John Jones (major)

John Letton Jones was a major in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was aide-de-camp to general William Howe and brigadier general Lachlan McIntosh.
He was killed in the 1779 siege of Savannah. Jones Street, in Savannah, Georgia, is now named for him.

Early life

Jones was born to Joseph Lewis Jones and Mary Taliaferro in Charleston, Province of South Carolina, in 1749.

Personal life

He married Mary Sharpe, daughter of James Sharpe and Mary Newton, on December 28, 1769. The couple had five children: Mary, John, Millicent, Hannah and Joseph. One of his posthumous grandchildren was Charles Colcock Jones, son of John.
Jones moved to coastal Georgia in the 1770s, purchasing a plantation in St. John's Parish.

Death

Jones was killed on October 9, 1779, in Savannah, Georgia, during the city's siege. He was reportedly cut in two by a cannon shot during the assault on Spring Hill Redoubt. Aged 30, he was interred in Midway Cemetery in Midway, Georgia, around thirty miles southwest of Savannah. He had been living in nearby Sunbury.
His wife remarried, to major Philip Low.