Business and Legal Documents Series 2. Business and Legal Documents contains a vast array of business, financial, and other legal transactions important in colonial Georgia. While these legal and business transaction do not always take place directly within the Jones familythey are nonetheless related. Several early documents include wills, deeds, estates and signatures of distant forebears of the Jones family and notable Georgia figures; later documents indicate financial transactions, debts, and indentures, some of which relates to the Jones Plantation. For related material, see the first few folders of Series 3. Correspondence, wherein are mixed with the correspondence some Jones family business letters and legal documents. box folder Request box 1 2 Splatt, John of South Carolina. Will, (fragments), 1749 1 3 Masses, Joseph. Grant, 1757 oversized_folder Request oversized_folder 6 Mackay, Patrick. Release to James Sperinck [oversize], 1760? box folder Request box 1 5 Gibbons, Jos. Deed. (w/Zubly signature), 1761 1 6 Maybank, David. Estate, 1769 1 7 Crooke, Heriot. Lease, (fragments), 1775 1 8 Streetman, Sarah. Deed (includes seal), 1785-1793 1 9 Telfair, Edward. Signature, 1786 1 10 Maybank, Andrew. Will (fragment), undated 1 11 Stewart, James. Way, Thomas. Girardeau, Richard. Land plats, no date 1 12 Georgia Seals. Royal and 1799., 1799 box Request box VB1 Georgia Seals. Royal and 1799 box folder Request box 1 13 Business Documents - Deeds, indentures and land plats (includes Liberty, Burke, and Richmond counties), 1783-1787 1 14 Indentures, deeds, and receipts, 1780-1797 1 15 Receipts, indentures and commissions (includes some Jones Plantation records), 1830-1839 1 16 Financial papers and legal documents (including receipts, bonds, letters of introduction), 1777-1826 Signature of Hon. Augustin S. Clayton (fragment)
Jones Family Correspondence Series 3. Correspondence comprises the largest series of the collection and spans the years XXXX to XXXX, documenting the Jones family for 4 generations / decades of the Jones family. Generation shifts can be tracked by the correspondents and subject matter. The correspondence is divided into 6 subseries: Subseries 3.1 Early Correspondence consisting of Legal Documents and letters regarding John Jones and Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr.: The first few folders this subseries also contain Jones family business letters and legal documents mixed in with the correspondence.Subseries 3.2 Correspondence between Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. and C. C. Jones, Jr. while away at school: This subseries consists of letters written by Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. and his wife Mary Jones to their sons studying in Princeton. Letters from the sons to the parents are also included. Additionally, some folders contain speeches written by C.C. Jones Jr. on the concept of beauty, and one titled "National Attachments" as well as a poem entitled "The Old Oak Tree."Subseries 3.3 C.C. Jones, Jr. professional correspondence: This subseries consists of correspondence during C.C. Jones, Jr.'s time in Savannah as a laywer and mayor, and while he was a lieutenant colonel in the Civil War. The appearance of Ward, Owens, and Jones law firm stationary signifies Jones becoming an established lawyer in Savannah. Around box 5, the letters shift from predominantly family correspondence to correspondence between C. C. Jones, Jr. and Eva Eve Jones. Scattered among this subseries are civil war documents and business letters. Subseries 3.4 C.C. Jones, Jr. later correspondence, including letters to son Charles Edgeworth Jones: While this subseries mostly consists of C.C. Jones, Jr's correspondence with lawyers and statesmen, letters to son Charles