George Washington Jones

George Washington Jones (September 5, 1828 – July 11, 1903) was an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Texas and was a Greenback member of the United States House of Representatives. Early life George Washington Jones was born to William Dandridge Claiborne Jones and Rachel Burleson Jones on September 5, 1828, in Marion County, Alabama. He moved with his parents to Tipton County, Tennessee, and then to Bastrop, Texas. Jones studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1851, and commenced practice in Bastrop. He owned slaves. From 1858 until 1860, he served as Bastrop county attorney. Military service Although a supporter of the Union, Jones served in the Confederate States Army, eventually attaining the rank of colonel as commander of the 17th Texas Infantry Regiment.