Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Jones family. Papers, 1844-1969. 95 items.
Call No.
Mss. A J78 1-8
Content
Family correspondence dated 1844-1866 and four diaries kept by Martha B. Jones for 1860, 1862, 1863, and 1864 of Edgewood Farm near Versailles in Woodford County, Kentucky give a Confederate family's view of the Civil War focusing on the distressing home situation caused by the war and the unbearable separation from her husband, Confederate Major Willis Field Jones. Diaries for 1863 and 1864 especially recount war news and local war-related events in Versailles, Frankfort, Lexington, Mount Sterling, Danville, and Bardstown. Collection also includes Willis Jones' signed Oath of Allegiance, military documents regarding his appointments in the Confederate Army, and a soldier's train tickets. Also see photocopies of newspaper clippings regarding the Jones and Buford families, and the dedication in 1964 of Civil War Memorials in Versailles, Kentucky honoring generals from Woodford County.