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This was posted on the Jones-L list and I thought it might be of interest to
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This is a little long but hopefully will tie in somewhere!

CHARLES STUART JONES b. ca 1815 in SC m. Methany Grubbs ca 1836.  =
Methany b. ca 1822 Fairfield District, South Carolina. 

CHARLES JONES, according to info from the US Postal Service received in =
Nov 1975, was postmaster in JONESVILLE, SC with an appointment date of =
May 9, 1828.  The next postmaster was appointed on June 2, 1831.  They =
state that this is recorded in the National archives and records service =
in Washington D.C.  The Postal Service in JONESVILLE also sent a copy of =
a general history of JONESVILLE.  Perhaps some of you may find this =
excerpt interesting:

        The district for UNION COUNTY was first settled about 1775 by =
emigrants from Virginia.  Tradition says that the earliest emigrants =
came on horseback with their earthly possessions on pack-horses, and =
that they lived in tents until log cabins could be built.

        JONESVILLE is located in the heart of the Piedmont, in the =
northern part of UNION COUNTY, on the Columbia and Asheville division of =
the Southern Railroad, nine miles north of Union and eighteen miles =
south of Spartanburg.  In primitive times the Piedmont belt was =
described as "indeed a goodly land, a land of rivers of watr, of springs =
sent into the valleys, which run among the hills; of forest goodly like =
Lebanon, or the oaks of Bashan, with their grassy carpet, or their =
tangled vines; of wooded mountains or rolling hills and undulating =
plains.

        JONESVILLE had its beginning around the year 1770, but no influx =
of settlers was noted until some fifty to seventy-five years afterward.  =
However, there were a few brave settlers who came to the spot to make =
their homes during the ensueing years.  Although there were no Indian =
settlements in the vicinity of the town, the Catawbas were on one side =
and the Cherokees on the other and close enough to visit the vicinity =
often.

        The first house built in JONESVILLE was fortified against the =
attacks of the Indians by having an inlay of brick between weather =
boarding and the ceiling to ward off their shots.  This house was called =
the Block House; and it was built and owned by the clerk of the court, =
John Haile, who at that time also  owned a vast amount of land in and =
around JONESVILLE.  This house was later owned by members of the Long =
family.

        The next pioneer settler was CHARLES JONES, for whom JONESVILLE =
took its name.  MR. JONES built a large two-story brick house one mile =
north of the Southern Depot, which is still in a good state of =
preservation and is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Littlejohn.

        The brick house was on what was known then as the Old State Road =
and was called the Way Side Inn.  This house was the Exchange Post for =
the Stage-coach Line from Charleston, SC to Asheville, NC, and it was =
here at the brick house that the hourses were changed and the mails and =
passengers going either way were brought.  CHARLES JONES' home served as =
the first post office, and he was the first postmaster for Jonesville.  =
The records from the Post Office Department in Washington, D. C., show =
his postmaster's appointment on May 9, 1828.  It was here at the brick =
house that CHARLES JONES served the public with mail and something to =
eat as well as being a school teacher.  He taught school in a small log =
school house, which was in the church yard at Gilead, located about a =
mile east of JONESVILLE.  This buildilng was also used as a union church =
until other churches were built.  Rev. A.J. James preached there on =
Sunday afternoons for members of the Presbyterian faith.

        One of the daughters of CHARLES JONES married a MENG and owned =
the old FOWLER place a few yards in the rear of the church.  At her =
death she left additional land for the use of the church.  Another =
daughter of JONES married WILLIAM T. EISON, a well known farmer and =
largest slave owner in UNION COUNTY.  There are many of the EISON family =
in UNION COUNTY who are descendants of WILLIAM T. EISON.  General Morgan =
and his army spent the night around this house shortly before the =
historic battle of the Cowpens."

        Although there are no additional mention of "Jones", three and =
1/2 additional pages of very interesting JONESVILLE history are =
available if anyone is interested. 

