Jones family papers

Descriptive Summary
Repository:	Georgia Historical Society
Creator:	Jones family.
Title:	Jones family papers
Dates:	1621-2010
Extent:	2.55 cubic feet (4 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
Identification:	MS 2555

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Biographical/Historical Note

James Dunwoody Jones was born May 1, 1842 and died on February 21, 1904. He married Mary Cornelia Ashley on November 2, 1870 and they had 9 children.

James Dunwoody Jones served as an Officer for the Confederacy during the American Civil War and was made 2nd Lieutenant Drill Master for the C.S.A. on November 7, 1862. Jones served as Drill Master at Andersonville Prison.

Collection contains information pertaining to Simon Munro. There is extensive information that connects James Dunwoody Jones' genealogy to Simon Munro from Scotland. Other relatives include Major John Dunwoody Jones who married Jane Bulloch (daughter of James Bulloch), Jones' great grandparents; Colonel James Dunwoody and Elizabeth West Smith, Jones' grandparents; and Dr. John Jones and Jane Adeline Dunwoody, Jones' parents.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection contains an autograph book, a daguerreotype and ambrotype, clippings and articles, correspondence, financial records, indentures, genealogy records, maps, notes, photographs, writings, and artifacts dating 1621-2010. Colonail era items of interest include a manuscript indenture between Simon Munro of Parish Saint John and Simon Patterson and John Pettigrew of Sunbury for lease dated year 1774; a letter from Mr. Arthur Carney respecting the Stock May 1768 written from the Cowpen; and a letter dated July 22, 1621 labelled, "Shaftesbury" addressed "Sir Anthony-Ashely-Cooper Care of Shaftsbury".

Civil War era materials include a leather whip belonging to James Dunwoody Jones that was reportedly made by him; an autograph album of Confederate Prisoners of War held at Fort Warren near Boston November 27, 1861; a memoir of Jone's time as Drill Master at Andersonville Prison entitled, "The Departure and Return of Peace" (also published in Civil War Times Illustrated, February 1964); military records naming Jones to the position of Drill Master; and Confederate money.

Items from the Reconstrution and World War II era include a one year agreement with the State of Georgia, Liberty County, dated December 29, 1868 written by J.D. Jones and signed "X" by "free persons of collor [sic]" to cultivate land at Laurel View; a rental agreement for "Liberty Co. Jan. 10 1869 of Laurel View between Sam Munroe signed by his mark and J.D. Jones; and a World War II photograph album.

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Index Terms

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

Collection acquired from Mack Kitchens, 2013.

Preferred Citation

[item identification], Jones family papers, MS 2555, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Mack Kitchens, 2013.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

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Publication Note

"The Departure and Return of Peace" by James Dunwoody Jones was published in Civil War Times Illustrated (February 1964).

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Container List

 

Box	Fldr
1	1	Miscellaneous items

 

2

Newspaper clippings, 1855-1932

This folder contains newspaper clippings from The Constitution (December 28, 1890); Savannah Morning News (August 21, 1883); Griffin Semi-Weekly Star (undated); Atlanta Journal (undated).

 

3

Partial invoices and bills, 1788-1903

 

4

Geneaological research and family correspondence, 1861-1954

This folder contains book kept by James Dunwoody Jones dated 1899- account of family history, members of family, genealogy, loose drawings and photos, photo copy of marriage license, dual obituary of Col. James and Elizabeth West Dunwoody.

 

5

Letter discussing family crest, 1621

This folder contains letter dated July 22, 1621 labelled, "Shaftesbury" addressed "Sir Anthony-Ashely-Cooper Care of Shaftsbury".

 

6

Photographs

This folder contains individual portraits, headstone of E.W. Dunwoody, photograph postcards, scenery, and house interior photographs. Names of individuals include: Elizabeth W. Dunwoody, James Logan Jones, William Percy Jones, Julia Virginia Coffin, Lily Perry Coffin, Emily Barnwell, Perry Coffin. Also there is a Foltz Studio portrait signed 'With love from-Cornelia'.

 

7

West family bills, invoices, and letters, 1767-1842

This folder contains letters and financial accounts involving Arthur Carney, Charles West Esq., Samuel West 1772, 1767, 1768, 1777.

 

8

Mr. and Mrs. James Smith letters and correspondence, 1836-1852

 

9

Mrs Elizabeth Munro account balance, 1792

This folder contains loan and debt information between Mrs. Elizabeth Munro and John McIver, 1792.

 

10

Simon Munro Esq. letter, 1789

This folder contains a letter dated 22 September 1789 to Simon Munro Esq. of Sunbury from John Hodgson in London.

