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Sources consulted for the biography of:Rufus S. Jones (ca. 1834–1897)
Biographical Information
- United States Census Schedules, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania., 1850 (with entries for Rufus Jones in Pittsburgh 6th Ward on Oct. 11, age sixteen, and Pittsburgh 8th Ward, age seventeen, on Oct. 31) and 1860 (age twenty-six), Elizabeth City Co., Virginia, 1870 (age thirty-six) and 1880 (age forty-six), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- First and second marriages (with names of parents) in Marriage Registers, Elizabeth City Co., 1869, 1878, Bureau of Vital Statistics (BVS), Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
- Several letters, including to R. M. Manly, April 20, 1869 (second quotation), United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Virginia, 1865–1870, Record Group 105, M1053, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Records of Appointment of Postmasters, Virginia, Warwick Co., Post Office Department, Record Group 28, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Warwick Co. Order Books, 1887–1891, pp. 51, 60, 109, 174, and 1895–1896, p. 11.
- Death date in Burial Registers of Military Post and National Cemeteries, Virginia: Hampton National Cemetery, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General (1774–1985), Record Group 92, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Biography with 1835 year of birth in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 24.
Military Career
- Jones (with middle name Sibb) to Edwin M. Stanton, May 13, 1862, in Ira Berlin et al., eds., Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861–1867, Series 2, The Black Military Experience (1982), 83–84.
- Compiled Service Military Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the U.S. Colored Troops, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, Record Group 94, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- United States War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1880–1901), ser. 1, vol. 46, part 1:1,237 (first quotation)–1,238.
Political Career
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Nos. 3 (1871), 6 (1873), 10 (1875), and 9 (1877), State Government Records Collection, Record Group 13, Library of Virginia.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, 1872–1873 session, 79 (third quotation), 124–125, 320 (fourth quotation).
Newspapers
- Richmond Weekly New Nation, December 26, 1867.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, September 23, 1870, November 14, 1871, November 5, 1873, August 20, 1875, August 21, 1875, March 17, 1881.
- Norfolk Virginian, November 9, 1870; December 28, 1870; November 5, 1875.
- Alexandria Gazette, January 7, 1874 (fifth quotation).
- Richmond Daily Whig, March 18, 1881 (sixth quotation).
Obituaries
- Norfolk Landmark, July 18, 1897 (age sixty-three at death).
- Pittsburg [Penn.] Press, August 1, 1897.
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