Background
Jones, Joseph was born in 1727 in King George County, Virginia, United States. Son of James and Hester Jones.
Career
General Court, 1778-1783, 89-1805. General Virginia Militia</td><tr><td class="label_burgverd11px"><b>Death</b></td></tr><tr><td> Died Fredericksburg, Virginia, October
Membership
Member Virginia House of Burgesses, 1772. Member 2d Virginia Committee Safety, 1775, also all Virginia revolutionary conversations Member Virginia House of Delegates 1776, 77, 80, 81, 83-85.
Member committee which framed Virginia Declaration of Rights and Virginia Constitution, 1776.
Member Continental Congress from Virginia, 1777-1778, 80-83. Member Virginia Convention which ratified United States Constitution, 1788.
Connections
Married Mary Taliaferro, before 1758.
- Father:
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James Jones
- Mother:
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Hester Jones
- Spouse:
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Mary Taliaferro