Jones County Wills and Estates

7 min readMar 7, 2017

Jones county was formed in 1779 from the southwestern part of Craven County. It was named after Willie Jones, a Revolutionary leader and president of the North Carolina Council of Safety. Jones, a plantation and slave owner, was later the state’s chief opponent of ratification of the United States Constitution.

Images of Jones County Wills and Deeds, Volume A, 1779 to 1812

Ahair, John — Andrews, Adam — Andrews, David — Andrews, Peter — Anniet, Peter — Antwine, Andrew — Austin, John — Barnett, William — Barret, Thomas — Benton, Michael — Blackshear, Agnes — Blackshear, Alexander Blackshear, Elisha — Blackshear, James — Blount, Francis — Bogue, Mark — Bogue, Robert — Brock, Joseph — Brockett, Benjamin to Benjamin Williams, Governor — Brown, Edward — Brown, John — Brown, William — Bryan, Frederick — Bryan, Lewis — Bryan, Nathan — Bump, Elizabeth — Bump, Jabez — Burich, James — Burnet, John Sr. — Buseck, Mitchel — Bush, William — Cahoon, John — Chance, Rebecca — Clark, George — Clifton, Ezekiel — Clifton, Sarah — Collins, Benjamin — Colvert, John — Conner, John — Cordeman, Barnard — Cox, Elisha — Cox, Marmaduke — Crutchfield, Ann — Dias, William — Dias, Wilson — Dudley, Abraham Sr. Dudley, Thomas — Dulin, Rice — Dulin, Thomas — Edwards, Simon — Eubanks, Thomas — Fields, Richard — Foy, Jacob — Foy, Thomas — Foy, Thomas (2) — Frank, Wickliff — Frazar, Mary — Frazer, Micajah — Frazar, Urbane — Furr, Thomas — Gilbert, Benjamin J. — Gilbert, Joseph — Gilbert, William D. — Giles, John Sr. — Gillet, Seth — Gooding, Moses — Goodson, Aaron — Granade, Joseph, the elder — Granade, Joseph — Gray, Israel — Gray, Joseph Cox — Gray, William Gilbert — Green, James — Grenade, John — Griffith, Daniel — Grimes, Robert — Gunter, John Sr. — Gunter, Richard — Hale, John — Hamilton, David — Hargett, Peter — Harkins, William — Harris, Zemeriah — Harrison, Daniel — Harrison, James Sr.- Harrison, John — Harrison, William — Harrison, William (2)- Harrison, William I1812) — Hatch, Anthony — Hatch, Edmund — Hatch, Samuel — Hathaway, Isaac — Hawkins, William — Hay, Thomas — Herbert, William — Hewet, Nancy — Higgins, William — Hill, James — Hill, Joseph — Howard, Titus — Huggins, Luke — Ipock, Jacob — Isler, Frederick — Isler, Sarah — Isler, William — Jackson, John — Jarman, Hall — Johnson, Collinson — Johnson, Jacob — Jones, Hardy — Jones, James — Jones, James (2) — Jones, William — Kellam, Mary — King, Mary — King, Samuel — Koonce, Christian — Koonce, Jacob — Koonce, John — Koonce, Michael — Kornegay, Abraham — Kornegy, Daniel — Kornegay, David — Kornegy, John — Kornegay, Littin — Lavender, William — Lavender, William (1802) — Lee, John Burton — Lipsey, Arthur — Lipsey, James — Lipsey, R. — Lipsey, Timothy — Lipsey, William — Littleton, Mary — Littleton, Thomas — Littleton, Thomas (2) — Macky, Isaac — Malding, Henry — Marret, Hezekiah Sr. — May, Charles — McCubbins, Samuel — McDaniel, James — McQuillian, Alexander — Mead, Rachel — Mead, Thomas — Meador, Abraham — Meadors, L. — Melton, James — Messer, Benjamin — Metts, George Sr. — Mew, Philip — Miller, George — Miller, Tobias — Moore, John — Moore, Mathew — Morris, William — Morrison, Daniel — Mundine, John — Mundine, K. W.- Mundine, Sarah — Mundine, Sarah, widow of John — Murdin, Mary Magdalin — Nelms, Jeremiah — Noble, Daniel — Oliver, John — Orme, Robert — Parry, Daniel — Parry, John Sr. — Parry, William — Parry, W. — Pate, William — Pharton, Abraham — Pickrin, Moses — Pickren, Richard — Prescott, Moses — Prescott, Thomas — PRichard, Caleb — PRichard, Jeremiah — Pybas, Henry — Quillian, Daniel — Randal, William — Reschover, Clara R. — Reynolds, James — Reynolds, Penelope — Sanders, Levi — Sanderson, Joseph — Shine, Daniel — Simmons, Amos — Simmons, Emmanuel — Simmons, George — Simmons, John — Skeen, Alexander — Skeen, Sarah — Skein, Betsy — Skein, Isaac — Small, Reuben — Smith, Bazel — Smith, Betsy — Smith, Vincent — Smith, William — Standland, John — Standly, John — Stanton, William — Starkey, Edward — Starkey, Edward (2) — Steel, Peter — Stephens, John — Stevenson, Charles — Taylor, Cornelius — Taylor, Rachel — Ventriss, William — Warren, Joseph — Watson, Jeremiah — Weeks, Archibald — West, Eli — Wharton, Edmond — Whitty, Edward — Williams, Chaplin Williams, James — Williams, Thomas — Williamson, David — Wilson, James — Wood, Gershon — Yeates, David — Yeates, Stephen

Images of Jones County Wills and Deeds, Volume A, 1813 to 1868

Amyett, Amos — Anders, John — Andrews, Adam Andrews, Francis — Andrews, John — Andrews, Penelope — Ashley, Benjamin — Askew, Zadoc Ball, John — Becton, Frederick Isler — Becton, Susannah — Bender, John — Brinson, H. — Brown, Isaac — Brown, Nancy — Brown, Samuel — Bryan, Wealthy — Burns, James — Burton, William M. — Calvert, John Sr. — Collins, Martha — Conner, Jeremiah — Conner, Michael — Conner, Rachel — Cox, Andrew — Cox, Elana — Cox, John R. — Cox, Levinah Cox, Owen B. — Davis, Enoch — Debrule, Edward C. — Dickson, Daniel — Dillahunt, Alice — Erwin, Shadrack Eubank, John — Eubanks, Lott — Fordham, John — Foreen, Frederick — Foreen, Simon — Foreen, Simon — Foreen, Susan H. — Foreen, John W. — Foy, Enoch — Francks, William H. — Frank, Edward — Frank, Edward S. — Franks, Edward S. — Gilbert, Joseph — Gillet, Thomas — Gooding, Council — Gooding, Frederickl — Gooding, Mary — Gooding, William — Griffin, Oliver — Harget, Peter — Harrison, John — Harrison, Richard — Harrison, William Sr. — Hatch, Edmund B. — Hatch, Joseph — Hawkins, Elizabeth — Hay, Joseph — Hay, Mary — Heath, Amos — Heath, Argent — Heath, John — Heath, Nancy — Holland, Esther — Howard, Israel — Howard, Julia N. — Huggins, James — Isler, John — Isler, Simmons — Isler, William — Jarman, Emanuel — Jarman, John — Jarman, John (1858) — Jarman, John Sr. — Jarman, Rachel — Jarman, William — Jarman, William (2) Johnson, Duncan B. — Jones, Bazzel = Jones, James — Jones, Jonas — Jones, Jonas (1850) — Jones, Kilby — Jones, William — Jones, William — Key, Joseph — Kinsey, John — Kinsey, Joseph — Kinsey, Mary — Knight, Kader — Koonce, Amos — Koonce, Beneter — Koonce, Benjamin — Koonce, Daniel — Koonce, Delphey — Koonce, Lydia — Koonce, Richard — Koonce, Simon E. — Koonce, T. — Koonce, Tobias — Koonce, William — Lane, Levan — Lipsey, Sarah — Loftin, John L. — Lovett, David — Lovett, Elijah — Mallard, Daniel — Mallard, John — Mallard, Kesiah — Mallard, Lawson — Mallard, Shadrack — Market, Elizabeth — Mashburn, James — McDaniel, James — McDaniel, James (2) — McDaniel, John — McDaniel, Risdon = McDaniel, Risdon Sr. — McDaniel, Thomas — McQuilling, Thomas — Meaders, Millington — Meador, Simeon — Miller, Martin — Morris, Sarah — Mumford, Edward — Mundine, Francis — Murphy, Mary — Murphy, Thomas — Murphy, Thomas(2)- Oliver, Joseph — Owens, Charlotte — Penuel, John — Perry, Hannah — Perry, Mary — Perry, Silas — Pollock, Amy- Pollock, John — Pollock, Mary — Pollock, Mary (1858) — Read, William — Rector, John — Rector, Mary — Reynolds, Elizabeth — Reynolds, Richard — Rhem, William — Rhodes, Henry — Richard — s, John Sr. — Robert — s, Richard — Robertson, Melissa T. — Sanders, Moses — Sanderson, Elijah — Scott, John — Shelfer, John — Simmons, Elijah — Simmons, Elizabeth — Simmons, Lemuel H. — Simmons, Mary — Simmons, Needham — Smith, Asa — Spight, Mary — Spight, Simon — Spock, Elizabeth — Stafford, Elisha Standly, John — Stanley, Daniel — Stanly, Nathan — Stanly, Wright — Stephens, Rachel — Stiley, Sarah — Stricklin, Fereba — Strong, John — Taler, Abraham — Taylor, Frederickl — Turnage, James — Twiddy, Joseph — Ward, Morris — Westbrook, Cathern Westbrook, Harman — Westbrook, James — Westbrook, John — Westbrook, John — Whitty, Joseph — Williams, Lewis Williams, Unity — Willson, Benjamin — Wise, Selby H. — Wood, John

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