Welcome to our first JCHS Blog Post! Jones County was formed in 1779 from Craven County and was named for North Carolina Revolutionary Willie Jones (1741-1801). To learn more about him, please visit our Willie Jones biographies page. Engraving by Max Rosenthal, Courtesy of North Carolina Museum of History.
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David A. French
6/12/2018 06:23:54 pm
Willie married into the Montfort family of Halifax, North Carolina. There are also family connections in Jones and Onslow counties.
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