Abraham Jones (c. 1739-after 1787) was a

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

, in the

North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 The North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 met in three sessions in three locations in the years 1778 and 1779. The first session was held in New Bern from April 14 to May 2, 1778; the second session in Hillsborough, from August 8 to August 19 ...

and a colonel over the

Hyde County Regiment The Hyde County Regiment was a unit of the North Carolina militia that served during the American Revolution. Hyde County, formed in 1705, had a militia in colonial times that was used to defend the coast of the Province of North Carolina. The ...

of the North Carolina militia from 1779 to 1783.

Military service

Jones was appointed colonel of the

in 1779. He served alongside Colonel William Russel until the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783. Jones was elected to represent Hyde County in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1778 and 1779. He served in the North Carolina Senate in 1782 and 1784 to 1787.

References

Year of death missing 18th-century American people North Carolina militiamen in the American Revolution North Carolina state senators Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Year of birth uncertain Members of the North Carolina Provincial Congresses {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub