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Jones Creek is a village in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,020 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Jones Creek village, Texas )〕 It is the first location in Texas where Stephen F. Austin settled. ==History== The Father of Texas,〔(Full text of "Statues of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin erected in Statuary hall of the Capitol building at Washington. Proceedings in the House of Representatives on the occasion of the reception and acceptance of the statues from the state of Texas" ). Archive.org. Retrieved on October 17, 2011.〕 Stephen F. Austin,〔(Stephen Fuller Austin Marker ). Cets.sfasu.edu. Retrieved on October 17, 2011.〕 first settled in Jones Creek. His original grave resides in the Gulf Prairie Cemetery〔(GULF PRAIRIE, TX | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) ). Tshaonline.org. Retrieved on October 17, 2011.〕 located on Gulf Prairie Road〔texasgen.org, query "Gulf Prairie"〕 in Jones Creek. Emily Austin Perry〔(PERRY, EMILY MARGARET AUSTIN | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) ). Tshaonline.org. Retrieved on October 17, 2011.〕 (Stephen F. Austin's sister)〔(The State Historian of Texas: May 2009 ). Historianoftexas.blogspot.com (May 01, 2009). Retrieved on October 17, 2011.〕 and her second husband, James Franklin Perry〔 settled in Jones Creek too〔 at the now historic Peach Point Plantation.〔() 〕 Jones Creek is named for Randal Jones, a military leader of early lower Brazos Anglo colonists. Jones led the June 22, 1824,〔(Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) ). Tshaonline.org (October 17, 1935). Retrieved on October 17, 2011.〕 attack on a group of Karankawa Indians〔 on the banks of a certain small stream of water in the lower Brazos region. Afterwards this particular creek near the San Bernard River became associated with the name "Jones", and the event was noted in history as the Battle of Jones Creek.〔(JONES CREEK, BATTLE OF | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) ). Tshaonline.org. Retrieved on October 17, 2011.〕 Thereafter, the area around the creek became described as Jones Creek too. There are Recorded Historic Texas Landmarks〔http://www.texas-settlement.org/markers/brazoria/〕 in Jones Creek for each of the following: *Major Reuben R. Brown *Battle of Jones Creek *Major Guy M. Bryan *William Joel Bryan *Major James Peckham Caldwell *Ellerslie Plantation *Gulf Prairie *Henry William Munson *Peach Point *Little Old House at Peach Point *Emily Margaret Brown Austin Bryan Perry *James Franklin Perry 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jones Creek, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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