I63358: James Ellis CORLEY (1845

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"married Mary Jane Lyons 20 OCT 1864. Child: Sarah Frances Corley married Peter Ford (This is my great grandparents)." ^[S2044]

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COLONEL HILARY P. JONES

Lieutenant-Colonel Hilary P. Jones was, before the war, a prominent educator of Virginia, and standing high in his profession. He entered the army as an officer of artillery and soon was major of a battalion. He participated in the battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill and White Oak Swamp Bridge during the Seven Days' battles around Richmond, June 26th to July 1, 1862. During these operations his battalion was attached to Gen. D. H. Hill's division. He shared also in the marches and battles of the Maryland campaign. Just before the battle of Chancellorsville he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of artillery, and with his battalion took and active part in that most wonderful of all Lee's long series of brilliant victories.

Colonel Jones was also in the Pennsylvania campaign and shared in the hardships and dangers that culminated in the great conflict of Gettysburg. During Ewell's march through the valley, while on the way to Gettysburg, Jones' artillery of twenty pieces, by a sudden attack upon the enemy's works near Winchester, prepared the way for the gallant advance of the brigade of General Hays, which swept away all opposition. The excellence of his work on this occasion is testified to be Lieutenant-General Ewell and Brigadier-General Pendleton in their reports of the Gettysburg campaign. General Early, in his report of this same affair says, "All the arrangements of Colonel Jones and the conduct of himself and his artillery, were admirable and have not been surpassed during the war." Again speaking of Gettysburg, General Early
says: "The conduct of Lieutenant Jones and his artillery battalion at Winchester was admirable."

At the opening of the campaign of 1864, Colonel Jones was with his battalion under the command of General Beauregard and participated in the battles near Drewry's Bluff, winning again admirable mention from General's Beauregard and Whiting. In the fall of 1864 he was in
command of all the artillery of Anderson's corps, four battalions, and had been promoted to the rank of colonel. He participated also in the campaign which closed at Appomattox.

After the war Colonel Jones went back to his old profession of teaching. Confederate Military History, Extended Division, Vol. IV, "Virginia." Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publication Co.,
(1899) 1987, p. 968-9

Stonewall Jackson's Corps was formed in October 1862 when the Army of Northern Virginia was reorganized into two Corps, and Longstreet and Jackson were promoted to lieutenant general. In
Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill's Division Maj. Hilary P. Jones was the
Chief of Artillery. There were nineteen brigades in the Second
Corps, divided into four divisions. (Confederate Veteran
magazine, April 1925, p. 131)

GETTYSBURG

So on after that familiar (rebel) yell, and a salvo of
artillery which followed, almost immediately there appeared from
the Confederate left, from behind the elevation opposite Dole's
front, a mass of broken and fleeing Federal soldiers, pursued by
cheering Confederates, who fired an occasional shot at the
fleeing mass. The entire line formed of the two divisions of the
Eleventh Corps immediately crumbled into a broken and
ungovernable mass.
As the fugitives passed across the front of Reese's Battery
in its wild flight toward the town, rapid shots, accompanied by
such cheers as only Confederates could give, were fired at them.

To shoot at a flying foe gives an artilleryman more ecstatic
pleasure than any other duty connected with his gruesome
business, especially if the foeman has shown stubborn tenacity in
his effort to retin his position. This fire was continued until
the pursuers were endangered by its continuance. The battery,
with the other batteries of Carter's Battalion, was limbered up;
the cannoneers mounted the limber chests (something not often
permitted), and galloped into the town of Gettysburg, distant
slightly less than a mile from the position just vacated. As it
moved toward the retreating Federals, who had shown more
determination on the Confederate right and were right inclined to
move away, the guns were again unlimbered and fired at the
pugnacious remnant who would defy the victorious Confederates,
and a shot or two invariably drove them off.
The troops which approached on Rodes's left, and were
followed by the supposed frightful train of army wagons, were
Early's Division. The artillery which fired the welcome shots
were twelve guns of Lieut. Col. Hilary P. Jones, commanding the
battalion which was attached to that division. The position held
by Jones enabled him to enfilade both the Federal infantry and
Wilkinson's Battery, operated with that force.... Confederate
Veteran magazine, Jan. 1923, p. 24

HANOVER ACADEMY

This house was built in 1840 and was the home of Hilary
Jones. The academy was one of the first private schools in the
area, having been transferred from Caroline County in 1849 by
Col. Lewis Minor Coleman, later a professor of Latin at the
University of Virginia. Hilary Jones and his brother, Horace,
operated the school after Col. Coleman's departure and educated
many prominent men of the time, before closing in 1889.
This house served as the headmaster's home and as a
classroom building. It was surrounded by cottages for the
students, one of which still stands. The building is well
preserved with beautiful floors, mantels, and doors with the
original wrought iron locks and brass knobs. It is located on
Ridge Road, now Route 738.
(From Old Homes of Hanover County, Virginia. Hanover, Va.:
The Hanover County Historical Society, 1983, p. 84 [with photos
of the building and of one of the cottages])

Virginia 1870 Census of Hanover County lists Hillary [sic]
Jones age 36; no Horace Jones listed.

