Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Winston-Jones Family Papers, 1787, 1822, 1899. 4 boxes.
Call No.
Mss. A W783 4-6
Content
Letters dated 1861 through 1865, and letters dated circa 1861-1865 between relatives and friends of the Jones family in Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee contain news of local war conditions, news of various family members enlisting in the service and being wounded or killed in the war, and include thoughts on the war and on Kentucky's position of neutrality, and anti-Lincoln feeling.