 

11

James Dunwoody Jones letters of correspondence, 1863-1875

This folder contains various correspondence from James Dunwoody Jones, including a one year agreement State of Georgia Liberty County December 29, 1868 written by J.D. Jones and signed "X" by "free persons of collor [sic]" to cultivate land at Laurel View and rental agreement "Liberty Co. Jan. 10 1869 of Laurel View between Sam Munroe signed by his mark and J.D. Jones.

 

12

James Dunwoody Jones military papers, 1862-1864

This folder contains a letter from "Head Quarters 20th Battn. Geo. Cavalry Riceboro Geo Febry 6 1964" granting authority to Lieut. J.D. Jones to raise a Company of Cavalry to be attached to my command: signed by John M. Millen Lt. Co Comdg 20th Battn Ga Cavalry with attached letter from "Richmond Feb 16, 1864" to Hon. J.A. Seddon Sec of War".

 

13

Dunwoody Jones letter 'To Cal', 1888

 

14

Dunwoody Jones letter from J.G. Bulloch, 1901

This folder contains letter from the Department of the Interior Indian School Service to Dunwoody Jones signed J.G. Bulloch, dated August 28, 1901.

 

15

Dunwoody Jones letter from Ashley Jones, 1901

This folder contains 2 page letter "Dear Papa" (to Dunwoody Jones from "Your aff. Son Jno. Ashley Jones") dated March 21, 1901.

 

16

Poem 'My Garden', undated

 

17

H.H. Perry poem 'L'Homme Sans Peur', undated

 

18

Letter from 'Grand-father' to 'Child', 1887

This folder contains letter from Satilla Bluff dated Feb. 7, 1887 addressed " My Child" and signed "Grand-father".

 

19

James Dunwoody Jones military commission letter, 1862 View online.

This folder contains commission letter from Confederate War Department appointing 2nd Lieutenant James Dunwoody Jones as Drill Master, dated November 7, 1862 and signed by Secretary of War, Smith and confederate monetary bills.

 

20

Confederate bills, 1860-1864

 

21

Civil War Times Illustrated article by James Dunwoody Jones, 1964 View online.

This folder contains a copy of Civil War Times Illustrated, February 1964, with the published version of James Dunwoody Jones' memoir, "The Departure and Return of Peace".

 

22

Lieutenant Dunwoody Jones documents, 1990

This folder contains copy of "The Departure and Return of Peace" by Lt. Dunwoody Jones, C.S.A.

 

23

Lieutenant James Dunwoody Jones, "The Departure and Return of Peace", unknown View online.

This folder contains original, "The Departure and Return of Peace" by Lt. Dunwoody Jones, C.S.A. detailing his experience as Drill Master at Andersonville Prison.

 

24

James Dunwoody Jones cased images, unknown View online.

This folder contains a framed daguerreotype and a framed ambrotype.

 

26

P.O.W. Listings autograph book, 1861

This folder contains signatures of P.O.W.s held at Fort Warren, dated November 1861. Some capture dates and places are listed along with the signatures. Front cover of book is no longer attached and some pages are falling out.

 

26

Genealogy journal, 1899

This folder contains a book with drawings and an account of Dunwoody family history and genealogy dated 1899.

 

Box	Fldr
2	27	West Texas Sulphur Company deed and certificate to William Percy Jones, 1916

 

28

John Ashley Jones newspaper clippings and copy of Nylic Review, 1955

 

29

Postage stamps, undated

 

30

William Bee Coffin family bible documentation, 1956

This folder contains photostat of page inside a Bible with familial information.

 

31

Mack Howard Kitchens letters, 1945-1953 ( (*PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE--HARRY TRUMAN*) )

This folder contains letters for Veterans Administration and the White House to Mack Howard Kitchens. Contains a presidential signature of Harry Truman (c. 1945-1953).

 

32

William Percy Jones items, 1914-1917

This folder contains letters and cards to William Percy Jones (1914-1917); Index card with women's names and addresses on one side, and women's names with 'Oglethorpe Sanitarium' on the other side; pressing of unknown plant.

 

33

William Percy Jones items, 1874-1916

This folder contains: Locket image of unknown woman; Fractional $0.10 currency (1874-1876); Wallet photographs of unknown woman and man; License to carry firearm (1916); Train pass (1903); Money loan (1911); Postage book (1891); Several wallet and locket photographs of unknown women and children.

 

34

William Percy Jones and Cornelia Ashley Jones items, 1902-1978

This folder contains: Son of Confederate Veterans membership card (1977); Sunday school picnic fare (1902); William Percy Jones' driver's license (1942); 3 War Ration Books for Cornelia Ashley jones (1942-1943); Photograph postcard of sailor; Glass negative of an infant; Photographs of unknown women and infant; WP Jones American Legion membership card (1978); US Veterans Bureau letter (1928); Award of Victory Medal for duty in the Navy (1921); Naval rating badge (Petty officer, 2nd class and Engineer Technician/Machinist Mate); Wallet photographs; Empty envelope from Sixth Naval District Headquarters.

