Henry G. Jones & Sarah Kennedy his wife

C. L. Schmenk - 2007

Henry is not the son of Edmund J. and Mildred Murphy Jones (my ancestors who married Jan. 25, 1812); he is not related to James Sidney Jones, nor William Jones & Diannah Vaden whose first child is Margaret V. Jones married Archibald Gilmer; (see Nat Jones articles on William Jones, Sr.) He is not the son of John Jones from Georgia died 1847 buried Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Cemetery. Henry G. Jones is NOT named in ANY of these men’s wills. WHO is this Henry G. Jones? Without a shred of evidence I suspect Henry G. Jones is related to my Edmund J. Jones 1782-1856 branch.

Henry G. Jones was born in North Carolina November 18, 1800 and died in Greene Co., AL March 27, 1870. Henry G. married Feb. 27, 1838 in Greene Co., Alabama, Sarah Kennedy. Sarah was born in South Carolina Mar. 4, 1811 and died in Greene Co., Alabama on July 14, 1894.

Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church held a 150 year celebration in 1998. Both the cemetery and church are still in use March 2006. The church is located WEST of Eutaw off Highway 14 in Pleasant Ridge.

Henry G. Jones, November 18, 1800, March 27, 1870 (relatively new stone)

Sarah, wife of H. G. Jones, born, March 4, 1811, died, July 14, 1894 (old stone)

Farewell, JONES, Thomas K. Jones, Mar. 23, 1845, Jan. 29, 1930 “An honest man is the noblest word of God.” (old stone)

Sarah and Henry G. had three children:

Martha

Thomas K.

Mary Ellenor

CENSUSES:

1840 Greene Co., AL Image 75

Male 40-49 (Henry G. Jones age 40)

Female 20-29 (Sarah age 28)

Male 20-29 (unknown)

Male under age 5 (Unknown)

1850 Kemper Co., Mississippi ancestry.com img 81 of 170 pg. 179, M432_374 [Ancestry.com interpretation of last name is JANES]

18 595/595 Henry G. Jones 49 Farmer NC

19 Sarah 38 F SC

20 Martha 9 F Alabama

21 Thomas 5 M MS

22 Mary 3 F MS

23 596/596 Abner Beck 55 M manager NC

24 Rebecca Beck 49 F NC

25 Frank Smith 12 M MS (all future censuses show born in AL)

26 Msmith Jones Tandy 10 M MS ("Msmith" is not an typing error! Subsequent censuses born AL)

27 Marth Jones 68 M NC (Again, Martha is misspelled and shown as a male...)

Second entry for the BECK household (img 83): house 607 / family 607

Abner Beck 57 male farmer born NC

Rebecca Beck 53 female born NC

Francis Smith 14 male laborer born AL

Walker Smith 10 male born AL

Martha Jones 75 female born NC

(Abner Beck is surrounded, on all censuses, by his children from his first marriage. Interestingly, his children from his first marriage name their children after people in Rebecca's family! You will find all census entries for this Beck family in Kemper from 1840 forward.)

The BECKS are included here because I believe Rebecca to be Henry G. Jones' sister and Martha his mother. Further, Abner Beck went to Dekalb, Kemper Co, MS from Perry Co., AL which is just south of Greene Co. And, I believe the Beck's were related or friends of the Greene County Jones'.

LAND & NEIGHBORS 1858 Snedecor Map of Greene County, Alabama: Land location: T23N R1W sec 7 and T23N R2W sec 6 Next to: James Sidney Jones, Boykin Rice, James W. Hill, Estate of George W. Hill and Sarah H. Hill, estate of Philomon Kirkland, estate of William Steele, Belinda Cameron, K. W. B. Kennedy; Close to John D. Horton and Edmund Jones (my Edmund/Mildred line) T23N R1W Sec 9.

1860 July 06, Pleasant Ridge, Green County, AL

14 438/438 H. G. Jones 59 Male $4,000 $45,200 NC

15 S 48 female SC

16 T. K. 15 male MS [Ancestry.com interpretation as F. R.]

17 M. E. 12 female MS

18 439/439 Wm. Jones (my Edmund/Mildred line) male 35 male NC OVERSEER $3,000

19 E 30 female WIFE AL [Elvira W. Hicks dau. Tilmon Hicks]

20 M 85 female NC [Old Martha Jones - more info follows]

21 440/440 K W B Kennedy 65 male $7,350 $19,300 SC Minister OSP & Planter

22 R. M. 29 male $3,600 Planter AL

*M age 85 buried in HICKS section at Ebenezer aged 100 with William E. Jones *William E. Jones buried in HICKS section at Ebenezer died 1871.

