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Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones 1822–1884 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 June 1822

Birth Location: Burke or Caldwell, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 20 September 1884

Death Location: Swain County, North Carolina, USA

Father: Richard Sr

Mother: Nancy Higdon

Spouse(s): Mary Buchanan

Children(s): Richard Jones, Joseph Jones, William Jones, Sarah Proctor, Nancy Cable, Margaret Jones, Samuel Jones, Charles Jones, Andrew Jones, Daniel Jones, Lelian Jones, Cordila Key

The story of Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones began in 1822 in Burke or Caldwell, North Carolina, United States. In 1880, Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones resided in Forney Creek, Swain, North Carolina, USA. Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones married Mary R Buchanan, and had children including Andrew Jackson Jones, Charles H Jones, Cordila Sarah Jones Key, Daniel L Jones, Joseph Allen Jones, Lelian M Jones, Margaret E Jones, Nancy Elizabeth Jones Cable, Richard L Jones, Samuel B Jones, Sarah A Sally Jones Proctor, William Washington Jones. Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones passed away in 1884 in Swain County, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones began in 1822 in Burke or Caldwell, North Carolina, United States.
  • In 1880, Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones resided in Forney Creek, Swain, North Carolina, USA.
  • Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones married Mary R Buchanan, and had children including Andrew Jackson Jones, Charles H Jones, Cordila Sarah Jones Key, Daniel L Jones, Joseph Allen Jones, Lelian M Jones, Margaret E Jones, Nancy Elizabeth Jones Cable, Richard L Jones, Samuel B Jones, Sarah A Sally Jones Proctor, William Washington Jones.
  • Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones passed away in 1884 in Swain County, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Sr
1792–1870
Birth Location: Burke County, North Carolina, USA
RS
Nancy Higdon
1798–1892
Birth Location: Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA
NH

Spouses(s)

Mary Buchanan
1818–1897
Birth Location: Haywood Co. NC, North Carolina, USA
MB

Children(s)

Richard Jones
1846–1917
Birth Location: Macon County, North Carolina, United States of America
RJ
Joseph Jones
1862–
Birth Location: North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
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William Jones
1843–1925
Birth Location: Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
WJ
Sarah Proctor
1849–1930
Birth Location: Macon County, North Carolina, United States of America
SP
Nancy Cable
1856–1930
Birth Location: Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America
NC
Margaret Jones
1854–1858
Birth Location: Jackson Co., NC, North Carolina, USA
MJ
Samuel Jones
1844–
Birth Location: –
SJ
Charles Jones
1849–1874
Birth Location: Macon Co, North Carolina, USA
CJ
Andrew Jones
1851–1935
Birth Location: Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America
AJ
Daniel Jones
1852–1854
Birth Location: Jackson Co, North Carolina, USA
DJ
Lelian Jones
1860–1863
Birth Location: Jackson Co, North Carolina, USA
LJ
Cordila Key
1881–1958
Birth Location: –
CK

Hezekiah Jones's Ancestors

Self
Hezekiah Jones
1822–1884
Birth Place: Burke or Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Richard Henry Jones Sr
1792–1870
Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Nancy Higdon
1798–1892
Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
William (N or Virgil Jones) Sr
1750–1824
Herefordshire, England
Mary (Alice Harris Baggett) Jones
1749–1854
Leonard (Higdon) II
1754–1837
Anson County, North Carolina, USA
Susannah (Harris) Higdon
1775–1837
USA
Great-Grandparents
John Jones
1696–1738
George Harris
1726–
Charity Jenkins
1726–1791
Benedict Higdon
1738–1775
Robert Harris
1731–1809
Susannah Starling
1740–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Jones
1674–1704
Anne Jones
1679–1738
William Higdon
1709–1760
Jane Higdon
1715–1783
SAMUEL HARRIS*
1715–1789