Edgeworth Jones, studying at the University of Georgia, become more frequent and lengthy.Subseries 3.5 Undated C.C. Jones, Jr. Correspondence: Include both incoming and outgoing letters, drafts of speeches and miscellaneous research from all periods of C.C. Jones, Jr.'s life.Subseries 3.6 Charles Edgeworth Jones Correspondence. Consists of mainly incoming letters containing replies to Edgeworth's various research queries. Included are several printed articles, clippings, and signatures. box folder Request box 1 17 John Jones correspondence (with Mary Jones and George Walton), 1779-1797 1 18 Letters - various correspondents , 1807-1829 1 19 Joseph Jones estate letters , circa 1846 1 20 Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. letters and business documents, 1843-1849 box folder Request box 1 21 Letters, 1850 1 22 Letters and C. C. Jones, Jr. speeches on genius and beauty, 1851-January-June 1 23 Letters and C. C. Jones, Jr. speech "National Attachment", 1851-July-December 1 24 Letters and C. C. Jones, Jr. speech "Great Men the Glory of their Country", 1852-January-June 1 25 Letters, account records, and Centennial Odes, 1852-July-December box folder Request box 2 1 Letters, 1853-January-August 2 2 Letters and poem "The Old Oak Tree", 1853-September-December 2 3 Letters, 1854-January-June 2 4 Letters, 1854-July-December 2 5 Letters, 1855 2 6 Letters, 1856-January-March 2 7 Letters, 1856-April-September 2 8 Letters, 1856-October-December 2 9 Letters, 1857 January-June 2 10 Letters, 1857 July-December 2 11 Letters, 1858 January-May 2 12 Letters, including some from Mary Jones to Daughter, 1858 June-December 2 13 Letters, 1859 January-March 2 14 Letters , 1859 April-August box folder Request box 2 15 Letters, some written on Ward, Jackson and Jones Law Firm stationary, 1859 September-October 2 16 Letters, 1859 November-December 2 17 Letters, 1860 January-March 2 18 Letters, including stocks of the Milledgeville Railroad Company, 1860 April-June 2 19 Letters, 1860 July-September 2 20 Letters, including a clipping from the reopening of the Charleston-Savannah railroad, 1860 October-December box folder Request box 3 1 Letters, 1861 January-March 3 2 Letters, 1861 April-May 3 3 Letters, 1861 June-July 3 4 Letters, 1861 August 3 5 Letters, 1861 September 3 6 Letters, 1861 October 3 7 Letters, with C. C. Jones, Jr.'s letters originating from Head Quarters Chatham Artillery, 1861 November 3 8 Letters, 1861 December 3 9 Letters, 1862 January 3 10 Letters, 1862 February 3 11 Letters, 1862 March 3 12 Letters, 1862 April 3 13 Letters, 1862 May 3 14 Letters, including a Reciept Roll of Hired Men and a Reciept Roll of Men on Extra Duty, 1862 June box folder Request box 4 1 Letters, including a copy of James Carter's Bill, a Monthly Summary Statement, a Reciept Roll of Hired Men and two Rolls of Enlisted Men employed upon Extra Duty, 1862 July 4 2 Letters, including a copy of a reciept to Dr. Daniel O'Connor, a Reciept Roll of Men on Extra Duty, and a Monthly Summary Statement, 1862 August 4 3 Letters, including a copy of a reciept to Dr. Daniel O'Connor, a letter written on Ward, Jackson and Jones stationary with Jackson's name scratched out, a copy of a recipet to Dr. J. B. Marshall + Bro, and a Reciept Roll of Hired Men, 1862 September 4 4 Letters, 1862 October 4 5 Letters, 1862 November 4 6 Letters, 1862 December 4 7 Letters, 1863 January 1-15 4 8 Letters, 1863 January 16-31 4 9 Letters, 1863 February 1-12 4 10 Letters, 1863 February 13-28 4 11 Letters, 1863 March 1-15 4 12 Letters, 1863 March 16-31 4 13 Letters, 1863 April 1-15 4 14 Letters, 1863 April 16-30 4 15 Letters, 1863 May 1-15 4 16 Letters, 1863 May 16-31 4 17 Letters, including Letters of Administration of William J. Eve, 1863 June 1-15 box folder Request box 5 1 