June 01, 1870 Greene County M593_17 pg. 813 image 491 (page 37 of 39)

315/317 Sarah Jones age 50 born 1819 SC $5,000 / $1,500 cannot read or write

315/318 Martha Scott 30 female at home born AL cannot read (cannot write is NOT checked)

315/318 Thomas Jones 23 male farming $300 born AL

Claud Kirkland age 11 male

Henry Kirkland age 9 male (her father’s name)

Isaac Kirkland age 6 male (his father’s name was Isaac)

Mary Kirkland age 1 female

*Isaac Kirkland, born 1833 in AL son of Moses (PROBABLE husband of Martha Jones Kirkland above.) Appears he died around 1868, and the Snedecor Map 1868 has an entry close to Sarah Jones/Martha Scott "Philomon Kirkland ESTATE". Martha struck through some of the estate documents of her father, 1870, and wrote Martha SCOTT on them; she signed as Martha SCOTT. In 1880 she is listed as Martha Kirkland, widow. However, I suspect her mother gave the census data. There appears to be a utter disregard by her parents to recognize her new last name of SCOTT.

1880 June 29. Greene Co., AL Pleasant Ridge, image 41 of 42, Dist. 86

460/460 Sarah Jones age 70 @ home SC SC SC WIDOW

461/461 M. Kirkland age 39 dau. @home MS NC SC WIDOW

461/461 Thomas Jones age 35 white male son farmer MS NC SC

T. Henry Kirkland age 20 white male son farmer AL AL AL

Isaac Kirkland age 16 white male son at school AL AL AL

*no Claud age 21 and no Mary age 10; decrepancy on Martha’s birth state for SONS showing AL and should be MS

1880 Greene Co., Eutaw house/family 106/137, roll T9_14, page 14B, district 78, June 5, 1880 image 14 of 23 at Ancestry.com

Diwgs Poynor age 44 white male lawyer born VA father NC mother NC

Mary E. age 32 white female born MS father NC mother SC

Eliza age 5 white female AL VA MS

Sallie C. age 3 white female AL VA MS

Wilmer S. age 3 white male AL VA MS

Mattie V. age 1 white female AL VA MS

Cook, Lula age 17 white female AL VA MS (not child)

Murphy, Thomas age 15 black male servant

1900 Greene Co., AL Pleasant Ridge image 24 of 26, T623_17 page 12B, dist 37 line 1

Thomas K. Jones age 55 white male single Nov. 1845 farmer AL NC NC owns, mortgage, farm, sch 185

1900 Greene Co., Mount Hebron roll T623_17, page 16B, district 35, June 26, 1900, ancestry.com image 32 of 33

Digs Poyner white male Nov 1835 age 64 married 28 years born VA father NC mother NC Farmer

Mary white female Jan 1848 age 52 m:28 years 9 children 8 surviving born MS father MS mother SC

Eliza white female born Apr 1875 age 25 single AL VA MS

Sallie white female born Apr 1877 age 23 single AL VA MS

Mattie V. white female born Mar 1879 age 21 single AL VA MS

David white male born June 1880 age 19 single AL VA MS

Julia white female June 1883 age 16 single AL VA MS

Dudley white male Mar 1885 age 15 single AL VA MS

(where is Lelia Kate Poynor who is mentioned in Mary's will?)

MARY shows father born MS - only on this census...

NOTE: half the censuses show POYNOR the other half show POYNER

1910 Greene Co., AL Pleasant Ridge PCT. 8, T624 roll 14 part 3 page 170A

Tom Jones white male born 1844 age 65

1910 Greene Co., Mt. Hebron T624_14, page 139B, dist. 27, precinct 6, ancestry.com image 26 of 31

Diggs Poyner white male age 73 VA VA VA married ONCE for 28 years

Mary white female age 61 AL AL AL married once for 28 years, 8 children 7 surviving

Dave white male age 26 AL VA AL single

Dudley white male age 23 AL VA AL single

Gasset, Jessie white male age 25 BOARDER single AL AL AL

Hummm... Mary and Diggs have some explaining to do here...

