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JONES, Walter, a Representative from Virginia;
born in Williamsburg, Va., December 18, 1745;
was graduated from William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va., in 1760;
studied medicine in Edinburgh and received the degree of doctor of medicine in 1770;
returned to Virginia and located in Northumberland County;
physician general of the middle military department in 1777;
member of the State house of delegates 1785-1787;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1788;
elected as a Republican to the Fifth Congress (March 4, 1797-March 3, 1799);
again a member of the house of delegates in 1802 and 1803;
elected to the Eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1811);
died in Westmoreland County, Va., December 31, 1815;
interment in the family burial ground at Hayfield, a few miles from what is now Callo, Northumberland County, Va.
Bibliography
Mason, Thomas A. The Luminary of the Northern Neck: Walter Jones, 1745-1815. Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine 35 (1985): 3978-983.
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