| Calvin Jones | |
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| Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| In office 1807–1809 |
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| Eleventh Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina | |
| In office 1817–1819 |
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| Preceded by | John Louis Taylor |
| Succeeded by | John Adams Cameron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 2, 1775 |
| Died | September 20, 1846 |
| Notes:[1][2] | |
Calvin Jones (April 2, 1775 – September 20, 1846) was a North Carolina physician and was among the group of founders of the North Carolina Medical Society.[2] He served from 1802 to 1832 as a trustee of the University of North Carolina.[2] Jones was also elected to the North Carolina House of Commons (from Johnston County in 1799 and 1802, and from Wake County in 1807)[3] and as the Mayor (then called Intendant of Police) of Raleigh, North Carolina[2] (1807–1809).[4]
Jones served as adjutant general of the state militia during the period of the War of 1812[2] and claimed to know Andrew Jackson and Jackson's wife "very well personally" in a letter he wrote to a cousin in 1828.[5]
In 1817 and 1819 he was Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina.[2]
A highway in the Wake Forest area, the N.C. 98 Bypass, was renamed in his honor in 2010.[6][7]
The 615-acre (2.49 km2) plantation he owned, Wake Forest (or Forest of Wake), was purchased by the North Carolina Baptist Convention in 1832[2] and became the first home of Wake Forest College.[8] The main dwelling on the site, built circa 1820, is now a museum for the Wake Forest College Birthplace Society.[9]
The museum is known as Calvin Jones Historical House, and features exhibits about the history of Wake Forest College and the town of Wake Forest, including the Wake Forest College Sports Hall of Fame. The Society also maintains historic archives about the college and town that are available to researchers by appointment.