Charles Colcock Jones Jr.

Charles Colcock Jones Jr. (October 28, 1831 – July 19, 1893) was a politician, attorney and author from Georgia, United States. He was the mayor of Savannah, Georgia, immediately prior to Sherman's March to the Sea.

Life and career

Jones was born in 1831 to Charles Colcock Jones Sr., a Presbyterian minister. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1852 which he followed with a law degree from Harvard University in 1855.

He married twice: first to Ruth Berrien Whitehead, then to Ruth's cousin once removed, Eva Berrien Eve (who had been a bridesmaid at their wedding). His son, Edgeworth Casey Jones (1867–1931), became a prominent memorialist,[1] having changed his name to Charles Edgeworth Jones.

Jones became mayor of Savannah in 1860. Because of the war, he nearly lost his fortune and had to move to New York City, where he practiced law and managed the family plantation from afar.[2] He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1869[3] and to the American Philosophical Society in 1881.[4] In 1877 he moved back to Georgia, living in Augusta.

Death

Jones died of Bright's disease in 1893, aged 61. He is interred in Summerville Cemetery in Augusta.

Literary works

He published almost one hundred writings, including the following notable books:[5]

  • Monumental Remains of Georgia (1861)
  • Historical Sketch of the Chatham Artillery (1867)
  • The Siege of Savannah in December, 1864 (1874)
  • Antiquities of the Southern Indians, particularly of the Georgia tribes (1873, 1878)
  • The Dead Towns of Georgia (1878)
  • History of Georgia (1883)
  • Negro Myths of the Georgia Coast (1888)

References

  1. ^ "Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. family papers". sclfind.libs.uga.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  2. ^ Snead, James (2017). "The Original Jones Boys: Histories of Race and Place in Nineteenth-Century American Archaeology". World Archaeology. 49 (2): 198–210. JSTOR 26619453.
  3. ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
  4. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  5. ^ "New Georgia Encyclopedia: Charles C. Jones Jr. (1831-1893)". GeorgiaEncyclopedia.org. 2002-09-19. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
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