The Grand Jurors for the State by Samuel Lyle therefore
and brought here into Court their Bill in these words to wit. The Grand Jurors
for the County and State on their oaths present and say that Thomas Jones
laborer late of said County at to wit at Jefferson in the County of Jefferson
on the Seventh day of November 1797 with force and arms an assault did make in
and upon the body of John Willson then and there being in the peace of the
State and him the said John Willson did then and there beat wound and evilly
treat and other wrongs then and there did to the great damage of the said John
Willson and against the peace and dignity of the State of Tennessee.
D.
Brazeale C.J. P. J.
Wheuopn the the said Thomas
to the said charge pleaded not guilty, and thereupon came a Jury Court
Archibald Ostin, James Baker, Lewis Harman, Jacob Harman, Andrew Russell,
Jeremiah Rush, James Moyers, James Lillard, James Todd, James Neeley, William
Selvy and Shadrick Inman who passed on said trial. Do say the Defendant is
guilty in manner and form as charged in the Bill of Indictment. It was
therefore considered by the Court that the said Thomas pay a fine of two
dollars and the costs of this prosecution.
In the Tennessee Tax Lists for 1800, there were two men named Thomas Jones in Jefferson County. One owned 12 acres of taxable property, while the other have 263 acres. I think the larger land owner was Thomas' father.
Another reference to Thomas Jones is from Land Deeds of Jefferson County, Tennessee 1792-1814.
John Johnston [Johnson] Deed to Thomas Jones
16 Jul 1803 22 Dec 1800 60 acres 500 dollars
Jefferson County. Test: Joshua Wright, Peter Lorance
I have to laugh when I read about your Thomas Joneses. They are so tantalizingly close to mine. In this case, I have a Thomas Jones whose father just happens to be named John Wilson Jones. These common names are swirling around like in a dream! Of course, wrong county and 80 years later, but funny how those names seem to repeat themselves. With a surname like Jones, how can that be helped?!
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