Robert Haywood Jones

Robert "Bob" Haywood Jones was the son of Dr. William D. Jones and Harriet Dandridge Burwell. He was born April 23, 1846, near La Grange, Tennessee. At the age of fourteen, his family moved to a plantation near Rome, Floyd County, Georgia.

In March 1864, Bob enlisted in the Confederate Army, Co G, 1st Georgia Cavalry. Robert enlisted in time to be present for the Atlanta and Carolina Campaigns. He was with the Army in North Carolina when General Joseph Johnston surrendered to General William T. Sherman. Robert’s brother, William D. Jones, and brother-in-law, Samuel M. May, also served in Co. G, 1st Georgia Cavalry.

A family story is that Robert Haywood, during a battle, was struck on the head by a saber, wielded by a Yankee soldier. Robert’s brother, William Daniel, was nearby and killed the Yankee. William and Robert brought the Yankee soldier's horse (“a big iron grey”) home from the war and kept it for many years.

After the war, Bob and brother Will returned to live with their parents at the Jones Bend Farm and Mill. The 1870 Census lists both Robert and William in the household of William D. and Harriet Jones. Will had married Ellen McCullough in 1869, and she is also listed. There are two white men listed, who were “working on farm.” Also listed is a black couple: Lovelace (“working on farm”) and Christiana Jones (“keeping house”), and their three year old son, Lovelace. Lucy A. Burwell’s (also black and age forty-seven) occupation is listed as “cook.” Since she was age forty-seven, born in Virginia, and her surname was Burwell, Lucy probably had been with Harriet for many years.

On November 24, 1870, Bob married Sarah Gertrude "Trudie" Hall at her parents’ home in Floyd County, Georgia. They were married by Reverend Charles J. Oliver.

The Jones family moved to Collin County, Texas in 1886.

Robert Haywood Jones died July 15, 1914, in Hunt County, Texas.