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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | Allen Jones |
| Address | Northampton County
, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 24, 1739
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| Died | November 10, 1798
(58 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | JONES, Allen, (brother of Willie Jones and father-in-law of William R. Davie), a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Edgecombe (now Halifax) County, N.C., December 24, 1739; attended Eton College, England; was a member of the colonial assembly 1773-1775; delegate to the five Provincial Congresses 1774-1776; served throughout the Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of brigadier general; served in the State senate 1777-1779, 1783, 1784, and 1787; Member of the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780; member of the convention that rejected the proposed Constitution of the United States at Halifax, N.C., in 1788; died on his plantation, “Mount Gallant,” near Roanoke Rapids, Northampton County, N.C., on November 10, 1798; interment in the private burial ground on his estate.
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