James H. Jones (North Carolina politician)

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James Henry Jones (died April 8, 1921) was a personal servant, coachman, contractor, deputy sheriff, firefighter, and courier. He worked for Jefferson Davis and served as an alderman in Raleigh, North Carolina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/jones-james|title=Jones, James H. | NCpedia|website=www.ncpedia.org}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35sUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA173|title=The Civil War Veteran: A Historical Reader|first1=Larry M.|last1=Logue|first2=Michael|last2=Barton|date=December 29, 2007|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814752036 |via=Google Books}} He was a Republican.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1994651/james-h-jones-dead/|title=James H Jones dead|newspaper=Asheville Citizen-Times |date=April 9, 1921|pages=9|via=newspapers.com}}

He was a delegate to the 1865 Colored Men's Convention held in Raleigh and served in the Union League. He married and had two sons.