John Jones | |
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Jones Street in
Savannah, Georgia, is named in Jones's honor | |
Birth name | John Letton Jones |
Born | Charleston, Province of South Carolina | January 20, 1749
Died | October 9, 1779 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 30)
Buried | Old Midway Church,
Midway, Georgia, U.S. |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
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Rank | Major |
Battles/wars |
John Letton Jones (January 20, 1749 – October 9, 1779) was a major in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was aide-de-camp to general William Howe and brigadier general Lachlan McIntosh. [1]
He was killed in the 1779 siege of Savannah. Jones Street in Savannah, Georgia, is now named for him. [2] [3]
Jones was born to Joseph Lewis Jones and Mary Taliaferro in Charleston, Province of South Carolina, in 1749. [4] [5]
He married Mary Sharpe, daughter of James Sharpe and Mary Newton, on December 28, 1769. The couple had five children: Mary (1770), John (1772), Millicent (1774), Hannah (1778) and Joseph (1779). [5] One of his posthumous grandchildren was Charles Colcock Jones, son of John. [3]
Jones moved to coastal Georgia in the 1770s, purchasing a plantation in St. John's Parish. [3]
Jones was killed on October 9, 1779, in Savannah, Georgia, during the city's siege. [2] He was reportedly cut in two by a cannon shot during the assault on Spring Hill Redoubt (in today's Yamacraw Village). [6] [7] [8] Aged 30, he was interred in Midway Cemetery in Midway, Georgia, [9] around thirty miles southwest of Savannah. He had been living in nearby Sunbury.
His wife remarried, to major Philip Low. [4]
John Jones | |
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Jones Street in
Savannah, Georgia, is named in Jones's honor | |
Birth name | John Letton Jones |
Born | Charleston, Province of South Carolina | January 20, 1749
Died | October 9, 1779 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 30)
Buried | Old Midway Church,
Midway, Georgia, U.S. |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Rank | Major |
Battles/wars |
John Letton Jones (January 20, 1749 – October 9, 1779) was a major in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was aide-de-camp to general William Howe and brigadier general Lachlan McIntosh. [1]
He was killed in the 1779 siege of Savannah. Jones Street in Savannah, Georgia, is now named for him. [2] [3]
Jones was born to Joseph Lewis Jones and Mary Taliaferro in Charleston, Province of South Carolina, in 1749. [4] [5]
He married Mary Sharpe, daughter of James Sharpe and Mary Newton, on December 28, 1769. The couple had five children: Mary (1770), John (1772), Millicent (1774), Hannah (1778) and Joseph (1779). [5] One of his posthumous grandchildren was Charles Colcock Jones, son of John. [3]
Jones moved to coastal Georgia in the 1770s, purchasing a plantation in St. John's Parish. [3]
Jones was killed on October 9, 1779, in Savannah, Georgia, during the city's siege. [2] He was reportedly cut in two by a cannon shot during the assault on Spring Hill Redoubt (in today's Yamacraw Village). [6] [7] [8] Aged 30, he was interred in Midway Cemetery in Midway, Georgia, [9] around thirty miles southwest of Savannah. He had been living in nearby Sunbury.
His wife remarried, to major Philip Low. [4]