Milton Jones

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*Milton Green Jones joined 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company F on 16 Feb 1862 in Dallas County, Alabama. He was enlisted by Capt. Samuel Jennings Murphy as a private for 12 months.

Milton appeared on the following Company Muster Rolls:

30 Apr to 30 June 1863

31 Oct to 31 Dec 1863

Often the cavalry soldiers were detailed to assist someone for one reason or another. In Milton's case on 24 Dec 1862 he was detailed to Major Bridewater by order of General Wheeler.

Milton was paid for his services and for the use and risk of his horse. On 15 February 1864 he was paid for his services from the 1st of July 1863 to the 30th of Dec 1863 for himself $72 and for his horse $73.60. Notice that his horse got paid more than he did!

Milton was captured just before the war ended at DeRamus Plantation on 12 May 1865. apparently he was captured

He was captured by Brig. General Lucas and was marched from

Montgomery, Ala, toward Columbus, Miss. The war ended and Milton was paroled at Vicksburg, Miss., June 5, 1865.

Milton's father was Lewis Jones who was born in 1798 in Virginia. Lewis married twice and Barry Wyatt, a gggrandnephew, was able to sort the children out for me. These children were from the first marriage:

Mezelphia Ann Jones - married Charney Cale abt. 1848-49 in Autauga County (Corporal-3rd Battalion Alabama Reserves, Company C)

William T. Jones - married Susan Lavinia Dodson on 11 NOV 1852 in Autauga County (53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers, Company E)

Milton Green Jones - married Sarah Precilla Ballard on 11 JAN 1866 in Autauga County (3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company F)

Parthenia Kendall Jones - married Andrew Johnson Jackson on 11 JAN 1849 in Autauga County (6th Alabama Infantry, Company G)

Sarah Frances Jones - married Adam Walter Poole on 31 DEC 1857 in Autauga County (6th Alabama Infantry, Company G)

It is thought that Sarah Williams Jones died in Virginia between 1833 and 1836.

Lewis moved his family to Autauga County, Aabama and married Eliza Griffis there on August 30, 1837. Their children are:

John Marshall Jones - married Martha L. Dodson on 20 DEC 1866 in Autauga County

Samuel J. Jones - married Liza D. Hall abt. 1865 in Autauga County (6th Alabama Infantry, Company G)

David Malachi Jones - married Emily L. Day on 3 OCT 1866 in Autauga County (Livingston's 8th Alabama Cavalry, Company A)

Susan Catherine Jones - married Wade Henry Caver on 1 NOV 1866 in Autauga County (6th Alabama Infantry, Company G)

Margaret Elizabeth Jones - married James Richard Overstreet on 8 MAR 1867 in Autauga County (6th Alabama Infantry, Company & 53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers, Company E)

So the family moved from Virginia to Autauga county, Alabama some time between 1834 and 1838.

Three of Milton's brothers also went to war.

"JONES, William T. - Autauga Minute Men, 4th Alabama Volunteer Militia, Company B. Indigent Family Records. Autauga County. Seven dependents. His family was allowed $200.00 per year. List from Autauga County transmitted to the State Comptroller by G.W. Benson, Judge of Probate, Kingston August 18, 1862. Seven dependents. Enlisted August 26, 1862 at Independence, AL into Company E, 53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers. Present on roll for December, 1862. Died on March 22, 1863, location not listed.

JONES, Samuel J. - Member of the Autauga Rifles. 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment Company G. Wounded at Boonsboro, MD on September 14, 1862, and furloughed at Independence, Alabama. Was discharged from further service. Address, 1907-08: Autaugaville, Alabama. Rank: Private. Census, Tax Collector, Autauga County, Alabama, 1907-08. Buried at the Hall Family Cemetery off Co. Rd. 45 west of Autaugaville.

JONES, David Malachi - Member of T.L. Faulkner's Independent Cavalry Company. Subsequently Company A of Livingston's 8th Alabama Cavalry Regiment. Enlisted in 1863. Discharged at Vicksburg, MS. Served until paroled at close of war. Address, 1921: Billingsley, Autauga County, Alabama. 1921 Census of Confederate Soldiers. Buried at the Lewis Jones Family Cemetery in Independence. " quote from Barry Wyatt a gggrandnephew of Milton Jones.

Barry Wyatt autaugarifles@hotmail.com

Barry Wyatt "descend from Parthenia and her husband Andrew Johnson Jackson who served with Samuel in the Autauga Rifles, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment Company G.

Sarah Jones married Adam Walter Poole who was also an Autauga Rifles member. Adam's father, John Hanson Poole is my ggg-grandfather, and Adam's brother, James Sideny Poole, is my gg-grandfather.

John M. Jones married Martha Dodson, a sister of John Hanson Poole's wife, Nancy Bates Dodson. Another sister, Barbara Dodson married my ggg-granduncle Elijah Wyatt.

Susan Jones married Wade Caver, another member of the Autauga Rifles." quote from Barry Wyatt gggrandnephew of Milton Jones

In 1860 Milton was employed as overseer in Dallas county just before he joined the Civil War.

At that point in his life he had a personal property value of $250.

After the war *Milton married Sarah Ballard on 11 Jan 1866 in Autauga county, Alabama.

They had the following children:

F i. Mary G. Jones was born in 1867 in Autauga county, Alabama.

M ii. James L. Jones was born in 1868 in Autauga county, Alabama.

M iii. John B. Jones was born in 1870 in Autauga county, Alabama.

M iv. Charley Jones was born in 1872 in Autauga county, Alabama.

F v. Willie Jones was born in 1874 in Autauga county, Alabama.

F vi. Leck Jones was born in 1876 in Autauga county, Alabama.

F vii. Carrie Jones was born in 1878 in Autauga county, Alabama.

1. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Dallas county, Athens beat, page 37 or 915.

2. Autauga county marriages on website: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/autauga/auta-mar.pl

3. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama 3 Reg file box Typed copy of Muster roll dated 31 October 1864, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

4. United States. Record and Pension Office., Compiled Service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Alabama., Washington C. C. : The National Archives, 1961-1962.Third Alabama Cavalry E-K 1861-1865 FHL#0880339.

5. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Confederate Service Cards.

, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.Microfilm cards "From an 8 x 5 card file maintained by the Alabama Department of Archives and History from the early 1900s until 1982. As staff came across information related to Alabama individuals during the American Civil War a card was created. Information on individuals exempted from military service or who served in the militia or home guard is included. If new information was discovered from another source, another card was created. Multiple cards for an individual often exist. Sources include muster rolls, governors' correspondence, veterans' censuses, manuscript collections, newspapers and pension records. Names, places and events are often inconsistently spelled.".

6. 1850 Federal census, Alabama, Autauga county, Independence Beat, page 131.Head of house hold Lewis Jones.

7. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Dallas county, Athens, page 37.

8. 1880 Federal Census, Alabama, Autauga county, Flat Pine, district 6, page 51.Head of house hold Milton G. Jones.

9. email from Barry White and tombstone picture. He is a gggrandnephew of Milton Jones.