Judge Moses H Jones Jones, II

'Moses Jones' was born circa 1801 in Tennessee, United States. He was a Probate Judge, Plantation owner, Paper Mill Owner, Newspaper owner.

Judge Moses Jones was an early settler of Alabama, was an active man in various professions. When he settled in Bellefonte, Jackson County, he purchased a large tract of land and built a large plantation home and paper mill. He was also a successful merchant and owned a Newspaper named "The Bellefonte Era" until Federal Troops under Major General Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel burned the Paper Mill and newsprint during the Civil War, along with the plantation home during the month of April 1862 The General came into Alabama was able to seize Huntsville and the towns around without firing one a shot, this Federal Troop leader was a genius.[1] ref.

At the end of Moses Jones life after the Civil War, as many of the citizens of Jackson County, Alabama he lost his fortune, he was in financial ruin after a lifetime of success, his pride kept him from following his children to Texas, he died trying to re-build his life in Alabama.

Bellefonte, Alabama is now a Ghost town was once a growing and beautiful city before the Civil War, but it was severely impacted by the war and was just about completely wiped out by the end of the war. The relocation of the county seat in 1868 drew off business from town. This town rapidly lost population, dropping off the census rolls by 1880. The town was abandoned by the 1920s. All that remains of Bellefonte today are the cemetery, the chimney of the local inn, and piles of scattered bricks. (2) A direct descendant of Moses Jones, Miss Ethel Acklin, in a letter in 1959, stated" I was told as a child that Moses Jones published articles in favor of the South and criticized the North to such an extent that he was a "Hunted Man" when the North invaded his part of Alabama, he and his family had to flee to his mountain home, at Jonesville, Alabama. His Plantation was taken over as headquarters for the Union soldiers and it was burned later when the soldiers moved South. An old servant of Moses Jones who stayed behind to look over the property, hid the silver, Confederate Money, and other valuables under the kitchen," (Miss Acklin, passed away in January 1970 in Austin, Travis, County, Texas.)

Biography

Judge Moses Jones was born in 1803 in Tennessee, United States. His parents were Moses Jones, I and Delilah Jones (Derrick). He was a Plantation owner, Paper Mill Owner, Newspaper owner.

Moses married Delilah Jones (Armbrister) in 1828 Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama. US. Together they had the following children:

• Mary Ann Lancaster (Jones);
• John W Jones;
• Hettie Melissa Jones;
• Joseph H Jones;
• Horace Jones;
• Laura F Jones;
• Maria Eleanor Jones.

He died circa 1874 in Alabama, USA, Bellefonte, Jackson County, AL, United States.
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References
'References Lancaster From Virginia to Texas, by Mary Nixon Rogers (Stephens) to DAR Patriot Nathaniel Lancaster, I 83286 Creator Rogers, Mary Nixon Language English online Lancaster, from Virginia to Texas

• Encyclopedia of Alabama

[http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/]

During the Civil War, Jackson County was the site of much fighting between Union and Confederate troops. The courthouse and several homes in Bellefonte were burned by Union troops, and combat took place at the Battle of Bridgeport and the Scottsboro Skirmish.
Jackson County | Encyclopedia of Alabama
encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1343

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellefonte,_Alabama a bit of wrong information, Judge Moses Jones was a documented slave owner of a large plantation. There were slaves in Bellefonte, Alabama some were sent to Texas with the Rector and Lancaster Families, mentioned in Probated Wills.
• Ref [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormsby_M._Mitchel]
• Ref [2] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellefonte,_Alabama]
• "Lancaster From Virginia to Texas" by Mary Nixon Rogers published [1987 https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/83286] Family Research Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Moses Jones was a large plantation owner from Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama. _I.pdf] Complete history of Alabama, surrounding counties of Huntsville, Alabama. Includes many counties. With the Tennessee Valley attracting more and more men of vision, Decatur County, to the east of Madison County, was created December 7, 1821, as all that tract of land lying West of Jackson County; South of the Tennessee line; East of Madison County and North of the Tennessee River. The same act created the counties of Covington and Pike. Decatur County didn't last long, however, as an act of December 8, 1824, abolished it. The reason stated was that it did not have enough population. However, * officers had been elected, including David Boshart as Sheriff and William B. Jones as Clerk o August4,1822. A commission was appointed to select the temporary seat of justice for the county, consisting of Robert McCarvey, James G. Holmes, John Counimore, John Snow and A Alexander W. Delaney. Woodville was selected as the county seat. The same year, 1821, the first town to be incorporated in Jackson County was

Reference: [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111701831/person/4... Ancestry Genealogy] - [http://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Dec 8 2019, 4:24:11 UTC'' Judge  Moses Jones Married Delilah Armbrister in 1828, She was the daughter of Phillip Henry Armbrister 1796-1850 andMary Derrick Armbrister (1796-1850).

Judge Moses Jones was an early settler of Alabama, was an active man in various professions. When he settled in Bellefonte, Jackson County, he purchased a large tract of land and built a large plantation home and paper mill. He was also a successful merchant and owned a Newspaper named "The Bellefonte Era" until Federal Troops under Major General Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel burned the Paper Mill and newsprint during the Civil War, along with the plantation home of Moses Jones during the month of April 1862 The General came in to Alabama was able to seize Huntsville and the towns around without firing one a shot, this Federal Troop leader was a genius.[1] ref.

[2] A direct descendant of Moses Jones, Miss Ethel Acklin, in a letter in 1959, stated" I was told as a child that Moses Jones published articles in favor of the South and criticized the North to such an extent that he was a "Hunted Man" when the North invaded his part of Alabama, he and his family had to flee to his mountain home, at Jonesville, Alabama. His Plantation was taken over as headquarters for the Union soldiers and it was burned later when the soldiers moved South. An old servant of Moses Jones who stayed behind to look over the property, hid the silver, Confederate Money, and other valuables under the kitchen," (Miss Acklin, passed away in January 1970 in Austin, Travis, County, Texas.

The Jones Family were slave owners, slaves were not recorded on the Census Reports, but our family have the slaves on Probated Wills in our family, they were sent to Texas in the families of the Jones, Lancaster’s, Rector’s, Wildbahn’s, for Wikipedia to state no slaves this is incorrect. Jackson County either chose not to report them or they were put on a separate Slave Schedule as many counties and states reported when owners had large plantations with 50 and more slaves.

Children 1. Mary Ann Jones Lancaster 1829-1906 Married John Nathaniel Lancaster 2. John W. Jones 1831-1864 Married Frances S. Lewis 3. Hettie Melissa Jones 1834-1864 Married James Madison Lewis, MD 4. Joseph H. Jones 1836-1865 5. Horace Jones 1849- Married Kate Cocke Nov 7, 1867 Perry AL. 6. Laura F. Jones 1852- 1934 married John Sublett 7. Maria Eleanor Jones 1859-1915 married Edward Edwin

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