Historical research suggests that the Jones family, buried in East Hanover Township’s Salem Evangelical Cemetery, may have roots tracing back to a slave named Daniel from President Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest estate.
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Historical research suggests that the Jones family, buried in East Hanover Township’s Salem Evangelical Cemetery, may have roots tracing back to a slave named Daniel from President Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest estate.