Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-67

Jones County is bounded by beginning at the point where the Choctaw boundary line crosses the center of range fourteen, west; thence easterly on said Choctaw boundary line to the line between ranges nine and ten, west; thence south with said range line to the township line between townships five and six; thence west with said township line to the center of range fourteen, west; thence north with the section lines, in the center of said range, to the beginning. The county sites are Ellisville and Laurel.