Allen Jones (December 24, 1739 – November 10, 1798) was an American planter, American Revolution brigadier general of the Halifax District Brigade, and statesman from Edgecombe County, North Carolina.[1][2][3]
Brigadier General
Allen Jones
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Birth name | Allen Jones |
Born | December 24, 1739 Edgecombe County, North Carolina (now Halifax) |
Died | November 10, 1798(1798-11-10) (aged 58) Northampton County, North Carolina |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | North Carolina militia |
Years of service | 1776-1787 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Commands held | Northampton County Regiment, Halifax District Brigade |
Allen Jones was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina (later Halifax County), in the Province of North Carolina. He attended Eton College in England.[3]
After returning to the colony, he was a member of the Province of North Carolina House of Burgesses between 1773 and 1775 and delegate to the five North Carolina Provincial Congresses (1774–1776), serving as vice-president in the Fourth Provincial Congress.[3][4]
Jones served in the military throughout the American Revolutionary War (1775–83).[2]
He also served in the State senate 1777 to 1779, 1783, 1784, and 1787; and as a Member of the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780. Jones was a delegate at the state convention that rejected the proposed Constitution of the United StatesatHalifax, in 1788.[3]
He was the older brother of Congressman Willie (pronounced Wylie) Jones, a leader in neighboring Halifax County. Together they were the source of the Jones surname adopted by the Scottish American naval hero during the Revolutionary War, John Paul Jones — whose birth-surname was Paul. Allen Jones was also the father-in-law of North Carolina Governor and Constitutional Convention delegate William Richardson Davie.[3]
Allen Jones died on his plantation, Mount Gallant, near Roanoke Rapids, Northampton County, North Carolina, on November 10, 1798. Interment was in the private burial ground on his estate.[3]