Jones, Charles Colcock, D.D., a Presbyterian divine, was born at Liberty Hall, Ga., Dec. 20, 1804. While yet a youth he entered a large counting-house in Savannah, Ga., but wdien converted, in his 18th j'ear, he decided to quit mercantile life and enter the minis- try. He prepared for college at Phillips Academy, then entered Andover Seminary, and later the theological seminary at Princeton. He was licensed in 1830 by the New Brunswick Presbj^tery at Allentown, New Jersey, and returned to Georgia in the autumn, and shortly af- terwards became missionary to the negroes of Liberty County, Ga. He soon became interested in the colored race, and during the remainder of his life sought by extensive correspondence, by his annual reports as a missionary', and by all other means in his power, to en- gage the attention of the Christian public to the moral condition of this class of our population. In 1835 he was elected professor of Church history and polity in the seminary at Columbia, and after having been earn- estly urged to accept the chair, on the plea that he might even there continue to work for the colored peo- ple, by inciting the students to engage wath him in the work, he accepted the position in 1836. But he felt restless in his new place, and in 1838 returned again to his former work. In 1847 he was re-elected to the pro- fessorship, and again prevailed upon to accept the prof- fered honor ; he now continued in the seminary nntil its close in 1850. At the same time he filled the posi- tion of secretary to the Board of jNlissions for the South and South-west. In 1850 he removed to Philadelphia, to assume the duties of secretary of the Assembly's Board of Domestic IMissions, and this position he filled until Oct. 1853, when failing health necessitated his re- turn to Georgia. During the Rebellion he attached himself to the Southern cause. But his health was too feeble to permit much exertion, for he suffered from con- sumption. He died March 16, 1863. '• Dr. Jones filled a large place in the esteem and affections of the Church of God. As a man there was decision and energj' of character, united with great friendliness of heart, cheer- fulness of disposition, activity of mind, and ease and pol- isli of manners. Few equalled him ia all that makes
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np the ease and polish of tlio Christian gentleman. As a preacher there was much that was attractive in his appearance and manner. A delightful simplicity, ease, and unction pervaded his happiest efforts." Dr. Jones published a Catechism of Scripture Doctr. urul Practice : ^Catechism on the Creed: — IJist. Catechism, of the 0. and N. T. ; besides several pamphlets on the Relifjious Instr. of the Negro. His Catechism of Script. Doctrine and Practice was extensively used, and was found so ser- viceable to missionaries generally that it was translated into several languages, and was made a manual for the instruction of the heathen. He also began a Histori/ of the Church o/ Got/, which he did not live to complete (it was published bv Scribner). See Wilson, Presh. Hist. A Imanac, 1867, p. 438. (.J. H. W.)
Jones, Cornelius, a Methodist Episcopal minis- ter, was li(ini at llinsdale.'^Mass., IMay 20, 1800 ; was con- verted ill (ieauga Co., Ohio, Feb. 1821 ; entered the Pitts- burg Conference in 1827 ; and died at Alleghanytown, Aug. 27, 183.5. He was a diligent student, an able min- ister, and a successful evangelist. — Conference Minutes, ii, 483.
Jones, David (1), a Baptist minister, was born in White Clay Creek Hundred, Newcastle Co., Del., ]May 12, 1736. In 1758 he was converted, and soon after determined to improve his education, which had been somewhat neglected. He entered Hopewell School, and remained there three years, eagerly pursuing the study of the classic languages. In 1701 he became a licen- tiate, and was regularly ordained pastor in 17G7 to the church at Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. In 1772 he removed to enter upon the missionary work among the Indians in Ohio. But he failed so utterly in these efforts that after the lapse of two years he re- turned again to his former charge. In the Revolution- ary War he served as chaplain, and only resumed the regular work of the ministry at the close of the war. In 1786 he became pastor at Southampton, Fa. In 1794 he again entered the army, this time at the special re- quest of general Wayne. He also served as chaplain during the War of 1812. He died in Chester Co., Pa., Feb. 5, 1820. See Sprague, A nncds A m. Pulpit, vi, 85 sq.
Jones, David (2), another Baptist minister, was born in the north of Wales in April, 1785. He united with the Independent Church when about fifteen years old. Shortly after he emigrated to this country', and lived in Ohio. After a stay of two years among the Baptists, who were thickly settled in that immediate vicinity, he joined their C'hurch, and was licensed to preach. He accepted a call to the Beaver Creek Bap- tist Church, teaching at the same time. From 1810 to 1813 he had no settled charge, and he travelled through several of the middle and border states, preaching from place to place. In 1813 he went to Newark, New Jer- sey, as pastor, from which, in 1821, he was called to assume the pastorate of the Baptist Church at " Lo;v- er Dubhn," near Philadelphia, ^v•here he had preached occasionally before his departure for Newark. With this people he spent the remainder of his life. He died April 9, 1833. He was (in part) the author of a tract on Baptism, entitled Letters of David and John, and wrote also the tract Salvation by Grace, published by the Baptist General Tract Society. See Sprague, A n- fuils A in. Pulpit, vi, 518 sq.