 

35

Miscellaneous documents, 1949-1966

 

36

Reverend John Jones D.D. biographical information, 1815-1893

 

37

South Atlanta Steamship Line photograph, undated

 

38

South Atlantic Steamship Line envelope, undated

 

39

Cornelia Ashley Jones and Mack Howard Kitchens wedding announcements and photographs, 1951

 

40

Miscellaneous photographs and photo postcards, 1914

 

41

Cornelia Ashley Jones photographs, 1951

 

42

Brigadier General B.G. Humphreys biographical information and photograph, 1808-1882

 

43

Richard Arnold School newspaper "The Log", 1939

 

44

Cornelia Ashley Jones and Queens College newspaper clippings, 1945-1949

 

45

Cornelia Ashley Jones church and musical programs, 1938-1954

 

46

Headquarters of Sons of Confederate Veterans letter, undated

This folder contains a letter from Walter L. Hopkins, Adjutant-In-Chief and Chief of Staff of General Headquarters for Sons of Confederate Veterans (undated).

 

47

Copied poem for Lieutenant J.D. Jones (James Dunwoody Jones), 1863

 

48

Major Livingston Mims, 1833-1906

This folder contains a photostat and brief biography of Major Livingston Mims (1833-1906).

 

49

Munro family genealogical information, undated

This folder contains genealogical information for Munro family of Foulis (Scotland).

 

50

Miscellaneous journal entries, 1837-1840

 

51

Copy of Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug and Molton Realty Company cloth envelope, 1898

 

52

Fish & Canned Goods price list, 1890

 

53

Letter to Liberty County, 1819

 

54

Jones family genealogical notes, undated

 

55

Charles Edgeworth Jones newspaper article, 1899

This folder contains a newspaper clipping- The Constitution: Atlanta, GA Sunday November 12, 1899.

 

56

Ashley and William Percy Jones letters, 1916, 1949, 1951

 

57

St. Catherine's Island newspaper clipping, 1929

This folder contains a newspaper clipping- Savannah Morning News Sunday, April 7, 1929.

 

58

F.C. Butler Cemetery lot deed, 1934

This folder contains correspondence for and title of cemetery lot to Mrs. F.C. Butler (1934).

 

59

William Percy Jones letters, 1964

 

60

Family photo album copies, 1861-1944

 

61

Family photo album items, 1861-1953

This folder contains john Ashley Jones (1879); Jane and Ashley Jones (1953); Mary Allgood Jones Purse (1918); architectural drawings (1938).

 

62

Family photo album items, 1703-1950

This folder contains: Fannie Baisden Dunham (1827-1897); Mary Baisden Dunham (1799 m.); James Smith--great grandson of Governor James Moore (1766-1854); photostat 1861 letter from James Dunwoody Jones to his 'Uncle and Aunt'; photograph of locket portrait of Elizabeth Munro (1740-1796); William Pinkney print (1703-1766); Reverend John Jones D.D. (1870); Dunwoody Jones (1850-51); Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph Johnston with descriptive note (1870); James Dunwoody Jones and Mary Cornelia Ashley wedding portrait (1870) family portrait (1871); Dunwoody and Mary Jones with two sons (undated); Jones family portraits (1920) two photographs of Jones children only and Jones children with spouses and children; Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Pat Demere (1944); Virginia Coffin Jones (1926); Ed Pratt (1949); Ed and Mary Pritchard Pratt (1950); Ashley and Bliss Fine (1948, 1953); Mary Hillyer Fine (1942).

 

63

Family photo album items, 1871-1949

This folder contains: General Pershing banquet agenda and reservation card (1919); Canal Convention ribbon and pin for John Ashley Jones (1919); John Ashley Jones delegation appointment by Governor Hugh Dorsey (1919); James Dunwoody Jones and Mary Cornelia Ashley portrait negative (1871, est.); piece of music manuscript written by J. Fowler-Richardson for Mrs. J. Ashley Jones 'Sun of My Soul' (undated); postcard of Confederate generals; William Percy Jones (undated); foreign delegates business cards; Ashley Valentine Fine (1949); newspaper clipping from Moultrie Observer (undated).

 

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64

Photographs of Savannah Port and River, undated

This folder contains two images of unidentified ships on the Savannah River.