OTHER INFO ON MY CHARLES JONES.  The Jones Family were Scotch-Irish and =
migrated from Pennsylvania State to South Carolina.  Charles was born in =
South Carolina about 1815 and married Matheny Grubbs, also from South =
Carolina.  He is listed on the Shelby County, Texas Census of 1850 as 35 =
years old and Matheny as 28.  The census also listed the following =
children: 
 Amances, age 12, M, b. in Alabama;
 Coleman, age 11, M, b. in Alabama;
 Foster, age 9, M, b. in Texas;
 Catherine, age 7, F, b. in Texas;
 Charles, age 5, M, b. in Texas;
 Grachery, age 4, M, b. in Texas
 Enoch, age 1, M, b. in Texas
The Shelby County Texas Census of 1880, Precinct No. 3 lists the =
following:
 Jones, Charles, age 65, occupation farming, b. Texas, with
  father & mother born in South Carolina.
 H. E., wife, age 46, b. in Alabama, with father & mother also born
  in Alabama
 Barnes, Victoria, stepdaughter, age 14, b. in Louisiana, with father
  b. in South Carolina and mother b. in Alabama=09
        Charles Stuart Jones, his wife and family, came to the Republic =
of Texas January 9, 1840.  He served in the War between Texas Republic =
and Mexico and for his services he received four grants of land, 640 =
acres each, in several different counties.  Charles' family may have =
remained in Alabama while he served in this war.
        The Civil War, or War Between the States was from 1861-1865.  =
Charles Stuart Jones did not fight in this war.  He was left behind to =
help care for the women and children near Patroon, Texas.
Charles was a farmer and the 1850 census, Shelby County, Texas, shows =
living with them was James Madagon, 39, a laborer, born in Ireland.  The =
1850 census also lists five slaves.  The 1860 census lists him as owner =
of seven slaves.

MY TIE-IN
1.  CHARLES STUART JONES & METHANY GRUBBS
        2.  ENOCH GRUBBS JONES b. 3/6/1849 TX d. 3/13/1903 Noble, TX & =
CATHERINE ELIZABETH DOGGETT
                3.WILLIE LESLIE JONES b. 12/24/1879 Patroon, Shelby Co, =
TX d. 11/11/1957 Zwolle, LA  & LULA MELLIE BROWN
                        4.  SYBIL JONES b. 3/19/1911 Loring, Sabine =
Parish, LA d.  12/14/1994 Leesville, Vernon Parish, LA & ALVIN A. HARDIN =
 (My parents)


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This is a little long but hopefully =
will tie in
somewhere! 
 
CHARLES STUART JONES b. ca 1815 in =
SC m. Methany
Grubbs ca 1836.  Methany b. ca 1822 Fairfield District, South
Carolina.  
 
CHARLES JONES, according to info from the US Postal =
Service
received in Nov 1975, was postmaster in JONESVILLE, SC with an =
appointment date
of May 9, 1828.  The next postmaster was appointed on June 2, =
1831. 
They state that this is recorded in the National archives and records =
service in
Washington D.C.  The Postal Service in JONESVILLE also sent a copy =
of a
general history of JONESVILLE.  Perhaps some of you may find this =
excerpt
interesting:
 
        The
district for UNION COUNTY was first settled about 1775 by emigrants from =

Virginia.  Tradition says that the earliest emigrants came on =
horseback
with their earthly possessions on pack-horses, and that they lived in =
tents
until log cabins could be built.
 
       
JONESVILLE is located in the heart of the Piedmont, in the northern part =
of
UNION COUNTY, on the Columbia and Asheville division of the Southern =
Railroad,
nine miles north of Union and eighteen miles south of Spartanburg.  =
In
primitive times the Piedmont belt was described as "indeed a goodly =
land, a
land of rivers of watr, of springs sent into the valleys, which run =
among the
hills; of forest goodly like Lebanon, or the oaks of Bashan, with their =
grassy
carpet, or their tangled vines; of wooded mountains or rolling hills and =

undulating plains.
 
       
JONESVILLE had its beginning around the year 1770, but no influx of =
settlers was
noted until some fifty to seventy-five years afterward.  However, =
there
were a few brave settlers who came to the spot to make their homes =
during the
ensueing years.  Although there were no Indian settlements in the =
vicinity
of the town, the Catawbas were on one side and the Cherokees on the =
other and
close enough to visit the vicinity often.
 
        The
first house built in JONESVILLE was fortified against the attacks of the =
Indians
by having an inlay of brick between weather boarding and the ceiling to =
ward off
their shots.  This house was called the Block House; and it was =
built and
owned by the clerk of the court, John Haile, who at that time also  =
owned a
vast amount of land in and around JONESVILLE.  This house was later =
owned
by members of the Long family.
 