Letters, including a poem titled "The Solace" and an epistle from Eva, 1863 June 16-30 5 2 Letters, 1863 July 1-15 5 3 Letters, including a subscription to the Southern Presbyterian Review, 1863 July 16-31 5 4 Letters, 1863 August 1-15 5 5 Letters, 1863 August 16-31 5 6 Letters, 1863 September 1-15 5 7 Letters, 1863 September 16-30 5 8 Letters, 1863-October 1-15 5 9 Letters, 1863 October 16-31 5 10 Letters, including a subscription to the Morning News and a policy from Southern Mutual Insurance Company, 1863 November & December 5 11 Letters, including bills from the Savannah Gas Light Company, 1864 January 5 12 Letters, including a copy of the appraisement of the Estate of William J. Eve, 1864 February 5 13 Letters, including a poem titled "Our Boy in the Army", 1864 March 1-12 5 14 Letters, 1864 March 13-31 5 15 Letters, 1864 April 5 16 Letters, 1864 May-July 5 17 Letters, 1864 August (Artillery Rangers here) Confederate Flag notebook containing artillery ranges of various weapons box folder Request box 6 1 Letters, 1864 September 6 2 Letters, 1864 October 6 3 Letters, 1864 November 6 4 Letters, 1864 December 6 5 Letters, 1865 January-July 6 6 Letters, 1865 August 6 7 Letters, 1865 September 6 8 Letters, 1865 October-December 6 9 Letters, 1866 January-February 6 10 Letters, 1866 March-December 6 11 Letters, 1867 6 12 Letters, 1868 January-March 6 13 Letters, 1868 April-June 6 14 Letters, 1868 July-December 6 15 Letters, 1869 box folder Request box 7 1 Letters, 1870 7 2 Letters, 1871 7 3 Letters, 1872 7 4 Letters, including mostly letters to "Auntie (J.M. Cumming? Emma O. Smith?)," and some childhood notes from Charles Edgeworth Jones, C. C. Jones, Jr's son, 1873 7 5 Letters, including letters to Edgeworth from aunts and uncles, 1874 7 6 Letters, 1875 7 7 Letters, 1876 January-June 7 8 Letters, 1876 July-September 7 9 Letters, including a London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company statement for Mr. Philo C. Eve, 1876 October-December 7 10 Letters, 1877 January-June 7 11 Letters, including a pamphlet from the "Congres International Des Americanistes" and a "Memorandum of Agreement", 1877 July-December 7 12 Letters, 1878 January-June 7 13 Letters, 1878 July-December 7 14 Letters, 1879 January-June box folder Request box 8 1 Letters, 1879 July-August 8 2 Letters, 1879 September-December 8 3 Letters, 1880 8 4 Letters, 1881 8 5 Letters, 1881 box folder Request box 8 6 Letters, 1883 8 7 Letters, including a clippings of an address delivered before the Confederate Survivor's Association by C. C. Jones, Jr., 1884 8 8 Letters, 1885-1886 8 9 Letters, including writing "A Venetian Episode in Augusta, and what came of it", 1887 8 10 Letters, 1888 8 11 Letters, including a letter by Gov. Gordon appointing C.C. Jones, Jr. the Chairman of the Georgia Commission at the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington , 1889 January-April 8 12 Letters, including letters and condolences regarding the death of the sister of C.C. Jones, Jr. , 1889 May-December 8 13 Letters, 1890 8 14 Letters, 1891 8 15 Letters, 1892 8 16 Letters, including letters of condolence regarding the death of C.C. Jones, Jr., 1893-1899 box folder Request box 8 17 Letters, Undated box folder Request box 9 1 Letters, Undated 9 2 Letters, Undated 9 3 Letters, Undated 9 4 Letters, Undated 9 5 Letters, Undated 9 6 Letters, Undated 9 7 Letters, Undated box folder Request box 9 8 Letters, 1887-1889 9 9 Letters, 1890-1892 9 10 Letters, 1893 January-June 9 11 Letters, 1893 July 9 12 Letters, 1893 August 1-24 9 13 Letters, 1893 August 25-31 9 14 Letters, 1893 September-December 9 15 Letters, 1894 January-June box folder Request box 10 1 Letters, 1894 July-December 10 2 Letters, 1895 10 3 Letters, 1896 10 4 Letters, 1897 10 5 Letters, 1898 10 6 Letters, 1899 10 7 Letters, 1900-1919 10 8 Letters, 1920-1930 10 9 Letters, undated
