He arrived in the United States in 1810 and became a citizen on 2 Jun 1820. ®3668 He was Maria's second husband. ®1890 They resided in Augusta, Georgia for 60 years. ®1891In 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. M19-20-260 ®1897 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. ®1915 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. ®129
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. ®3633