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tnis was her third marriage, and his sec ond. He died in 16es. She died l7lS Her son. Peter Jones, was one of her execu- tors (Vol. 3, pp. 4O7-4o9; Vol. 4. pp. 41-442; Vol. 5. p. S6.J Major Peter Jones, the second married Mary - and had sons, Abraham. Peter, William. Thomas. John. Wood and Mary, wife ot Peter Jones, ac- cording to his will dated 17s1 and proved l.z6. Peter Jones. his son-in-law. was the son of Abraham Jores, Vol. 1, page 2S4. At the death of Major Peter Jones in l726 he must have been a man of ripe old age as he was a captain and Indian fight CT fifty years before (Vol. {, page 275) and is some times confused with the founder of Petersburg, but 1t was his son Peter Jones (Vol. 5. page S6) who was one of the companions of Colonel William Byrd in 1773 and of whom he wrote when we got home we laid the foundations of two large cities, one at Shoccos to be called Richmond, and the other at the foot of the Appomattox river to be called Pe- tersburg." But as have said there was a son-in-law also called Peter Jones, and the records show that they owned ad- joining tracts of land. So 1t may be as Bishop Meade says that Petersburg owes Its name to the fact that several persons named Peter Jones settled there (Voi. {, page 2b). Peter Jones the third called the founder of Petersburg left son Wood Jones, who represented Amelia County in the House Of Burgesses in 1752 (Vol. 5, page S6). Richard Jones represented the County in 1736. Colonel Joseph Jones, Binn Jones (son of Peter) and John Jones are in the convention of 17SS from Din widdie and Brunswick (vo1. page Ss). stephen Cooke married Amy Jones, daughter Of the above Richard Jones. fnh@ s. As. .t--- of Virginia" (vol. 2, page 24) that In 1858 Major Peter Jones, Wood Jones and Rich ard Jones were all vestrymen of Raleigh Parish. Amelia County. M. c. H. says that the second wife of Richard c. Jones was Mary Ellis (nee Cocke) (vol. f. page HO states that Mary Cooke married Rich ard Ellis. She was the daughter of Abra- ham Cooke, granddaughter of Stephen Cooke, and great-granddaughtero of Thom- as Cooke, and Margaret Wood Jones. Her father Abraham Cooke, died 1759 aged 6s. He left six sons and four daugh- ters. Her youngest brother was Gen eral William Cooke. one of the founders of the State of Tennessee. Cooke County is called after him. He was one of the first two Senators from that State, 1795- 1s05. Samuel Booker married Rachael Jones in Amelia County, February 4. 17s5. tvol. '. page S30). These notes were talk en from the Virginia Magazine of His tory and Biography and published in this column last year.
 No. 435. RANKIN-Willam Rankin was born in Pennsylvania on the 10th of January, 1761. and at an early age joined the tide of immigration to the Southern States, and settled in ''Tryon," afterward Lincoln. N. c. He first entered the service as a private in Captain Robert Alexander's company, Colonel William Graham's regiment, and marched to Mon- forts Cove against the Cherokee Indians In 1779 he volunteered under the same officer. and marched by way of Charlotte and Candem to the relief of Charleston. but finding the city completely invested by the British army, the regiment re- turned to North Carolina, In 17so, he again volunteered under Major Dickson, and marched against Colonel Floyds, Tory leader of upper South Carolina. After this service he returned home, and soon afterward marched under the same officer, General Rutherford commanding to Ramsom's Mill, where a large body of Tories hau assembled under Colonel John Moore. The forces under General Rutherford were encamped three miles northwest of Tuskaseege Ford aand about sixteen miles from Ramsom's Mill. Early III Ine they Sohpi ohN moved forward. goth June, 17S0, but did not reach the battlefield until two hours after the action had taken place. and the Tories defeated by Colonel Locke and his brave associates with force greatly inferior to that of the enemy. lmme- diately after this battle he marched With Captain William Armstrong company to Parks Mill, near Charlotte, and thence to General Rutherford's army.
 He marched with General Rutherford's command to Camden, and participated in the unfortunate battle at that place. on the 16th of August l7S0. While the British army were in Charlotte he served under Captain Forney and Major Dick son watching the move nents of the enemy. Shortly afterward he volunteer ed under Captain James Little, marched to Rocky Mound and thence to Eutaw Springs. In this battle one of the most severely contested during the Revolution. his company was placed under the com mand of Colonel Malmedy a Frenchman. Soon after his return home he was placed in charge of a considerable number of prisoners. and in obedience to orders, conveyed them to Salisbury. Here he remained until his time of service ex- pired, and then received his discharge from Colonel Locke. William Rankin attained the good old age of nearly S' and was at the time of his death the last surviving soldier of the Revolution in Gaston County. He married Mary Moore, a sister of General John Moore. also a Revolutionary soldier His wife died several years before he did. See Hunters Sketches of Western N. C.. page 297.
 A. GOODWYN.-In the Goodwyns or America supplement of William ana Mary Quarterly. page l3O, can be found probable descendants of Robert Good wyn. Robert Goodwin eldest son of Major James, left several children. One was Martin. who died sine prole. It is thought that perhaps many of the frag- mentary Goodwin families in Virginia and Maryland descend from children Of this Robert unknown at present. A Robert Goodwin was patron of fork County school in I'll, and another Rob- ert Goodwn was born in York in 179. It seems probable that the following may be a partial list of children in this fam lily: Robert Goodwin, son of James
 married Annie -. Children: Martin e D.: second Robert: third John. Rob- ert Goodwin (son of Robert, son of James, vas probably the patron Of the school in I'll. and father of Robert. born in 17Oa. The will of Samuel Hill of York County, proved Feb. 10th. ITO mentions Rebecca, daughter of Mir. Robert Good wyn. and gives to Anne Goodwin my