Estate and Property Documents box folder Request box 15 7 Misc. Property Inventories 15 8 Marriage settlements 15 9 Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1878 15 10 Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1879-1880 15 11 Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1881-1882 15 12 Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1883-1884 15 13 Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts, 1885 box folder Request box 16 1 Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1886-1887 16 2 Papers re the Estate of Caroline S. Jones, Returns and Accounts with vouchers, 1888-1889 16 3 Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, returns and accounts with vouchers, 1890-1891 16 4 Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, petitions, 1879-1885 16 5 Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, correspondence, April 10, 1884-April 2, 1886 16 6 Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, correspondence, June 21, 1886-October 1887 16 7 Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, correspondence, January 12, 1888-September 12, 1889 16 8 Papers re the estate of Caroline S. Jones, checks and misc. 16 9 Miscellaneous deeds, 1774-1864 16 10 Miscellaneous deeds, 1870-1874 16 11 Miscellaneous bills and receipts, 1831-1893 16 12 Lease. P. E. Eve to Owen P. Fitzsimmons, 1869 16 13 Fragmented deeds
Oversize documents Including maps, plats, land grants, deeds, and indentures, etc. oversized_folder item Request oversized_folder 1A 1 Indenture, James and Semor Smith--William Ward Concerning Land in Liberty County, 1 February 1813 1A 2 Indenture, William Gibbons--Joseph Gibbons Concerning Land in Franklin County, 12 July 1790 1A 3 Document, Appointing Charles C. Jones, Jr., Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Kentucky; Granted
By James B. McCreary, Governor, 15 October 1877 1A 4 Document, Appointing Charles C. Jones, Jr., Commissioner to Administer Oaths, and Take Depositions and Affadavits for the State of Mississippi, Granted By Benjamin G. Humphreys, Governor, 22 April 1868 1A 5 Land Grant to Thomas Smyth Regarding 1000 Acres in Franklin County by George Mathews, Governor
(Plat Attached), 24 April 1794 1A 6 Land Grant As Above But For Adjacent 1000 Acres oversized_folder item Request oversized_folder 2A 1 Indenture, James and Martha Carter--John Peacock, Sr. Concerning Land in Liberty County, 20 October 1801 2A 2 Indenture, Matthew and Hannah McAllister--Morgan Mara Regarding Land in Liberty County, 19 October 1816 2A 3 Land Survey for James Smith 352.5 Acres in Liberty County, 3 June 1801 2A 4 Indenture, Josiah Wilson, Sheriff--Captain P. H. Wilkins Concerning Sheriff's Land Sales in Liberty
County, 3 July 1810 2A 5 Indenture, Joseph Law, Sr. for the Estate of Arthur Carney--James Smith Regarding Land in Liberty
County 2A 6 Will of Mark Carr of the Parish of St. Patrick, Dated 8 June 1767, True Copy From the Original Copy
Made , 16 November 1791 oversized_folder item Request oversized_folder 3A 1 Land Grant to Thomas Carter Concerning 200 Acres in the District of Newport (Later Liberty County)
with Plat by Yonge and DeBrahm Attached, 15 May 1756 oversized_folder item Request oversized_folder 4B 1 Plat of Arcadia, the Plantation Owned By Rev. C. C. Jones, in Liberty County, original, 26 August 1848 4B 2-3 Plat of Arcadia, 1848- photocopy (2) 4B 4 Plat of Arcadia, original, 1872 oversized_folder item Request oversized_folder 5B 1 Plat of Land Owned By James Donwody [Dunwody] in Liberty County, original, 27 March 1786 5B 2-3 Dunwody Land Plat, 1786, Photocopy (2) 5B 4 Dunwody Land Plat, original, 1816 5B 5 Dunwody Land Plat, original, 1828
