*Note left by Laura Fester
There are records he married Elizabeth Parrot in 1844. In the 1850 US Census, she is listed as 50 yrs old. *
Isaac and his brother, William Jones along with Rhoda's father, Moses Smith, and her uncle, Thomas Smith III, an Ezekiale Smith and John Hibbard, are said to be "The First Families of Goose Creek." When these Smith-Hibbard-Jones settlers purchased their lands there (in the late-1700's), Goose Creek was a part of Knox County, KY, but in 1807, that section became a part of Clay County, KY
Isaac married a Rhoda Elizabeth Smith. They had 11 children that I know of: Joseph, Sarah, Samuel, Ezekiel, Susan, Dutton, Clarissa, Solomon, John and Nathan Jones.
Knox County Court, Feb'y. Term 1856. A paper purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Isaac Jones, Sr. was produced in court and proven by the oath of Peter Scalf and James Black, subscribing witnessest hereto and ordered of records as follows. (vis) In the name of God Amen, I Isaac Jones Sr., of the County of Knox and State of Kentucky, being in a low state of health and of common sound mind, do make this my last will and testament.
First.
I give and bequeath my soul unto God, who gave it and my body unto the earth, to be intered in a descent manner.
Second,
I give and bequeath unto my wife, Elizabeth, one negro girl, named Lucy, and her child, named Jefferson, during her natural life to wait on her. Also two beds and bed steads with comfortable furniture to them and so much of the kitchen furniture as will make her to do her necessary cooking.
Third,
I give and bequeath all the residue of my negros unto my living sons a nd daughters to be equally divided among them according to the several valuations put on them by five disinterested men, chosen for that purpose, also all my perishible property, with the residue of my household and kitchen furniture and whereas, as I have one son and
daughter, that have been dead some years, and have left their children, orphans, in the world, my will is that my nine living sons a nd daughters shall out of the value of my negros and other property, give unto their several heirs and equal portions, that they would a have theirs if they were living in money or some other property.
I also appoint my two sons vis: Ezekiel and Solomon my sole executors and administrators to carry out and fully establish this my will. Given under my hand and seal this
the ninth day of February in the year of our Lord 1854. /S/ Isaac Jone s Sr.
from Jakalyn Jackson, "The Jones Family," Mountain Heritage, vol. V, n o. 1, no date given, pp. 7-12, will on p. 8; some modifications made a fter consulting the version printed in Nancy E. Hale, "Isaac Jacob Tay lor of Clay and Laurel Counties Ky.: His Descendants and Kin," Lawton , OK, 1985, p. 5 of the addendum on the Jones family
1850 United States Federal Census Kentucky Knox
Enumerated the 26th day of Sept, 1850
954 977 Isaac Jones, 70, m, Farmer, N.C.
Elizabeth ", 50, f, N.C., can't read or write
955 978 Solomon ", 40, m, Farmer, 1000, Ky
Sarah, 33, f, Ky, can't read or write
Thomas F., 5, m, Ky
Francis A., 4, f, Ky
Susan, 1, f, Ky
957 980 Ezekiel S. Jones, 51, m, Bapt Clerg'man, 1000, Ten.
Elizabeth, 45, f, Ten.
Talbert H., 19, m, Laborer, Ky
America E., 16, f, Ky, attended school
Angelina M., 13, f, Ky, attended school
Isaac T., 11, m, Ky, attended school
This info provided by Phyllis Rickard: Isaac V. Jones,Sr. was born 3 Apr 1774. He died 10 Feb 1854 and is buried in the Isaac Jones Cemetery in Knox Co., KY. This info is carved into the large rock marking his grave.
Rhoda is buried up there, too.
There are records he married Elizabeth Parrot in 1844. In the 1850 US Census, she is listed as 50 yrs old. *
Isaac and his brother, William Jones along with Rhoda's father, Moses Smith, and her uncle, Thomas Smith III, an Ezekiale Smith and John Hibbard, are said to be "The First Families of Goose Creek." When these Smith-Hibbard-Jones settlers purchased their lands there (in the late-1700's), Goose Creek was a part of Knox County, KY, but in 1807, that section became a part of Clay County, KY
Isaac married a Rhoda Elizabeth Smith. They had 11 children that I know of: Joseph, Sarah, Samuel, Ezekiel, Susan, Dutton, Clarissa, Solomon, John and Nathan Jones.
Knox County Court, Feb'y. Term 1856. A paper purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Isaac Jones, Sr. was produced in court and proven by the oath of Peter Scalf and James Black, subscribing witnessest hereto and ordered of records as follows. (vis) In the name of God Amen, I Isaac Jones Sr., of the County of Knox and State of Kentucky, being in a low state of health and of common sound mind, do make this my last will and testament.
First.
I give and bequeath my soul unto God, who gave it and my body unto the earth, to be intered in a descent manner.