1920 Greene Co., AL Pleasant Ridge image 7 of 17 T625_18 ed. 29 img 270

Thomas Jones age 74 born 1845 white male single AL AL AL owns farm, has mortgage

1920 Greene Co., AL Mt. Hebron T625_18, precinct 6, district 26, Jan. 02, 1920 (ancestry.com error, shows Boligee district 25)

Mary E. Poynor head white female age 71 widow AL VA VA

David T. Poynor son white male age 38 single AL VA AL

Dudley D. Poynor son white male age 32 single AL VA AL

1930 Greene Co., AL Mt. Hebron Roll 18 page 11B, T625_18, precinct 6, district 9, April 22, 1930, ancestry.com image 22 of 26, house/family 225/236

Tom Poynor head male white age 49 married AL VA AL

Ophelia head-wife female white age 27 married AL AL AL

Dudley brother male white age 43 single AL VA AL

Mary D. (sic) Poynor mother female white age 82 widow AL USA USA

Living next door to Woodson & Leslie Greenwood Jones (Woodson is son of Henry Lawrence & Cora Ann Myers Jones, both buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery; grandson of Woodson C. and Charity E. Williams Jones, both buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery; great grandson of Henry R. Jones; and great great grandson of William Sr., and Diannah Vaden Jones.)

1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 Wills

Henry G. Jones 30-39 49 59 D: 1870

Sarah Kennedy Jones 20-29 38 48 50 70 D: 1894
Martha Jones Kirkland 9 Kirkland 30 Scott 39 Kirkland

KIRKLAND CHILDREN

Claud B. Kirkland 11 will 1930
Thomas Henry Kirkland 9 20 69 in Boligee

Isaac Kirkland 6 16 died before 1930

Mary Kirkland
1937 Will 1 Unk

Thomas Kennedy Jones
1930 Will 5 15 23 35 55 65 74 D:1930

Mary E. Jones Poynor 3 12 32 52 61 71 82 D: 1937

Diggs Poynor (husband) 44 64 73 D: before 1920

POYNOR CHILDREN

Eliza Mary (Horton) 5 25 will 1937

Sallie C. (twin) 3 23 not on will

Wilmer Smith (twin) 3 will 1937

Mattie Virginia (Summerville) 1 21 will 1937

David Thomas 19 26 38 49 will 1937

Julia Ann (Hardy) 16 will 1937

Dudley Diggs 15 23 32 43 will 1937

Lelia Kate will 1937

1930 WILL of Thomas K. Jones HEIRS:
Mrs. Mary E. Poyner (sister)
H. T. Kirland Sr.(nephew Thomas Henry Kirkland)
C. B. Kirkland, (nephew Claud B. Kirkland)
Ike Kirkland (deceased nephew’s son H. F. Kirkland) Ike=Isaac

Mary Jones Poyner Estate, Feb. 25, 1937 (pages 223-224, 263, 268)
David Thomas Poynor
Dudley Diggs Poynor
Mary Virginia Poynor Summerville
Eliza Mary Poynor Horton
Wilmer Smith Poynor
Lelia Kate Poynor
Julia Ann Poynor Hard

EARLY-MID 1870 yellow fever in Greene County

1. Henry G. died March 1870, not unreasonable, age 68

2. Isaac Kirkland (probable husband of Martha) is gone by census 1870; probable death about 1868 or 1869 based on birth of their last child Mary.

3. Martha SCOTT age 30 1870 census with Mom. 1880 census still with mother Sarah Jones & lists self as widow age 39

4. Martha's daughter Mary age 1 on the 1870 census - she doesn't MAKE the 1880 census.

5. William E. Jones died 1871 (1870 census as Henry G. Jones’ overseer); son of Edmund and Mildred Murphy Jones. My line.

