Rural Burial Ground (Jones)
Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Lanelle Hanke writes the following in September, 2006:
This is a very old cemetery in the woods off of County Road 291 in Tishomingo County Mississippi,
north of Iuka MS, near Salem Church (New Salem?). There were several stones when I first found
the site many years ago, but vandals have since plundered the graves, and carried off the markers.
Only one remains.
Click here for a Word file containing detailed directions and a map to the gravesite.
On the headstone itself, is this engraving on the front:
Ann Mariah Jones
Consort of Godfrey Jones
Born Nov 9, 1777 (1771?)
Died July 20, 1858
This inscription is on the back:
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they
rest from their labors and their works do follow them
The following photos were taken in late summer 2006 by Lanelle Hanke. Click on the link for a full-size image, which you may right click to save. The images are all large, so be patient:
Dirt road leading to the burial area.
Pulling into the road.
Landmarks to know where to enter treeline.
Iron markers delineating burial areas.
Front of the marker.
Enhanced Front view of the marker.
Another Enhanced Front view of the marker.
Back of the marker.
Closeup of the marker.
Don Chandler adds this narrative about Anna Mariah Clement Jones:
Anna Mariah Clement was the daughter of Zephaniah Clement and his first wife, Elizabeth Minter. Anna Mariah was the full sister of Stephen D. Clement; her husband (Godfrey P. Jones) was Stephen's wife Leanna Jones' brother. Zephaniah Clement's second wife, Dorothy Jones, was Godfrey and Leanna's sister. The three Jones siblings were the children of Thomas and Leanna (Jones) Jones.
Four of the the names of Godfrey and Anna Mariah's four children have been found in a lawsuit, and know we know they were closely bonded, as they migrated together and lived close by each other for the better part of 80 years. We have also found several intermarriages among their descendants.
Children:
1). Samuel Clement Jones, b. 15 Sep 1795 Edgefield; married Susannah Terry; married Rebecca Unknown;
married Elizabeth M. Unknown; 1830 Lauderdale Co., AL; 1840 Tishomingo Co., MS;
1850-1880 McNairy Co., TN.
2). Lucinda Jones, b. abt. 1798 Edgefield; married James Richardson; married Chesley Cockran;
1830 Lauderdale Co, AL; 1840-1860 Tishomingo Co., MS.
3). Elizabeth Jones, b. abt. 1800 Edgefield; married William T. Clement (son of Zephaniah Clement
and Dorothy Jones); 1830 Bibb Co., AL; 1840-1860 Tishomingo Co., MS.
4). Martha Elizabeth Jones, b. 30 Jan 1800 Edgefield; married John E. Canfield; 1830 Lauderdale
Co., AL; 1840-1870 Tishomingo Co., MS; 1880 White Co., AR.
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