*VICTIM OF THE 1857 MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE*
Newton Jones was the son of John Jones, Sr. and his
second wife Mary B. Gaines, born abt. 1834 in Alabama. He resided with
his parents in Marion County, Arkansas. Newton Jones was the half
brother of John Milum Jones, who also
died in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Planning to start a cattle
ranch together, Newton Jones departed for California with John Milum
Jones and "The Jones Train"
from Johnson County, Arkansas who traveled with the family-related
group of trains known as "The Poteet-Tackitt-Jones Trains". Jointly,
Newton and John Milum Jones are said to have had four yoke of oxen and
one large ox wagon, horses, and other equipment, and Newton Jones had
a "fine rifle gun". They traveled through
Washington County, Arkansas and camped there on the Indian Line (of
Oklahoma) for ten or fifteen days a few miles from the lands of
Francis Marion Rowan. Before they reached Mountain Meadows
in Utah, "The Poteet Train" segment broke off from the group
near Cedar City, Utah to head
to Nevada to look for gold, while "The Jones Train" and "The Tackitt
Train" segments continued on to Mountain Meadows. Newton Jones
was single, and 23 years old when he died.
Inscription:
IN MEMORIAM
IN THE VALLEY BELOW BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 7 AND 11, 1857, A COMPANY OF
MORE THAN 120 ARKANSAS EMIGRANTS LED BY CAPT. JOHN T. BAKER AND CAPT.
ALEXANDER FANCHER WAS ATTACKED WHILE EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. THIS
EVENT IS KNOWN IN HISTORY AS THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE
NEWTON JONES
(His age is not recorded on the 1990 Monument. He was 23 years old.)
*Please note that the names of the victims of the 1857 Mountain Meadows
Massacre that appear here are those who we have personally researched
and verified as actual victims. In some cases this list will differ
from the names that were inscribed on the 1990 Monument on Dan Sill
Hill.
Leave
virtual flowers - MMA
FIND A GRAVE
MEMORIAL FOR JOHN MILUM JONES
