 He was one of the commissioners appointed to investigate the disturbances in the Creek Nation; in 1827 he moved to Columbus, Georgia where he built his home El Dorado, later renamed St. Elmo.Jones was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1835.He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress, serving from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847.