Jones, Edmund Walter, 1811-1876

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Edmund Walter Jones was a lawyer and planter at Clover Hill in Happy Valley in Caldwell County, N.C.

From the description of Edmund Walter Jones papers, 1789-1917. WorldCat record id: 25327440

Edmund Walter Jones of Clover Hill, situated about six miles north of Lenoir in Caldwell County, N.C., was the son of Edmund Jones and his wife Ann Lenoir Jones of Palmyra. His grandfathers were William Lenoir and George Jones. Edmund Walter Jones married his cousin Sophia Caroline Davenport, daughter of William Davenport and his wife Mary Lenoir Gordon Davenport of The Fountain (or Walnut Fountain). All of these homes were located in Happy Valley in Caldwell County, N.C. Edmund Walter and Sophia Jones had four sons and one daughter: Colonel John T. Jones, who was killed at the Battle of the Wilderness on 6 May 1864; Private Walter L. Jones, who was mortally wounded at Gettysburg; Captain William Davenport Jones, a member of General Collet Leventhorpe's staff who was also wounded; and Edmund Jones, legislator and lawyer. Colonel John Thomas Jones served in the 1st North Carolina Volunteers and then as an officer in the 26th North Carolina Regiment under Zebulon B. Vance and Henry K. Burgwyn, and in the brigade of James Johnston Pettigrew. He was a lieutenant colonel when he was killed at the Battle of the Wilderness. Walter L. Jones attended Hillsboro Military Academy in 1860, became a soldier, and was killed at Gettysburg. Edmund Jones (1848-1920), called Edmund Jones, Jr. and nicknamed Coot, studied at Bingham Academy, served briefly in the 3rd North Carolina Cavalry in 1865, and after the war studied at the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia. In later years, he farmed at Clover Hill, practiced law in Lenoir, and served in the N.C. legislature.

From the guide to the Edmund Walter Jones Papers, 1789-1917, (Southern Historical Collection)

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associatedWith Augustus Lewis Jones, 1874-1907 person
associatedWith Avery family. family
associatedWith Bradford family
associatedWith Charles Gordon person
associatedWith Collett Leventhorpe person
associatedWith Confederate States of America. Army corporateBody
associatedWith Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 26th. corporateBody
associatedWith Davenport, William, fl. 1789-1821. person
associatedWith Henry Woodfin Grady person
associatedWith Hillsboro Military Academy corporateBody
associatedWith Israel Pickins person
associatedWith Jones, Edmund, 1771-1844. person
associatedWith Jones, Edmund, 1848-1920. person
associatedWith Jones family. family
associatedWith Jones, John Thomas, 1842-1864. person
associatedWith Jones, Walter L., d. 1863. person
associatedWith Jones, William Davenport, b. 1839. person
associatedWith Lenoir family. family
associatedWith Patterson family. family
associatedWith University of North Carolina (1793-1962) corporateBody
associatedWith William Humphrey person
associatedWith William Lenoir, 1751-1839 person
associatedWith Zebulon Baird Vance person
Place Name Admin Code Country
North Carolina
Clover Hill Plantation (Caldwell County, N.C.)
United States
North Carolina--Caldwell County
Confederate States of America
Lenoir (N.C.)
Tennessee
Virginia
Happy Valley (Caldwell County, N.C.)
Southern States
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College students
Families
Families
Lawyers
Plantations
Real estate investment
Soldiers
Surveyors
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Birth 1811

Death 1876

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