Second,
I give and bequeath unto my wife, Elizabeth, one negro girl, named Lucy, and her child, named Jefferson, during her natural life to wait on her. Also two beds and bed steads with comfortable furniture to them and so much of the kitchen furniture as will make her to do her necessary cooking.
Third,
I give and bequeath all the residue of my negros unto my living sons a nd daughters to be equally divided among them according to the several valuations put on them by five disinterested men, chosen for that purpose, also all my perishible property, with the residue of my household and kitchen furniture and whereas, as I have one son and
daughter, that have been dead some years, and have left their children, orphans, in the world, my will is that my nine living sons a nd daughters shall out of the value of my negros and other property, give unto their several heirs and equal portions, that they would a have theirs if they were living in money or some other property.
I also appoint my two sons vis: Ezekiel and Solomon my sole executors and administrators to carry out and fully establish this my will. Given under my hand and seal this
the ninth day of February in the year of our Lord 1854. /S/ Isaac Jone s Sr.
from Jakalyn Jackson, "The Jones Family," Mountain Heritage, vol. V, n o. 1, no date given, pp. 7-12, will on p. 8; some modifications made a fter consulting the version printed in Nancy E. Hale, "Isaac Jacob Tay lor of Clay and Laurel Counties Ky.: His Descendants and Kin," Lawton , OK, 1985, p. 5 of the addendum on the Jones family
1850 United States Federal Census Kentucky Knox
Enumerated the 26th day of Sept, 1850
954 977 Isaac Jones, 70, m, Farmer, N.C.
Elizabeth ", 50, f, N.C., can't read or write
955 978 Solomon ", 40, m, Farmer, 1000, Ky
Sarah, 33, f, Ky, can't read or write
Thomas F., 5, m, Ky
Francis A., 4, f, Ky
Susan, 1, f, Ky
957 980 Ezekiel S. Jones, 51, m, Bapt Clerg'man, 1000, Ten.
Elizabeth, 45, f, Ten.
Talbert H., 19, m, Laborer, Ky
America E., 16, f, Ky, attended school
Angelina M., 13, f, Ky, attended school
Isaac T., 11, m, Ky, attended school
This info provided by Phyllis Rickard: Isaac V. Jones,Sr. was born 3 Apr 1774. He died 10 Feb 1854 and is buried in the Isaac Jones Cemetery in Knox Co., KY. This info is carved into the large rock marking his grave.
Rhoda is buried up there, too.
*Note left by Laura Fester
There are records he married Elizabeth Parrot in 1844. In the 1850 US Census, she is listed as 50 yrs old. *
Isaac and his brother, William Jones along with Rhoda's father, Moses Smith, and her uncle, Thomas Smith III, an Ezekiale Smith and John Hibbard, are said to be "The First Families of Goose Creek." When these Smith-Hibbard-Jones settlers purchased their lands there (in the late-1700's), Goose Creek was a part of Knox County, KY, but in 1807, that section became a part of Clay County, KY
Isaac married a Rhoda Elizabeth Smith. They had 11 children that I know of: Joseph, Sarah, Samuel, Ezekiel, Susan, Dutton, Clarissa, Solomon, John and Nathan Jones.
Knox County Court, Feb'y. Term 1856. A paper purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Isaac Jones, Sr. was produced in court and proven by the oath of Peter Scalf and James Black, subscribing witnessest hereto and ordered of records as follows. (vis) In the name of God Amen, I Isaac Jones Sr., of the County of Knox and State of Kentucky, being in a low state of health and of common sound mind, do make this my last will and testament.
First.
I give and bequeath my soul unto God, who gave it and my body unto the earth, to be intered in a descent manner.
Second,
I give and bequeath unto my wife, Elizabeth, one negro girl, named Lucy, and her child, named Jefferson, during her natural life to wait on her. Also two beds and bed steads with comfortable furniture to them and so much of the kitchen furniture as will make her to do her necessary cooking.
Third,
I give and bequeath all the residue of my negros unto my living sons a nd daughters to be equally divided among them according to the several valuations put on them by five disinterested men, chosen for that purpose, also all my perishible property, with the residue of my household and kitchen furniture and whereas, as I have one son and
daughter, that have been dead some years, and have left their children, orphans, in the world, my will is that my nine living sons a nd daughters shall out of the value of my negros and other property, give unto their several heirs and equal portions, that they would a have theirs if they were living in money or some other property.
I also appoint my two sons vis: Ezekiel and Solomon my sole executors and administrators to carry out and fully establish this my will. Given under my hand and seal this
the ninth day of February in the year of our Lord 1854. /S/ Isaac Jone s Sr.
from Jakalyn Jackson, "The Jones Family," Mountain Heritage, vol. V, n o. 1, no date given, pp. 7-12, will on p. 8; some modifications made a fter consulting the version printed in Nancy E. Hale, "Isaac Jacob Tay lor of Clay and Laurel Counties Ky.: His Descendants and Kin," Lawton , OK, 1985, p. 5 of the addendum on the Jones family
1850 United States Federal Census Kentucky Knox
Enumerated the 26th day of Sept, 1850
954 977 Isaac Jones, 70, m, Farmer, N.C.
