Jones, James (of Logan County, IL)

Born: 1837-XX-XX Illinois

Flourished: 1858-03-22 Logan County, Illinois

When James Jones, son of Samuel Jones and Susan T. Jones, was about 21 years old, he and his father were convicted in Logan County Circuit Court for stealing five hogs worth $10. They were sentenced to a year in the penitentiary but were released a month later after being pardoned by Governor William H. Bissell. In August 1862, Jones paused his farming career and entered the United States military, enlisting as a private in Company E, 106th Illinois Infantry. He remained in the military throughout the American Civil War, mustering out on July 12, 1865. He was not married at the time.

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, McLean County, 25 August 1836, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Logan County, IL, 209; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Logan County, IL, 63; Lincoln et al. petitioned for pardon of Jones & Jones, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), https://lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=141543; Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.