The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-06
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During the year INA, qOl years ago. two gentle.
men, David Duncan and David JOnesD travelled
eastward from the Shawnee towns on the SciOt0i
along the Indian trnil' Of the Licking valley,
which was followed by Captain Gist twenty-five
years before, as described mlthe previous paper.
David duncan was ~ trader among the Indians,
from Shippensburgh, Pennsylvania, going TO Fort
Pitt" probably for u stock Of goods, and Rev.
David Jones was ON hisreturn journey to Freehold
MahOning county, New Jersey, from the Indians
on the Scioto, among whom he had been mission,
atlng by authority of the Philadelphia Baptist
Association, of which he wasa member Hekept
adiaTy Of this tour, las well as of Il Journey down
the Ohio and up the kanawha rivers during the
previous year, which Is now before me, and to
which | amindehted for most Of the facts which
follow Rev. David Jones subsequently be-
came a historical character, as will.appear in the
sequel. T t1atH1cU. ..gl. s
The diiry df Kew. Dhvid Jones shows that he
followed Il trail that led from the Indian towns on
the Sci0to river to standing stone (now Laneas-
teri whore, In the language of the dairy, was an
Indian town consisting chiefly OF Delawares, and
which was situated on a creek called Hock-hOck-
IN 10 appears muddy Is not wide, but soon adj
mits large canoes. He did not arrive At standing
Stone" until nearly nine o'clock at night, and the
diarist says that his road was very small, and the
nightdark In this wide wilderness, which made
travelling more disagrceable than can be easily
expressed" He found the soil on the Hook
hockin equal to the highest wishes Next day,
Wednesday, February 10th, 1773, they, the dairy
informs us, iset ont early in the moming-our
course more nOrtherly than north-east-the land
chiefly low andlcvel-Qnd where our horses broke
through the frost, II might be called bad road and
goOdlandt There were no inhabitants by the way.
Before night came to @ small town consisting OF
DelaWares and shawnee About a mile before
we came to this town We crossed u clear, large
stream, called salt Lick Creek doubtless Licking
riyertour miles east Of Newark. which empties
into the Muskingum." The town above mention
ed was doubtless the Indian village that was situa-
led on the Bowling Green; five miles eastof New
ark. and which still existed twenty years later,
whenlJ Judge Elliott, father Of the late Benjamin
Elliot, Of Newton Township, was located there as
an Indian trader. The diary says THE country
here appeared calculated for health, fertile and
beautiful" Next day, after paying u high price
for the corn their horses consumed they star
ted for the Mdrayihn towns on the Tuscar-
was.7 LIZA fI.t ISL
While excavating for bridge abutment on the
east bank Of the Bowling Green Run, some five or
six years ago, seven skeletons Of undOubted Indian
type were exhumed; and that in all probability
was the place where the dead of the Indian o "
on the Bowling Green were buried, the recently
discovered skeletons being Of the number
Rev. David Jones was born Of Welsh parents on
White Clay Creek, Hundred, Newcastle county
Delaware. May u, 1876. He was licensed to preach
by the Welsh Tract Church, In 1851, and ordained
at Freehold, Monmouth county, New jersey, Dec.
u, lI66, and remained pastor OF the church at that
place until he started upon his missionary tour 70
the Indians In the Northwest In 17T5 he was
pastor Of the Gfeat Valley Baptist Church, in
Chester county, Pennsylvania, but resigned the
following year, on being appointed Chaplain OF
Col, afterwards Gen. Arthur st. Glars regiment,
raised for service in the Revolutionary wal. He
was on duty with this regiment IT Ticonderoga,
and served two campaigns under MalorGeneral
Gates. In In be served as Brigade Chaplain
under General Wayne, Atthe close ofthe war he
retired TO a farml IN Chester county. In 1855 he
became pastor Of the church In Southampton,
Bucks county, and after a Passionate OF six years
there returned TO the Great Valley church, as pas
tor. 9ut... r.... io.. nc
Chaplain Jones. as he was generally called
again, In 1889, visited the North West, and preach
ed at Columbia, six miles AbOyeC Cincinnati on the
1871 Of January, 1DO, which was probably the fint
sermon preached In the Miami country.
Gen. Wayne, in 1904, invited his old friend and
former chaplain, to take his old position in the ar.
ny he organizing 10 move agninst the indians d
the Northwest. Chaplain" Jones without hest
tatiOn accepted the kind invitation Of his neigh
Dor and old commander, and served in that ca
pacity until the close Of the war.
In 1872, though seyeniy-six years Of age, the vet
emn misnister again entered the service and per
formed chaplain duties under Generals Brown
and Wilkinson, to the close Of the war, which en-
ded his public career. He however continued e
beR large contributor TO the Philadelphia pres
upon public affairs. The last occasion that he OF
hciated i'm public was ON September %, 1870, when
he delivered an address at the dedication OF the
monument erected at PaOli, commemorative Of
AHE AAAAA 90 MA0 WIZ
He died Fed. 5. lS11, in the eighty-fourth year o
his age, and was buried atthe Great Valley Baptis
Church rUfna
Chaplain Jones Omen visited Granville and thu
Welsh Hills, in his missionary tours. In Howe
Ohio, page 26, II Is stated that the INST baptis
sermon was preached in the log church, Tin Gran
villeJ by Elder Jones, In 1906
Few men Of marked character or peeuliaritle
and eccentricities than Chaplain Jones were eye
known III Licking county. He was a remarkable
man, one Of good scholarship, fine natural abiiiie
extensive reading. rare patriotism, genial s0cla
qualities, excellent con Observation-Disclosures OtYaS
information obtained by his opportunities a.
traveller, and his long free intercOune with m
active, intelligent minds Of the Revolution. ~
delighted in the romano Of adyenture-wa
fond Of the excitement ofthe chase-ofthe chan
ees and perils Of life on the frontiers, Ofthe haz
ards Of battle, Ofthe pride, pomp and eircumstanc'
o gloriOus war; 1r~afJy esafI
chaplain Jones Is still remembered by a ven
few Of our pioneers, as q kind. c0mpanionaol'
gentleman OF nre eeeentricites, who always won
the queen, the ereeches, the shoe and knee buck
les, and the e0ckade and military toagery Of higi
mnk Chaplain, in service, and a gentleman OF tn
sold SchOOlp-NGrurk 4drOcne