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The first court of Jones County was directed to be held at
the home of Thomas Webber at Trent Bridge, and to continue there until the
courthouse was built unless some other place was selected. In 1784 an act
was passed authorizing a town by the name of Trenton to be laid out where
the courthouse stood.1
Jones County was named in honor of Willie Jones
of Halifax who was one of the leaders of the Revolution, president of the
Council of Safety and an opponent of the adoption of the Constitution of
the United States. It was due chiefly to his influence that the Convention
of 1788 refused to ratify the Federal Constitution.1
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