Descendants of Christian Cones

Descendants of Christian Cones

(Please note I will not cram all lineages together in one most, like most sites do. It is to frustrating and very confusing.  I will however post on the descendant named in the title, their spouse and children. Any resource I have will be noted at the bottom of this post.  —  — Please note that the names will be bold-italic and there will be an attached link to each name for their connected descendants.  — (ex: I will do this post for Jacob and Jan and then a separate post for each child. In that post I will note the descendant and information, spouse and children. Once that post is made, I will come back to this post and attach both post together to each descendants name. I will start with William W. Cones and work through each of the children.  So all you will have to do is scroll over their name and click, then you will be directed to their descendants.)

            Christan Cones  (b.) abt 1740, some resources vary noting abt 1745  and  (d.) presumed to be;  Sept. 11, 1777 at the Battle of the Brandywine in Pennsylvania. He married an Unknown Grant and had 3 known children:  Jacob Riley Cones;  2 daughters, names unknown.

           Jacob Riley Cones (b.) abt 1760 in Lancaster Co., VA, (another source notes same county but in Pennsylvania); (d.) May 5, 1832 in Cold Springs, Alexandria, Campbell Co., Kentucky. He married Jane McCullough in 1785, Campbell Co., Kentucky. Her (b.) abt 1760 in Lancaster Co., PA.;  (d.) Jan. 24, 1831 in Cold Springs, Campbell Co., Kentucky. To this union were born 10 children; noted:

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• William Washington Cones (1787-1867)
• John Gregg Cones  (1788-1875)
• Agnes Cones (1790-1835)
• James C. Cones  (1791-1849)
• Elizabeth Rachel Cones  (1794-  )
• Robert McCullough Cones  (1795-1871)
• Samuel Joseph Cones  (1797-1866)
• Florinoy (Flernoi) Cones  (1798-1823)
• Jane McCullough (Jan) Cones  (1802-1863)
• Joseph Cones  (1805-1868)

About:  Jacob Cones from age 4 was raised by an English woman who’s last name was thought to be Grant. (Grant could be his mother’s last name too since his uncle was John Grant who lived in Grants Lick, KY). Jacob tried to find his mother and sisters among the Great Lake tribes and down the Mississippi river and had no luck.  Jacob and his sons were skilled carpenters and loggers.

Jacob’s father Christian Cones was believed to be from Holland and the first of the family to come to the American Colonies. He spoke only the Germanic language and settled near Germantown,PA. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War and served in the Germanic regiment and rose to the rank of Sergeant during his enlistment which was usually only 90 days. He drowned while crossing the river during the Battle of Brandywine (this battle was forbidden by George Washington but ordered by the PA officers).

Christian left behind a wife, two daughters and Jacob. His wife possibly remarried and her second husband was killed by indians, she and the two girls were captured by indians and never seen again.

Jacob Cones bought a farm near where Ft. Thomas,Ky. That now stands on Old Lexington Pike in Campbell Co., Kentucky, purchasing it at $1.25 acrea.

To this date, Jacob and Janes final resting place is unknown. Confirmed resources note that the cemetery where Jacob and his wife were located – has been coverd over by the neighboring baptist church parking lot.

Decendants of the Cones Family arriving at the location of the old cemetary, asked the Head members of the church if they could help in this research. It was declined and later remarked that they moved the graves of all who remained in the Old Baptist Cemetary, so they could pave way for a bigger parking lot. Understandable.

When asked about the locations of the remains or why their headstones were not with their graves but tossed over in to the woods beside the old cemetary, the reply was declined and those asking were asked to remove them self from the premisis.

Sources since this first finding, raise questions that concerned decendants of the Cones Family.

– If this is true, why were the remains moved and buried in unmarked, undisclosed graves?

-Where are the graves? It was noted that they were in a local cemetary near by, however, there is no record or confirmation to the remains being removed and reburied. Any further questions were unanswered and declined.

With out jumping to conclusion, our final findings with most others, is believed that the Old Baptist Cemetary is still the last known location of the remains for those who were buried in the old cemetary. Since their is no evidence at this time to conclude or verify the removal or the final location of the remains after their removal.

— To be fair, it is important to note that each state has different laws in tact that disclose how cemetaries are protected – if any protection is rendered by that state. At the time of the search by various decendants, there was no known laws of protection for the Old Baptist Cemetary or any other known cemetary in the state of Kentucky. Since then some laws have changed and some remain the same. —

Resource Links:

• Find Grave Resource – Jan McCullough Cones
• Find Grave Resource – Jacob R. Cones
• Cemetery Conflict 1 – Jacob and Jan Cones Burial Locations Now Unknown
• Cemetery Conflict2 – List of all interments
• Cones Family in America, compiled by Chester W. Cones

Some sources vary, conflict or are estimated until otherwise verified by further documentation.