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Gen Walter Flood Jones

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Gen Walter Flood Jones

Birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
Death
14 Oct 1861 (aged 85)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
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Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
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General Walter Jones was a descendant of Captain Roger Jones, who came from England with Lord Culpepper in 1680. He was born at "Mayfield", Northumberland County, Va.; his father was Dr. Walter Jones, an Edinburgh-trained physician of prominence, who was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention of 1788 and a Congressman from Virginia in 1797-1799 and 1803-1811. He received a classical education from a Scotch tutor; read law in Richmond under Bushrod Washington; was admitted to the Virginia Bar in May 1796, before he was of legal age. He practiced in Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, Va. In 1802 he was appointed by President Jefferson as U.S. Attorney for the District of the Potomac, and in 1804, for the District of Columbia.
In 1808 he married Ann Lucinda Lee, who was a daughter of Charles Lee (1758-1815). After marriage, he made his home in Washington. He had a family of three sons and eleven daughters.
In 1821 he resigned his Federal Attorneyship, but continued to practice law with success before the U.S. Supreme Court and in the courts of Maryland and Virginia.
He took part in the Battle of Bladensburg in 1814. In 1821 he was commissioned by President Monroe as Brigadier General of Militia of the District of Columbia, and at the time of his death was Major General of the Militia of the D.C. In 1835 he supervised the quelling of mob incendiarism and riot in Washington (See Daily National Intelligencer of August 13, 1835 and Daily Globe of August 14, 1835).
Although a Virginian, he was devoted to the Union, and held secession in Virginia as a double treason, both to the United States and to the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Contributor: Historic Congressional Cemetery Archivist - [email protected]
General Walter Jones was a descendant of Captain Roger Jones, who came from England with Lord Culpepper in 1680. He was born at "Mayfield", Northumberland County, Va.; his father was Dr. Walter Jones, an Edinburgh-trained physician of prominence, who was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention of 1788 and a Congressman from Virginia in 1797-1799 and 1803-1811. He received a classical education from a Scotch tutor; read law in Richmond under Bushrod Washington; was admitted to the Virginia Bar in May 1796, before he was of legal age. He practiced in Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, Va. In 1802 he was appointed by President Jefferson as U.S. Attorney for the District of the Potomac, and in 1804, for the District of Columbia.
In 1808 he married Ann Lucinda Lee, who was a daughter of Charles Lee (1758-1815). After marriage, he made his home in Washington. He had a family of three sons and eleven daughters.
In 1821 he resigned his Federal Attorneyship, but continued to practice law with success before the U.S. Supreme Court and in the courts of Maryland and Virginia.
He took part in the Battle of Bladensburg in 1814. In 1821 he was commissioned by President Monroe as Brigadier General of Militia of the District of Columbia, and at the time of his death was Major General of the Militia of the D.C. In 1835 he supervised the quelling of mob incendiarism and riot in Washington (See Daily National Intelligencer of August 13, 1835 and Daily Globe of August 14, 1835).
Although a Virginian, he was devoted to the Union, and held secession in Virginia as a double treason, both to the United States and to the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Contributor: Historic Congressional Cemetery Archivist - [email protected]

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  • Created by: Lady in Red
  • Added: Nov 12, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44241441/walter_flood-jones: accessed ), memorial page for Gen Walter Flood Jones (7 Oct 1776–14 Oct 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44241441, citing Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by Lady in Red (contributor 47051098).