Abraham is the son Capt. Peter Jones II and Sarah’s first cousin Martha Batte.
Abraham was among other Virginians who went with William Byrd to lay the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina.
The Virginia Land Office recorded four land patents for Abraham in the 1730s. Three were for land on the north side of the Nottoway River near present-day Blackstone, Nottoway County: 141 acres in 1718 , 183 acres in 1725 , and 235 acres on the lower side of Reedy Creek in 1728. On 28 January 1733/4, Abraham obtained a patent for 984 acres lying on both sides of Sweathouse Creek of Deep Creek, at the Beaver Pond next to William Coleman. Abraham was living in Prince George County near Petersburg in 1738 when he and Sarah conveyed to Charles Jennings Jr., of Elizabeth City County, 183 acres on the north side of the Nottoway River. Charles’s son, William Jennings, also of Elizabeth City County, inherited this land from his father and, on 18 July 1772, sold it to Christopher Haskins for £325.
In 1737 Toney and Jack, Abraham’s “Negro” slaves, were working Abraham’s “quarter” in Amelia County.
About 1749 Abraham and Sarah moved from Prince George County to Amelia County.
In October 1741 Abraham Jones secured a patent to 103 acres in Prince George County next to land of Abraham Jones Jr. Prince George County records strongly suggest two Abraham Joneses were in the county.
Abraham died in Amelia County (will dated 29 Sept. 1758 , recorded 22 Feb. 1759). Peter Jones was security for the estate for £5,000. The inventory of his estate identified twenty-three slaves and assorted household items. His will specifically listed twenty-five slaves: fourteen “Negro” and eleven mulattos. At least four mulattos were born after 1720 to slaves owned by Abraham Jones because their births were in the Bristol Parish Register which began in 1720. Abraham’s father, Capt. Peter Jones, had five mulattos baptized in Bristol Parish after 1720. Considering that few mulatto children were in Bristol Parish, these dimensions are shameful.
1850 Federal Census for Pitt County, North Carolina, Population Schedule
578 Roundtree, Charles 35 m Farmer/6:500
Griffin's District 20 Sept. 1850 Page 35A
579 Mary (Rogers) 35 f
580 C. D. F. 9 m In sch.
581 L. C. 6 m
582 E. O. 4 m1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
J. A. SUGG Self M Male W 31 NC Atty At Law NC NC
Mettie E. SUGG Wife M Female W 21 NC Keeping House NC NC
Charlie R. SUGG Son S Male W 3 NC NC NC
Mittie A. SUGG Dau S Female W 2 NC NC NC
J. A. SUGG Son S Male W 8M NC NC NC
Charles ROUNTREE FatherL W Male W 64 NC Farming NC NC
M. E. TOMBERLIN Other S Female W 35 NC House Keeper NC NC
Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254978, NA Film Number T9-0978 , Page Number 405D