Benjamin Jones I

Children
Adam Crain Jones*	b. 1722 Culpepper, Virginia	d. 1 Sep 1815 Abbeville, SC	m. Catherine Campell
Whitfield Jones*	b. c1724 Culpepper Co., VA	d. 19 Nov 1775 Fort 96	m.
Benjamin Jones*	b. 1726 Culpepper Co., VA*	d.	m.
Jones female child*	b. 1728 Culpepper Co., VA*	d. Long Cane Massacre*	m. according to family legend his family name was Rosmond

Children

Adam Crain Jones*

b. 1722 Culpepper, Virginia

d. 1 Sep 1815 Abbeville, SC

m. Catherine Campell

Whitfield Jones*

b. c1724 Culpepper Co., VA

d. 19 Nov 1775 Fort 96

Benjamin Jones*

b. 1726 Culpepper Co., VA*

Jones female child*

b. 1728 Culpepper Co., VA*

d. Long Cane Massacre*

m. according to family legend his family name was Rosmond

One early South Carolina court judgement lists John Fraser vs Benjamin Jones in 1717. Some land records put a Benjamin Jones in South Carolina by 1725 ahead of other suspected ancestors.[South Carolina Dept of Archives and Hist.]

About 1745 - Benjamin Jones may have been an immigrant to Virginia but so far we have not been able to prove that. Most researchers seem to think he lived in Culpepper Co., VA and moved to South Carolina with his family by 1749. [Gifford. LDS records online, 1999]

There are several Benjamin Jones in early records of South Carolina that I'm presently trying to sort out. Because there are several Benjamin Jones it is difficult to tell which person is attached to which record. Any help that I can get on this is most appreciated. Richard Jones believes that my Benjamin Jones may have been the son of John Jones who comes to the PeeDee river in 1738 with a group of thirty Welsh anabaptists from Delaware. They were given grants to about 2000 acres of land to establish a religious community which was first called Pee Dee Church but later changed to Welsh Neck Church. [emails of Richard Jones 12/28/08] The problem with this theory is that the Welsh Benjamin Jones is not supposed to be of legal age (25) in 1748. This is probably not for my Benjamin since he is projected to be too young if he is born in 1724 and unlikely to have the money or political clout to get a Land Grant of this size. The question still remains as to whether it could still be relative, say the brother of David Jones on Delaware who died in 1748. It also doesn't fit the ages of the children. I figure that my Benjamin has to have been born before 1700.

1738, August - John Jones files a land grant for 250 acres on James Neck up Pee Dee river.

"By virtue of a Precept bearing date the 20th day of July 1738 to me directed by James S John Esqr His Majestys Surveyor Gen. of this Province I have admeasured and laid out unto Mr John Jones a plantation or tract of land containing two hundred and fifty acres Situate of being in Craven County & within the Welsh tract on the Pee Dee river and on all other sides on vacant lands and hath such fors shapes buttings boundings and marked trees as are expressed in the above delineated plan. Certified this 28 day of
August 1738, by me George Pauley
D. Surveyor "[South Carolina Dept of Archives and Hist.]

Sept 30, 1736 - Benjamin Jones files for 500 acres in Craven County, S. C. This would place Benjamin Jones in the proper region at about the right time. Craven County constituted about the northern half of the present state of South Carolina and overlaps the Pee Dee river area. [South Carolina Dept of Archives and Hist.] This could be for my Benjamin since he is projected to be born in 1700 or earlier. He would have to have the money, life experience or political clout to get a Land Grant of this size. The question still remains as to whether it could still be relative, say the brother or unidentified son of David Jones in Delaware who died in 1748.

In 1741 John Jones has three other land grants that total about 750 more acres in the same Pee Dee river region. John's father David wills some property to his grandson in Delaware, see the records for John Jones.

I don't have a copy of the will or probate record for this family but I believe that one exists. Family tradition has it that the wife of Benjamin Jones is Elizabeth Crain/Crane. This is how Adam Crain Jones gets his middle name. I have been unable to confirm this without a marriage record or probate record. If someone out there has a copy I would like to have it for my files.

1760 - "The Long Canes Massacre" - A group of settlers in the outback area of South Carolina, near the present city of Troy, S. C. banded together by wagon train to leave the region due to the progressively more violent threats of Cherokee Indians. The hundred and fifty or so settlers had made it to Long Cane Creek where they were attacked by about a hundred Cherokee. Only twenty-three settlers were reported killed but several of them were children. Benjamin Jones was one of the settlers and his unnamed daughter who had married a Rosemond was supposed to have been killed here. No complete list of all the dead has been created. You can find out more on this web page. http://www.next1000.com/family/EC/LongCane.massacre.html

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Laurens                       Jones, John                         2                3       4             -      -
Laurens                       Jones, Thomas                    1                -        1             -        -
Laurens                       Jones, Thomas                    2                2       1             -        -

Ninety-Sixth Dist.	.	Free M+16 including hd. of household	Free M-16	Free Female	Other	Slaves
Abbeville	Jones, Adam Cr., Esq.	3	1	1	0	25
Abbeville	Jones, Adam Cr., Jr.	2	1	3	0	3
Laurens	Jones, Benjamin	4	-	5	-	6
Laurens	Jones, Benjamin	1	2	3	-	-
Spartanburg	Jones, Benj.	1	1	1	-	-
Union	Jones, Benjamin	1	4	1	-	1
Orangeburg	Jones, Benjamin	1	4	5	-	-