MARY ELLEN POYNER JAMES – ONLINE POSTING at genforum.genealogy.com:

I am from Greene Co. AL originally and my grandmother was Mary Eleanor Jones Poynor, Her father was Henry G. Jones. He had a plantation at Pleasant Ridge and his parents were Edmund Jones and Martha ---. I wonder if there is a connection. My grandmother was born in DeKalb, Kemper Co Mississippi and they moved to Greene Co when she was two or three years old. The Joneses attended Sardis Methodist church in West Greene. My grandmothers mother was a Kennedy and they were staunch Presbyterians and attended the Presbyterian church in Pleasant Ridge. Henry G and Sarah are buried in that cemetery. Do you know Mildred or Millies maiden name? I do not know Martha's but had found a Martha Batte who married an Edmund Jones in 1793 in Greensville, Va. If you would like to respond by e-mail I would welcome it at poynorj@aol.com [email does not work March 2005] http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-genforum/messagehistory.cgi?338076234

Henry G. with old Martha:

1. Henry born NC next to Martha Jones age 68 born NC; 1850 Kemper Co. MS census

2. Henry next to Martha Jones age 85, 1860 Greene Co., Alabama

3. Martha Jones dies 1867 and is buried at Ebenezer Cemetery next to William E. Jones, son of Edmund & Mildred Murphy Jones, who was overseer on Henry G. Jones’ farm.

4. Martha Jones marker died 1867 aged 100 making her birth year be 1767.

5. There are LOTS of twins in the Edmund Jones / Mildred Murphy clan. Speculation that Henry G. Jones could have been a twin to Rebecca Beck (1850 census) both age 49. Rebecca is sandwiched between Henry and Martha.

6. Edmund J. Jones (wife Mildred Murphy) born 1782 NC is possibly a child of Martha Jones.

7. No confirmation of “Edmund” Jones born ca 1867 married to “Martha” except for Mary Ellen Poyner James stating that Henry’s parents were Edmund and Martha Jones. Mary Ellen Poyner James states her great grandparents are Henry G. Jones and Sarah Kennedy Jones.

8. MARTHA could be a second wife of Edmund Jones, which would explain why the Edmund-> Alfred branch NOT naming children “Martha” and the Henry G. branch did.

9. Martha being buried next to William E. Jones, son of Edmund and Mildred Murphy Jones, indicates some relationship between the two. It was most likely Elvira Hicks Jones, William E. Jones’ wife, who buried them side-by-side in the Hicks plot at Ebenezer Cemetery, which is in close proximity to Henry G. Jones’ land.

Henry's old Martha with the HICKS clan

TILMON HICKS + Martha Jones, possible daughter or daughter-in-law of Mrs. Martha Jones in same household. Tilmon Hick’s daughter Elvira W. married first William E. Jones and second Alonzo Bradner per probate documents Jan. 14, 1884 for her father. She resided in Perry County , AL 1884 and is NOT buried at Ebenezer. All three: Martha Jones Hicks (died 1860 age 60), Mrs. Martha Jones (died 1867 aged 100), and William E. Jones (died 1871 age 51) are buried at Ebenezer with Tilmon’s son William P. Hicks (died 1858 age 24), daughter Isabelle Hicks (died 1852 age 11), daughter Drucilla Hicks Edwards died in childbirth August 27, 1866 age 18. One twin “infant” is buried with Drucilla, the other twin Kathyrn Drucilla (Kitty) lived. Husband/father is John E. Edwards son of Henry (Buck) Edwards and Mariah Horton (my Horton line.)

Per probate document for Jan 14, 1884 for Tilman Hicks the guardian of Drucilla Hicks Edward’s child Kathyrn Drucilla Edwards was Candice M Baines/Barnes. [Candice Mariah Edwards-Cockrell-Barnes-Jones is sister of John E. Edwards.] Candice never had children of her own.

NOTES:

Index to deeds book #1 A-K from 1820, June 05, 1835 bill of sale to JOHN WINSTON from: Henry P. and Martha E. Jones. I have no other information on this particular couple. Entry was copied at the Eutaw courthouse March 11, 2005.

Ancestry.com family file entry for Henry G. Jones - perhaps a clue...
born about 1800 NC (Henry G. is age 59 on 1860 census)
Father: Edmund Jones born abt. 1765 in VA
Mother: Martha Batte VA
Married: 1793 Greensville, VA
son: William Jones born about 1800 NC
son: Henry G. Jones born about 1800 NC DIED GREENE CO AL