Overview
Location
Holly Springs, Marshall Co., MS
Date Constructed/ Founded
ca. 1836
Associated Surnames
Jones
Historical notes
none
Associated Slave Workplaces
none
Associated Free Persons
- Rufus Jones (b.1811-d.1856) - owner
- Martha Elizabeth Alston Crawford Reese Jones (b.1820-d.1874) - wife of Rufus Jones (m.1840)
- Elizabeth Reese Jones (b.1841-d.?) - daughter of Rufus and Martha E.A.C.R. Jones
- William Augustus Jones (b.1844-d.?) - son of Rufus and Martha E.A.C.R. Jones
- Susan Phalla Jones (b.1846-d.?) - daughter of Rufus and Martha E.A.C.R. Jones
- Egbert Rufus Jones (b.1848-d.1917) - son of Rufus and Martha E.A.C.R. Jones
- Martha Crawford Jones (b.1850-d.?) - daughter of Rufus and Martha E.A.C.R. Jones
Associated Enslaved Persons
From the Slave Narrative of Aaron Jones
- Kinch Staffne
- Remeberme Staffne
- Kinch Jones - son of Kinch and Rememberme Staffne; field laborer and driver
- Melissa Jones - daughter of Judy; cook for the Jones family
- Aaron Jones - son of Kinch and Melissa Jones
- Porter - joined the Union Army during the Civil War
1860 MS Slave Schedule
- JONES, Mrs. M. Estate, Benj. Boling agent for, 47 slaves (page 23)
Research Leads and Plantation Records
Miscellaneous Information
- Box Hill: The Jones Family home, Box Hill, was built ca. 1836.
- Cottage Hill: Another Jones family lived near Box Hill in a home called Cottage Hill.
- Finley Place (aka Jones-Shuford Home): Located near Holly Springs. Purchased by Mrs. Martha E.A.C.R. Jones in 1859. She moved there with her children after the death of her husband Rufus Jones.
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