Hi all! So happy to find new information related the Jones' family! I have been researching the Jones' family genealogy off and on since 2007. I never could find information related to who their parents were so I would know the other relatives related to the Jones. Frank Jones, Jr. was my grandfather. He was married to my grandmother, Ethel Ferguson Jones. Frank Jones' father was Frank Jones, Sr. (my great grandfather). He was born in Pinetucky, Alabama in 1855 during slavery. His parents were Sandy Jones, Sr. (my great great grandfather) born in Georgia and Peggy Williams Jones (my great great grandmother) born in South Carolina. Sandy Jones was born in Gerogia in 1815. His slaveowner, John C. Jones from Georgia brought him to Pinetucky, Alabama about 1845. The will of John C. Jones showed that he died by 1854 and was in debt. James Williams bought Sandy from John C. Jones before 1849 as he is not listed as one of the slaves sold. James Williams was the slaveowner of Peggy and he is from South Carolina.Peggy was born in 1820. James is now the slaveowner of Sandy who says on the 1880 census that he is from Alabama. According to the 1860 slave census Sandy, Peggy, his wife, Caesar, Hester, Sandy and Frank his children are listed on it. The 1860 slave census says there are 5 slave houses which means there were probably 5 different families living in them. I looked at the 1870 census after slavery that lists Sandy and his family who have moved to Gainestown in Clarke County,Alabama. It is 118 miles away from Pinetucky. I don't know if they walked or had a mule or horse. It shows they didn't want to stay anywhere near the plantation they had been made to pick cotton and work hard from sun up to sundown. I matched the ages of what they would have been in 1860 to identfy them since they are not listed by names using the 1870 census. The slave census is below.

The 1870 census lists Sandy Jones, Sr. 55 years old, Peggy, 50 years old, Sandy Jr., 21 years old, Hester, 17 years old and Frank, my great grandfather, 15 years old. The 1880 census has Sandy and Peggy living in Montgomery Hill, Baldwin County, Alabama which is 150 miles from Gainesville. The others listed are Amy, graddaughter, age 10 and Lou Williams, nephew, age 19. Also listed on the ame census in Montgomer Hill is Tena Williams, possibly Peggy's mother living about 4 blocks away. They may have moved there to take care of parents ad be close to relatives. Peggy has on the census that she was born in South Carolina and her parents are from South Carolina. Tena Williams states she is from South Carolina and her parents are from South Carolina. Tena is my great great great grandmother. On the the 1880 census Tena is 80 years old and caring for Jim Stapleton, grandson, who is 9 years old. There are a lot of Williams listed on the 1880 census in Montgomery Hills who may be relatives of Tena and Peggy. I cannot find anymore censuses with Tena listed so she probably died around 1890 and would have been 90 yeas old.

Frank Jones, Sr., my great grandfather born in Alabama, 22 years old is on the 1880 census married to Amanda (Mandy) Binder Pickett born in South Carolina and is 25 years old. Amanda is my great grandmother and after researching shows that Binder is actually Bynum. They are living in Uchee, Russell County, Alabama. That is 206 miles from Montgomery Hill. The census lists Nancy, their daughter, age 2 year and Frank, their son,(my grandfather) 3 mos. Their child Florence Jones, 8 years old is working as a servant in Gainesville, Alabama for a white farmer, J. H. Manley. Florence, Frank and Ethel Jones daughter, my aunt was named after Franks' sister. My grandmother Ethel, named me after Frank's sister Nancy. Gainesville is 200 miles away. I am sure that Frank's father must have been very, very poor for him to allow his 8 year old daughter Florence to be a servant. On the same census living in the same house are Amanda's brother Aaron, 21 yrs. and his wife Judy, 21 yrs. I found that these are her relatives yesterday when doing more research. On the same census living about 3 houses away are Amanda's father Gilbert Bynum born in South Carolina in 1810 and mother Sarah Pickett/Puckett Bynum born in South Carolina in 1830. Living about 8 houses away was Amanda's brother Moses Bynum, born in Alabama, 22 yrs. old and his wife Adeline 26 years old born in Alabama. They have a daughter Dora, 8 years old. Another brother of Amanda's, Ephraim Bynum lives about 7 houses away from Frank and Amanda. So now, I have relatives on the Jones' side of the family; they are Bynums, Williams, and Picket/Puckett. Our roots go back to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and then Texas!! God is good! See census with Amanda and her parents below.