Patty, I can't help you with a connection, but I will give you some more Bond names from in and around NC, just in case. Easom Bond b. 1780, d. 1847 married to Mary Holliday Rousey b. 1785, d. 1853; children included: Willis Dock, James, John R., Joseph M., Pleasant, Mary, Samuel, Nathan, Russell and Elizabeth. Willis Dock Bond b. 1819, d. 1898 married Hannah Mary Phillisp b. 1822, d. 1907; children included: Willis Easom, Emma, Hulda, Malinda, Martha, Mary, Nancy, Rhoda, Vastine, Wiley, Lettie, Lucinda and Willis. Willis Easom Bond b. 1842, d. 1916 married Mary Cromer b. ?, d.?; children included: Sarah E.; Also, my surname is LIEUPO (sometimes entered in the NC Census as LUPO) and many of my relatives came from Robeson County, Lumber City (now Lumbeton) NC. It looks like my LIEUPO and BOND relatives migrated from NC through SC to GA. Later, many of them settled in Cook County, GA. Relatives have told stories for years that one of my Great or Great Grandfathers was married to a Cherokee Indian, but I have no evidence of this. Please let me know if any of this helps you make a connection. Thanks and good luck. Jim