RICHARD GEORGE JONES
SURNAMES: JONES, DOGGETT, BREWER, HAMPTON, SORRELL, HODGES, PREWITT, CANARIAN,
GOODWIN, SMITH, PRICE, GENTRY, RILEY.
Richard George Jones, b May
15, 1809 in King George County, Virginia, d July 20, 1876 at Hog Island
(present-day Roseland), Falls County, Texas and buried in Calvary Cemetery at
Marlin, Texas - was a son of Stanfield and Elizabeth (Doggett) Jones - natives
of Virginia. Richard was married ca 1831 in Caroline County, Virginia, to Sarah
Jane Brewer, b September 13, 1813 in Prince William County, Virginia, d October
21, 1882 in Reagan and buried in Calvary Cemetery - a daughter of Charles
Brewer and his wife, formerly a Miss Hampton, also natives of Virginia.
Richard and Sarah Jane went
to Caroline County, Virginia after their marriage, along with his parents; and
they were plantation owners. In 1859, Richard and Sarah sold their Virginia
estate and sailed for Texas with their eleven children - all born in Virginia.
They landed at Galveston, went to Houston, and then proceeded to Navasota,
where Richard operated a hotel for several years. It was there that four of
their sons enlisted in the Confederate States Army. From Navasota, the family
moved to Millican, Bryan, and subsequently settled at Hog Island in Falls
County.
Richard had been both a
farmer and bricklayer in Virginia; and he had a brickyard near the Falls of the
Brazos River in Falls County. His bricks still exist in the area.
The eleven children of
Richard George and Sarah Jane (Brewer) Jones were:
Napoleon Bonaparte Jones, b
August 20, 1832 in Caroline County, Virginia, enlisted in Hood's Brigade of the
Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He married first to Mary Sorrell,
and married second to Sue Hodges - having twelve children: Alexander, Val
Verde, Belle, Andrew, Bertha, Alice, Rosa, John, Sue, Robert, Minnie, and
Willie Jones.
Sebastian Stanfield Jones,
b April 6, 1834, d June 9, 1901 and buried in Hog Island Cemetery - enlisted in
Louisiana in Speight's Regiment of the Confederate States Army. He married
Frances E. Prewitt, b June 22, 1842 - a daughter of Joseph and Ann (Jones)
Prewitt. Ann (Jones) Prewitt was a daughter of Watts Jones. Sebastian and
Frances had Joseph, Stanfield, Charles P., Stella, Annie, Luther, and James R.
Jones, b September 9, 1867, d June 1, 1888.
Columbia Wilson Jones, b
February 23, 1836 - taught school in Virginia, and was never married.
Walter Scott Jones, b March
29, 1838 - was in Hood's Brigade of the Confederate States Army, and died in
Virginia during the Civil War.
Richard Hampton Jones, b
April 29, 1840, d June 27, 1894 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin-
enlisted in Sibley's Brigade, Tom Green's Regiment, of the Confederate States
Army - serving in Arizona, New Mexico, and Louisiana during the Civil War. He
married first to Lucy Prewitt, and second to L. Canarian. He had Sallie,
Leonard A., b November 11, 1874, d February 21, 1909 and buried in Calvary
Cemetery; Sidney T., b April 19, 1876, and buried in Calvary Cemetery in
Marlin; and Katie.
Sidney Jones, b June
23,1842 - no further information.
Ann Elizabeth Jones, b
November 21, 1845, d May 4, 1916 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin -
married first to John Goodwin, married second to J. Smith, married third to J.
Price, and married fourth to G. T. Gentry.
Sarah Frances Jones, b May 2,
1847 who married G. I. Goodwin.
James K. Polk Jones, b
January 21, 1850 - died unmarried.
William Poindexter Jones, b
May 9, 1852 - married Willie Salina Riley.
Byrd Louis Jones, b 1858 in
Virginia - no further information.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County
Historical Commission, page 258 column 2 and page 259 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.