Need proof that this Zachaus Jones is the son of Isaac. Much like his brother William the circumstantial evidence supports this relationship.

District 3. in 1830-John W. Simpson. Eli W. Gwynne. Elizabeth Owens. William R. Lawrence. John C. Wagoner. Franklin Clark. Zachariah Jones, Jemima Jones. William Blaine. Alexander McMurray. Mathias Furrow, William Minter, Hiram Edwards, William McCoy and William T. Davidson. Total, fifteen families. 80

1830 Census - Zachariah Jones one male 20-30 (Zachariah), one male 0-5, one female 15-20, one female 40-50 (may be Jemima Jones) Deer Creek Township

1840 Census - Z’ah Jones One male 0-5, one male 5-10, one male 30-40, one female 0-5, one female 5-10, and one female 20-30. Somerford township


From the research and files of David Eggler:

Tombstone, with his wife Mary E: "Zachariah Jones 12 June 1806, Tenn - 16 Oct 1874, m. in Ohio." IGI also states b. TN, burial San Jose. International Genealogical Index notation that he married Mary Erwin in London, Madison, Ohio ties him to Isaac Newton Jones, and very strongly indicates that he is the brother whose land dispute Isaac Newton Jones came to San Jose in order to straighten out. That marriage record is confirmed from Madison County marriages (madisonoh.ancestralsites.com): Mary Erwin and Zachaus Jones, Jan 1, 1829." From The History of San Jose and Surroundings by Frederick Hall, on googlebooks: "In 1846, the following named persons arrived: "Zachariah Jones, wife and five children, Margaret, Reuben, Samuel E, Laura Jane, and Clark."

Zachariah Jones kept a hotel and boarding house, The Half Moon House, in San Jose beginning in 1847. In 1848 he bought a sawmill at Lexington on Los Gatos Creek, two miles south of Los Gatos and laid out a town that he called Jones Mill, but he sold the mill and 480 acres in 1860. A book by a San Francisco minister (googlebooks) indicates that ca. 1850 he spent the night with the Jones family at their mill in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

San Jose Evening News 1-23-1922, in an article on Los Gatos: "The first man to build a road from Los Gatos up into the mountains was 'Buffalo' Jones, or Zachariah Jones. wjp built a sawmill at Los Gatos in 1848. Mr Jones was called 'Buffalo' because he shot so many buffalos in 1846, when he crossed the plains." He also named the creek Jones Creek, but the name became Los Gatos. The only road through the mountains "was one originally used by the Ohlone Indians, then by the padres on their travels between missions. John C. Fremont traversed these mountains during his scouting party of February, 1846. Shortly thereafter, the road was improved and was given the name of 'Jones Road' after Zachariah Jones, known as Buffalo Jones because of his resemblance to one [http://www.wmsb.net/Lakeside%20School.htm].

San Jose History on SanJose.com: "Hard to believe, but some saloons even had a civilizing effect on the valley, or at least on its infrastructure. Case in point: Thanks to the dozen or so taverns in Saratoga (then called McCartysville) and the teetotalling Methodism of Los Gatos logging entrepreneur Zachariah Jones, Jones' thirsty loggers made their own damn road to the beer joints on Saturday nights where none had existed before. (After a few months of stepping over snoring loggers on their way to Sunday morning worship, the ladies of McCartysville in 1855 formed the Women's Christian Temperance Union and set about plaguing the saloons. The rest of the story is a testament to what sober minds can accomplish.)"

1830 Census - Madison County, Ohio Deer Creek Twp: Zachariah Jones: one male 20-30 (Zachariah), one male 0-5 (Clark?), one female 15-20 (Mary), one female 40-50 (may be Jemima Jones).

1840 Census, Somerford Twp: Z’ah Jones: One male 0-5 (Samuel), one male 5-10 (Reuben), one male 30-40 (Zachariah), one female 0-5 (Laura Jane?), one female 5-10 (Sarah Margaret), and one female 20-30 (Mary).

Served in the Mexican-American War - Pension for widow Mary E. Jones - Sept 28, 1887

In the October 1852 CA state census for Santa Clara County (p.98 on the microfilm), Zachariah Jones 41 b. MO is listed with Mary 43 b. VA, Samuel 11 b. OH, Reuben 17 b. OH, Mary 2 b. CA, and Martha 5 b. CA. Zachariah, wife Mary, Samuel, and Reuben had last resided in MO. The Zachariah Jones family is listed on the same page as the Frances Jones family, with only one name in between. (Immediately after Mary Jones is listed Augustus Jones, Jr., 21, printer, b. MO, last resided Iowa.

In 1860 Z Jones 52 b. TN, farmer, lived in San Jose Twp with Mary 49 b. OH, R B 25 b. OH, farmer, Samuel 22 b. OH, farmer, Martha 13 b. CA, John McDonald 26 b. Canada, day laborer, and Mary Jones 10 b. CA. In 1870 Zechariah Jones 63 b. TN, no employment, lived in the city of San Jose with Mary 60 b. OH and Mary 21 b. CA.

1870 Census San Jose, Santa Clara CA

Probate papers (SJLibrary.org California Room Database): "died 10/16/1874 wife; Mary E. ch: Sarah (Mrs. Josuha Belden), Samuel, Martha Hart [sic], Mary Foss, Reuben."

In California Sketches by O. P. Fitzgerald (1881), Buffalo Jones is portrayed as a religious firebrand. He was a blacksmith and fighter in Ohio, then converted to Methodism. His thunderous sermons in San Jose gave rise to the name Buffalo. He eventually ended up in the state insane asylum at Stockton. Some of his descendants also had histories of mental illness.103