Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-19
ONLY HOME IN AMERICA
OF JOHN PAUL JONES
tably Proved TO Belong To
Fredericksburg.
EVIDENCE IS ABUNDANT
Judge john r.. Goodrich Presents
Facts WhicI, Give To Ancient City
"f Virginia Honor OF Having Been
Home or Founder OF Navy.
u, JUDGE JOHN r.. .ooI.n,ck

nv JUDGE JOHN r. GOOIHICK.
y historian has said that AS Wash
.uEton was tho matchIcss and victori-
"uh leader "f the Continental army in
he Revolution. II can with equal truth
'ni emphasis be said that John l'auI
ones VAS the peerless aud victorious
zero "f it's navy Therefore. in View
If his wonderful achievements his
rl"ndid record, added to the great and
"n"ctivc results OF his work and SCR
riccs for the struggling colonies
what he said where he lived and
what he did should he carefully reg
stored IN history. aud canonizcd in
lie hearts OF All tn" people Of this
and have read with very great
pleasure the movement recently in
tuguratcd TO preserve ana hold 10 con
ncrated Tho Grove" u".r Iiallfh>.
;oith Carolina, whore lived "Wi1li"
.ioues" for whom and In who's" ii"nor
DIN Paul added i"u"s 10 his name.
- au cx.Confcdcratc soldier, am
rroud of the splendid record which
tho soldiers of that state mad" in the
War Between tho states. Tho bravery,
heroism, suffering and sacrifices OF it's
n"iIiers have made their nam" aud
fnme Immortal. They gave evidence
p, - expression ~ thor faith that never
tered: their patr'otism HAT lS'l""
u, limitations, and loyal devotion
90 duty that hao rncritcd and Won tn"
a4Iuirat!on OF all who love tho truth
and tho right fIenc" any movement
mat has for It's purpose and object the
prcseryatior Of any nlace within tn"
borders OF the old North state In any
"4v associated with the ~" Of AnI"ri-
c,'p great scn captain has M hearty
o rcd wishes
'tsToWY MD ADilIoN
COMBINE ~ ENIDE\cE
IT rs well 10 remember, bow""cr. that
history and tradition combine on
cumulative and convincing evidence.
indeed. IN unimpea enable proof. ina,
Tho onlv homo in America OF John
raul Toncs was IN Fredericksburg,
Virginia. crave pardon for snm'nar-
ing some OF the evidence upon which
'lis conclusion Is based;
W'llialn Paui came TO th's 'ow'i
Sout 1850. and conducted tailoring
ueinoss I'm correction with :, small
,srchandisc store n" lied here IN
az aud IS buried I'm Il George
lu-ci graveyard. where a MOSCOW
rcd tombstone marks the spot upon
hlch there Is inscribed: william
t'uul. I'VE" His will, dated lI'3, is
ccordcd tn this county. IN which n"
caves his house designated hy number,
o his sister Mar Young. and her
No eldest children in Arhig!and
'arish Kjrlbeam. Scotland lohr
oaui Jones IN his VIII devised = por-
ron OF his uropcrty TO this s.ster. Ma.v
T?,lor. Of Arbi.land. From tho. two
Wills thor" g. umimpenchable PROOF that
william paul aud John w"r" brothers,
that Wiliia'n PAU liv"d h"rc, and that
he had his home in two house described
hv number IN his viii. being the nous
row standing on the corner Of Caro-
line and Prussia streets, in this town
IN Tho PILOT by Coopel, edi on of
1N23 IN which novel the mysterious
uilo, It's hero, was John Paul Ioues,
rio uthor saws.
''Iohu raul Jones was the most
iiuIuishcd hero Of our Rcv"lu.iouary
Mar, He Was The creator Of ;Nr
american navy. lie was rcdorhtabie
mon the lana He made his FIRST
voyage 10 America in the Friendship
uf WhitehaNcu and before h" was
'E}rtccu lu;!ded IN the shore oi tho
;arpahannock. John PauI's eldest
brother, William, had previously emit
grated 10 America and murricd and
rcttlcd in H'redc-ichsbura In
't,a he went to Virginia again % ar
range tho affairs OF his brother WI
Ham There ne assumed the name o.:
tones. Four years after he had voluu-
,ecred In the cause OF -;merica, he
wrote to baron Nandc Copcllaw:
America has been the country Of rry
fond election. since was thirteen
when first saw it
In that very admirable and reliable
no Of John Paul Jones by Alexander
.ilidcil Mackenzie. published in 1886
after referring 10 the fact that William
Paul lived I'm Fredericksburg it is
recorded: In l'.3 he went to Virginia
10 arrange .hc affairs OF his brother
William. VINO died without Issue"
Md in the National Portrait Caller
s36. 1t Is written: In the year l771
We lind him in Virginia, arranging the
state of his elder brother william
who settled In Frederick sburg and
died there without L., IL.
per!od he added Jones TO his name"
FILES HER APPLICATION
AS HEIR or JOHN PAUL JONES
Reference is also hereby made TO
John Paul Joness Memoirs" page 10
After the War OF the Revolution the
state OF Virginia offered to give Ger
tain lands to those who served loyalty
and faithfully in tina, war and who
were citizens ana residents OF Virginia
At the time OF their cnistmcnts. For
tho purpose of getting this bounty
land. Janette Taylor, one of the de-
Nisecs of William Paul, ana of John
Paul Jones. filed her application. 1888.
rs follows: Memorial of the Heirs Of
commodore John Paul Jones:
To the Governor and Council OF the
state Of Virginia:
The memorial OF the devis.es OF
Commodore John Paul Jones respect
fully represent. that their testator was
citizen OF Virginia and Il resident OF
the town of Fredericksburg when he
accepted commission in the Cont
ucntal navy, dated ed day of Deccm-
Ocr, 177J (scc Journal of Congress. Vol
l.. page 212). as first lieutenant Of the
Alfred. board which shin, before
Philadelphia, he hosted with his own
hands the flag of freedom for the first
lime II WAS displayed. That as captain
~ the Ranger in Quiberon Bay on the
! eth day or February. I77S, he claimed
nj obtained from Monsieur lie Motto
'icquet the first salute to the far Of
nc infant republic from foreign
lower That lie had been residing in
fredericksburg about two years pre-
ouS to accepting his commission,
iour mcmorialists are advised that
heir teStator, being a resident OF