Interim Content
Jones, William
Biography
12 Feb. 1799–30 Sept. 1879. Stone cutter, stock raiser. Born in Bristol Township (later in Philadelphia), Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Edward Jones and Elizabeth. Married Elizabeth Hughes, ca. 1825. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1836. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Member of Cincinnati branch of church, Aug. 1840. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by Dec. 1840. Member of Nauvoo First Ward, 1842. Ordained an elder, by 1846. Moved to Utah Territory, by 1850; to Contra Costa Co., California, by 1860; and to Mission San José, Alameda Co., California, by 1867. Buried in Fremont, Alameda Co.
Links
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- Maid of Iowa List of Debts, 12 May 1843
- Alphabetical List of Property in Nauvoo First Ward for 1842, 28 March 1843
- Alphabetical List of Property in Nauvoo Third Ward for 1842, 27 March 1843
- Certification of List of Delinquent Taxes for 1841, circa 23 July 1842
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- List of Delinquent Taxes for 1841, 21 July 1842
- List of Delinquent Taxes for 1842, circa 27 December 1843
- List of Delinquent Taxes for Real Property, Nauvoo First Ward for 1842, 31 January 1844
- List of Property in Nauvoo First Ward, 1842
- List of Property in Nauvoo Third Ward, 1842
- List of Property in the City of Nauvoo, 1841
- List of Taxable Lots in Nauvoo First Ward
- List of Taxable Lots in Nauvoo Third Ward
- List of Taxable Lots in Nauvoo, Illinois
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Petition from Albert P. Rockwood and Others, 18 July 1842
- Promissory Notes, William Watson and Others to William Kay and the Temple Committee, 15–26 March 1844
- Rank Roll from Fifth Regiment, Second Cohort, 16 September 1843
- Rank Roll from Fifth Regiment, Second Cohort, circa 1843
- Rank Roll from Fifth Regiment, Second Cohort, circa 1844
- Rank Roll from Second Cohort, circa 1843
- Record of Second Cohort, 10 June 1843–3 December 1844
- Schedule of Accounts, circa 14 January 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Trustee-in-Trust Ledger A, December 1841–May 1845
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Gender
- Male