Wilson Nathaniel Jones, Chief of the Choctaw Nation

Of the Okla-Falaya Clan (Long People)

1860 Census - Towson County, Choctaw Nation, Slave Inhabitant Schedule Wilson Jones 29 yrs old (1831) 2 slaves that were fugitives of the state Right below: Widow Adam LeFlore 30 yrs old (this is Polly Jones) 4 slaves, 1 slave fugitive of the state

Charlotte Cobb of Towson Co is listed as owned by Wilson Jones. Her husband was was Nelson Samuel? Card#417?

7/11/1861- Census and Population of Warriors of Blue County-Choctaw Nation, recorded as registered by Asa King, Sheriff of said County and Nation (the census is not in alphabetical order) (Blue County later became Bryan County) Volume #7 (I will list all Jones')

1. 250 Solomon Jones is over 18 yrs old but under 45 yrs old
2. 386 Solomon Jones is over 45 yrs old
3. 387 Thomas Jones is over 18 yrs old but under 45 yrs old
4. 388 Willis Jones is over 18 yrs old but under 45 yrs old
5. 389 Sam Jones is over 18 yrs old but under 45 yrs old
6. 390 Edmund Jones is over 18 yrs old but under 45 yrs old
7. 407 Reason Jones is over 18 yrs old but under 45 yrs old
8. 408 Wilson Jones is over 18 yrs old but under 45 yrs old
9. 409 Thomson Jones is over 18 yrs old but under 45 yrs old

{Note: Wallace Jones is missing from this - why?}

1861 Census - Blue County - Here is a partial abstract These three names are together Rason Jones Wilson Jones Thompson Jones

The other Jones' scattered on the 1861 census are: Benjamin Jones Jessee Jones Solomon Jones Impson Jones Sam Jones and Edmon Jones are next to each other Solomon Jones, Thomas Jones and Wallis Jones are next to each other

1865 see Constitution and Laws of the Choctaw Nation -google books Page 460 An act entitled an act to change the names and declare legitimate persons therein named. That the names Wilson Leflore and Anna Bell Leflore be changed to Wilson Jones, Jr. and Anna Bell Jones, and that they be declared the legitimate children of said Wilson Jones, senior. 10/23/1865

1876 Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957 WN Jones 1831 & EB Curtis 1836 Benton, AR, married 27 Apr 1876

http://libraries.ou.edu/locations/docs/westhist/choctaw.htm A proposed act to grant Wilson Jones a charter to erect a steam saw mill in Atoka Co. Passed House October 38, 1870. Passed Senate October 29, 1870. Approved Nov. 1, 1870.

1885 Census Blue County, Choctaw Nation- Page 33-34 Right below Wilson N. Jones family is Zack Jones family 437. Jones, Wilson N. 55 MI Farmer/stockman 438. Jones, E.B. 40 MW Cit, by marriage 439. Jones, William W. 25 MI 440. Jones, Willis 13 MI 441. McAfield, Jackson 11 MI 442. Rope,Mary 24 FI

1891 Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory, 1891, by O'Beirne (aka Volume I) Has the bio on page 28 - looks like the same one in Volume II

The Indian Territory, It's Chief's Legislators and Leading Men, 1892 by O'Beirne (aka Volume II) WILSON N. JONES. PRINCIPAL CHIEF OF CHOCTAW NATION. Page 399, (has a picture of him) The present principal chief of the Choctaws was born in Mississippi in 1831, and is the youngest son of Nathaniel Jones, who emigrated to the Choctaw Nation in 1833. Nathaniel was annuity captain, and afterward served as a member of the legislature at the early councils, when the council house was situated at Nana Wya. The subject of our sketch belongs to the Ok-la-fa-lay-a clan. In 1849 he commenced farming without any capital whatever. His results were very limited for the first few years, but he soon began accumulating enough to secure a fair start. He succeeded so far as to be in a position to open a mercantile establishment on a capital of five hundred dollars. In 1866 or 1867 he took a Kansas man named Jim Myers as partner, who contributed three or four hundred dollars to the stock. After four years of hard labor they succeeded in accumulating money enough to purchase a thousand head of cattle. Myers drove the cattle to market and disposed of them in Kansas, probably at Fort Scott, but forgot to return and divide the proceeds with his partner. The consequence was that Wilson Jones lost his labor of four years, a sum amounting to at least five thousand dollars. But Mr. Wilson went bravely to work again, and collecting what debts were due to the house and three hundred dollars' worth of cattle, turned in by Mr. W. W. Hampton, satisfied his creditors and saved the business, enabling him to purchase a fresh stock of goods. There being little money among the Choctaws at the time, Mr. Jones was obliged to take stock in payment for his sales; but he had a fine range and permitted his cattle to accumulate year by year. When the railroad was located he opened a store at Shawnee, fifteen miles from Caddo, where he continued in business thirteen or fourteen years with great success, increasing his stock, until at the present time he is the largest cattle owner in the Indian Territory. At one time he loaned B. J. Hampton and L. A. Morris five thousand dollars to start in business at Caddo. They used his name in purchasing their goods, and failing in business, Wilson Jones was held accountable for the amount, nothing being left to liquidate the debts (says Mr. Jones) but a few remnants. He also says that he has had to pay as much as twenty thousand dollars to satisfy the demands of the St. Louis merchants for similar debts as the Hampton-Morris. Of late Mr. Jones devotes his whole attention to stock-raising. In 1884 Wilson Jones was elected district trustee, and in 1887 treasurer, which office he held until 1890, when he was elected principal chief of the Choctaw Nation. He was first married to Col. Pickins' daughter, by whom he had two children, both of whom are dead. In 1855 he married Louisa La Flore, by whom he has had four children, all of whom are dead. William, the last surviving member of his family, was waylaid and shot in 1889. His mother died a long time before. In 1876 Mr. Jones married Isabell Heaston, daughter of Col. Heaston, of Bennett county, Arkansas, by whom he had two children, both of whom are dead. Mr. Jones has about seventeen thousand six hundred acres of land under fence, five hundred and fifty of which are under cultivation, the rest in pasture. He also owns five thousand head of cattle, three thousand of which are beef stock. Besides this he has seventy-five head of horses. His brand is W. J. He has also an interest in coal claims, cotton gin and half ownership in a large mercantile establishment with W. H. Answorth, of Caddo. Without education. Governor Jones is a man of extraordinary intelligence, unflagging energy and tenacity of purpose. He is a wonderful financier, when we consider that he is wholly destitute of book learning. Had he had the opportunities of education now offered to his people, there is no knowing what he might have achieved. He is a man of great popularity, and will undoubtedly give full satisfaction to his supporters in the discharge of his responsible duties.

