Calvin Jones (April 2, 1775 – September 20, 1846) was a North Carolina physician and a part of the group of founders of the North Carolina Medical Society^[1]. He served 1802 to 1832 as a trustee of the University of North Carolina^[1]. Jones was also elected to the North Carolina House of Commons (1799 and 1802) and as the Mayor (then called Intendant of Police) of Raleigh, North Carolina^[1].

Jones served as adjutant general of the state militia during the period of the War of 1812^[1] and claimed to know Andrew Jackson and Jackson's wife "very well personally" in a letter he wrote to a cousin in 1828^[2].

In 1817 and 1819 he was Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina^[1].

[edit] Calvin Jones Historical House

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^[1] and became the first home of Wake Forest College^[3]. The main dwelling on the site, built circa 1820, is now a museum for the Wake Forest College Birthplace Society^[4].

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 museum is closed on Saturdays and Mondays. The Society also maintains historic archives about the college and town that are available to researchers by appointment.

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• Calvin Jones Historical House - Wake Forest College Birthplace Society

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