He arrived in the United States in 1810 and became a citizen on 2 Jun 1820. 266 He was Maria's second husband. 151 They resided in Augusta, Georgia for 60 years. 158In 1830 he is 30-40 years old and resides in Augusta with a 20-30 year old white female, a white female under 5 years of age and 2 slaves. M19-20-260284 He was one of the incorporators of The Augusta Insurance and Banking Company in 1827. He was a shareholder of the Bank of Augusta in 1835. In 1840 he is 40-50 years of age and lives with his second wife who is 30-40 years of age, in Augusta, with 3 sons under 5 years of age, and one white female15-20 and one white female 20-30 years of age. 286 On 7 September 1850 he is the only Bones head of household in the US Census. Living with him are his second wife, Mary Brown, James Brown, John Brown, Oswald B. Eve, and Harriet Longstreet. In the 1852 Census of Augusta, Georgia he resides in the Second Ward with 3 other adult white males, 2 adult white females, 2 females age 6-15, and 6 male and 4 female slaves. He is also a Member of the City Council for Ward 2. In 1859 he is President of the Bank of Augusta, and on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. On 7 Aug 1865 he was recommended to The President of the United States for amnesty under the Amnesty Proclamation of 1865.266
John Bones: 1792-1870: First married Maria FitzSimons Eve, daughter of Oswell and Aphra Ann Eve. Following Maria’s death he married Mary Brown Bones, daughter of Rev. James Brown. All three are buried in Cottage Cemetery. John Bones was an industrialist and played a major role in development of railroads in this area.1699

She was the first wife of John Bones and died of consumption at age 36. 158 She was called "Barney” by the family. They were married in her father’s home the same time on 8 April 1818 as James Campbell and Mary Roma Eve.

by a lady 80 years of age
Mrs. Emma Eve Smith
copied by Mrs. Mary E. Miller Eve 1907
transcribed by Patricia E. Kruger 1994

Maria FitzSimons was tall, well formed and proud in her bearing and much more ambitious than the rest of us. She was courted by a young Irishman, John Bones. They were married at the "Hall" and Uncle Joseph Eve's daughter Mary Roma was married at the same time and place to Mr. James C. Campbell. On the following morning, these words appeared in the newspaper. "In former times it was said that Eve was converted out of a bone, but the Rev. Mr. Joice has found a method of reconverting Eve into bones. A still more astonishing phenomenon occurred at the same time and place. Eve turned into a Campbell".

Sister Maria had thick chestnut hair a yard long and large blue eyes. She spent her winters in Augusta and her summers at the Cottage and when there we were all as merry as children. She adopted sister Henny's second daughter, Hannah and was to her a thorough instructor. She came to an early end from consumption and like Sister Henrietta who survived her only four months, passed joyfully from suffering to glory.

She was age 55 at death. 158 She was the second wife and a cousin of John Bones. On 7 Sep 1850 she and John Bones had boarders in Augusta; John Brown, James Brown, Oswald B. Eves, and Harriet Longstreet. 278