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.