Hezekiah Jones's Descendants

1.
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Hezekiah (Kyrus or Karl) Jones (23 June 1822–20 September 1884) m. Mary (R) Buchanan (24 June 1818–29 August 1897)
  1. 1. Richard (L) Jones 1846–1917 m. Sarah (Jane) Jones 1843–1914
    1. 1. William (M) Jones 1871–1931 m. Augusta Jones 1885–1977
      1. 1. Allen (Leslie or Lesley) Jones 1904–1976 m. Geneva (Ethel Nations) Jones 1907–1999
        1. 1. Billie (Edward) Jones 1937–2017 m. Anne (Marie Lowe) Jones 1941–2008
        2. 2. Claude (Forbin) Jones 1929–2018
        3. 3. Adell Jones 1925–2008 m. Eldyin Jones 1934–2019
      2. 2. Richard (Lyle) Jones 1909–1998 m. Mammie (Lillian Nations) Jones 1913–1980
        1. 1. Harry (Earl) Jones 1936–2008
    2. 2. Hattie (Jones) Miller 1874–1945 m. Charles (Henry) Miller 1867–1935
      1. 1. John (Floyd "Johnny") Miller 1896–1954 m. Minnie (Ophelia Winstead Young) Miller 1891–1961
      2. 2. Sarah (Lee Miller) Frady 1912–1959 m. Claud (Ellis Frady) Sr 1910–1992
        1. 1. Roy (Lee) Frady 1933–2019
        2. 2. Asbury (Sullivan) Frady 1935–2005 m. Ellen (Unk) Frady 1933–1962 m. Betty (Lou Childers) Frady 1943–2018
        3. 3. Charles (Samuel) Frady 1937–2013
        4. 4. Harold (L) Frady 1939–2012
      3. 3. Charles (Amos) Miller 1909–1974 m. Nellie (Janet Davis) Miller 1912–1988
        1. 1. Margarita (Sue Miller) Ashe 1932–2001
      4. 4. Walter Miller 1914–
    3. 3. James (Kyle "Jim") Jones 1876–1952 m. Elizabeth ("Lizzie" Roland) Jones 1874–1950
      1. 1. Garland (Edward Jones) Pvt 1903–1972
      2. 2. Donald (Robert) Jones 1912–1958
        1. 1. Jeff (Clay) Jones 1949–1994
      3. 3. Wayne Jones 1915–1944
    4. 4. Lillian (Aletha "Lillie" Jones) Cunningham 1878–1970 m. Lon (B or William Alonzo) Cunningham 1882–1944
      1. 1. George (Burton) Cunningham 1912–1996
      2. 2. Isabelle ("Belle" or "Billy Jo" Cunningham) Hornsby 1907– m. Hilton Hornsby 1903–
        1. 1. Lillian Hornsby 1924–
        2. 2. Shirley (Nell Hornsby) Allen 1936–2018
        3. 3. Mary (Frances) Hornsby 1940–2007
      3. 3. Leanora ((Bonnie) Cunningham) Hefner 1909–2001
      4. 4. Mary (Cunningham) West 1915–1983 m. Charles (Theodore) West 1913–1979
      5. 5. Ula (Evelyn) Cunningham 1918–2003 m. Wallace (Gene) Pannell 1914–2000
      6. 6. James (Richard) Cunningham 1915–1996
    5. 5. Sallie Jones 1870–1950 m. Horris (Lon) Patterson 1876–
    6. 6. George Jones 1890–1918 m. Dollie (Carrie Ann Nations Jones Raby Settlemyr) Messer 1895–1962
      1. 1. Sylvester Jones 1913–1986 m. Ethel (Mae Burnett) Jones 1920–1974
        1. 1. Sherley (or Shirley Jean Jones) Merrifield 1937–2007 m. Jack (Sterling Merrifield) Sr 1935–2016
    7. 7. John (Baxter) Jones 1883–1961 m. Fannie Jones 1885– m. Mollie (Davis) Jones 1891–1918
      1. 1. Raymond (Homer) Jones 1926–
    8. 8. Mary (Elizabeth) Jones 1868–1874
  2. 2. Joseph (Allen) Jones 1862–
  3. 3. William (Washington) Jones 1843–1925 m. Ester ("Rebecca" Brown) Jones 1844–1926 m. Mary (Parthina) Parris 1852–1877
    1. 1. John (Hesaki) Jones 1883–1950
    2. 2. Alva (Rosetta Jones) Brooks 1885–1969
    3. 3. Samuel ("Sam") Jones 1869–1938 m. Ida (Caroline) Monteith 1868–1947
