Jones County was carved out of Craven County in 1779. The records abstracted in this volume are the earliest and oldest records of the county, beginning in 1779 and continuing through 1868, and they relate to several thousand individuals. The abstracts consist of Deeds, Wills, Tax Lists, Guardian Accounts and Settlement, Census Records (Censuses of 1786 and 1850), Land Grants and Entries, and ...