Background
The son of a merchant and planter with deep roots in coastal Georgia, Charles Colcock Jones, Senior was born on December 20, 1804, at Liberty Hall, his father"s plantation in Liberty County.
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The son of a merchant and planter with deep roots in coastal Georgia, Charles Colcock Jones, Senior was born on December 20, 1804, at Liberty Hall, his father"s plantation in Liberty County.
In 1846, Jones received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. While in the North, Jones agonized over the morality of owning slaves, but he returned to Liberty County to become a planter, a missionary to slaves, and a somewhat reluctant defender of the institution of slavery. He spent the remainder of his life supervising his three plantations, Arcadia, Montevideo, and Maybank, while continuing his evangelization of slaves.
His Catechism of Scripture Doctrine and Practice (1837) was translated into Armenian and Chinese.
Two of Jones"s children became notable in their own right: Charles Colcock Jones, Junior. (1831–1893), a Georgia lawyer, historian, and amateur archaeologist.
And Joseph Jones (1833–1896), a Louisiana physician and medical school professor