J. B. Jones
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Act of National Council Authorizing Chief John Ross to Give a Full Statement of Failure of United States Civil Agents to Provide Relief to Cherokee and Authorizing Agents to Spend $20,000 for Relief, May 14, 1863
Act of National Council Authorizing the Cherokee Regiment to Act as Indian Home Guard, November 3, 1863
Act of National Council signed by James Vann and B. jones, Tan-lah-lah and Allen Ross, and Acting Principle Chief Smith Christie authorizing Chief John Ross to secure change in organization of Cherokee Regiment to act as Indian Home Guard; Cites Stand Watie Raids. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1195
Act of National Council Naming Chief John Ross, Lewis Downing, James McDaniel, and Evan Jones as Delegates to Represent Cherokee before United State Government, February 19, 1863
Act of National Council at Cowskin Prairie, signed by Lewis Downing and J. B. Jones, Spring Frog and William M. Scraper; also Thomas Pegg, acting Principle Chief naming Chief John Ross, Lewis Downing, James McDaniel, and Evan jones as delegates to represent Cherokee before United States Government. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three sides. Folder 1178
Act of National Council to Ameliorate the Condition of Orphans, October 30, 1863
Act of National Council to ameliorate the condition of orphans; signed by James Vann and J. B. Jones, Tan-lah-lah and Allen Ross, and Acting Principle Chief Smith Christie. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1193
Draft copy (fragment) of Chief John Ross to J. B. Jones letter, December 16, 1865
Draft copy (fragment) of Chief John Ross in Philadelphia to J. B. Jones letter. (See December 15, 1865) (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1294
Draft Copy of Letter [Fragment] from Chief John Ross to J. B. Jones, December 15, 1865
Draft copy (fragment) of letter from Chief John Ross to J. B. Jones in East Rodman, New Jersey. (Moulton) (See December 16, 1865). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1293
Last Will and Testament Signed by Chief John Ross, July 11, 1866
Last will and testament signed by Chief John Ross in Washington. (Moulton) with affidavits of witnesses added August 7, 1866 by Daniel H. Ross and Samuel Loyd and J. B. Jones for Colonel William A. Phillips. Separate sheet dated December 6, 1870 on which George W. Painter, Deputy Registrar, certifies it to be a true copy. Also includes Letters Testamentary issued to Annie B. Ross and William Potter Ross. Six sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on the recto of each. Folder 1308
Letter from J. B. Jones to William Potter Ross, March 14, 1864
Copy of letter from J. B. Jones at Fort Gibson to William Potter Ross referring to report by Colonel Phillips that Military Government is to be established among Cherokee till end of war. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1210
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink on verso, "A Copy"
Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer, July 1866 - July 1874
Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, and supplied by Edward P. Smith, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. It includes information on the sale of neutral lands, the amount paid by the Delaware and Shawnee tribes for Cherokee land, proceeds from sales of the Cherokee strip in Kansas, and totals of the Cherokee Stock Account. Folder 45