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Sources consulted for the biography of:Benjamin F. Jones ( –d. after 1911)
Biographical Information
- Some correspondence and numerous references in Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia (1865–1872), Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, M1913, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., especially Anderson Scott's will in King William Courthouse Subordinate Field Office, Roll 98, and accounts of the shooting of Jones, Rolls 98 and 99 (with age "just past 35 years" and quotation in B. F. Jones to General, July 11, 1867, Roll 99).
- United States Census Schedules, Richmond City, 1870 (age thirty-five), King William Co., 1880 (age fifty), 1900 (January 1835 birth date and age sixty-five), and 1910 (age seventy-six), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Some family information in William Henry Scott Etc. v. B. F. Jones Etc., King William Co. Chancery Cause 1896-012.
- King William Co. Deed Book 1:148–149.
- Personal Property Tax Returns, (1866–1911, last year listed) and Land Tax Returns, (1871–1884), both King William Co., Auditor of Public Accounts, Record Group 48, Library of Virginia.
- Biography with death "about 1880" in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 22–23.
Political Career
- Summary of the Result of the Election for Members of the House of Delegates of Virginia held on the 6th day of July, 1869, 19, printed with General Orders and Circulars, Headquarters First Military District 1869 (1870).
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1869–1870 sess.), 36, 37, 54, 100, 118, 127, 175, 186, 293, 328, 348, 606–607, 610.
- Report from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, in the Contested Election Case of W. D. Pollard vs. B. F. Jones, printed as House Doc. VI with Journal of the House of Delegates (1869–1870 sess.).
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1870–1871 sess.), 123, 127, 150, 177, 387.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, July 8, 1869; July 12, 1869; March 9, 1870.
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