Fowler Jones was born in Granville County, North Carolina on September 22, 1758. In 1780 he joined the North Carolina Militia as a private in an cavalry regiment. In 1781 he reenlisted as a private in the Granville County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia and served on several expeditions within the vicinity of the Raft Swamp. By 1832 he was living in the Granville County Poor House, where he made applications for Revolutionary War pensions for himself and his fellow soldiers. He died sometime after August 1832.