Roger Jones (adjutant general)

{{Short description|Adjutant General of the United States Army}} {{other people||Roger Jones (disambiguation)}} {{distinguish|text=his son, Catesby ap Roger Jones}} {{Infobox military person | name = Roger Jones | birth_date = 1788 | death_date = July 15, {{death year and age|1852|1788}} | birth_place = Westmoreland County, Virginia | death_place = Washington, D.C. | burial_place = Congressional Cemetery | burial_label = Place of Burial | image = Roger Jones Adjutant General.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = Roger Jones | allegiance = United States of America | branch = {{plainlist| *United States Marine Corps *United States Army }} | service_years = {{plainlist| *1809-1812 (USMC) *1812-1852 (USA) }} | rank = First Lieutenant (USMC)<br>Brevet Major General (USA) | unit = Adjutant General of the U.S. Army | battles = {{tree list}} * War of 1812 ** Battle of Lundy's Lane ** Battle of Chippewa ** Siege of Fort Erie<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/pictorialfieldbo00loss_1/page/n827/mode/2up | title=The pictorial field-book of the War of 1812; or, Illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the history, biography, scenery, relics and traditions of the last war for American independence | year=1868 }}</ref> {{tree list/end}} | relations = {{plainlist| *Roger Jones (son) *Catesby ap Roger Jones (son) *Thomas ap Catesby Jones (brother) }} }}

'''Roger Jones''' (1788–July 15, 1852) was an American military officer in the United States Marine Corps and United States Army who was the longest-serving Adjutant General of the U.S. Army in history, holding the position from 1825 to 1852.

==Family==

Jones was a central figure in the Jones military family with relatives holding commissions in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, and World War II. His brother Thomas ap Catesby Jones won distinction in the US Navy. Of his thirteen children many went on to serve in the military in both Union and Confederate forces. His son Catesby ap Roger Jones was the commander of the ironclad CSS ''Virginia'' at Hampton Roads on the second day of battle with the USS ''Monitor''. His son Charles Lucian Jones served in the Confederate navy on the ironclad ''Tennessee''. His son, also named Roger Jones, served as Inspector General of the U.S. Army from 1888 to 1889.

== Career == Jones was appointed a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on January 29, 1809 and was promoted to first lieutenant later that year. He resigned in July 1812 to accept a commission as a captain of artillery in the United States Army. He received brevets to major and lieutenant colonel for his services in the War of 1812. He was appointed adjutant general with the rank of colonel in August 1818, and in March 1825 became Adjutant General of the U.S. Army. He received brevets to colonel in 1824, to brigadier general in 1832, and to major general in 1848. He died in 1852 and is buried in the Congressional Cemetery.

==References== {{reflist}}

==Sources== *{{cite book |title=Captain Roger Jones, of London and Virginia: Some of his Antecedents and Descendants |url=https://archive.org/details/captainrogerjon00jonegoog |last=Jones |first=Lewis Hampton |year=1891 |publisher=Joel Munsell's Sons |location=New York City |pages=[https://archive.org/details/captainrogerjon00jonegoog/page/n98 72]–73 }}

==External links== *{{Find a Grave|19096059}}

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