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Noble Jones family papers
Bound volume of papers of the Noble Jones family of Savannah, Georgia from 1754-1838 that contain legal instruments including wills and indentures, business records, and the sales and dispensations of enslaved people.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1754/1838
Subject
Jones family
Georgia--Politics and government--1775-1865
Georgia--Politics and government--To 1775
Slave bills of sale--Georgia
Slavery--Georgia--History
People
Jones, George, 1766-1838
Jones, Noble Wimberly, 1723-1805
Jones, Noble, 1702-1775
Location
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
Medium
family papers
Type
Text
Description
The collection consists of papers of the Noble Jones family of Savannah, Georgia from 1754-1838. Bound in a volume, the papers contain legal instruments including wills and indentures, business records, sales and dispensations of enslaved people, and correspondence documenting land transactions, legal matters, political matters, and family concerns. The materials document three generations of the Jones family including Noble Jones, Noble Wymberly Jones, and George Jones. The last will and Testament of Noble Jones includes the bequest of Wormslow [Wormsloe] and enslaved people.
Noble Jones (1702-1775), surveyor, planter, and politician, born in Surrey, England. His son, Noble Wymberly Jones (1723-1805), politician and physician, born in Lambeth, England. Both emigrated to the United States in 1733 as part of the original settlement of Georgia. Noble Wymberly Jones' son, George Jones (1766-1838), physician and politician, born in Savannah, Georgia.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Hargrett Library
Rights