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Kingd om of Callaway Founder in Legend’s Shade
A century of lore surrounds Jefferson F. Jones, the Benton City area leader whose 1859 brick residence and cupola overlooking Callaway County fueled the Kingdom of Callaway tale. Histories recount his Civil War troubles, treaty with Gen. Henderson, and legends of slave labor observers, while local recollections preserve the old house site, cemetery, and Jones family lore across decades.
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Attick
Audrain County
Jefftown
Kingdom of
Callaway
Miagouri
Benton City
Callaway County
Hugh P. Williamson
Fulton
Jefferson F. Jones
Col
Montgomery County
Kentucky
John Jameson
Henry Hayden
Mexico
Danville
St. Charles
St. Louis
Straughber
Schofield
Col. Jones
John B. Henderson
Judge Williamson
Brown’s Spring
Auxvasse Creek
McCredie
Kingdom City
Williamson
Jones
B. Hatton
Montgomery Line
Henderson
United States of America
United States
Kingdom of Callaway
Thomas J. C. Fagg
Pike County
Missouri Supreme Court
State Hospital For the
Walter Williams
Missouri
W. Ed. Jameson
Callawegian
Wellsville
Benton
John Rountree
Auxvasse
J.C. Rountree
Jack Hendrix
Rountree
John §. Miller
Columbia