Scervant Jones Papers, 1834-1854.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
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Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

Scervant Jones Papers, Manuscript MS 76.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Jones, Scervant, 1785-1854.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Scervant Jones Papers, Manuscript MS 76.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Letters, will, and sermons of the Rev. Scervant Jones. The letters (1847-1851) are mostly from Jones, in Williamsburg, to Thomas B. Montague in Gloucester, Va. A copy of Jones's will, December 1852, is contained within an 1854 letter from Robert Saunders [of Williamsburg] to Montague. The twenty-seven sermons were written by Jones between 1834 and 1845 and most were preached in Williamsburg. Names appearing in the collection are Dr. Griffin, Bourbon Jones, William Jones, Dr. Charles Minnigerode, Sarah Ann Montague, Thomas B. Montague, Elisha Pollard, George Pollard, Sheldon and Maupin, and the College of William and Mary.

Preached in Williamsburg, Sunday morning July 20th 1834.

Preached at Williamsburg, 1834; Petsworth in Gloucester, 1835; Denbeigh in Warwick, 1836;and Williamsburg, Lord's Day morning August, 1844.

Preached at Williamsburg, September, 1836.

Preached at Williamsburg, 1836; Grafton in 1838; Williamsburg, 1839.

Preached at Williamsburg, August, 1836 and March, 1839; Matthews 1840.

Preached at Williamsburg, Lordsday morning, 1836; Pine Top Middlesex, Lordsday morning, 1837; Chickahominy, October, 1843.

Preached at Williamsburg in 1836.

Williamsburg, 1837.

Preached at Williamsburg, 1838; Peckatone, King & Queen Co., 1841; Cheescake, June, 1842.

Preached at Williamsburg, January, 1839.

Preached at Williamsburg, 1839.

Preached at the HW House in 1840.

Williamsburg, 1840.

Preached at Williamsburg, 1840.

Preached at Williamsburg, 1840.

Preached at Williamsburg, 1841.

Preached at Williamsburg, Lordsday afternoon, November 13, 1842.

Preached at Williamsburg, Lordsday morning, April 1, 1843 (The Funeral of Young Bro. Js. Johson and the administration of the Lords supper).

Preached at Williamsburg, Lordsday, July 30, 1843. Same August, 1845.

Preached at Williamsburg, Lordsday evening, January 14, 1844.

Preached at Cheescake, Lordsday morning, May, 1844.

Preached at Williamsburg, Lordsday evening, July 6, 1845.

Preached at Williamsburg, Lordsday evening, August 17, 1845.

Preached at Williamsburg, Tuesday evening, August 19, 1845.

Preached at Williamsburg, Lordsday evening, August, 1845.

Biographical / historical:

Rev. Scervant Jones (1785-1854), son of John and Mary Hubard Jones. Jones was a lawyer, delegate from York County, Va., to the Virginia General Assembly (1822-1825), and first minister of the Williamsburg, Va., Baptist Church (1829-1854).

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1976.
Arrangement:
Arrangement

Each series is arranged chronologically.

Each series is arranged chronologically.

Organization

The collection is divided into two series. The first series consists of correspondence. The second series consists of sermons.

The collection is divided into two series. The first series consists of correspondence. The second series consists of sermons.

Physical description:
39 items.