I don't know if we're on the same page but, my line is Richard Wade Bond b.March 02, 1819, Hamilton Co. Ill. (parents:Maston and Tabitha Ward Bond,) married to Lydia J. Johnson b. March 07, 1821, Tenn. (parents: father and mother ?- b. N.C.) Sandra Brandt brandt@powerweb.net ---------- > From: Harleigh & Sandy Winkler <sew@goldrush.com> > To: BOND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Happy Holidays > Date: Sunday, December 13, 1998 12:16 AM > > > Whoops! Forgot to send the copy of what I had sent to Herbert Jones on my > BOND - JOHNSON connections. Here it is: > > Harleigh > > ============================================================ > > Hi Herb: > > I saw you post on Old Daniel indicating that he may have lead your BONDS to > MO in the early 1850's. Hope you might be able to shed some light on my > blank BOND wall! The following is all I have on my BONDS. They were in > Lincoln Co., MO in the 1840'/50's. > > My GG Grandfather, James Thomas JOHNSON m. 05/091844 Elizabeth BOND in > Lincoln Co., MO, by Charles Wheeler, JP; wits; Samuel HOWELL, Joseph C. > HUNTER and others. Elizabeth died in 1851-53 in Salem, Marion Co., OR > (possibly Linn Co.) shortly after they traveled across the plains with their > three children from MO to OR. Prior to her death Elizabeth asked James to > marry her 1st cousin, my GG Grandmother, Sally Ann "Sarah" EAST. So > following Elizabeth's death James returned to MO with his three children, > the oldest being six, via the Isthmus of Panama. He married Sally Ann > "Sarah" EAST on 11/17/1853 in Lincoln Co., MO, by James Bain, JP. James and > Sally traveled again by oxen driven wagon probably first to OR, where > Elizabeth had died and then to CA (or possibly directly to CA) in 1863 with > seven children (four of their own and James and Elizabeth's three). Their > journey to OR probably began in IL rather than MO, since their last son, > Garrett JOHNSON, before leaving was born in IL (probably Adams Co., IL). > > Elizabeth BOND'S parents were Zilla (Zella) WELTY and ??(Unknown) BOND. > Sally Ann "Sarah" EAST'S parents were Frances "Franny" WELTY, b. ab. 1804 in > Warren > Co, KY m. ca. 1822 probably in Simpson Co., KY to Heinrick Thomas "TOM" > EAST, b. > 11/17/1803 in Bethania, Stokes Co, NC. They are my GGG Grandparents. Zilla > (Zella) WELTY and Frances "Fanny" WETLY's parents were Abraham WELTY m. > 06/03/1802 Mary Frances ROLAND in Warren Co., KY, her cons by parents, > Joseph and Catherine ROLAND. > > The children of James Thomas JOHNSON and Elizabeth BOND are (5) that I am > aware of): > Mary Frances Johnson (twin - died in 1st year) > Elizabeth Johnson (twin - died in 1st year) > Martha Ann "Aunt Patsy" Johnson, b. 1846 in Lincoln Co, MO > Richard Moses "Dick" Johnson, b. 1847 in Lincoln Co, MO > James Bond "Jimmy" Johnson, b. 1850 in Lincoln Co, MO > > A Moses BOND m. 02/17/1850 Sophia PRICE in Lincoln Co., MO. Moses may be > Elizabeth's brother or possibly her father, if this was his second marriage > (just a guess). > There is an obvious connection between Elizabeth and Moses, as the middle > names of Richard Moses "Dick" JOHNSON and James Bond JOHNSON would > indicate. > >