From roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com Mon Dec 30 12:14:38 1996 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (root@bl-4.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA06189; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 12:14:38 -0800 Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA30527 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 12:16:14 -0800 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA06183 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 12:14:37 -0800 Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (slist@bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA29941 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:51:57 -0800 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA03537 for roots-in@rootsweb.com; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:50:20 -0800 X-Envelope-From: rbjones@cyberstore.ca Mon Dec 30 11:50:19 1996 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (root@bl-4.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA03528 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:50:18 -0800 Received: from yvr.cyberstore.ca (yvr.cyberstore.ca [199.45.66.1]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA29932 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:51:54 -0800 Received: from yvr-ppp-46.cyberstore.ca (yvr-ppp-46.cyberstore.ca [199.45.66.46]) by yvr.cyberstore.ca (8.7.2/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA06337 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:49:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:49:15 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <2.2.16.19961230115901.08afc928@cyberstore.ca> X-Sender: rbjones@cyberstore.ca X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: Roger Jones Subject: JONES/HALL/EATON/REID Sender: roots-in@rootsweb.com I am tracing the history of the JONES side of my family. The following article from a Nova Scotia newspaper, suggests that my great-great grandfather, Sam Jones, was a slave in Kentucky. Any folks who may have a connection are encouraged to get in touch with me. It is also possible that somebody who is researching the other surnames mentioned in the obits may have some useful information as well. COLCHESTER SUN (MAY 29, 1890 OR 1895) LATE SAMUEL JONES No colored man who ever lived in Colchester was better known or worthily respected than the subject of this notice. He was born in Halifax County in 1820 and was the son of Samuel Jones who resided at different periods in Dartmouth,Cherrybrook,Preston and Fall River, and who was born in Slavery in Kentucky. For many years Samuel Jones 1st was in the employ of the late Mr. Eaton of Halifax. He married three wives and brought up a large family of whom the deceased was his third son. When a boy Samuel 2nd was bound to a Mr. Hall of New Road, Halifax County it must have been about a half a century ago that the deceased came to Colchester and started work on a new farm in the North Mountain of Onslow near the banks of the South Branch of the North River. To aid him in encountering the difficulties of making a home out of the green woods in a back settlement, he sought the hand of Miss Martha Reed (colored) of Halifax, by whom he had thirteen children,seven of whom are still living; namely, Elizabeth, Martha,Sarah and Anna;and Henry,Samuel and Jeremiah. For his second wife,deceased, married the widow of the late Aaron Parris,by whom he leaves a daughter,Hattie. About five weeks ago deceased went with his son Jerry to Massatuchetts to visit his children there, where he took ill and died on the Queen's birthday. His remains were brought to Onslow and interred in the North River Cemetery yesterday. The funeral from the house to the Methodist Church and graveyard was attended by a large concourse of people and over thirty carriages and every respect was shown by the community at large, who all felt that a good and industrious man had gone to his rest. The Rev. Mr. Mack, who conducted the services, spoke in approving terms of the estimation in which deceased was held in the settlement and expressed the regrets of all on being called to part with one who for so many years , had lived a blameless life, and who had been so well and favorably known. ----------------------- Samuel Jones,Senr., of Upper North River, departed this life in peace, on Friday, May 24, at the residence of his son, in Providence,R.I., in the 70th year of his age. He left home in April last for a short visit to the United States and whilst there was seized with an illness that speedily proved fatal. The remains arrived by rail on Monday, accompanied by two sons and one daughter, and on Tuesday, May 28th, the internment took place in the Methodist cemetery, North River. Rev. R.B.Mack officiated and delivered a comforting discourse in the church, from the words: "These(there?) are they which came out of great tribulations, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb." Deceased was a man very highly esteemed by all who knew him, as was evidenced by the attendance at his funeral - the procession being one of the largest ever seen in those parts. Great credit is due to the sons and daughters of the deceased, who spared neither effort nor money in their endeavor to honor the dust of their departed parent. Afro News "The Voice of the Black Community" Tel (604)525-3666 Fax (604)525-0089