Jones Cemetery
By the 1840’s, a group of local Methodists were
meeting nearby in Jones School. Desiring a permanent
place of worship, the congregation built a
church in 1857
at a site one-half mile west of here. In 1861,
Jacob Jones and his wife, Love Melson Jones,
set aside half an acre of land at this location
to serve as a burial place for the members of Jones
Methodist Episcopal Church. Their home was directly
across the road. Declining attendance eventually
led to the closing of the church, which was formally
abandoned in 1956. The cemetery is maintained by
the descendants of Jacob Jones and Joseph W. Lewis.
Marker is on Lowes Crossing Road (County Route 61), on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
