George Jones
United States Senator fromGeorgia
In office August 27, 1807 – November 7, 1807
Appointed by	Jared Irwin
Preceded by	Abraham Baldwin
Succeeded by	William H. Crawford
Personal details
Born	(1766-02-25)February 25, 1766 Savannah,Georgia
Died	November 13, 1838(1838-11-13) (aged 72) Savannah,Georgia
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Parent	Noble Wimberly Jones

George Jones (February 25, 1766 – November 13, 1838) was aUnited States senator fromGeorgia. Born inSavannah, he received an academic training, studied medicine with his father, and practiced for a number of years. He participated in theAmerican Revolutionary War. He was captured by theBritish Army as aprisoner of war and during 1780 and 1781 was imprisoned upon an English ship. He was later a member of theGeorgia House of Representatives andGeorgia Senate, and during theWar of 1812 he served as captain of a company of Savannah reserves. He was a member of the Savannahboard of aldermen in 1793–1794, 1802–1803, and 1814–1815, and wasmayor of Savannah from 1812 to 1814. He was appointed judge of the eastern judicial circuit of Georgia in 1804, and served until he became a U.S. senator, appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofAbraham Baldwin and serving from August 27, 1807, to November 7, 1807, when a successor was elected.

Jones died in Savannah and was interred inBonaventure Cemetery.

His father,Noble Wimberly Jones, was a Georgia delegate to theContinental Congress, and his grandfather,Noble Jones, was one of Georgia's first settlers who establishedWormsloe Plantation outside Savannah.

• 510 East York Street, one of his former properties in Savannah

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