John Rice Jones, Jr. Papers, 1835-1887, 1931

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John Rice Jones, Jr. Papers, 1835-1887, 1931

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John Rice Jones, Jr., (1792-1845), son of John Rice and Mary (Barger) Jones, was born in Vincennes, Indiana, on January 8, 1792. Jones, Jr., served in the War of 1812 under Gen. Henry Dodge and held several civil positions before he moved to Texas in 1831, the first of three brothers to immigrate to the future republic. On December 11, 1835, the General Council elected him postmaster general. John Rice Jones III, (ca. 1815-1850), the son of John Rice Jones, Jr., was born about 1815, possibly in Missouri. He moved to Texas with his father in 1831 and lived with his family at Fairland Farm in Fayette County and at Spanish Camp in Wharton County. Papers include personal and business correspondence, postal records documenting postal accounts and routes, and other legal documents of John Rice Jones, Jr. and his son, John Rice Jones III.

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Jones, John Rice, Jr., 1792-1845

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John Rice Jones, Jr., (1792-1845), son of John Rice and Mary (Barger) Jones, was born in Vincennes, Indiana, on January 8, 1792. He and Stephen F. Austin were boyhood friends in Missouri, where their fathers were partners in a lead-mining operation. When the partnership was dissolved, the Jones family moved to St. Louis. Jones, Jr., served in the War of 1812 under Gen. Henry Dodge and held several civil positions before he moved to Texas in 1831, the first of three brothers to immig...

Jones, John Rice III, circa 1815-1850

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