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              GENERATION ONE



Edmund C Jones
B. ca 1750    M.1776    D.ca1824
WIFE
Hannah Humphries
B. 7/23/1750    dD.ca 1824
They were married in Northumberland Co. Va.


Children of Edmond and Hannah



Edmond Clayton Jones    ca 1777

Sarah Jones.        Married James Croxton


              GENERATION TWO


Edmond Clayton Jones
B.CA 1777    M. 1812    D. 7/16/1859    Buried:OLD HARMONY CEMETERY, RAINBOW CITY ALA.
Wife
Nancy Croxton
B.Ca 1777


        Children Of Edmond and Nancy


1. Susannah Married (1) Lemuel     (2) Lemuel ? Millican


2. James Married Nancy
3. Josiah


4. Stephen Married
Elizabeth Grizzle. B. 1/31/1834    D. 6/5/1916


5. Clayton D. 1865
6. John Lewis Bridges Jones B. 1806       Married:
Elizabeth Meaddor B. 1808


7.William Hiram Jones B.1808    D. ca 1850-55    Married
Amelia Sheffield


8. Edmond Jones B.1812    D.    1853    Married
Cynthia Phillips B. 1/8/1815


9. Hugh Jones B. 1815    D. 1863    Married


(1) Elizabeth Pillips    (2) Mary Brown


10. Nancy Jones B. CA. 1815-18    M. Andrew Bolin


11. Luvica Jones Married: William Morgan


12. Emily Jones B. ca 1828     Married William Phillips


              GENERATION THREE



William Hiram Jones B.1808    D. 1850-1855 MARRIAGE DATE ?
AMELIA SHEFFIELD &nbs   B. 1812


        Children of William Hiram and Amelia Sheffield


1. Hiram Jones B. 1831
2. Nancy Jones B. 1833
3. John Jones B. 1845
4. William Jones 1855


Hiram Jones B. 1831      M.10/11/1849
Wife
Martha A. Grizzle B. AB. 1830

            Children of Hiram and Martha Grizzel
The Children are probably not in the order of their age.

              GENERATION FOUR


Hiram Jesse Jones
B. 6/17/1863    M. 8/28/1878    D.5/15/1921
Occupation. Farmer  Blacksmith  Horse trainer

Margaret I. Spring
B. 6/26/1859     M. 8/28/1878    D.5/17/1928
Occupation.  Housewife


        Children Of H. J. and Margaret

Martha ann Elizabeth Record "Lizzy"
B. 11/28/1883    M. 6/16/1897    D. 1/12/1919
Spouse    James Whitley


Maggie Leedy
B. 4/13/1883    M. 10/9/1902    D. 66/10/1932
Spouse    James D. Hallum



William Nat "Bud"
B. 1/28/1885    D. 7/16/1954
Spouse    Margaret Flora Cox


Jeanette Caroline
B. 5/6/1887B.     M. 11/22/1908    M.11/22/1908    D.6/3/11956
Spouse    Albert Russell


Nancy Etta
B. 12/14/1899    M. 12/20/1906    D12/19/1923
Spouse    Sam Wyatt


George Anderson
B. 8/24/1890    M. 1/23/1910    D. 10/27/1942
Spouse         Eva Ellen Swim


John Henry
B.5/31/1892    M. 4/9/1919    D. 12/3/1940
Spouse Maud Hendricks


Ida Pamela
B. 12/20/1894    M. 5/9/1915    D. 4/18/1940
Spouse    Paul Locklear


James Hiram Thomas Elijah
B. 12/14/1896    M. 1/13/1923    D. 12/7/1963
Spouse 1    Mrytle Ralls    Spouse 2    Lillian Irene Burton


Gladys
B. 5/5/1902    D. 11/25/1902


INTERESTING READING




Edmond William Jones
    The following story was taken from the Gadsden Times Newspaper Sesquicentennial edition, Sunday, October 6, 1996. One of the most dramatic pioneer stories was that of Edmond Jones, who was born in 1777 in South Carolina. In 1782, when a small boy of five, he was traveling with his family and a party of settlers heading for West Florida, as Mississippi and Louisiana were then called.

     They stopped to rest at a large spring in this area and while they slept, the party was attacked by Creek Indians. Edmond was the only survivor of the massacre. He was found by some white people and taken to Georgia, where he grew up, although there are no details about those years.

     According to a descendant, retired Etowah County Tax Assessor Jerry Jones, in 1996: "We lost track of Edmond until about 1807, when he married. The years before that are lost." What is known, however, is that some time between 1812 and 1818, Edmond and his wife Nancy (Croxton) packed their belongings in a large trunk and trudged alongside and oxcart from Athens, Ga., to St. Clair County, Ala., and from there, to the place where his parents had been killed.

