Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893

"Known as the "Macaulay of the South," Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South." - "Charles C. Jones Jr." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved August 21, 2008)

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. was born in Savannah, Georgia, a son of the Reverend Charles Colcock Jones. He was educated at Princeton and Harvard law School. He practiced law in Savannah as a junior partner with John Elliott Ward. He was mayor of Savannah, 1860-1861. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the Confederate States service with the Chatham Artillery of Savannah of which he was Sr. 1st Lieutenant. After the war he went to New York City where he practiced law with his former partner John Elliott Ward. In 1877 he moved to Augusta, Georgia and continued his law practice there. He was considered Georgia's most prolific historian. His publications include histories of Georgia, Savannah, Augusta, biographies, Native American antiquities, military studies, African American myths and others.

Lawyer, Confederate soldier, and historian, of Savannah, Ga.

Charles Colcock Jones (1831-1893), historian and author; son of Charles Colcock Jones (1804-1863), Presbyterian minister.

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. (1831-1893), lawyer and historian, born in Savannah, Georgia and died in Atlanta, Georgia.

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. was born October 28, 1831 in Savannah, GA to a Presbyterian Minister. He graduated from Princeton University in 1852 and received a law degree from Harvard University in 1855. That same year, Jones returned to Savannah and was elected mayor in 1860. Jones served in the Confederate army during the Civil War and moved to New York City after the war to rebuild his lost fortune. In 1877, Jones returned to Georgia where he began to write and publish books about Georgia's history and collecting historical materials. He died in 1893.

Historian, known as the "Macaulay of the South"; native of Georgia, although spent much of his youth in Columbia, S.C., and Philadelphia, Penn.; son of Presbyterian minister Charles Colcock Jones (1804-1863).

Known as the "Macaulay of the South," Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in late years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South.

American historian.

Southern historian and lecturer.

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. (1831-1893) was born in Savannah, Georgia and educated at Princeton and Harvard Law School. He practiced law in Savannah as a junior partner with John Elliott Ward and served as Savannah's mayor from 1860-1861. After the Civil War, he became one of Georgia's most prolific historians.

Ann Barrow (d. 1862) and her younger sister, Isabella (d. 1865), daughters of John and Ann Barrow, were born in Savannah, Georgia. John Barrow and his wife immigrated to the United States from Ireland, and Mr. Barrow was a successful and respected planter in Savannah. He had been in Savannah a number of years before he died on December 15, 1810 at the age of 66 in his home near Spring Hill, Georgia. His widowed wife also died at the age of 66 on August 25, 1815. The two daughters lived the remainder of their lives off their father's wealth, and neither of them ever married. The entire family is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia.

Charles A. Magill (1816-1877), a merchant, moved to Savannah, Georgia in 1849. He was involved in a variety of businesses in Savannah until his death.