his father: Benjamin Jones II
his mother: Mary Townes

 Both Benjamin and Elizabeth seem to have been born in South Carolina. The Jones families were in South Carolina for some time before the American Revolution. They were active in the Revolution with Adam Crain Jones, his grandfather, listed as a member of the militia.

1800 - Greenville Co., SC

M-32 roll 47                                 male    female  slaves
page 281    JONES Benjamin      31020-32010-00
page 277     MOON John             20010-10010-00

1820 - Greenville Co., SC census [United States Archives]
We still don't know which of the Moon family was the father of Mary Elizabeth Moon. According to the way I read the record she could be the child of John or Robert D. Moon. Assuming that she was at least 16 years old in 1832 she would have to be about 12 years old in 1820.

M-33 roll 120                               male    female
page 097     JONES Abner          100010 10100
page 086     JONES Adam          000010 10100
page 086     JONES Ambrose     200010-30010
page 086     JONES John            210001 30001
page 097     JONES John            620010 01210
page 097     JONES Richard       111201 42010
page 097     JONES Solomon     301201 43110
page 106     JONES Solomon     310201 43101
page 097     JONES William       000001 00000

page 092     MOON Jesse            000110 00100 (the only female here is 16-26 years old)
page 111     MOON John            000101 01101 ( one female 10-26 years old of the proper marriagable age by 1832 to be Mary Elizabeth, others 16-26 years old and 45 plus, John is probably the male 45 plus years)
page 079     MOON Robert D.    000200 10100 (female 0-10 years is possibly Mary Elizabeth and 16-26 the apparent mother)
page 111     MOON William       010101 00001(female 45 plus years)

 1850 - US census records show him in Laurens Co., S. C:
Benjamin Jones 40 m farmer $500 born in S.C. is here with the above listed children plus what appears to be a nephew, Silas Jones 18m, a farmer. [Laurens Co. p.318]

1857 Mary Octavia Jones marries W. S. Terry. in South Carolina. Mary is listed as daughter of Benjamin T. Jones of Laurens Dist. [Implied South Carolina Marriages. Vol. IV 1787-1875.p.127 and 207]
although Benjamin Jones middle initial is copied as a "T" rather than an "F" in this book the latter is correct based on the records and naming of his son, Benjamin Franklin Jones, and naming of W. S. Terry's son, B. F. Terry.

Benjamin F. Jones in the Deed of Trust of 30 January, 1857, registered 10 Feb. 1857 is giving to Mary Octavia Jones, his daughter, and William S. Terry, her husband, two twin slave girls, Flora and Laura, about eight years of age "for her sole and separate use". They are to be held in trust for her by H. A. Jones, (her uncle, Henry A. Jones, b. c.1817, lawyer 33 yrs in 1850 Abbeville census). .......... [Sec of State -Misc. Records S.C., Laurens Co., Bk. 2, p.532-533, Roll#Misc 16]

Benjamin Jones Jr. has moved on to Arkansas along with his sister Mary and brother-in-law, W. S. Terry. Ben Jr. had married W. S. Terry's sister, Sarah (Ann) Terry in 1857. Sarah died one year afterwards of typhoid and is buried in the Pisgah M. E. Church Cemetery in Fountain Inn, South Carolina with many other Terry relatives.
1861- Benjamin Jones is probably enlisted in the Confederate Army. Here he may have picked up his training for medicine and continues to practice as a physician.

1880-census. Howard County, Arkansas

 Mineral Springs, [National Archives Film T9-0046 Page 84b]     
       Benjamin JONES   self 75   M M W  Farmer         SC    Fa: SC  Mo: VA
       Catherine JONES  wife 53   F M W  Keeping House  SC    Fa: SC  Mo: SC
       Delton JONES     GSon 17   M S W  At School      SC    Fa: SC  Mo: SC

This record is very faint and difficult to read. Benjamin[Howard Co.,Village
of Muddy Fork, Muddy Fork Twp., ed 114, p.31, line 11 taken on the 22 June
1880]

      Benj F. Jones        (?43/?63 )       Physician         SC     SC    SC
             Susan J.         38     wife     keeping house     SC
             Susan W.         12     dau.     at school         SC
             Nancy  O.        10     dau.     at school         SC
             Ben. F.          7     (n/r)     at school         AR
             Mattie           5     (n/r)                       AR
             Nellie           2     (n/r)                       AR

Dr. B. F. Jones, aged 87 years one of the county's oldest and most highly respected citizens died at the family home at Muddy Fork Saturday morning about 8 o'clock his death resulting from the infirmities of old age. Funeral services were held at the Centre Point cemetery Sunday afternoon followed by burial in Centre Point cemetery.

 Dr. Jones was for many years a practicing physician in this county and was untiring in his efforts to relieve his fellow men. he was successful in his practice and amassed a competency, retiring from active practice a number of years ago and conducting the affairs of his large farm at Muddy Fork the balance of his useful life. For several years he had been practically blind and has been unable to look after the work on his place.

Dr. Jones is survived by his wife and six children as follows: Mrs. B. F. Hancock and Mrs. George Bryant of this city, Mr. W. D. Jones, Ozan; Mrs. Jim Scoggin and Mrs. Joe Darling, Muddy Fork; and Mrs. S. C. Marr, Ashdown. Deceased had a large circle of friends all over this part of the state and his funeral was largely attended by people from all over this section. The sympathies of the people of the community go out to the bereaved relatives in their loss.

 Cousin Robert Lee Jones says that B. F. Jones of Muddy Fork was H. A. Jones' nephew, the son of H. A.'s brother Ben F. Jones, P. C. Jones was also H. A. Jones' nephew, and brother of B. F. Jones of Muddy Fork.

1850 South Carolina census
Pursley, Larry S. 7500 Marriages from Ninety-Six and Abbeville Dist., SC 1774-1890, pp. 97-100.
South Carolina Marriages, Vol. IV. 1787 -1875, Implied in the Miscellaneous Records of South Carolina. 1994, Langdon and Langdon Genealogical Research, 132 Langdon Road, Aiken, SC 29801-9536
Sec of State -Misc. Records Bk. 2, p.532-533, Roll#Misc 16, South Carolina Archives,

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