 Jones settled in Frederick County and on March 1 , 1747 , he acquired a tract of land along Opequon Creek near present @-@ day Kernstown , where he resided for several years . On August 8 , 1751 , Jones acquired from Christopher Francisco of Pennsylvania 244 acres ( 99 ha ; 0 @.@ 381 sq mi ) of land along the northern side of the South Fork Shenandoah River in Augusta County ( later Rockingham County ) near the present @-@ day unincorporated community of Port Republic . 
