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GEORGIANS 2995rank of assistant adjutant general of the Department of the West, with headquarters at St. Louis.As-soon as the state of his adoption seceded, he resigned his commission,and offered his services to Governor Brown and the Confederacy. "WhenBrigadier-GeiieraM3eauregard was assigned the task of defending Charleston,he called for D. R. Jones to be his adjutant and chief of staff, with the rankof major and A. A. G. He thus took part in the capture of Fort Sumter. Asection of the United States flag staff at Fort Sumter is owned by membersof General Jones' family, and there is a family tradition, believed to be true,that Gene'ral Jones himself pulled down the United. States flag. WhenGeneral Beauregard was transferred to Virginia to direct operations there indefense of Richmond, he was accompanied by Major Jones and the others ofhis staff. They arrived in Richmond on May 30th, and the next day GeneralBeauregard left for Manassas with two of his staff,* leaving the others,including Major Jones, in Richmond "to effect such arrangements as werenecessary.'' Soon after his arrival in Richmond, Major Jones was appointedbrigadier-general and assigned to command a brigade in line at -ManassasStation. He was active and prominent in all the operations of the Army ofNorthern Virginia, and in the spring of 1862 was> nominated by PresidentDavis to be a major-general, but the Senate refused to confirm the nomination until November, 1862, after he had been relieved from duty on accountof failing health. In the meantime he had been in active command of adivision, but soon after the battle of Sharpsburg retired from the service onaccount of ill health. He died January 15, 1863.LINTON STEPHENS. A leading lawyer, judge and public man of Hancock. County for many years, Lintoii Stephens was born in that part of WilkesCounty which is now Taliaferro, July 1, 1823. His parents died in 1826.In 1843 Judge Stephens graduated from the old Franklin College, studiedlaw in the University of Virginia and at Harvard and also attended thelectures of Judge Story in Washington. In 1846 he returned to Georgia andwas admitted to the bar, locating at Crawfordsville, in his native county.In 1849 the young lawyer was sent to represent his county in the GeneralAssembly; re-elected in 1850, and again in 1851. In 1852 he moved to Hancock County, and the next year was sent to the General Assembly. Heremained in that body until 1855 and then was an unsuccessful Congressionalcandidate. In 1859 he was appointed associate judge of the Supreme Courtof the state then but thirty-six years old, and but thirteen years at the bar.Afflicted all his life with delicate health, he was compelled to resign thisservice after thirteen months in office.In 1860 he was elected to the Secession Convention of Georgia, and) votedagainst the resolution. When his state went out, he went with it, thoughagainst his judgment. He immediately raised a company, joined the FifteenthRegiment of Georgia Volunteers, was elected lieutenant-colonel of that regiment, and served in Virginia until 1862, when his health compelled him toretire from the service. His people then sent him to the General Assemblyin 1862, and kept him there until the end of the war. When the state wasinvaded by the Federals, in 1863, he raised a battalion of cavalry, and againwent into active service until 1864.At the close of the war he took up the active practice of his profession,and followed it continuously until his death, July 14, 1872.PAYTON ELLIOT BELL, M. D. In no part of our country has the selfmademan been more in evidence or more influential in the development ofall the interests around him than in Southern Georgia. Worth County has,in all the stages of its history, been benefited by the presence among hercitizens of many such men, and none of this class among the professional