General Notes

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[Simmons Jones Baker Manuscript]
"...My father was a large man six feet high & weighing two hundred &
sixty pounds - He was cheerful but generally grave a kind husband Father
& master, prudent & direct in the management of his affairs & was
universally respected. as proof of his standing in his County - he when a
candidate for the Convention that was to consider & decide on The Federal
Constitution (of which he was a warm advocate) received every vote in the
County but five. He was Clerk of the Court of Gates from the time it was
separated from Hertford until his death, many years. He married Ann Jones
daughter of Capt. Albridgton Jones of Southampton  Virginia (whose father
was a Welshman,) his wife a sister of Col. Charles Simmons of an English
family. My mother had several children, twins twice, of which I was
one. My twin Brother Albridgton Jones with one or two others died at the
time my mother did - The disease was Dysentery & there is reason to
believe badly treated. After  -- --- There were four children left, -
Henry, who died when nearly grown Elizabeth, Agatha & myself. My two
Sisters were extensively known & need no commendation - The were both
most excellent women.
Soon after the death of my mother my Father went in to the Army - he
was Col. of a regiment
Col. Jonas Johnston of Edgecombe being in command. He was in the battle
of Stone River near Charleston in South Carolina under Command of Gen.
Lincoln - it was a hard fought battle & I have been told by some who were
present that my honored Father acquitted himself like a brave man. He was
a member of the Convention at Halifax but did not stay to sign it, having
been appointed Col. of a regiment & went home to prepare for active
service. He did not attend the Convention at Hillsborough to which as
before mentioned he had been elected in consequence of the death of my
Brother Henry about the time. After the return of my Father from the Army
he married not long after Anna Maria Burgess who made him a most--
excellent wife & very kind stepmother - She was the daughter of the Rev .
Thomas Burgess of Halifax an Englishman & of the Episcopal Church -"