Moses Liberty Jones

Moses L. Jones (1805 - 1851)

• Birth: Apr 29 1805 - Jonesville, Liberty, Georgia, United States
• Death: May 28 1851 - Midway, Liberty, Georgia, United States
• Parents: Samuel Jones, Mary Way
• Siblings: Rebecca Jones, Ann T Jones, Samuel Jones, Mary Thompson Jones, Thomas Jones, William Jones, Sarah White Jones, Moses Liberty Jones
• Wife: Sacharissa Elizabeth Axson

Children

1. Laura Clifford Jones 1832 - 1911. Married Raleigh Spinks Camp.
2. Leonora Virginia Jones 1838 - 1923. Married 1) Robert Quarterman Stacy 2) Thomas Rush McConnell.
3. Mary Lou Jones 1844 - ?
4. Rosa Florence Jones 1848 - 1905. Married Capt. George Blocker Lake.
5. Randall Fleming Jones 1833 - 1864.
6. Eugenia Amanda Jones 1840 - 1920. Married Oliver Thomas Bacon.
7. Clara Elizabeth Jones 1845 - 1912. Married William Joseph Mallard.
8. Clifford Jones 1850 - ?.

Plantation: Green Forest, Liberty County

Notes

Eugenia Jones Bacon (1840-1920) was an American writer, known for her novel Lyddy: A Tale of the Old South (1898), a pro-slavery response to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Bacon based the novel on memories of her childhood on her father's plantation in Liberty County, Georgia.[1] She also wrote about a rock she collected in Bavaria with an edge reminiscent of the visage of Jesus. She also wrote The Red Moon published in 1910 by the Neale Publishing Company (Eugenie Jones-Bacon).[2]

Bacon was born Eugenia Amanda Jones in Liberty County, Georgia in 1840, and grew up on her father's rice plantation, Green Forest.[1][3] In 1850, Bacon's mother, Saccharissa Axson Jones, died due to complications from giving birth to her ninth child. Her father, Moses Liberty Jones, died less than a year later. Tax records from 1850 list Moses Jones as owning 6,987 acres of land and 110 enslaved people, making him one of the wealthiest people in Liberty County.

After his death, his land and property were divided among his children.[1]

Lyddy: A Tale of the Old South

Ambrotype of Marlboro Jones, the enslaved man who inspired the character of Marlborogh in Lyddy: A Tale of the Old South (1898)

Bacon's novel Lyddy: A Tale of the Old South was originally published in 1898 by Continental Pub. Co.[7] Bacon was reportedly motivated to write the novel after the daughter of her dinner hosts, who had read Uncle Tom's Cabin, began crying after learning Bacon had been a slaveowner.[1]

Lyddy is set in Siberty County, Georgia (a fictionalized version Bacon's' native Liberty County) during the Antebellum period[8] and depicts a romance between two enslaved people: Marlborough, a coachman; and Lyddy, a nurse.[6] Research by Lucinda H. MacKethan suggests that many of the novels's characters, including Marlborough, were based on real people whom Bacon had known during her childhood. The real Marlborough (also spelled Marlboro) was enslaved by the Jones family and served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.[6][9] The character Parson C.C. was likely based on Charles Colcock Jones.[6]

An example of Anti-Tom literature, Lyddy presents a fictional and romanticized version of slavery and plantation life in the Southern United States prior to the abolition of slavery. The novel promotes the ideas of slavery as a positive good and the lost cause of the Confederacy.[6]

In 1998, Lyddy was republished by the University of Georgia Press with an introduction by MacKethan.[5]

Enslaved people

Moses L. Jones, was Owner of total 487- 495 (people) slaves between 1824/1825 - to after 1830 in Libery; all they had a his family surname Jones, when he was buyed or enslaved all them. In database Enslaved - Peoples of the Historical Trade he was mentioned as Enslaver or Owner, in Liberty, Georgia.

Also see:

• Enslaved Persons in America
• They Had Names African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia.

References:

Record of: Jones, Moses L., source: Enslaved - Peoples of the Historical Trade

Name: Jones, Moses L
First name: Moses L.
Surname: Jones
Sex: Male
Status: Enslaver or Owner - Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L.
Roles: Participant - Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L.

