Tag: Carroll
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Carroll Cemetery, John B. Kidd estate
The above linked page is my write up of the Carroll Cemetery which is just off Nellie Jones Road in the Bracey area. This cemetery was part of John B. Kidd’s estate. There are no tombstones there, only field stones that mark the head and feet of the burials. I believe this cemetery dates to…
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Susanna Clark: married 1792
William B. Jones and Susanna were the parents of two children: James B. Jones and Zachariah Jones. They lived in the Bracey area and are one of the Great Creek Jones families. I’ve seen several old published materials with Susanna’s surname listed as Clack and that she was the daughter of Moses Clack. I know…
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William B. Jones deposition about Revolutionary War in Mecklenburg, VA
This is the second deposition of my ancestor William B. Jones for John Carroll. I love this deposition for several reasons: He talks about growing up in the same “neighborhood” as John Carroll, going to the same school as John Carroll, and that his brother John Jones was serving with John Carroll. William vividly remembers…
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William B. Jones 1852 deposition
I haven’t found the pension records from the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812 for any of my ancestors. But, when I started looking at the pension records of other men in the community, I discovered my family gave a few depositions in those records, like this one. Until I found this deposition, the…
Julie's Mecklenburg, Virginia Discoveries 