Jones

[Deborah Jo]

For those with Jones ancestry, I've started this discussion.

Maybe someone on the other side of the pond can help me find some information where I am stuck.

I cannot find the father of Wilson Jones, born in North Carolina about 1779. Died in 1818 in Tennessee. He married Rebecca McKissack.
He just showed up one day in America without a father? A stork dropped him off or something?
Why the heck can't I find out more intel on this guy?

My great, great, great grandfather is Calvin Jones and I found information online on the Political graveyard site:

Calvin Jones (b. 1810) — of Somerville, Fayette County, Tenn. Born in Person County, N.C., July 8, 1810. Son of Wilson Jones and Rebecca (McKissack) Jones; married, October 15, 1835, to Mildred Williamson (half-sister of John Gustavus Adolphus Williamson); brother of Thomas McKissick Jones. Democrat. University professor; lawyer; Chancellor, Western Division of Tennessee, 1847-54. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
See also Jones-Williamson family of North Carolina

Thomas McKissick Jones (1816-1892) — of Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn. Born in Person County, N.C., December 16, 1816. Brother of Calvin Jones. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives; member of Tennessee state senate; Delegate from Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; state court judge in Tennessee, 1872-73. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn., March 13, 1892. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
See also Jones-Williamson family of North Carolina

John Gustavus Adolphus Williamson (1793-1840) — also known as John G. A. Williamson — Born in Roxboro, Person County, N.C., December 2, 1793. Son of James Williamson; married 1832 to Frances Travis; half-brother of Mildred Williamson (who married Calvin Jones). Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S. Consul in La Guaira, 1827; candidate for U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1833; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1835-40, died in office 1840. Scottish ancestry. Died in Caracas, Venezuela, August 7, 1840. Interment at English Cemetery, Caracas, Venezuela.
See also Jones-Williamson family of North Carolina