William Jones, son of Joshua and Elinor, Buncombe, North Carolina

. . . in the first place I resign myself up in the hands of my maker and in the next place I provide for the distribution of the property which it has pleased God to bless me with in the second place I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Ann my whole plantation with all its appertainances [belongings] to assist her in raising of a support for herself and my beloved children that is with her. I also give and bequeath to my beloved wife Ann my present crop of grain of every kind to support on till she can make. I also will and bequeath to my beloved wife Ann all my household and kitchen furniture of every kind and I also will and bequeath to my beloved wife Ann my sorrell roan horse and . . . six cows and calves and all my stock hogs and stock of sheep with what bacon I have on hand all to assist her in supporting herself and my beloved children that is with her. I also give and bequeath unto my wife my little stock of bees and all my working tools. I also will and bequeath to my beloved wife Ann one small negro girl named Anny the balance of my negroes it is my will that they be sold. Also I wish the balance of my horses stock and cattle sold also my waggon and part of the harness leaving two pair of gears to my beloved wife Ann. It is also my will that the Cole tract of land joining my home track be sold to the highest [bidder?] when the perishable property is sold but allowing my son Elias Jones to have it the present year without paying any rent now . All the above specified property I have named and willed to my beloved wife she is to have it her natural life time or enduring her widowhood. But if she should marry at any time whatever it is my will that the land and every other species of property I have left her be sold in the usual way and the money equal divided amongst all my children giving to all alike. The names of children Clarinda, Joshua, Nancy, Elias, Harriett, Charity, Sophronia, William, and Nelly. I also will and bequeath to my son Joshua R. Jones all that tract of land he now lives on, also thirty acres at North end of the tract of land John Harkins now lives on, beginning on a stone James Melton's corner and runs with Reeves line and with line of tract he the said Joshua R. Jones now lives on an equal distance on each line and so far as will make thirty acres of land, this land the said Jones is to have at two-hundred and fifty dollars in the way of his share in my estate, if there is more coming to the tract he is to have it and it is more, and if it is more he is to pay back to the rest of the legatees whatever will be right so that all will have an equal portion as the item in the will above states. And also I appoint my beloved son Joshua R. Jones my lawful executor to attend to all my business that I leave unsettled in witness whereof I have set my hand and seal, day and date above written.

John Harkins Juratt Wm Jones
Thomas Jones Juratt

State of North Carolina            County Court April Term 1845
Buncombe County                    The foregoing will was duly proven in open court by the oaths of
                                                 John Harkins and Thomas Jones   subscribing witnesses thereto and admitted of record.

                                                                                                N. Harrison   Clerk
                                                          __________________________________________


    William Jones, son of Joshua Jones, an emigrant from
    Ulster, Ireland, who arrived in America in the 1750's,
          by 1800 in Buncombe County, North Carolina

by Iris Teta Eubank Wagner

He arrived in west Buncombe County with his family some time before the 1800 census was taken.
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From The Highland Messenger : An early Asheville newspaper ran an item on March 28, 1845, announcing William's death on March 21, 1845.

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Marriages & Death Notices from Extant Asheville, North Carolina, Newspapers 1840 - 1870.
by Robert M. Topkins, 1977, North Carolina Genealogical Society, Raleigh, North Carolina, p94.

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William Jones and Ann (?Maloney) were likely married about 1812. Based on research of later census records, the children are mentioned in birth order in William's will (shown above). Clarinda was the first born and Joshua R. Jones the second child and first born son.

Circumstantial evidence - the Maloney name..................................................................

Clarinda Cole 1850 Census - Buncombe [
At right is a portion of an image of the 1850 U.S. Census for the Southern Division of Buncombe County, North Carolina, page 206, Res. 141, Wm Cole - - - Clarinda, 36, is listed on this page with eight of her children, among them Rob. M and John M. William Cole and the two eldest sons, Jesse J and Newton D. are listed together on the right side of sheet 206.
By this 1850 census record Ann was born in South Carolina.
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Clarinda's brother Joshua R. Jones named his first born child Marcus Maloney Jones - Marcus for his wife Laura's brother M. D. L. Garman ( a namesake in honor of Marquis de Lafayette Garman, for the French General of the American Revolutionary War. ) Laura's brother is referred to in records as M. D. L. Garman. Marcus Jones named a son Robert Maloney Jones.

1800 U.S. Census, Sumter District, Clarendon County, South Carolina

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Ann may have named her first child Clarinda in honor of her home county, Clarendon County, South Carolina. She likely named two sons Robert M. and John M. for perhaps her father and grandfather.

On this 1800 census for Clarendon County, South Carolina, Robert Malone is between age 26-44, and one female age 16-25, and three male children under ten years of age. So, this is a young family. It is my theory that this Robert Malone is Ann's father, the head of the household, and the female is Ann's mother. I believe Ann Maloney was born soon after the 1800 census was taken.

On the 1850 census, Ann is living with her son William in their family home in west Asheville, Buncombe County, along with youngest daughters Nellie and Sophronia. Ann's son Joshua R. Jones is living seven residences away at his home along Hominy Creek. Ann gives her age as fifty on the 1850 census.

The Children of William and Ann . . . . . .

Clarinda Jones married WILLIAM L. COLE, who lived on a nearby farm in west Asheville, North Carolina. From U.S. Census records of Buncombe County, Clarinda and William had five children by 1840. They left their home in Buncombe County along Hominy Creek at Sulphur Springs in the years between 1850 and1860. On the 1860 census they are living in Polk County, Tennessee. Clarinda's birth year varies slightly between three years 1813-1815 on later censuses. It is likely she was born in 1813.

William and Clarinda Cole remained in Polk County, Tennessee, through the 1880 census. On this 1880 census Clarinda is age sixty-seven years and William is sixty-nine.

Joshua Russel Jones

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