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This is an article by Don M. Mahan published in the Journal of Arizona History in the autumn of 2019. It reviews the life experience from cradle to grave and elaborates his contributions to Arizona and southwestern history as a successful businessman…

The John W. Jones’ house museum in Elmira, New York is an interactive museum to record and honour the contribution of the former slave, John W. Jones who is an activist int the Underground Railroad during 1850s and became the sexton of Woodlawn…

This small commemorative marker made of granite and bronze is located within Woodlawn National Cemetery, the location where John W. Jones was the caretaker in charge of burying the Confederate dead of Elmira Military Prison, located nearby. It was…

Exterior shot of the back of the John W Jones house taken in 2008

Exterior shot of the John W Jones house taken in 2008

John W. Jones was born into slavery in Virginia, and escaped to live in Elmira, New York, where he was active in the Underground Railroad.