William Riley Jones

First Name: William
Middle Name(s): Riley
Last Name: Jones
Unit: 
Co. G, 41st Alabama Infantry
Residence (County): 
Fayette County, AL
Biography: 

William Riley Jones (1838-1863) was born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, Jones was working as a farmer in the Fayette County household of his parents, John Sidney Jones (1811-1873) (b. in Tennessee) and Nancy Dodson Jones (1818-1892) (b. in Alabama). On January 17, 1861 William R. Jones married Mary Francis Parker (1837-1930), and the couple had one son, James William Riley Jones (1861-1931), born in Fayette County on December 23, 1861. William R. Jones enlisted in Co. G, 41st Alabama Infantry in April 3, 1862. He was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11602 Jones5 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Charleston, TN AL
11604 Jones6 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Charleston, TN AL
11631 Jones31 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones
11642 Jones41 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Tuscaloosa County, AL AL
11625 Jones26 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones
11617 Jones19 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones AL
11598 Jones1 July 16, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Tuscaloosa County, AL AL
11599 Jones2 July 26, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Montgomery County, AL AL
11600 Jones3 August 14, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Bradley County, TN AL
11601 Jones4 August 18, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones TN AL
11605 Jones7 August 19, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Charleston, TN AL
11606 Jones8 August 29, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Marion County, TN AL
11607 Jones9 September 5, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Jackson County, AL AL
11608 Jones10 September 6, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Jackson County, AL AL
11609 Jones11 September 14, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Jackson County, AL AL
11610 Jones12 September 20, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Knox County, TN AL
11611 Jones13 September 24, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Knox County, TN AL
11612 Jones14 September 28, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Knox County, TN AL
11613 Jones15 September 30, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Clinton, TN AL
11614 Jones16 October 18, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Knox County, TN AL
11615 Jones17 October 29, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones TN AL
11616 Jones18 November 6, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Roane County, TN AL
11618 Jones20 November 28, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones
11619 Jones21 December 21, 1862 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Murfreesboro, TN AL
11620 Jones22 January 8, 1863 William Riley Jones Mary Francis Jones Allisona, TN AL

Received Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11624 Jones25 January 30, 1863 Thomas M. Parker William Riley Jones Tuscaloosa County, AL AL

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