Hiram King Jones and Mary Caroline Justus had 13 children:

1. Mary Ann Jones (1840-1843)

2. Elizabeth Moselda Jones (1842-1909) married Jasper Albert Revis. The couple had eight children – John Frazier Revis who married Addie Lee Gertrude Staton, Nancy Caroline Revis who married William Douglas Bishop, Rosa Rebecca Revis who married John K. Hill, Anna Elizabeth Revis who married Amos G. Williams, Allie S. Revis (Alice) who never married, and Franklin B., Mary Delia and Milner J. who died as children.

2. Nancy Jones (1844-1886) married Jeremiah Taylor. The couple had seven children – Thomas Pinkney Taylor who married Amanda Clark and moved to Montana, Sarah Hester Taylor who married Albert Griffin Justice, Bruce A. Taylor who married Miriam Elizabeth Case, Alice Caroline Taylor who had two children by an unknown father, Nancy Jane Taylor who married Dexter Robert Stepp, John L. Taylor whose wife’s name was Mabel and who moved to Montana, and Mary Emma Taylor who died at a young age.

3. George Washington Jones (1845-1929) married Elizabeth Ann Cagle. The couple had 10 children – Fanning Richardson Jones who married Arminta Justus, Mary Louella Jones who married Wiley Jasper Bishop, James Wesley Jones who married Mary Ella Clark and moved to Montana and later Idaho, Julia Lee Jones who married John Franklin Justus, George Frazier Jones who married first Lulu Pace and second Mollie Belle McCall, Mitchell Weatherly Jones who married Alice Lenette Hill, Silas Lafayette Jones who married Cora Andrea Blackwell, Jacob Hix Jones who married Nettie Caroline Arledge, Arminta Fair Jones who married Harvey Hilton Jackson, and Hattie Belle Jones who married Nicholas Boose Stepp.

4. James King Jones (1847-1938) married first Julia Ann Pace and married second Margaret Ann Pace. James King Jones and Julia Ann Pace had eight children – Juno Deborah Jones who married Benjamin P. Pace, Eliza Jane Jones who married William Valentine Justus, Leander Jackson Jones who married Eugenia Belle Blackwell, Henry Clay Jones who married Sarah Belle Staton, Uel Garfield Jones who married Martha Ida Constant, Ransom Lafayette Jones who married Cora Esther Pace, Noda Adeline Jones who married Henry Meriwether Keisler, and Julia Ann Jones who died as a baby. James King Jones and Margaret Ann Pace had six children – Franklin Pierce Jones who married Sallie Kate Hood, Mary Ann Jones who married John Henry Guice, Martha Belle Jones who married Sidney Lee Guice, Jeter Pritchard Jones who married Blanche Marie Holbert, Columbus McKinley Jones who married Marjory Odessa Case, and Grace Marie Jones who married Fred Stepp.

5. John Franklin Jones (1849-1920) married Susan Jane Pace. The couple had 12 children – Leora Bell Jones who married Henry Clayton Guice, Columbus Hilliard Jones who married Frances “Fannie” Bishop, Oatis Eli Jones who never married, Essie Caroline Jones who married George Bynum Heatherly, George Logan Jones who married Clara Splawn, Louvina Cordelia Jones who married Thomas Conway Pruitt, Marietta Mary Jones who married John T. Gilbert, Lillie Mae Jones who married Edward V. Shook, William Jethro Jones who never married, Carl McKinley Jones who married Ivory Thompson, Cora Odella Jones who married Joseph Byers Stepp, and an unnamed twin of Essie Caroline who died at birth.

6. Catherine Matilda Jones (1851-1887) never married.

7. Emily Delilah Jones (1853-1954) married Daniel Lafayette Morrison. The couple had 13 children – Carolina Lucretia Morrison married Andrew Sherman Jackson, Ida Ella Morrison married Alfred Monroe Jackson, O’Della Harriett Morrison married Hamilton Ewart Jones, Java Loretta Morrison married Wiley Herman Gibbs, David Sankey Morrison married Louise Pace, Eugenia Maude Morrison married Frank A. Bradbury, Claudius A. Morrison married his brother’s widow Louise Pace, Tabitha Inez Morrison married Elzie Warren Hill, Burgain Holmes Morrison married Lillie Fair Hill, Hugh Daniel Morrison married Elma Newman, Murph John Morrison married Anita Elizabeth Parks, and Myron Ransom Morrison and Vasco William Morrison both died at a young age.

