Sarah Jones

Bef 1788 -

• Name	Sarah Jones
  Birth	Bef 1788	of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I3697	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	John Jones,   b. Bef 1756, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States d. Bef 10 Jun 1788, Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States (Age < 32 years)
  Mother	Hannah Adair,   b. Bef 1759, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States d. Aft 1810, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States (Age > 53 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1774	of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
  Family ID	F1883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Excerpts of "Adairs" from the book "Laurens County South Carolina - Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1789," by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMar, Columbia, South Carolina, 2004. The book notes: "This is a record that has only been recently found after being lost for so many years. It is incomplete missing the first 54 pages, pages 103-126, and an unknown number of pages at the end of the volume. There is at least one other volume, still missing, covering the years 1790-1799." It also notes: "Laurens County was formed in 1785 as a county of Ninety Six District. In that year justices of the peace were elected by the General Assembly to be administrators of the county courts. Within the pages of these court minutes are small court cases, lists of deeds presented to be recorded, applications for administrations on estates and wills proved (beginning in 1787), jury lists, petitions of various kinds, appointments for various offices, apprenticeships, estray animals tolled, and other items. The cases heard for debt or damages could not exceed £50, and cases heard for personal damages could not exceed £20. Criminal cases heard could not call for the loss of life or corporal punishment. Larger court cases were heard in the district courts, such as Ninety-Six." There are many listings of Adair and associated family members. Included is the court record below for John Adair whose wife was a Jones. This entry occurs after the other John Adair of the area whose wife was Sarah died in the Revolutionary War leaving only this John Adair applicable to this quote. Note also that John's wife, Jane Jones, was probably related to the deceased John Jones as a sibling: Pg. 234, 10 Jun 1788: "Sarah Jones Infant orphan of John Jones dec'd with the approbation of the Court made Choice of John Adair as Guardian, who Together with Joseph Adair his Security entered into and acknowledged their Bonds in the sum of £100 conditional to secure the said Orphans Estate and Indemnify the Court."