Hello Ripley County Group
I'm searching for any information regarding my grgr grandparents who were in
Ripley County during the early 1800's.
Samuel JONES was born probably 1770/1790 somewhere in Md. He married Catherine (Kitty)
VanPelt 8/18/1808 in Fayette County, Ky. They came to Ripley County sometime in the
1820's & lived near Cross Plains in Ripley County. From court records they had the
following children:
1. Samuel 2. Eliza 3. Joseph 4. Henrietta 5. Henry Crown
Henry C. was my gr grandfather & was born 5/2/1830 in Ripley County. From Court
records there was an estate settlement for Samuel which has that he died 11/4/1834 in
Ripley County. The records also state that Eliza who was married to James WILSON took the
children except for Samuel Jr. & went to Ky. There is no mention of Kitty in
Samuel's will or estate so I suspect that she died before Samuel. After abount 20
years of research I have not been able to find any cemetery records for either Samuel or
Kitty. It seems that Henry C. had a guardian being T.W. CRIDLAND. I have not been able to
find any records regarding this person. Was T.W. CRIDLAND a man or woman & were they
related to this JONES family? A man who lives at Cross Plains went with me to the Bear
Creek Cemetery (no road to this place) a few years ago but most grave stones can no longer
be read. I tried to find a list of those in the cemetery but no luck doing it at the
Ripley County Historical Society.
I would like very much to trace my Jones line back to the immigrant person or family.
Thanks in advance for any help in my search.
Ed Jones New Palestine, In.