Calvin Jones (physician)

Calvin Jones
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina
In office December 8, 1817 – December 19, 1820
Preceded by	John L. Taylor
Succeeded by	John A. Cameron
3rd Adjutant General of North Carolina
In office 1808–1812
Appointed by	David Stone
Preceded by	Edward Pasteur
Succeeded by	Robert Williams
4th Intendant of Police of Raleigh, North Carolina
In office 1807–1809
Preceded by	William Hill
Succeeded by	John Marshall
Personal details
Born	(1775-04-02)April 2, 1775 Great Barrington, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died	September 20, 1846(1846-09-20) (aged 71) Bolivar, Tennessee
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	North Carolina Militia
Rank	Major-General
Commands	Seventh Militia Division
Wars	Quasi-War War of 1812

Calvin Jones (April 2, 1775 – September 20, 1846) was an American physician and politician who served as the Intendant of Police of Raleigh, North Carolina (present day Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina) from 1807 to 1809.^[1][2] Previously, he served in the North Carolina House of Commons as the representative for Johnston County from 1799 to 1802 and Wake County in 1807.^[3] During the War of 1812; he commanded the state's seventh militia division, having previously served as the adjutant general of North Carolina.^[1]

Jones also helped found the North Carolina Medical Society, served as a trustee of the University of North Carolina from 1802 to 1832 and the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina from 1817 to 1820.^[1] He claimed to know Andrew Jackson and the first lady "very well personally" in a letter he wrote to a cousin in 1828.^[4]