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215    JONES, EDMUND [H44.1]

Location - Matthews Township. Located just off west side of road near 589 Old US Hwy 421 South, Siler City, NC 27344, between railroad and highway.

Coordinates: 35d 41m 33.0s N; 79d 26m 43.0s W Click here for Online Maps

In 1990 Harvey Jones reported that an iron spike marked the traditional burial place of Edmund Jones, a Revolutionary War soldier who gave 200 acres of land to UNC.

Owner: Annie Brown, 3407 Beautiful Ct, Lutz, FL 33559
Legal Description: Parcel 14521. Deed Book 418, Page 788.
Topo Quadrant: Siler City.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Earliest burial: 1843
Most Recent burial: 1844
Listed: Yes.
Miscellaneous information: When the railroad came in 1884, some bodies were moved from the original burial location. Harvey Jones, Coleridge, visited site and identified approximate location of the relocated burials. Ref: Wade Hadley. Burial site was moved several yards when the railroad came through the area in the late 1800's. The new location was always known to family and current markers were placed in the 1990's. Edmund "Edmond" Jones served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He also sold part of his land in Orange County, NC to help form what would become the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser,19 Sep 1991; Julie King-McDaniel, April 2024.

1. Jones, Edmund   (b. Unknown - d. 1834)
Revolutionary War soldier. Cemetery location known by tradition. Military marker, "PVT Continental Line Revolutionary War."
2. Jones, Rachel Alston   (b. 27 Sep 1747 - d. 8 Dec 1833)
Wife of Edmond Jones.