Noble Jones

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Noble Wimberly (or Wymberley) Jones (1723 – January 9, 1805) was an American physician and statesman from Savannah, Georgia. He served as a Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress in 1781 and 1782.

Born in Lambeth, England (near London), he immigrated to North America with his parents, who settled in Savannah, Georgia in 1723. He studied medicine and practiced in Savannah from 1756 to 1774, and was a member of the colonial assembly in 1755, 1756, 1760-1762, 1764, 1768, 1769, 1771, and 1772, and served as speaker in 1768 and 1769. He was a member of the council of safety and the Provincial Congress in 1775, and a member of the State house of representatives in 1777 and 1778.

Noble was captured by the British when they captured Charleston, South Carolina in 1780 and held as a political prisoner in St. Augustine, Florida. When he was exchanged in 1781, his first available transportation took him to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since he was already there, and had served in Georgia's Committee of Safety during the early days of the Revolutionary War, Georgia named him as a delegate to the Congress. He returned to Savannah in 1782.

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In 1778, Jones moved to Charleston, South Carolina, and was captured at the fall of Charleston in 1780 and imprisoned at St. Augustine, Florida. Exchanged in 1781, he moved to Philadelphia and engaged in the practice of medicine. In 1781 and 1782, he was a Member of the Continental Congress, accredited to Georgia, and returned to Savannah in 1782 to resume his profession. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1783, and was president of State constitutional convention in 1795. He died in Savannah in 1805 and was interred in Bonaventure Cemetery.

Noble Wymberley Jones' son, George Jones, was a United States Senator from Georgia.