By: Zae Hargett Gwynn, Pub. 1963, Reprinted 2018, 1074 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-941-9 Jones County was created in 1779 from Craven County. It is surrounded by Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Dobbs and Lenoir Counties. The records within this book are: Land Entries 1779-1795, Land Grants 1784-1792, Taxable property records 1779, Deeds 1779-1867, 1786 & 1850 Census records, Wills 1778-1868, Inventories settlements & Guardian accounts 1809-1829 and Marriages records 1851-1874.

V.1 includes land entries, land grants, taxable property of 1779, abstracts of deeds, census data, abstracts of wills, inventories, settlements and guardian accounts, and marriage records.