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according to the fighting phrase of the day - that - was
after a hard fight - fist & skull - biting gouging
&c I came off victorious. It was a long time before
Mr Jones got over his defeat. He was unfriendly to me
for several years - but ultimately became a [warm?]
friend; he was a member of a very numerous , & respectable
family, who did not sympathise with
him, in his hostility to me, although before the
occurrence, a portion of the family became displeased
with me, On account of naming the
town, at the seat of justice. James Jones was
a member of the County Court, his father Joshua
Jones was a venerable & respectable old gentleman
& County surveyor. The Jones family & their
friends, wanted the "County town" called Jonesboro.
A majority of the members of the Court
wanted some other name, & one of them asked
me, from the bench, to propose a name.
"Monticello" the name of Mr. Jefferson's County
occurred to me, & I proposed it. The vote being
taken, a majority voted for it & it was
called "Monticello." The family threw the
blame on me, & were sore about it, for a while
but ultimately became entirely friendly -
We had a second son, born the [blank space] day of October
1804 and called his name Algernon Sidney -
At the time of the ratification of the Treaty
for the purchase of Louisiana, I had the command
of a Company of Militia, & the President
having been authorized by Congress to call
into the services of the U.S. a number of
volunteers, not exceeding [blank space] thousand for the
purpose of taking possession of the Country, if
it was not surrendered pursuant to the treaty
called upon Kentucky to furnish her quota
5000. Pursuant to the call, the Governor, issued
his proclamation, & the requisite number
was raised without difficulty. I raised a full
Company in Wayne County; but no portion of
them were ever called for possession of the