This week has gone by so fast and a lot of that is due to discoveries I’ve made in the past few days. First and foremost, I seem to be narrowing down the timeframe that my Jones family moved into Tattnall County. Previously, I’ve stated that the Thomas Jones family came to the county around 1887 thanks to information in Thomas and Isadora’ obituary. But, it may actually have been a couple of years earlier.

You see, this past weekend I stumbled on a Confederate pension application for Bernard Allen Mulligan, Thomas’s brother-in-law (husband of Martha Matilda Mulligan). In this application, it’s stated that Bernard came to Tattnall County in 1885. Now, it’s not certain that Thomas’s family came with the Mulligans, but it is likely in my opinion. I just need to find some way to corroborate this hypothesis.

At about the same time I found out about the Mulligans I also received court records concerning Irean Adbrum Jones, thanks to a friend who works at the Tattnall Archives. It turns out that old I.A. got into trouble in 1909 for selling liquor on the Sabbath around March of that year. Then, he was in the courts for the same thing in June. Later, we find him selling beer in 1910. You know, I try not to be too judgmental about these things, but after getting caught the second time I think I would’ve stopped.

Anyway, that’s about it for this week. I found some great information that’s got me really excited for the future. #family history #genealogy