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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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