Life History

Notes

• The really interesting Texas Jones descendants of Russell Sr. came down through Russell Jr., who married Sophia Harris and died suddenly of illness in San Felipe, Texas, in 1841. His son Augustus Harris [Jones], who arrived in Mexican Texas in 1835, escaped death at Goliad and the Alamo because he was off in the States raising money on Fannin's behalf for the Texian cause. Gus Jr., a cowman turn-of-the-century mayor of San Antonio, joined two other cattlemen to build the Saint Anthony, still a luxury hotel there. William Early Jones, a jurist who was hauled off to Mexico City in 1842 by General Woll while holding a commissioners court in San Antonio, became first editor of the San Antonio Express after distinguishing himself as an editor in Augusta, Georgia.
  --  James Jones, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, Aug 30, 2017
  
  Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
  Russell Jones
  Sophia Harvey [a descendant says her name was Harris]
  Marriage 27 Oct 1806 Jackson, Georgia
  
  North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
  Sophia Harris
  Father Buckner Harris
  Mother Nancy Early
  Spouse Russell Jones
  Child Augustus Harris Jones
  Based on entries in the Lineage Book of Charter Members of the DAR, Vol 82, p 46
  
  Daughters of the American Revolution
  Sue Jones Houston
  Born in Gonzales County, Texas
  Descendant of Walton Harris and Buckner Harris
  Daughter of Augustus Harris Jones (1812-77) and Minerva Lewis (b 1828), his wife
  Granddaughter of Russell Jones and Sophia Harris, his wife
  Gr-granddaughter of Buckner Harris and Nancy Early, his wife
  Membership #81124, See #81119
  Lineage Book of Charter Members, Vol 82, p 46
  
  In 1850, Sophia was enumeratedin the US census in the household of her son Augustus Harris Jones in Gonzales County, Texas.  Her sons Russell and I G were nearby.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Gonzales County, Texas, 2 November, Peach Creek, p 650, Hse/Fam #15
  Augustus H Jones 39 M (No Occup Reported) $4000 b Georgia [b abt 1811]
  Ann R Jones 26  F b Tennessee [b abt 1824]
  Wm Jones 9 M b Texas [b abt 1841]
  James Jones 5 M b Texas [b abt 1845]
  Sophia Jones 3 F b Texas [b abt 1847]
  Augustus Jones 1mo M b Texas [b abt 1841]
  Sophia Jones 60 F b Georgia [b abt 1790]
  Barry G Anderson 5 M b Texas [b abt 1845]
  A J Berton 21 M b Texas [b abt 1829]
  Joshua Thredgill 42 M b South Carolina [b abt 1808]
  
  1850 Federal Census, Gonzales County, Texas, 2 November, Peach Creek, p 650, Hse/Fam #13
  Russel Jones 29 M Merchant $5000 b Georgia [b abt 1821]
  Margaret Jones 26  F b Missouri [b abt 1824]
  Mary C 4 F b Texas [b abt 1846]
  Ann M 2 F b Texas [b abt 1846]
  
  1850 Federal Census, Gonzales County, Texas, 2 November, Peach Creek, p 650, Hse/Fam #16
  I G Jones 26 M (No Occup Reported) $4000 b Georgia [b abt 1824]
  M Jones 20 F b Ttexas [b abt 1830]
  Charles Jones 5 M b Texas [b abt 1845]
  Dewitt Jones 1 M b Texas [b abt 1849]
  Henry Stevens 21 M b NC [b abt 1829]
  
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  Sophia Harris Jones
  Birth 1790 Georgia, USA
  Death Jun 6, 1852 Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas, USA
  
  Sophia was the daughter of Gen Buckner F Harris (1761-1815) and (Nancy) Matilda Ann Early (1754-1821)
  
  Sophia married Russel Jones, Jr. (1785-1840) on 2 Nov 1805 in Jackson County, Georgia and they had 8 children:
  
  1. Son: William Early Jones (1808-1871)
  2. Daughter: Nancy Ann Jones (Montgomery) (1814-1854)
  3. Son: Captain Augustus Harris Jones, Sr. (1812-1877)
  4. Dau: Emily Jones (Cunningham) (1815-1856)
  5. Son: Russell Jones, III (1821-1860)
  6. Dau: Letitia Jones (Smith) (1823-1892)
  7. Son: Isham Green Jones (1824-1867)
  8. Dau: Sophia Jones (Anderson) (1828-abt 1846)
  
  For more information on this line see - http://mark.stickels.org/FamilyTree2/Harris-Sophia-1793.html
  
  Spouse Russell T Jones (1785 - 1841)
  
  Cremated, Cemetery is on Private property and is not available to the public
  
  Created by Mark Stickels Jan 31, 2017
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #175907069, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=175907069
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Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Gonzales County, Texas
  • 2 November, Peach Creek, p 650, Hse/Fam #15
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Ancestry Comments
• 4. Ancestry Messaging
• 5. Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
• 6. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
• 7. Daughters of the American Revolution
• 8. 1850 Federal Census, Gonzales County, Texas
  • 2 November, Peach Creek, p 650, Hse/Fam #13
• 9. 1850 Federal Census, Gonzales County, Texas
  • 2 November, Peach Creek, p 650, Hse/Fam #16