Tag: Jones

• 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 Cabitto

  September 21, 2020

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  Baptist, Carroll, Clack, Clark, Jones, Patterson, Pennington, pension, Revolutionary-War

• Old Great Creek Jones family land

  Jones is one of the most common names in the world. Yet, all the Jones I’ve researched in the Great Creek area of Mecklenburg appear related. There are many cousin marriages between William Jones’ descendants. The family tree criss-crosses more than it branches out! William Jones had 1 daughter and 6 sons named in his…

  Julie Cabitto

  July 13, 2020

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  Barker, Burton, Clask, deeds, Douglas, Jones, Muston, Taylor, Thomas, Winfield, Wynne

• Roy Jones-WWI Veteran

  Roy Jones with his wife Bertha and children Evelyn and baby Leroy. Julie’s note: Robert Leroy Jones, known as Roy Jones was a soldier in WWI. It was not an experience he wanted to talk about, which I think is an important story too. Don Bell told me, “When I was in the Army he’d…

  Julie Cabitto

  May 18, 2020

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  Bell, Jones, Malone, Thompson, Walker

• What is a chancery? Kidd land example

  I love the genealogical treasures you can find in chancery cases! In this post, I’ll try to explain what a chancery case is, and how they help me with family history; using the chancery of Jimmy Kidd’s estate as an example. Chancery records are not “beginner genealogy”, but it’s so worth it to learn more…

  Julie Cabitto

  March 18, 2020

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  Bowers, Cannon, chancery, Clary, Cole, Gray, Jeffries, Johnson, Jones, Kidd, King, Lambert, Newman, Poythress, Rainey, Shaw, Tudor

• DT Ridout picture & family

  Dave Ridout sent me this picture to share. A cousin gave him a copy, but they aren’t sure which of the two DT Ridouts this could be. One DT Ridout is David Thomas Ridout who lived from 1820-1876. He was first married to Mary E. Thomas, a daughter of Robin Thomas and Rebecca Jones. His…

  Julie Cabitto

  March 2, 2020

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  Barker, cemetery, Jones, Kidd, Murder!, Petersburg, picture-ID, Ridout, store, Taylor, Thomas, Tudor, Wells

• Jones African American DNA mystery

  I was asked by a descendant of Missouri Jones to help her identify which Jones line in Mecklenburg, VA was her family’s line.  I thought Jane Thomas who married Edward Carroll Jones died young, but I found out this was not true after all. My search to discover Missouri’s parents led to totally unexpected results.…

  Julie Cabitto

  February 16, 2020

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  African-American, Bennett, Brooks, Burton, Clary, DNA, Ellis, Hall, Harper, Hawkins, Jones, Joyce, Kidd, Lynch, Marks, Mayo, Moseley, Newman, Pearson, Temple, Thomas, Wright