John Gabriel Jones

John Gabriel Jones
Born(1752-06-06)June 6, 1752
DiedDecember 25, 1776(1776-12-25) (aged 24)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Pioneer, lawyer and politician

John Gabriel Jones (June 6, 1752 – December 25, 1776) was a colonial American pioneer and politician. An early settler of Kentucky, he and George Rogers Clark sought to petition Virginia to allow Kentucky to become a part of the Colony of Virginia at the outset of the American Revolution.

He was named in honor of his uncle, the noted Virginian lawyer Gabriel Jones.


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