Elizabeth ", 50, f, N.C., can't read or write
955 978 Solomon ", 40, m, Farmer, 1000, Ky
Sarah, 33, f, Ky, can't read or write
Thomas F., 5, m, Ky
Francis A., 4, f, Ky
Susan, 1, f, Ky
957 980 Ezekiel S. Jones, 51, m, Bapt Clerg'man, 1000, Ten.
Elizabeth, 45, f, Ten.
Talbert H., 19, m, Laborer, Ky
America E., 16, f, Ky, attended school
Angelina M., 13, f, Ky, attended school
Isaac T., 11, m, Ky, attended school
This info provided by Phyllis Rickard: Isaac V. Jones,Sr. was born 3 Apr 1774. He died 10 Feb 1854 and is buried in the Isaac Jones Cemetery in Knox Co., KY. This info is carved into the large rock marking his grave.
Rhoda is buried up there, too.
There are records he married Elizabeth Parrot in 1844. In the 1850 US Census, she is listed as 50 yrs old. *
Isaac and his brother, William Jones along with Rhoda's father, Moses Smith, and her uncle, Thomas Smith III, an Ezekiale Smith and John Hibbard, are said to be "The First Families of Goose Creek." When these Smith-Hibbard-Jones settlers purchased their lands there (in the late-1700's), Goose Creek was a part of Knox County, KY, but in 1807, that section became a part of Clay County, KY
Isaac married a Rhoda Elizabeth Smith. They had 11 children that I know of: Joseph, Sarah, Samuel, Ezekiel, Susan, Dutton, Clarissa, Solomon, John and Nathan Jones.
Knox County Court, Feb'y. Term 1856. A paper purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Isaac Jones, Sr. was produced in court and proven by the oath of Peter Scalf and James Black, subscribing witnessest hereto and ordered of records as follows. (vis) In the name of God Amen, I Isaac Jones Sr., of the County of Knox and State of Kentucky, being in a low state of health and of common sound mind, do make this my last will and testament.
First.
I give and bequeath my soul unto God, who gave it and my body unto the earth, to be intered in a descent manner.
Second,
I give and bequeath unto my wife, Elizabeth, one negro girl, named Lucy, and her child, named Jefferson, during her natural life to wait on her. Also two beds and bed steads with comfortable furniture to them and so much of the kitchen furniture as will make her to do her necessary cooking.
Third,
I give and bequeath all the residue of my negros unto my living sons a nd daughters to be equally divided among them according to the several valuations put on them by five disinterested men, chosen for that purpose, also all my perishible property, with the residue of my household and kitchen furniture and whereas, as I have one son and
daughter, that have been dead some years, and have left their children, orphans, in the world, my will is that my nine living sons a nd daughters shall out of the value of my negros and other property, give unto their several heirs and equal portions, that they would a have theirs if they were living in money or some other property.
I also appoint my two sons vis: Ezekiel and Solomon my sole executors and administrators to carry out and fully establish this my will. Given under my hand and seal this
the ninth day of February in the year of our Lord 1854. /S/ Isaac Jone s Sr.
from Jakalyn Jackson, "The Jones Family," Mountain Heritage, vol. V, n o. 1, no date given, pp. 7-12, will on p. 8; some modifications made a fter consulting the version printed in Nancy E. Hale, "Isaac Jacob Tay lor of Clay and Laurel Counties Ky.: His Descendants and Kin," Lawton , OK, 1985, p. 5 of the addendum on the Jones family
1850 United States Federal Census Kentucky Knox
Enumerated the 26th day of Sept, 1850
954 977 Isaac Jones, 70, m, Farmer, N.C.
Elizabeth ", 50, f, N.C., can't read or write
955 978 Solomon ", 40, m, Farmer, 1000, Ky
Sarah, 33, f, Ky, can't read or write
Thomas F., 5, m, Ky
Francis A., 4, f, Ky
Susan, 1, f, Ky
957 980 Ezekiel S. Jones, 51, m, Bapt Clerg'man, 1000, Ten.
Elizabeth, 45, f, Ten.
Talbert H., 19, m, Laborer, Ky
America E., 16, f, Ky, attended school
Angelina M., 13, f, Ky, attended school
Isaac T., 11, m, Ky, attended school
This info provided by Phyllis Rickard: Isaac V. Jones,Sr. was born 3 Apr 1774. He died 10 Feb 1854 and is buried in the Isaac Jones Cemetery in Knox Co., KY. This info is carved into the large rock marking his grave.
Rhoda is buried up there, too.
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