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Allen Jones

Allen Jones sat in the Third Provincial Congress at Hillsborough in August and September 1775, where he was named to the committee of seven that drew up the Test the members signed and to the committee that inquired into the conduct of John Coulson of Anson County, charged with dangerous practices against the liberties of America.

Source: Documenting the American South: Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, August 20 to September 10, 1775

1739–1807 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Allen Jones, 1783
Allen Jones, 1783

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House Joint Resolutions: February 12-14

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1781

Resolutions of the House of Commons, February 12 to 14, 1781, among them a request for an express rider to General Greene for the latest news and a summons for Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Taylor to appear before the next Assembly. Cornwallis, King's Mountain and militia matters figure in them. 79 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Jones, Allen, 1739-1807.

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House Joint Resolutions: October 19-November 10

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779

Joint resolutions of the House of Commons, October 19 to November 10, 1779: tax exemptions for people in Franklin, Orange and Wilkes counties, the disbanding of the state regiment, and a call for the Continental delegates to attend the Assembly. Supplies, prisoners of war and trade with the West Indies also appear. 192 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Jones, Allen, 1739-1807.

NC Digital Collections

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Senate Joint Resolutions: October 19-November 10

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779

Joint resolutions of the North Carolina Senate from 19 October to 10 November 1779, in 176 images. George Pee of Lincoln County is exempted from taxes; other items concern Thomas Espey of Lincoln County, Archibald Gillespie of Onslow County, and exemptions in Granville and Pasquotank counties. Prisoners of war, counterfeiting, horse stealing, salt, ships and the Continental Army also come up.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Jones, Allen, 1739-1807.

NC Digital Collections

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, November 1778

Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781 · 1778

Governor Richard Caswell's correspondence for November 1778, 96 images from the Governors' Papers. Caswell was chosen as the state's first governor by the provincial congress in December 1776. Writers include Cornelius Harnett, Allen Jones, Griffith Rutherford and Henry Laurens, and Continental Congress business sits beside matters from Hillsborough and from Chatham, Currituck, Edgecombe and Johnston counties.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Jones, Allen, 1739-1807.

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  1. The Provincial Congress at Hillsborough adopts a test for its members to sign On August 21, 1775 the congress sitting at Hillsborough named Allen Jones to a committee of seven to prepare a Test to be signed by its members. The committee reported on August 23 and the Test was read, approved, ordered entered on the journal and signed. Subscribers professed allegiance to the King while denying that Parliament could tax them. People: Thomas Burke, William Hooper, Willie Jones, John Penn, Maurice Moore, Robert HoweSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, August 20 to September 10, 1775
  2. General Assembly holds its August 1778 session at Hillsborough The second session of the 1778 General Assembly met at Hillsborough, elected Whitmell Hill and Thomas Burke as additional delegates to the Continental Congress, and authorized 850,000 pounds in bills of credit to pay the state's war debts. The House adjourned to meet next at Halifax in January 1779. People: Thomas Benbury, Allen Jones, Thomas BurkeColonial and State Records of North Carolina: Minutes of the North Carolina House of Commons, Aug 08 to Aug 19, 1778 (vol. 12, pp. 816–880)
  3. Hillsborough gathers supplies and light horse for the South Carolina campaign As the state sent troops to aid South Carolina in 1779, supplies for the militia were collected at Hillsborough and a regiment of light horse under General Allen Jones assembled there. Hillsborough district militia under John Butler fought at Stono Ferry on June 20. People: Allen Jones, John ButlerSearch the index · Nash, Hillsboro, Colonial and Revolutionary (1903), p. 72

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Picture: Allen Jones, 1783. Public domain. Photograph by Unknown, courtesy of the New York Public Library digital collection; digitalcollections.nypl.org; via Wikimedia Commons

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