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William B. Jones (Simpson Co, KY, Commonwealth's Attorney 4th District)

b. 1816-02-04

Simpson County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Barren County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Jones and Mary Young Jones. Married to Mary P. Lewis Jones on May 10, 1838. Father of Virgil A. Jones, Elenora I. Jones, Eugenia A. Jones, and John N. T. Jones. Married to Mary A. Mann Jones on April 14, 1846. Father of James S. Jones, Harriet B. Jones, Elizabeth Jones, and William O. Jones. Studied law under Franklin Gorin in Barren County, Kentucky. Attorney in Barren County in 1837. Attorney in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1850. Commonwealth's attorney for the 4th Judicial District in Simpson County from 1858 to 1866.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 7B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 4.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 133.

The Biographical Record of Logan County, Illinois (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901), 227-28.

Citation

Jones, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207468 (November 12, 2026).

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