FOURTH GENERATION

8. Amos Dickens JONES was born on 1 Jan 1827 in Birmingham, AL. The 1880 Census says he was born in TN. He appeared on the census in 1860 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. John Coker, a farmer, aged 70, born in S.C., with $700 in real estate, John Pirnie and William Wilt live with them. He was a farmer in 1860 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He lived in the Coker Community from 1850 to 1890. He served in the military on 22 Mar 1862 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. ⁽¹⁰⁾ He was a 3rd Sergeant., Co. C, 32 Col. P. C. Wood's Regiment Texas Cavalry, Co. C, 36 Texas Cavalry inlisting for 3 years or for the War. He was in the Confederate Troops, part of the Captain Joel K. Stevens' Company, Texas Mounted Riflemen. He was 35 years old in 1862. He was on detached service chasing after deserters as a 1st Sergt. on August 31, 1863. He was given $125 for horse and $25 for equipment. H was given furlough March 2 to April 15, 1965. As a Prisoner of War, he was paroled by Major General Merritt in San Antonio on September 9, 1965. Amos Dickens Jones signed papers as the attorney testifing to the service of James H. Coker in the same Regiment so that Coker received $133.31. A
William H. Jones of San Antonio and a Corp. John N. Jones of Belmont, Tx are in the same Regiment. He served in Louisiana. He appeared on the census in 1880 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. Page 250 Jones listed as Johns. Amos, Jane, Henry, Martha, Lee B., Charles Ed, and herder , John Henderson living on the place. He died on 26 Dec 1906 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. San Antonio Gazette Newspaper, Dec. 27, 1906 Page 8, 4th Column
AMOS D. JONES
Amos D. Jones, a resident of Bexar County for the past 61 years, died yesterday afternoon at his home on the Salado, about seven miles north of the city, aged 80 years. He was a Confederate Veteran and an old member of the Masons. He is survived by 9 children, as follows: Taylor Jones, John Jones and Henry Jones of this city, Lee and Ed Jones of the Salado and Seeborn Jones of Nevada; Mrs. Kate Van Riper; Mrs. Martha Shannon of this city and Mrs. Jennie Nicholson of Glasscock County. Another daughter of the deceased was the late Mrs. W.H. Van Riper. The funeral will take place this afternoon from the family home on the Salado, interment being in the cemetery at that place.
Amos was the head of the Cibolo Masonic Lodge in the 1880's. He was buried in Coker Cemetery, Bexar Co., TX. He was Coker Methodist Church trustee and community leader.. Amos D. Jones traveled with his father-in-law, Joseph Coker, to Bexar County, Texas, to settle on the land granted to john Coker, the brother of Joseph Coker, by the state of the Republic of Texas. Amos D. Jones was a Sgt. in the CSA during the war between the States. All of the ten children born to Jane Maria and Amos Jones were born in Bexar County, Texas. SAN ANTONIO GAZETTE NEWSPAPER DEC. 27, 1906, PAGE 8, 4TH COLUMN:

Amos Dickens Jones carved the tombstones for many of the first people buried in the Coker Cemetary. Beatrice Nagel has a fossil starfish carved on five sides like a star and with his name on the bottom. V. Royce Jones has a large stone carved with A. D. Jones. Linda Perry has a peach pit basket he carved for Ethel Jones. Ethel gave it to Margaret Billingsley and Margaret gave it to me. He was married to Jane Maria COKER on 16 Jan 1845 in Talladega, AL. Book A, p. 402

9. Jane Maria COKER was born on 5 Apr 1825 in SC. She died on 15 Apr 1896 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. She was buried in Coker Cemetery, Bexar Co., TX. Children were:

i. Marion Taylor JONES was born on 10 May 1845 in Talladega, AL. He died on 22 Oct 1911 in Coker Settlement, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX.
ii. Harriett E. JONES was born in 1848 in Cherokee Co., TX. She died about 1875 in San Antonio, TX. She was buried in Coker Cemetery, Bexar Co., TX.
4 iii. John Monroe JONES.
iv. Catherine Malinda (Kate) JONES was born on 16 Jun 1853 in Cherokeee Co., TX. She died on 27 Sep 1927 in San Antonio TX. She was buried in Masonic Cem., San Antonio, TX.
v. James Seaborn JONES was born on 1 Mar 1856 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He emigrated in 1904/5 from California. He died on 29 May 1931 in San Antonio, TX. He was a Gold miner 1902, after the death of his wife in Nevada/Arizona border. He was buried in Coker Cemetery, Bexar Co., TX.
vi. Amos Henry JONES was born on 22 Nov 1858 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He died on 27 Dec 1919 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He was buried in Coker Cemetery, Bexar Co., TX. He resided 1204 Crosby St., San Antonio, TX.
vii. Martha Jane JONES was born on 14 Mar 1861 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. She died on 18 Feb 1925 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. She was buried in Coker Cemetery, Bexar Co., TX.
viii. Lee Bee JONES was born on 14 Jul 1861 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He died on 22 Nov 1926 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He was buried in Coker Cemetery, Bexar Co., TX. He was named after San Antonio, TX attorney, Carlos Bee..
ix. Virginia JONES was born on 25 Apr 1865 in San Antonio TX. She died on 17 Apr 1939 in Ft. Worth, TX. She was buried in Rose Hill Cemetary, Ft. Worth, TX.
x. Charles Edward JONES was born on 26 Dec 1869 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He was a stockraiser in 1880 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. The San Antonio International Airport took his land for the new airport. From 1942 to 1946 the North side of the present airport served as a US Army Air Field. He died on 6 Oct 1942 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He was buried in Coker Cemetery, Bexar Co., TX.