        The
next pioneer settler was CHARLES JONES, for whom JONESVILLE took its =
name. 
MR. JONES built a large two-story brick house one mile north of the =
Southern
Depot, which is still in a good state of preservation and is now the =
home of Mr.
and Mrs. James Littlejohn.
 
        The
brick house was on what was known then as the Old State Road and was =
called the
Way Side Inn.  This house was the Exchange Post for the Stage-coach =
Line
From Charleston, SC to Asheville, NC, and it was here at the brick house =
that
the hourses were changed and the mails and passengers going either way =
were
brought.  CHARLES JONES' home served as the first post office, and =
he was
the first postmaster for Jonesville.  The records from the Post =
Office
Department in Washington, D. C., show his postmaster's appointment on =
May 9,
1828.  It was here at the brick house that CHARLES JONES served the =
public
with mail and something to eat as well as being a school teacher.  =
He
taught school in a small log school house, which was in the church yard =
at
Gilead, located about a mile east of JONESVILLE.  This buildilng =
was also
used as a union church until other churches were built.  Rev. A.J. =
James
preached there on Sunday afternoons for members of the Presbyterian
faith.
 
        One
of the daughters of CHARLES JONES married a MENG and owned the old =
FOWLER place
a few yards in the rear of the church.  At her death she left =
additional
land for the use of the church.  Another daughter of JONES married =
WILLIAM
T. EISON, a well known farmer and largest slave owner in UNION =
COUNTY. 
There are many of the EISON family in UNION COUNTY who are descendants =
of
WILLIAM T. EISON.  General Morgan and his army spent the night =
around this
house shortly before the historic battle of the =
Cowpens."
 
       
Although there are no additional mention of "Jones", three and =
1/2
additional pages of very interesting JONESVILLE history are available if =
anyone
is interested.  
 
OTHER INFO ON MY CHARLES =
JONES.  The Jones
Family were Scotch-Irish and migrated from Pennsylvania State to South
Carolina.  Charles was born in South Carolina about 1815 and =
married
Matheny Grubbs, also from South Carolina.  He is listed on the =
Shelby
County, Texas Census of 1850 as 35 years old and Matheny as 28.  =
The census
also listed the following children:  
 Amances, age 12, M, b. in =
Alabama; 

Coleman, age 11, M, b. in Alabama; 
 Foster, age 9, M, b. in Texas; =


Catherine, age 7, F, b. in Texas; 
 Charles, age 5, M, b. in Texas; =


Grachery, age 4, M, b. in Texas
 Enoch, age 1, M, b. in
Texas 
The Shelby County Texas Census of =
1880, Precinct
No. 3 lists the following:
 Jones, Charles, age 65, =
occupation
farming, b. Texas, with 
  father  mother born in South
Carolina.
 H. E., wife, age 46, b. in Alabama, with father  =
mother also
born
  in Alabama
 Barnes, Victoria, stepdaughter, age 14, b. =
in
Louisiana, with father
  b. in South Carolina and mother b. in
Alabama	 
       
Charles Stuart Jones, his wife and family, came to the Republic of Texas =
January
9, 1840.  He served in the War between Texas Republic and Mexico =
and for
his services he received four grants of land, 640 acres each, in several =

different counties.  Charles' family may have remained in Alabama =
while he
served in this war.
        The
Civil War, or War Between the States was from 1861-1865.  Charles =
Stuart
Jones did not fight in this war.  He was left behind to help care =
for the
women and children near Patroon, Texas.
Charles was a farmer and the 1850 =
census, Shelby
County, Texas, shows living with them was James Madagon, 39, a laborer, =
born in
Ireland.  The 1850 census also lists five slaves.  The 1860 =
census
lists him as owner of seven slaves.
 
MY TIE-IN
1.  CHARLES STUART JONES  METHANY
GRUBBS
        2.  =
ENOCH
GRUBBS JONES b. 3/6/1849 TX d. 3/13/1903 Noble, TX  CATHERINE =
ELIZABETH
DOGGETT
3.WILLIE LESLIE JONES b. 12/24/1879 Patroon, Shelby Co, TX d. 11/11/1957 =
Zwolle,
LA   LULA MELLIE BROWN
4.  SYBIL JONES b. 3/19/1911 Loring, Sabine Parish, LA d.  =
12/14/1994
Leesville, Vernon Parish, LA  ALVIN A. HARDIN  (My
parents)
 

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