpenter 379 acres on 26 Mile Creek. Also on November 12, 1839, Wilson Jones (William's oldest son) bought 112 acres from Samuel Cherry on 26 Mile Creek. On September 10, 1841, William bought from Thomas L. Carpenter 50 acres adjacent to Thomas Wilson. This land on 26 Mile Creek is evidently the land William owned at the time of his death. According to the census William owned 16 slaves in 1830 and 5 in 1840. William's estate sold for $2,115.49 on November 1846."