 

1

Wooden Christmas ornament, undated

 

2

Book The Art of Incubation and Brooding: A guide to profitable poultry raising by E and C Von Culin, 1894

 

3

Book Learning to Think owned by Dunwoody Jones and Ashley Jones, 1856-1874

 

4

James Dunwoody Jones metal sword belt buckle and leather envelope with written note from John Jones., 1861-1864

This box contains a black leather envelop with a note from John C. Jones describing provenance of Major James Dunwoody Jones' sword belt buckle. Metal belt buckle for sword belt--two oblong rings held by 'S' shaped metal piece in form of animal heads.

 

5

Folding camera box holding H.P. Ashley leatherbound pocket notebook., undated

This box contains leather notebook and wallet in Agfan folding camera box, H.P. Ashley, Engineer & Machinist, Atlanta.

 

6

William Percy Jones' copy of Tarr and McMurry's Geographies, Second Book: North America, 1900

 

7

Book Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, 1899

 

89

Two copies of book Listen; are you listening? by Willis E. Howard, 1952-1957

 

10

Southa Atlantic Steamship Line, Inc. playing cards, undated

 

11

William Percy Jones and Julia Virginia Coffin "Holy Matrimony" ceremonial book and 3 telegrams, 1917-1918

This box contains a 'Holy Matrimony' ceremonial book gifted by W.H.K. Pendleton to William Percy Jones and Julia Virginia Coffin and wedding announcements (1917), 3 telegrams (1917-1918).

 

12

William Percy Jones clippings journal, undated

 

13

Ceramic personalized Christmas ornament, 2010

 

14

Straw handbag with monogram 'VCJ' (Virginia Coffin Jones), undated

 

15

Memorial service guest book for Lily P. Coffin Butler, 1940

This box contains a Fox & Weeks Memorial Service guest book for Lily P. Coffin Butler; obituary newspaper clippings and unknown pressed plant clipping; and listing of flowers donated to the service.

 

16

Cornelia Cunningham's Atlanta: City of To-Day, a Sketchbook, 1933-1937

 

17

Incomplete book Historical Collections of Georgia, undated

This box contains loose pages from a book, Wilkes County – Wilkinson County and plate of George Whitefield.

 

18

Framed Dunwoody family crest, undated

 

19

Photo album of unknown sailor from World War II, 1943-1945

 

20

Bound book of music, 1909

 

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21

Leather bullwhip, undated

This box contains a leather whip said to have been made by Dunwoody Jones. In 1867, Jones, along with another assailant, physically assaulted a freedman in Riceboro, GA, for which they were both required to appear in court. This may have been the whip used in that attack. The whip is similar to those used by slave owners, such as Jones, against enslaved individuals.

 

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1

Land sales and leases, 1770-1786

This oversize folder contains: Envelope to J. H. & D. Jones, Atlanta, GA. from The Trenton Iron Co., Trenton, NJ; Land sale from Michael Rudolph to Ferdinand O'Niel in Liberty County (1786); Land lease from Simon Munro to Simon Paterson and John Pettigrew in Sunbury (1775); Land lease between Elisha Butler and Simon Munro (partial)(1770); Release of lots of land from Simon & Elizabeth Munro to Simon Paterson & John Pettegrew in Sunbury (1775).

 

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2

Map of the Counties Baker and Miller, 1872

This oversize folder contains a 'Map of the Cos. of Baker and Miller, Georgia. Compiled by J.C. Jones, Esq.' Note on front indicates: 'Newton P.O. & C.H. Lat 31 (degrees) 18' Lon fr Wash. 7(degrees) 29'. Milford small town & P.O. Aggregate value of property 1,500,000 in Baker. Taxes paid 3,482'.

Note on back reads: Rev. J. Jones. 104 McDonough St. Atlanta Ga. May 13th 1881.

 

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3

Map of Land in Liberty County belonging to Rev. Mr. John Jones, 1847-1889

This oversize folder contains a map of plots of land in Liberty county belonging to Reverend John Jones. The front note of the surveyor reads: 'The above Plot delineates seven adjoining tacts of land situate in Libery County on and near a fine navigable stream, and the Rev. Mr. John Jones is the proprietor. These tracts collectively form a valuable plantation. The soil is peculiarly adapted to Cotton. The marsh land is high and extremely fertile: draining and culture would make it very productive. On this plantation a considerable quantity of rice might be raised also. The uncleared land is well timbered. Resurveyed & executed by Wm. Hughes, C.S.L.C. Septmber 8th, 1847.'

The notes on the back read: 'Rev. J.Jones. 104 McDonough St. Atlanta Ga. September 26th 1877' and 'Revd. J.J. 104 McDonough St. Atlanta Ga. Resurveyed May 18th 1889. S. In. Fleming surveyor.'