Jones, Allen, 1739-1807

<p>Allen Jones, colonial and state official and Revolutionary War officer, was born in Edgecombe (now Halifax County), the son of Robert ("Robin") Jones, colonial attorney general, and his wife, Sarah Cobb. Like his father, Allen was educated at Eton College in England. He was clerk of Superior Court for the Halifax district and from 1773 to 1775 represented Northampton County in the Assembly. By 1775 he actively opposed royal power in the colonies as a member of the Committee of Safety for Halifax. The following year Jones served as vice-president of the Provincial Congress that met at Halifax on 4 Apr. 1776. In that body he presided over or participated on the committee to empower North Carolina delegates in the Continental Congress to concur with those of other colonies in declaring independence, the committee to provide for the national defense, and the committee to establish a temporary form of government.</p>

<p>In 1778 Jones presided over the North Carolina Senate as speaker. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia in 1779–80. In 1782 he served as a member of the North Carolina Council of State, and in the years 1783, 1784, and 1787 he again represented Northampton County in the state senate.</p>

<p>As a man of military acumen, Jones professed to know little about the role he played. In a letter to Governor Richard Caswell on 8 Sept. 1777, he wrote: "I do not know whether my return is proper, for I confess my ignorance in military affairs." Nevertheless, the Halifax Congress had seen fit to name him a brigadier general on 22 Apr. 1776. He did have some military experience, however, for in 1771 he had assisted in the suppression of the Regulators at the Battle of Alamance. During the American Revolution he saw action in the fall of 1780, when for a time his forces were combined with those of General Horatio Gates.</p>

<p>Allen Jones (December 24, 1739 – November 10, 1798) was an American planter, American Revolution brigadier general of the Halifax District Brigade, and statesman from Edgecombe County, North Carolina.</p>

<p>Allen Jones was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina (later Halifax County), in the Province of North Carolina. He attended Eton College in England.</p>

<p>After returning to the colony, he was a member of the Province of North Carolina House of Burgesses between 1773 and 1775 and delegate to the five North Carolina Provincial Congresses (1774-1776), serving as vice-president in the Fourth Provincial Congress.</p>

<b>Allen Jones</b><br>
<b>BIRTH</b> 24 Dec 1739<br>
Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA<br>
<b>DEATH</b> 14 Nov 1807 (aged 67)<br>
Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA<br>
<b>BURIAL</b><br>
Mount Gallant Plantation Cemetery<br>
Gaston, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA

JONES, Allen, (Brother of Willie Jones), a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Edgecombe (now Halifax) County, N.C., December 24, 1739; attended Eton College, England; was a member of the colonial assembly 1773-1775; delegate to the five Provincial Congresses 1774-1776; served throughout the Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of brigadier general; served in the State senate 1777-1779, 1783, 1784, and 1787; Member of the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780; member of the convention that rejected the proposed Constitution of the United States at Halifax, N.C., in 1788; died on his plantation, ``Mount Gallant,'' near Roanoke Rapids, Northampton County, N.C., on November 10, 1798; interment in the private burial ground on his estate.

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>05/03/1782 NC Council of State Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1779 NC Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>03/03/1779 NC State Senate Speaker Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1778 NC Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>08/12/1778 NC State Senate Speaker - Special Election Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>03/01/1777 NC St Senate - Northampton County Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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