     Edmond first bought land from the Indians, title to which was later disputed. The original Jones homestead was in the present Clubview area. He bought land from the government, and his holdings increased to 3,000 acres.

     The couple built a family home located at what on today's maps is the southwest corner of Rainbow Drive and Alabama 77. In 1821, in gratitude for his survival of the massacre, Edmond gave the land for Harmony MeetingHouse, later called Harmony Baptist Church, according to "The History of Etowah County," published in 1968.

     The original church building has been replaced, but the adjoining cemetery has graves going back to the beginning of the settlement. Edmond and Nancy, parents of 13 children, have more than 5,000 descendants around the world.

     Jerry Jones is their great great grandson; his grandparents were George Walter Jones and Lela Jerusha Gilliland Jones. His parents were Henry Clay Jones and Nell Blythe Jones. The family name lives on in John S. Jones Elementary school.
Edmond William Jones
     I have not found positive proof that William Jones was the father of Edmond Clayton Jones. I have used circumstantial evidence to reach my conclusion. Jerry B. Jones. 4 June 1804 Hannah Croxton, widow of John Croxton, appeared before the land committee of Clarke County, Georgia and applied for four hundred acres of land in Georgia in which she used an old warrant of William Jones to obtain the, land. . From the Tax Digest of Clarke County, Georgia for the year 1808. James Croxton, Hannah's stepson, assessed 400 acres for Hannah Croxton on and Edmond Jones. The property was evidently sold as I do not find it assessed to Hannah, Edmond Jones, or James Croxton. That same year Edmond was assessing 100 acres on McNutt Creek adjoining Cahoon. He had this same property the year before, 1807, and appears to be the first property he had owned in Clarke County.

This is also the year that it appears that he married Nancy Croxton, the daughter of John Croxton who had married his mother Hannah.

     The first child of Edmond and Nancy Croxton Jones was named William Hiram Jones. Since we know that Nancy's father was John, it is assumed that this first son was named for Edmond's deceased father.

    The above items, were given to me by Jerry B. Jones 10 September 1993. In an interview by me with Willie May Cunningham on 2 September 1993 Mrs. Cunningham said two of her aunts, Aunt Cath (Catherine Jones) and Aunt Nanny (Nancy Jones) said Edmond Clayton Jones, Sr.'s father's name was Edmond William Jones. Lacy U. Weston, Jr.

ARTICLE WRITTEN BY WILL I. MARTIN AND APPEARED IN THE GADSDEN TIMES 1948    
JONES GAVE LAND FOR OLD HARMONY CHURCH     One of the oldest and most interesting churches in Etowah County is located on Rainbow Drive, a few miles south of Gadsden, and is known as "Old Harmony Church". Originally it was called "Harmony Meeting House" and is so described in the deed which was signed by Edmond Jones on August 20, 1841. The first building was erected before that and was given to the Baptists with the stipulation that the Methodists and Presbyterians could use it in the event they decided to do so. For more than 107 years, therefore this church has been used by various denominations as a matter of right.

     The Primitive Baptist have been holding regular services there for several years. The adjoining cemetery on the three acre tract donated by Mr. Jones has been freely used by all denominations, and some of the finest of the old families of the county have members buried there.

    The original frame building was burned a few years ago and was replaced by concrete block structure.

    There is a legend that when the parent of Edmond Jones emigrated to Alabama, along with others, they were attacked by Indians and all were killed except a five year old boy who was picked up by white people in the neighborhood of where the Harmony Church was later built. That little boy was Edmond Jones.

When he grew into manhood he acquired land there and from sheer gratitude he decided to establish a church, open to all. He was not the Edmond C. Jones that later became a most prosperous farmer and who owned much land near where is now known as Clubview Heights, although he might have been a kinsman.

     At least, that is the story told by old timers of that section. When the church was built back in the forties it was in St. Clair County and remained in it until 1866 when a part of St. Clair County was sliced off to form Etowah County.

    The deed to the church property is an interesting document.

It reads:
    STATE OF ALABAMA OST. CLAIR COUNTY

         Be it remembered that I Edmond Jones of the State and County aforesaid, from various considerations and divers good purposes do make this deed of gift in fee simple for the use of the gospel. That is to say three acres of land situated and lying in the county aforesaid and including the meeting house known by the name of Harmony Meeting House; which ground I do by these presents bequeath namely for the use of the church or churches as the case may be to witt. To the Baptist Church that is now imbodied there; also to the Methodists and Presbyterians should they form churches at that place. Said meeting house being built on a republican plan; and said land is donated on the same principle, which land I do warrant and forever defend to the said churches against myself, my heirs executors and administrators or any other person lawfully claiming or to claim. Signed with my hand and Sealed with my seal this 21 day of August one thousand eight hundred & forty one.

    In the presence of:
    James Lister
    James Lister Jr,

    EDMOND JONES

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