 While serving as Clerk of Court , Jones was again elected to serve as a member of the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1757 until 1758 and Hampshire County from 1758 until 1761 . It was during this period that Jones formed a close relationship with George Washington , and the two regularly corresponded . Jones was elected to serve a final term in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County in 1771 . In 1774 , Jones was elected to represent Virginia in the Continental Congress but did not attend . When Jones 's Bogota estate became part of the newly minted Rockingham County following its creation from Augusta County in 1778 , Jones thus became a citizen of Rockingham and was summarily appointed as its Deputy Commonwealth 's Attorney . Jones was also commissioned to ascertain the " pay and subsistence " of the Virginia militia and damages caused by Cherokee and Catawba Native American tribes throughout the Virginia frontier . In addition , Jones was appointed , along with Samuel Washington and George Read , by the Continental Congress and Virginia to travel to Fort Pitt , Pennsylvania , to inquire about " the condition of affairs there " in 1777 . Following the death of Lord Fairfax in 1781 , Jones was one of the executors of Lord Fairfax 's will . 
