 He was imprisoned for the rest of the war with no desire by Richmond authorities to affect an exchange.After the war, Jones became an agricultural merchant, and by 1880 a commissioner of accounts (probate official) in Harrisonburg, Virginia, the county seat of Rockingham County.Although his only daughter, Mary, was raised by her maternal uncle John and his wife, the general continued to employ Malinda as his housekeeper, and often visited.