JOHN PAUL JONES 1747 1792 MILITARY COMMANDER JONES JOHN PAUL 1747 1792 REVOLUTIONARY WAR GLOBAL RELATIONS JOHN PAUL JONES WAS BORN JOHN PAUL IN KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE SCOTLAND IN 1747 AT ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD HE JOINED THE BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE AND MADE SEVERAL VOYAGES TO NORTH AMERICA PAUL EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA HE LATER ADDED JONES TO HIS NAME AT THE START OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR JONES JOINED THE AMERICAN NAVY AND WAS COMMISSIONED SENIOR LIEUTENANT IN 1778 JONES MADE A SUCCESSFUL CRUISE AS COMMANDER OF THE RANGER IN WATERS AROUND THE BRITISH ISLES WITH THE AID OF FRANCE JONES ORGANIZED A FLEET TO ATTACK THE BRITISH IN 1779 HE COMMANDED THE FLAGSHIP BONHOMME RICHARD BEFORE NARROWLY DEFEATING THE BRITISH SHIP SERAPIS IN 1779 HE SUPPOSEDLY SAID I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT IN 1787 JONES WAS AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL BY CONGRESS HE SERVED IN THE RUSSIAN NAVY FROM 1788 TO 1789 AND LIVED IN PARIS FROM 1790 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1792 HIS BODY LAY IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE UNTIL 1905 WHEN HIS REMAINS WERE DISCOVERED AND RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES JOHN PAUL JONES IS NOW BURIED AT THE U.S NAVAL ACADEMY IN ANNAPOLIS MARYLAND
