 Jehu Jones

Jehu Jones Jr. (1786–1852) was a Lutheran minister who founded one of the first African-American Lutheran congregations in the United States, as well as actively involved in improving the social welfare of blacks.Jones was born enslaved in Charleston, South Carolina, and named after his father, Jehu Jones Sr., a tailor who bought his freedom (along with that of his wife, Jehu's mother, Abigail) in 1798, and eventually became a successful real estate investor and innkeeper in Charleston.