Elias Thompson Jones, Private/ Private

Male 1828 - 1863


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  • Suffix  Private/ Private 
    Born  20 Nov 1828  Barren, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  22 Sep 1863  Bayou Metro, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • bushwacked by Confederates during Civil War
    _CRE  15 Feb 2015 
    • 15:48:05
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    • !Thompson Jones was killed during the Civil War by rifle by bushwhacking at
      Bayou Metro, Arkansas. He was a private in Company G of the 8th Regiment Mo Cavalry of the
      Union Army. His commanding officer was Captain Jas. Garrison. Thompson enlisted 10
      July 1862 at Springfield, MO age 35. He was 5' 11' dark complexion, black hair, hazel eyes. He was killed 24th of September 1863 in service.

      I have a copy of Captain Garrison's account of the incident in which Thompson lost his life. I obtained this at the National Archives from the Pension area. In Capt. Garrison's words, " Thompson Jones a Private of Co. G 8th Cav Mo. Vols. on the 22 Sept1863. while the company was camped on Bayou Metro, twenty miles east of Little Rock (Arkansas) was ordered with his team (he being teamster) out in to the country for forage. On his return to Camp with forage, the foraging party was fired into by a paryof guerillas who were lying in ambush, and Thomson Jones was shot from his mule and died in five munutes afterwards. He was killed in the discharge of his duties, and his widow deserves a Pension. The above I certify on honor to be the facts concerninghis death.

      Respectfully your able serv't , Jas. H. Garrison, Capt. 8th Cav.

      A story Elias 'Thompson' Jones told on his last furlough was about when he
      had run out of water and was dying of thirst. He woke up in the morning and a
      heavy dew had fallen during the night. He saw a dried out buffalo chip with
      the middle part sunken in. It had caught the dew of the night. Thompson drank
      this and said it was the sweetest water he had ever tasted and that that water
      had saved his life.

      The last time William Smith Jones saw his father,was when his father was on furlough. Thompson was sitting on a big white horse. William saw his dad standing by the barn winding his lariet up. He then mounted his horse and rode down the road. He wasabout 12 years old at this time when his father was bushwacked by Confederates.
      (this is from an oral history my grandfather William Cecil Jones told me)

      Census 1850 Barren co KY dwelling #918 family #943 Listed as parent with wife and children
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      I have an old Family Group sheet my mother filled out when she visited some of Elias Thompson's Grandchildren. On it it says he was half-Indian. His physical description certainly can go with that from his military records in the Civil War. His regiment was also called the ----------Indian, too. So it very well could be.
    Person ID  I14653  Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy
    Last Modified  15 Feb 2015 

    Father  Eleazor Aquilla Jones,   b. 13 Aug 1794, Yadkin, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1871, Barren, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Isabella Wilborn,   b. 1796, Rowan, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1836, Barren, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  17 Jun 1813  Barren, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F3616  Group Sheet


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