John Jones
American aide-de-camp
About John Jones
Lived 1749 – 1779 (aged 30).
John Letton Jones (January 20, 1749 – October 9, 1779) was a major in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was aide-de-camp to general William Howe and brigadier general Lachlan McIntosh.
He was killed in the 1779 siege of Savannah. Jones Street, in Savannah, Georgia, is now named for him.
Early life Jones was born to Joseph Lewis Jones and Mary Taliaferro in Charleston, Province of South Carolina, in 1749. One of his posthumous grandchildren was Charles Colcock Jones, son of John. Aged 30, he was interred in Midway Cemetery in Midway, Georgia, around thirty miles southwest of Savannah. He had been living in nearby Sunbury.
His wife remarried, to major Philip Low.
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Who was John Jones?
American aide-de-camp (1749–1779)
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John Jones was born on 20 January 1749.
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John Jones died on 9 October 1779.
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