Jones' of Poca District
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Jones' of Poca District


Taken from SISSONVILLE A TIME TO REMEMBER pg. 98 submitted by Kenneth "Kayo" Cavender

Moses Wheeler Jones was from Maryland. His wife was Sarah Brown. Moses was b. 1776, died between 1850 and 1860. Sarah was born 1781 or 1876 and was still living 1860 per the Census for Kanawha Co. They were married in 1805 in Maryland. From Maryland, Moses and his wife moved to Lewis Co. VA., now West Virginia. Some of his children were born there. We then find his family in Kanawha Co. on Turkey Wing Run, a branch of Raccoon Creek of Poca River in the 1850 Census. I have thirteen children listed for Moses and Sarah, but have been told there were eighteen. There were three sets of twins in this family. I have spent weeks on this family-there are more Jones' than bean bugs. I could take the Jones family and defeat the USSR. There are six different Jones families in Kanawha Co. Some of his children are: Samuel b. 1807, Sarah b. 1809, Hieskel b.1810, Thomas b. 1811, William b. 1812, Archibald b. 1815, Edward C. b. 1818, Benjamin b. 1820, Henry b. 1822, Washington b. 1829, John b. 1831, Sarah and Frances M. (twins) b. 1833. Henry, Moses ninth child, married Catherine Dooley b. 1822 and lived on Aaron Fork of Little Sandy and he owned 35.60 acres of land valued at $213.60. Then we find him on Bostic Branch of Grapevine, Poca District, Sissonville. I will just carry one line of the Jones family as the Jones are a book in itself. Henry's children are: Thomas P. b. 1848, Emily b. 1850, Andrew J. b. "Alex" b. 1852 or 1856, Robert b. 1854, Noah b. 1858, Louisa and Lousanna (twins) b. 1860. Andrew J. "Alex" a grandson of Moses and son of Henry and Catherine Dooley Jones, married Susan Jordan b. 1856, died 1943. Their children: Juliet "Kate" b. 1875, Henry b. 1876, Louisa b. 1878, Fanny b. ?,d. Lewis b. 1886, died 1948, Media, Elsie, Fred b. 1-18-1899, d. 2-9-1985, Estha, Annie, Liza and Radie.


Submitted by Linda Secco ([email protected]) on Sat Mar 21 08:14:59 1998

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