STATUE OF R. E. LEE

At the elaborate and extensive ceremonies relating to the
unveiling of the statue of Robert E. Lee at Richmond, Hilary P.
Jones was one of the marshalls "on their prancing horses." This
took place on May 29, 1890. Ten thousand people attended the
arrival of the statue on four rail cars on May 4, and took part
in pulling the statue to its pedestal on Franklin Street. There
was a huge military ball on May 28, the parade and unveiling on
May 29, and "that night there were brilliant fireworks and
countless receptions and parties both public and private, and so
the end of an era reached a brilliant and dramatic conclusion."
(Small part of long article in "Squires Scrapbooks," Vol. III, p.
108, by W. H. T. Squires, published in the Norfolk, Va.,
Ledger-Dispatch, Jan. 18, 1945.)

Col. H. P. Jones was a parade marshall at the Confederate veterans' parade in Norfolk, Va., per "Squires Scrapbooks," Vol. II, p. 16, published May 11, 1939.

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Child 1: Sancho VI the wise of Navarre, King of Navarre, b. AFT 1132
Child 2: Blanche of Navarre, b. AFT 1133
Child 3: Margarita

Married 24 JUN 1144, León to Alfonso, Urraca of Castile

Child 4: Sancha
Child 5: Garcés, Rodrigo, Cte di Montescaglioso

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Children
Muriel SWANN
Dorthy SWANN
Basil SWANN
Pencesleah SWANN b May 1748 m. William Williams (Husband)
Marriage: in Caswell County, NC
Aquilla SWANN
Thomas Burch SWANN
Joseph SWANN b: 24 SEP 1756
Samuel SWANN b: 11 JAN 1740

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2 Henry TURNER b: ABT. 1730 d: UNKNOWN

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Birthdate for son James is 1794 after her supposed death date.

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Children:
Elizabeth S WASHINGTON b: 20 JAN 1785 + Thornton BERNARD + T H STORKE
John A WASHINGTON b: 28 DEC 1787 d: 24 OCT 1802
Sally A WASHINGTON b: 14 DEC 1789 d: 12 SEP 1830 + Philip H MINOR
Henry WASHINGTON b: 26 NOV 1792
Hannah S WASHINGTON b: 15 MAR 1794 d: 17 SEP 1794
William S J WASHINGTON b: 26 JAN 1796 d: 19 AUG 1834 Mary West Washington on 14 Oct 1828
Robert West Washington b: 28 Dec 1797 married Sarah Fisher on 28 Jan 1828.
Hannah West WASHINGTON b: 7 DEC 1800 d: 21 JAN 1801
Mary West WASHINGTON b: 1 JAN 1802
George WASHINGTON b: 22 MAR 1804 d: 16 AUG 1806
Robert C WASHINGTON b: 22 MAR 1804 d: MAY 1867
Thornton Bernard WASHINGTON b: 14 DEC 1805
Peggy WASHINGTON b: 1 JUN 1808 d: 26 JUN 1892
Thomas Spence WASHINGTON b: 29 AUG 1811 d: 10 SEP 1811

My Southern Family

James Ellis CORLEY

1845 - ____

ID Number: I63358

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Anne GODBOLD

____ - ____

ID Number: I69613

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Col. Hilary Pollard JONES C.S.A.

13 Jul 1833 - ____

ID Number: I86133

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ALEXANDER LINDSAY 7th Earl of Crawford

ABT 1443 - Jul 1517

ID Number: I38154

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Edward Earl MEADE

King GARCIA IV Ramriez "The Restorer" de NAVARRE of Navarre

AFT 1110 - 21 Nov 1150

ID Number: I15379

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Allison Anne SHAFER

Burch SWANN

ABT 1710 - 1754

ID Number: I50754

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Henry TURNER

ABT 1730 - ____

ID Number: I94817

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Frankee WARD

ABT 1763 - BET 1791 AND 0000

ID Number: I25550

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Henry WASHINGTON

ABT 1765 - 20 May 1812

ID Number: I54075

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