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county, merchant James R. Jones who operated a store in
Boydton with his brother Silas, and James T. Jones who lived in Clarksville with his wife and family. While James B. Jones shows in the 1900 census of Washington D.C. as living at 1716 E. Street NW, that man born in Virginia in 1847 was a servant to John Keane, a New Yorker who worked as a driver. and another James Jones who worked as a cart-driver and was born in Virginia circa 1854 lived with his wife and another Black couple in another ward.
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Because of his common name and use of nickname, this man's date of birth is unclear. He may be the 33 year old Black farmer James Jones who lived with his wife, son and daughter in
Boydton, the Mecklenburg County seat in 1880. Complicating matters, two White men of the same name also lived in the
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and to remove that slavery legacy from the state. However, Jones resigned on
December 1, 1883 part way though his term. He was one of four senators found to have flaunted the constitution and laws by being elected whilst holding a salaried office under the State Government.
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on charges of mail tampering, but the jury could not agree on his guilt, and hung. In
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