Related Records to:

495 People (487-495 people Slaves)

6 Events

• Estate Inventory of Jones Moses L Date 1851-10-15 Event Type: Registration
• Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L. Date Date 1854-03-05 Event Type: Registration
• Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L. Date 1855-12-03 Event Type: Registration
• Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L. Date 1860-01-21 Event Type: Registration
• Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L. Date 1858-01-09 Event Type: Registration
• Estate Inventory of Jones, Moses L. Date 1863-10-01 Event Type: Registration

1 Places

• Liberty, Type: County or Parish, Geoname Identifier: 4205615, Wikidata ID: Q487692, Located In: United States, Georgia

3 Sources

• Source Data excerpts from Colonial Estate Records. Georgia.
• Data excerpts from Liberty County, Georgia, Superior Court.
• Data excerpts from Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992. Liberty County.

1 Project They Had Names

View: All 487 People - All 495 People

Records at FS (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LMWR-943):

"United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYY-K9T : Thu Oct 05 15:20:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses L Jones and Sacharisa E Jones, 1850.

"United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSX-5LM : Fri Oct 06 03:16:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses Jones and Lydia Jones, 1870.

"Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDFD-W4Y : Tue Dec 19 23:01:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Leonora Virginia Stacy and Moses L. Jones, 6 Nov 1923.

"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJD-GQC : Sat Oct 21 15:16:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses L. Jones and Saccharissa Axson, 18 Nov 1830.

"Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWDV-NRM : 11 January 2020), Moses L. Jones, 1830.

"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28S-MS4Q : Sat Oct 21 15:55:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses L Jones and Saccharissa Axson, 13 Nov 1830.

"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKVZ-L9ZM : Fri Oct 06 15:10:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses L Jones and , 1860.

"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVHT-7ZQ : Fri Oct 06 08:09:06 UTC 2023), Entry for and Moses L Jones, 1850.

"Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZSM5-VTZM : Thu Dec 14 17:41:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses Jones, 26 Nov 1801.

"Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZQL-T7RW : Tue Oct 10 07:07:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Capt Moses Jones, 1805.

"Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D9P-MKQ8 : Tue Oct 10 08:01:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses L Jones, 1843.

"United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYD-GLG : Fri Oct 06 11:10:13 UTC 2023), Entry for John Alloway and Mary Alloway, 1850.

"United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYL-CBX : Thu Oct 05 07:57:05 UTC 2023), Entry for M L Jones, 1850.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKK-SBZW : 30 May 2020), Moses Liberty Jones, 1851; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50817239/moses-liberty-jones

Also see at profile: Enslaved Slaves of total (487- 495) Jones of Moses B. Jones (deceased).

References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50817239/moses-liberty-jones
2. Moses L. Jones family papers, ms3267, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. (2019). < link >
3. City of Hinesville: “Short History of Liberty County”. < PDF > (document attached). According to the Liberty County Digest in 1851, there were about 100 plantations along the county coast. Only six were larger than 1000 acres and had over 100 slaves. They were owned by Joseph H. Jones Sr., T. B. Barnard, Moses L. Jones, Roswell King Jr., George Washington Walthour and Jacob Walburg. Walburg’s was located on St. Catherine’s Island, which he owned. Mary Jane Hazzard Bacon, resided just a block from the Liberty County Courthouse and owned 44 slaves. … With the end of the war and all the slaves freed, the rice growing was ended. Without the free labor the plantation owners could not get it done. The plantations were abandoned or sold to the freed slaves in small parcels.
4. Wikipedia contributors, "Eugenia Jones Bacon," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, < link > (accessed February 27, 2024). Cites
   1. MacKethan, Lucinda H. (Winter 1998). "Looking for Marlboro Jones". The Southern Review. 34 (1): 140–156 – via ProQuest.
   2. Jones-Bacon, Eugenie (1910). "The Red Moon".
   3. "CONTENTdm". vault.georgiaarchives.org. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
   4. "Collection: Eugenia Jones Bacon papers | Welcome to Special Collections and Archives at Princeton Theological Seminary". princetonseminaryarchives.libraryhost.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
   5. "Lyddy". Georgia Press. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
   6. "Book Notes". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 82 (2): 476–482. Summer 1998 – via JSTOR.
   7. "Lyddy : a tale of the old South / by Eugenia J. Bacon - Digital Library of Georgia". dlg.usg.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
   8. Bickley, Jr., R. Bruce (Fall 2001). "Review: Georgia's Complex Legacy of the Land". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 85 (3): 473–479 – via JSTOR.
   9. "Marlboro Jones". Encyclopedia Virginia. < link >. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
5. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/171642140/person/1...
6. List of Enslaved People Belonging to William Jones (1802-1885) Research by Stacy Ashmore Cole Updated: 5/7/2021 < link >
7. Recollections of a Southern Daughter: A Memoir by Cornelia Jones Pond of Liberty County. By Cornelia Jones Pond. < GoogleBooks > Introduction (document attached)