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Gabriel Jones and his wife had five children, four daughters and one son, born in 1756, who became a student at
William and Mary College; a Captain in the Continental Army, and later a Colonel in the Militia.
Gabriel Jones became the first King’s Attorney, of Augusta County at the age of twenty-two years and was also
the first Prosecuting Attorney for Rockingham County when it was organized in 1778 and held the office until
1795. He lived to a ripe old age and all through the years was actively and intimately associated with the affairs
and varied interests of both Augusta and Rockingham Counties, always finding time to devote to the welfare of
the public good at a time when the best minds of the communities were needed in their formative period.
7. ART:
Photograph.
8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Informant: Dr. A.S. Kemper, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Rockingham County Court Records.
Settlers by the Long Grey Trail by J. Houston Harrison.
History of Rockingham County by John W. Wayland.
June 22, 2024 Geo. W. Fetzer
Harrisonburg, VA
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HOUSES
Bogota
Page Two
Gabriel Jones and his wife had five children, four daughters and one son, born in 1756, who became a student at
William and Mary College; a Captain in the Continental Army, and later a Colonel in the Militia.
Gabriel Jones became the first King’s Attorney, of Augusta County at the age of twenty-two years and was also
the first Prosecuting Attorney for Rockingham County when it was organized in 1778 and held the office until
1795. He lived to a ripe old age and all through the years was actively and intimately associated with the affairs
and varied interests of both Augusta and Rockingham Counties, always finding time to devote to the welfare of
the public good at a time when the best minds of the communities were needed in their formative period.
7. ART:
Photograph.
8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Informant: Dr. A.S. Kemper, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Rockingham County Court Records.
Settlers by the Long Grey Trail by J. Houston Harrison.
History of Rockingham County by John W. Wayland.
June 22, 2024 Geo. W. Fetzer
Harrisonburg, VA
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