Dawes record - Choctaw # 3949 Surname First Name Type Sex Age Blood %

Hastings  Henry  P (Parent)  M     

Hastings  Mary  P (Parent)  F     

Jones  Jane  P (Parent)  F     

Jones  Nat  P (Parent)  M     

Jones  Wilson N  BB (By Blood)  M  72  1/2 

Jones  Eliza B  BB (By Blood)  F  68  IW - Roll 833

his sister Jincy's Dawes record follows his

Eliza B. Jones allotment: 19 5S 13E 9 5S 10E 30 5S 13E - 110 acres Homestead

1900 Census ED 116 Township 5 S. Range 13 E., Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory - 6/15/1900 Head Wilson Jones M 70 MS, 1830, 1/2 blood, parents both Choctaw and born MS, he could read, write and speak English, married 1899 Wife Eliza Jones F 68 AR , Feb 1832, parents born TN, mother of 6, 0 living Grandson Natt Jones M 13 Indian Territory , Sep 1887 Sister Jensy Laflore F 65 Indian Territory, 1835, parents born MS, mother of 1, 0 living

{Note: Here is another census for Wilson, I am wondering about the dates of birth for Wilson, Ms. Jones and Nat, appear to be wrong. I would says someone other than Wilson Jones submitted this info} 1900 Census Sherman city Ward 2, Grayson, Texas Head Wilson N Jones M 73 Mississippi , Dec 1827, Occupation: Capitalist, unknown # of years married, parents born Unknown Wife Jones F 63 Arkansas , Nov 1837 Grandson Nat Jones M 12 Indian Territory , Mar 1888 Lodger Jno G Davis M 34 Louisiana Lodger Mary Davis F 34 Massachusetts Lodger Alfred Davis M 9 Texas

See also: Willie M. Griggs, Interview (look under Wilson's sister Elizabeth, Willie was her grandson and Wilson's grandnephew)

Find A Grave Memorial# 102* Updated from RootsWeb's WorldConnect via father Nathaniel Jones by SmartCopy: Mar 3 2015, 2:17:00 UTC

Choctaw Chief. He was born in what was then the Choctaw Nation but what is now the state of Mississippi. He was of the Ok-la-fa-lay-a clan. His father was Nathaniel Jones who was annuity captain, and served as a member of the legislature at the early councils. He moved with his family on the forced emigration to Indian Territory on what was called the Choctaw "Trail of Tears". They arrived in 1833 to what is now southeastern Oklahoma. He became the largest cattle owner in the Indian Territory and was called the Cattle King of Indian Territory. He was elected to District Trustee of the Choctaw Nation in 1884 and Treasure in 1887. He was elected Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation in 1890. He was a member of the Progressive Party (The Eagles). He was re-elected in 1892 after a very bitterly contested race against Jacob Jackson, a member of the National Party (The Buzzards). This almost caused a civil war to erupt in the Choctaw Nation. The federal government had to send a company of cavalry to preserve order. Much of his estate went to create the Wilson N. Jones Memorial Hospital located in Sherman, Texas. ------------------------------------------------------------------
1890-1893 Wilson N. Jones

First wife, Rachel Pickens, daughter of Edmund Pickens. She died in 1855; see her Memorial Page.

Second wife, Louisa LeFlore, daughter of Thomas LeFlore and Sukey Pusley. She died in 1864; see her Memorial Page, Jones Cemetery.

Third wife Eliza Bell Hastings, who later married W. H. Ainsworth and died in 1918; see her Memorial Page, Gethsemane (Caddo) Cemetery.

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