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Jones, Robert McDonald— Choctaw, was born October 1, 1808. He was described as “a half-breed Creek” by one writer (1). Another writer noted that Jones “stands alone, and is not connected with the other families” (2). Be was listed as a Choctaw while attending the Choctaw Academy in 1829-1830 (3). In 1831, he lived in LeFlore’s district probably in the Yazoo valley. His household then consisted of one person, a male over 16. He was allowed 960 acres by the 1830 treaty, which noted that he did not then reside in the Choctaw Nation. He moved west in 1832, signed the 1837 treaty, and became a partner in the trading firm of Berthelet, Heald & Company of Doaksville (4). In 1838 he lived on Blue River (5). He eventually amassed great wealth, including five plantations, one of 4000 acres. He first lived at Skullyville, then moved from there to Boggy Depot from there he went to Lake West on Red River , and finally to Rose Hill, near Doaksville (6). In 1847 he and his wife, Susan, owned 145 slaves, 60 horses, 700 cattle, 175 sheep, 400 hogs, and 6 wagons. He raised 1200 bushels of wheat, 250 bales of cotton, 700 bushels of potatoes, 1000 bushels of oats, and 7400 bushels of corn that year. He signed the 1834 and 1861 treaties and died at Rose Hill on February 22, 1873. His first wife was Judith Walker, whom he married January 6, 1831. He married Susan (Colbert) McLish, daughter of Chickasaw Chief George Colbert, on November 8, 1838. She died in 1860 at the age of 50. In 1861 he married Elizabeth Earls. He was the father of Robert Fulton (1832), Hiram (1834). Ellen (1836), George W. (1840—1845), Frances (1842), Mary Elizabeth (1861; married George G. Randall), Robert Jefferson (1863), Henry Earls (1864— 1864), James McDonald (1866—1866), and Franklin (1867—1867) (7).

 (l) IOU Draper. Choctaw Application for Enrollment Case 5757 notes that George Durant’s mother was Martha James of Blue County , who was related to Robert Jones. Martha was a cousin to Bacey James (born 1828).

(2) Reid letter, 1834, Box 12 , Indian Correspondence, OHS.

(3) Kidwell, 226; “ Choctaw Academy ”, 472.

(4) Foreman, THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, 53.

(5) Ibid., 47.

(6) NATCHEZ TRACE TRAVELER, 11:48—49. The 1847 Chickasaw census shows Susan Jones as a quarter white, head of a household that consisted of one male under 18, one female under 16, and one female over 16.

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Source: WHO WAS WHO AMONG THE • SOUTHERN INDIANS a genealogical notebook, 1698-1907
by Don Martini ©1998. Don Martini Falkner, Ms.

 

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