Jun 04, 1973
National Register of Historic Places - Nathaniel Jones Jr. House (Crabtree Jones House)
Statement of Significance: The Crabtree Jones House is one of the few early Federal plantation houses remaining in Wake County. It is distinguished by its handsome pro- portions and the well-executed exterior and interior detail, particularly the modillion cornice and the marbleized baseboard and unusual painting on the Federal mantel. The house is of considerable local historical significance as the home of an important branch of the Jones family who played a vital role in the early history of Wake County. Nathaniel Jones was an early and influential settler in what is now Wake County. It is thought that he built the present house on a hill near Crabtree Creek in 1795, after an earlier house, which was nearer the creek, was flooded by an unusually high freshet. The earlier house may have dated from 1761, when a Nathaniel Jones (probably the father) was granted sixty- one acres "on West's Branch, the waters of Crabtree." The younger Nathaniel Jones was known as Crabtree Jones or Nathaniel Jones "C. T.," so that he could be distinguished from his father and also from another planter of the same name--who was identified as Nathaniel Jones "W. P.," referring to his home near White Plains. Nathaniel Jones served in the General Assembly: either he or his father was listed as a member of the lower house in 1780, and later the two were in the assembly at the same time, one as senator, the other as representative. Probably it was Nathaniel Jones, Sr., who held the high office of sheriff of Wake County in 1784 and 1785. In 1788 one of the two was a delegate to the state convention for fixing a permanent capital and "determining the proposed plan of Federal Government." When the city of Raleigh was chartered in 1792, Crabtree Jones became one of the original subscribers by purchasing town lot no. 201 for fifty-one pounds. According to a tax list of 1794 Nathaniel Jones was the owner of 1,017 acres and five slaves. He and his son Kimbrough were the two representatives for Wake County in the General Assembly of 1809. In 1813 Nathaniel was a member of a committee "to erect a more commodious dwelling for the Governor," and in 1817 and 1819 served as a state senator. When he died in 1828, Jones left "my Son Kimbrough Jones the land and Plantation where on I live containing three hundred acres more or less on Crabtree Creek adjoining Isaac Hunters Old Tavern Tract. Kimbrough Jones was a successful farmer and, like his father, was elected to several terms in the legislature. He participated in the constitutional revision of 1835. According to the United States Census of 1860 he had 250 acres under cultivation and owned sixty-one slaves. He was an old man at the time of the Civil War and wrote to his wife in 1865
National Register of Historic Places - Nathaniel Jones Jr. House (Crabtree Jones House)
Statement of Significance: The Crabtree Jones House is one of the few early Federal plantation houses remaining in Wake County. It is distinguished by its handsome pro- portions and the well-executed exterior and interior detail, particularly the modillion cornice and the marbleized baseboard and unusual painting on the Federal mantel. The house is of considerable local historical significance as the home of an important branch of the Jones family who played a vital role in the early history of Wake County. Nathaniel Jones was an early and influential settler in what is now Wake County. It is thought that he built the present house on a hill near Crabtree Creek in 1795, after an earlier house, which was nearer the creek, was flooded by an unusually high freshet. The earlier house may have dated from 1761, when a Nathaniel Jones (probably the father) was granted sixty- one acres "on West's Branch, the waters of Crabtree." The younger Nathaniel Jones was known as Crabtree Jones or Nathaniel Jones "C. T.," so that he could be distinguished from his father and also from another planter of the same name--who was identified as Nathaniel Jones "W. P.," referring to his home near White Plains. Nathaniel Jones served in the General Assembly: either he or his father was listed as a member of the lower house in 1780, and later the two were in the assembly at the same time, one as senator, the other as representative. Probably it was Nathaniel Jones, Sr., who held the high office of sheriff of Wake County in 1784 and 1785. In 1788 one of the two was a delegate to the state convention for fixing a permanent capital and "determining the proposed plan of Federal Government." When the city of Raleigh was chartered in 1792, Crabtree Jones became one of the original subscribers by purchasing town lot no. 201 for fifty-one pounds. According to a tax list of 1794 Nathaniel Jones was the owner of 1,017 acres and five slaves. He and his son Kimbrough were the two representatives for Wake County in the General Assembly of 1809. In 1813 Nathaniel was a member of a committee "to erect a more commodious dwelling for the Governor," and in 1817 and 1819 served as a state senator. When he died in 1828, Jones left "my Son Kimbrough Jones the land and Plantation where on I live containing three hundred acres more or less on Crabtree Creek adjoining Isaac Hunters Old Tavern Tract. Kimbrough Jones was a successful farmer and, like his father, was elected to several terms in the legislature. He participated in the constitutional revision of 1835. According to the United States Census of 1860 he had 250 acres under cultivation and owned sixty-one slaves. He was an old man at the time of the Civil War and wrote to his wife in 1865
Jun 04, 1973
Posted Date
Aug 31, 2023
Historical Record Date
Jun 04, 1973
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
