Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. family papers, circa 1749-1930

Summary

Creator:

Jones family

Date:

circa 1749-1930

Extent:

7.5 Linear Feet (18 boxes & 5 oversized folders)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. family papers, ms215, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of papers of the Rev. Charles Colcock Jones family of Liberty County, Georgia from ca. 1749-1909. The early letters (1850-1861) are between Charles Colcock Jones and Mary Jones in Liberty County, Georgia and their son, Charles Jr., while at school in Princeton and Harvard and later in Savannah (Ga.) where he set up his law practice. The letters discuss social and family life, plantation life, politics and government, religious philosophies, and events leading up to the Civil War. From 1861-1865, Charles Jr.'s letters chronicle his involvement as an officer in the Chatham Artillery stationed along the Georgia coast near Savannah, then Charleston and James Island (S.C.), and Jacksonville (Fla.). After the war, the personal correspondence is mainly between Charles Jr., his mother Mary Jones, his wife Eva Eve Jones, and his brother Joseph Jones. There is also a smattering of correspondence regarding his law practice.

The collection also contains two volumes of letters Eva Eve Jones wrote to family describing her travels through Europe in 1879, manuscripts of Charles Jr.'s writings on Georgia history, Charles Jr.'s speeches including an 1861 speech to the Chatham Artillery, and addresses (1886-1892) he gave before the Confederate Survivors Association. Also included is a copy of the original manuscript for William Bartram's book Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians attributed to Ephraim G. Sqier (1821-1888). The manuscript contains tracings of Bartram's drawing of prehistoric mounds, Creek towns, and Cherokee and Creek structures not found in the published work.

Biographical / historical:

Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. (1804-1863), Presbyterian clergyman and planter, married Mary Jones and resided in Liberty County, Georgia.

His son, Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. (1831-1893), lawyer and historian, married first Ruth Berrien Whitehead, then Eva Berrien Eve and resided in Savannah, Georgia. "Known as the 'Macaulay of the South,' Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South." - "Charles C. Jones Jr." New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr's son Charles Edgeworth Jones was an historian as well. He authored a widely read comprehensive history of Georgia education titled "Education in Georgia."

Arrangement:

Arranged by record type.

Related

Separated material:

See also photographic materials from this collection that were removed to the Cased Image Collection, ms3529.TEMP.

Other descriptive data:

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Speeches.
College teachers -- Georgia.
Chemistry teachers -- Georgia -- Augusta -- Biography.
Clergy -- Georgia.
College students -- New Jersey.
College students -- Massachusetts.
Cherokee Indians -- Georgia.
Practice of law -- Georgia.
Lawyers -- Georgia.
Religious life.
Plantation life -- Georgia.
Women travelers -- Georgia.
Soldiers -- Georgia.
Legal documents.
Creek Indians -- Georgia.
Manuscripts.
Real property -- Georgia -- Liberty County.
Real property -- Georgia -- Franklin County.
Liberty County (Ga.) -- Social life and customs.
Biographies.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Land grants.
Indentures.
Land surveys.
Photocopies.
Plats (maps)
Correspondence
Magazines (periodicals).

Names:

Harvard University
Georgia. Chatham Artillery of Savannah
Confederate Survivors Association
Princeton University
Jones, Charles Colcock, 1804-1863
Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893
Bartram, William, 1739-1823 -- Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians

Places:

Georgia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Savannah (Ga.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
James Island (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Florida -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Georgia -- History -- 18th century.
Kentucky -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
Mississippi -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
Savannah (Ga.) -- Social life and customs.

Preferred citation:

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. family papers, ms215, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.