John Letton Jones (January 20, 1749 – October 9, 1779) was a major in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

[5] One of his posthumous grandchildren was Charles Colcock Jones, son of John.

[3] Jones moved to coastal Georgia in the 1770s, purchasing a plantation in St. John's Parish.

[3] Jones was killed on October 9, 1779, in Savannah, Georgia, during the city's siege.

[2] He was reportedly cut in two by a cannon shot during the assault on Spring Hill Redoubt (in today's Yamacraw Village).