    4. 4. Idah (or ida wife of Johnston T Thomas 1866-1952 Jones) Thomas 1873–
    5. 5. Sarah (" Sallie" P wife of Johnston T Thomas ( mar 12 sep 1897) 1866-1952) Jones 1875–1944
    6. 6. Laura Jones 1871–1873
  4. 4. Sarah (A "Sally" Jones) Proctor 1849–1930 m. James (Loranzo "Ranz") Proctor 1851– m. Walter (G) Proctor 1870–1951
    1. 1. Harriet (U. or Hattie Eulalia) Proctor 1870–1946
    2. 2. Mary (Catherine) Proctor 1871–1968
    3. 3. Kansas (Callie) Proctor 1874–1875
    4. 4. Laura (M.) Proctor 1876–
    5. 5. Ida (Bell) Proctor 1879–1974
    6. 6. John Proctor 1879–1914
    7. 7. Tiny Proctor 1882–
    8. 8. Will Proctor 1883–1900
  5. 5. Nancy (Elizabeth Jones) Cable 1856–1930 m. J.b. Cable 1855–
    1. 1. William Cable 1880–
  6. 6. Margaret (E) Jones 1854–1858
  7. 7. Samuel (B) Jones 1844– m. Sarah (Jane Burgess) Jones 1854–
    1. 1. Oanes (Pearl) Jones 1883–
    2. 2. John (T) Jones 1886–
    3. 3. Martha Jones 1889–
  8. 8. Charles (H) Jones 1849–1874 m. Margret (Jane "Margie" Brooks Jones) Hyde 1852–1936
    1. 1. Alice (May Jones) Welch 1871–1936 m. Fidella Welch 1863–
  9. 9. Andrew (Jackson) Jones 1851–1935 m. Eliza (Jane Crisp) Jones 1853–1943
    1. 1. Zenia (Alice Jones) Ballew 1889–1986
    2. 2. Goldman Jones 1874–1953 m. Lillian ("Lidie" A Higdon) Jones 1874–1951
      1. 1. Enos Jones 1914–
    3. 3. Mary (Clemtine Jones) Hall 1876–1958
    4. 4. William (Dee) Jones 1878–1970
    5. 5. Emeline (Ellender Jones) Buchanan 1880–1970
    6. 6. John (Baxter) Jones 1882–1977
    7. 7. Orville (Alphonso) Jones 1887–1986
    8. 8. Margaret (Josephine Jones) Brooks 1884–1977
  10. 10. Daniel (L) Jones 1852–1854
  11. 11. Lelian (M) Jones 1860–1863
  12. 12. Cordila (Sarah Jones) Key 1881–1958

Hezekiah Jones's Timeline

3 Records

1822
23 June 1822
Birth of Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones in Burke or Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Burke or Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
1880
1880
Age 58
Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones resided here in Forney Creek, Swain, North Carolina, USA
Forney Creek, Swain, North Carolina, USA
1884
20 September 1884
Age 62
Death of Hezekiah Kyrus or Karl Jones in Swain Co, North Carolina, USA
Swain Co, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 June 1822
    Event Place: Burke or Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Forney Creek, Swain, North Carolina; Roll: 983; Family History Film: 1254983; Page: 195B; Enumeration District: 182; Image: 0302
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [6] North Carolina, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Forney Creek, Swain, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Forney Creek, Swain, North Carolina; Roll: 983; Family History Film: 1254983; Page: 195B; Enumeration District: 182; Image: 0302

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 September 1884
    Event Place: Swain Co, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] North Carolina, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Swain County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] North Carolina, Find a Grave Index
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