8. Robert Edward Jones (1855-1922) married Mary Evelyn Staton. The couple had three children – Harlie Gollette Jones who married Larret Matilda Pace, Loice Alonzo Jones who married Josephine Hill, and Lelon W. Jones who died as a child.

9. Thomas Jefferson Jones (1857-1955) married Frances Eliza Tabitha Gray. The couple had 11 children – Atlas Otho Jones who married Nettie Cochran, Viola Jones who married William Pinkney Cagle, Emma Deborah Jones who married William Oliver Waters Jr., Matilda Leona Jones who first married Zollie Stepp and second Albert Heath, Drayton Jones who married Lyda Davis, Dexter Edward Jones who married Nina Bell Pace, Daisy Ethel Jones who married Justice Smith Jones, Angie Jones who married John L. Orr, Obie King Jones whose wife’s first name was Catherine and who died in Massachusetts, Lillian Jones who never married, and Cecil Hillard Jones who married Thelma E. Jones.

10. William Henry Jones (1859-1948) married Rosa Jane Justus. The couple had two children – Irey Manning Jones who married Florence Hill and Pinkney Leroy Jones who married Essie Israel.

11. Harriet Caroline Jones (1860-1950) married Pinkney Webster Thompson. The couple had no children of the marriage.

12. Laura Evelyn Jones (1863-1949) married William Whitted Pace. The couple had 10 children – Oliver Dockery Pace who married Nettie Anders, Zettella Caroline Pace who married B. Franklin Capps, Bessie Zora Pace who married George S. Rhodes, Leander Jackson Pace who married Ethel Daves, Myrtle Elizabeth Pace who married James Glover Capps, Persis Marie Pace who married McKinley Drake, Ethel Synoria Pace who married Thomas M. Mason, Loren William Pace who married Elnora Beaver, Everett Roosevelt Pace who married Bertha Osborn, and Julia Inez Pace who married James Clyde Taylor.

The reunion honors the descendants of Marmaduke Lamb and his wife Orpha Rollins, who relocated from Randolph County, NC, to Greene County, TN in the early 1800's. From there, many of their descendants migrated into Western North Carolina in the years immediately following the American Civil War.  The reunion also honors the descendants of Elias and Sarah Morris of Montgomery County, NC, and their sons who served the Confederacy (Zebedee, William, Larkin).  Zebedee and William relocated their families to Buncombe and Madison County, NC, just prior to the Civil War. This is not the Elias Morris who migrated to Kentucky. This Elias Morris died 30 August 1853 in Montgomery County, Pee Dee District.

James D. Morris

Children of Corporal Zebedee William Morris (1827-1881), a disabled veteran of the Confederate States Army, 11th North Carolina Infantry, and his wife Emeline Williams (1827-1904) of Montgomery County  and of Madison County, NC. 

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Sarah Emeline Morris

For more info on this family, contact:

Our organization is called The Lance-Lantz-Lentz-Lence People, which we usually abbreviate as "4L." In the past most members were descendants of the Carolina Lentz family, but since then we have opened it up to anyone with the name "Lance" (or other similar spellings). Our goal is to bring everyone together at an annual reunion so we can get to know each other better, learn something new about the families, and to have some just plain fun!

We would LOVE to see all the reunion "old-timers" as well as some new faces. It doesn't matter if you don't know anyone or not... you'll meet more cousins than you can "shake a stick at!"

Out of town guests are responsible for their own lodging. Please bring a sack lunch and cold drink (no alcohol please). The pavilion will seat about 70 people. There is also adequate parking on site. There will be no charge for use of the facility, however, donations are accepted for Morgan Pavilion.

Learn the latest about the LeQuire/Luquire DNA and book projects. If you have family photos, history, or other items of interest, please bring and share!

LODGING:

Swain County, NC Chamber of Commerce:
Website: http://www.greatsmokies.com
Toll-free phone: 800-867-9246

 DIRECTIONS:

 Exit #67 off US 74 (Smoky Mountain Expressway) to Bryson City, turn right on Main Street, to red light, turn left on Everett Street, cross River Bridge and railroad, turn right on Depot Street, go ⁶/₁₀ths mile, turn left on West Deep Creek Road, pavilion is 2/10ths mile on left.

 MORE INFORMATION:

Merrrell Riddle

mjriddle@main.nc.us