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

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Birth 1831
Death 1893

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"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)

From the description of Charles Colcock Jones letters, 1866-1885. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 317075737

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.

From the description of Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. letters, 1868-1893. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 85450383

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

From the description of Papers, 1763-1926. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19933009

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

From the description of Letter to Rev. C.C. Jones, 1861 Nov. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476746

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

From the description of Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. papers, 1867-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478288

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.

From the guide to the Charles Colcock Jones Papers, 1757-1926, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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).

From the description of Charles Colcock Jones papers, 1880 and 1887. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 312762482

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.

From the description of Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. - literary and historical manuscripts, 1867-1889. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 299159936

American historian.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Thomas H. Wynne, 1870 Jul. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270488978

Southern historian and lecturer.

From the description of Brig. Genl. Abner Perrin, C.S.A. : AMsS : Augusta, Ga., 1887 June 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122541796

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.

From the description of Charles C. Jones, Jr. bill of sale, 1860. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 43886806

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