Charles Colcock Jones Jr.

Charles Colcock Jones Jr.

Charles Colcock Jones Jr. (October 28, 1831 - July 19, 1893) was a Georgia politician, attorney, and author. He was the mayor of Savannah immediately prior to Sherman's March to the Sea.

History

Charles C. Jones Jr. was born October 28, 1831, in Savannah, Georgia, the son of Charles Colcock Jones, a Presbyterian minister. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1852 then followed with a law degree from Harvard University in 1855. He became mayor of Savannah in 1860. Because of the war, Jones nearly lost his fortune and had to move to New York City. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1869. In 1877 he moved back to Augusta, Georgia. On July 19, 1893, he died of Bright's disease.

Literary works

He published almost one hundred writings, including the following notable books:

• Historical Sketch of the Chatham Artillery (1867)
• The Siege of Savannah in December, 1864 (1874)
• Antiquities of the Southern Indians, particularly of the Georgia tribes (1878)
• The Dead Towns of Georgia (1878)
• History of Georgia (1883)
• Negro Myths of the Georgia Coast (1888)

External links

• Works by or about Charles Colcock Jones Jr. at Internet Archive
• Georgia Archaeology Who's Who
• New Georgia Encyclopedia: Charles C. Jones Jr. (1831-1893)
• The Siege of Savannah in December, 1864, and the Confederate Operations in Georgia and the Third Military District of South Carolina During General Sherman's March from Atlanta to the Sea (1875), Louis Round Wilson Library
• Jones, Charles C. (1881). Anniversary address delivered before the Georgia historical society, in Hodgson hall, on the 14th of February, 1881. Savannah: Georgia Historical Society. hdl:2027/mdp.39015027784498.