{"id":236,"date":"2018-07-10T19:31:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T00:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2026-02-08T09:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:48:12","slug":"w-h-jones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-h-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"William H. Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-237\" src=\"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/whjones.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/whjones.png 297w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/whjones-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>William H. Jones (Issaquena County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1874-1877<\/p>\n<p>Teacher from Georgia. Served on the State Library, Public Health and Quarantine, and Ways and Means committees. I have been unable to identify Jones with any certainty in census records because his name is too common in Issaquena County. If he moved to and\/or out of Mississippi between 1870-1880, his name makes it nearly impossible to trace him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4790\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4790\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jones.png\" alt=\"Signature of William H. Jones\" width=\"500\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jones.png 842w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jones-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jones-768x244.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of William H. Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4777\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/charles-caldwell\/petition-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4777\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petition-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petition-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petition-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6453\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-d-cessar\/20260114_112800\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6453\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6453\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260114_112800-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tributes to Charles Sumner, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260114_112800-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260114_112800-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tributes to Charles Sumner, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5850\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/a-peal\/the_weekly_mississippi_pilot_1875_03_13_page_6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5850\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5850\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_03_13_Page_6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Mississippi Pilot, March 13, 1875\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_03_13_Page_6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_03_13_Page_6-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, March 13, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1580\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/r-w-houston\/houston-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1580 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/houston-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/houston-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/houston-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, September 25, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2717\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-h-jones\/imp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2717 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/imp-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, February 17, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6292\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/samuel-riley\/clarion_ledger_1876_04_01_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6292\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, April 1, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, April 1, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William H. Jones (Issaquena County) State House:\u00a01874-1877 Teacher from Georgia. Served on the State Library, Public Health and Quarantine, and Ways and Means committees. I have been unable to identify Jones with any certainty in census records because his name is too common in Issaquena County. If he moved to and\/or out of Mississippi between &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-h-jones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;William H. 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