Richard Jones 1791-1852
2010
Richard Jones was born in South Carolina to parents whose names we can’t confirm. He served in The War of 1812 and for his service he eventually secured a land warrant which he used for his land in Illinois. In about 1816, he married Margaret Jenkins and together they became the parents of eleven children. The oldest child, Mary Ann, is our direct ancestor. Before the year of 1832, Richard and his family heard the message of the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and were baptized. They began a migration which took them through several states, all in connection with the persecutions of the Saints of their new church. They lived for time in Nauvoo, Illinois where in 1840, Richard received a Patriarchal Blessings by the hands of Hyrum Smith. Richard appears on the Nauvoo records both as a land owner and as a defendant in a case brought by the infamous William Law. Richard was driven by persecutions from Illinois to Iowa to Missouri to Illinois. He finally settled in the area of Upper Alton where he exercised his land warrant from his military service. It is not known why some members of his family continued west with the Saints and some did not. Richard and his wife Margaret died in the Upper Alton area and are buried there.
The migration of Richard Jones
South Carolina to Tennessee to Illinois to Missouri to Iowa to Illinois