I am searching for the parents of Mary BONNER. She was born 31 Aug 1778 in Maryland. Unfortunately, that is all I know about her family. She married John Byrkit in 1801, whereupon they moved to Miami County, Ohio. Thank you, Mike Bates

The below message which I forwarded to the list was from someone who does not subscribe to the Bonner list. A reply should be sent directly to Chris. Marilyn Symonds, list administrator -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Genealogy Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:34:19 -0600 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] My name is Chris Bonner Smith. My father is Bernard Bonner and his father was George Bonner, all of Columbus Ohio. Does anyone have any information on this family?

My uncle's name, born around 1908, was also Bernard Bonner. His parents were Owen and Ellen Bonner from New Jersey. We are just starting research. We keep hearing that we are from Donegal. I wonder if there is a link between the Bernard Bonners? Good Luck. Kathleen McGrath Kraus

Am not aware of these family members in Ohio. Names are common also to our family, however.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Genealogy Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:34:19 -0600 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] My name is Chris Bonner Smith. My father is Bernard Bonner and his father was George Bonner, all of Columbus Ohio. Does anyone have any information on this family?

>From the Liberty County Texas Delayed Birth Certificates: Odom Pickett Bonner, male born 17 October 1889 in Liberty County, Texas; Father: Robert King Bonner born Phillips County, Arkansas, age 31; Mother: Virginia Pickett, born Liberty, Texas, age 32. Marilyn Symonds

>From Vol. 13, Founders of Manakin at 129: Mary Boisseau, daughter of Rev. James Boisseau, married J. Bonner and had a son, Hamilton Bonner, born in Prince George County, VA. Hamilton Bonner married Lucy Green, daughter of William Green, Esq. of Warren County, N. C. Hamilton Bonner moved to Hancock County, GA, and had a large family. Marilyn Symonds

>From : Gertrude R. B. Richards, compiler, _Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778_, National Society Colonial Dames of America in Virginia. At 12: Betty, daughter of John Bonner and wife Sarah, born March 12, christened 1748/9 godparents Thos. Bonner, Susanna Bonner, Phoebe Raines At 37: Nathanael, son of Wm Rains and wife Angelica, born Mar 21, christened 3 May 1748; godparents Charles Williamson, Thomas Bonner, Amy Raines At 59: Benjamin, son of John Bonner and wife Sarah, born 11 November 1758, christened 21 January 1759; godparents Peter Green, Wm Mitchell, Mary Farrington At 96: Thomas, son of John Bonner and wif esarah, born 19 Jan; christened 2 April 1769; godparents Thomas Love, Michael Malone, Mary Malone

With kind permission of Harold Davey, <[email protected]>, here is a copy of his message re Sarah Peyton: >>According to "The Peytons of Virginia", Sarah Peyton m. abt 1742 (1)Capt. Henry Snoad, who the book stated d. 1752, Beaufort Co, NC. However, subsequent to the 1976 publication of the book, other information has been submitted indicating that Cap. Snoad may have d. before 1752 (there is mention of a probate in Beaufort of Snoad, but the dates are unclear) and Sarah m. (2) Col. Thomas Bonner (bef 1720-1787), presumably before the birth of their son, Benjamin Bonner. Sarah's father was Benjamin Peyton which would account for her naming one of her three children by Snoad, Benjamin Snoad, as well as her son by Thomas Bonner, Benjamin Bonner. Benjamin Peyton was b. abt 1705, possibly in NC, & d. in Beaufort, 1748. He was the son of Robert Peyton, b. abt 1689, Gloucester, VA. He was the son of Maj. Robert Peyton of GloucesterCo, VA who was b. 1641 in Rougham, Co. Norfolk, England. Descendants of Sarah Peyton Bonner would be eligible for membership in the Peyton Society of Virginia.<< Please note a reply from Robert and Hazel Bonner, "We do not believe that Thomas and Sarah Peyton Bonner are the parents of our Benjamin Bonner of Amelia County, VA and Granville District, NC. We are still searching." Marilyn Symonds

Our previous e-mail included the Descendant Chart for Benjamin Bonner of Amelia County, VA with related questions. This is a follow-up to that e-mail that includes findings on what we have gathered on the Beaufort County, NC Benjamin Bonner. Robert and Hazel Bonner [email protected] Descendants of Benjamin Bonner Generation No. 1 1. BENJAMIN3 BONNER (THOMAS JR.2, THOMAS (SHERIFF)1) was born Abt. 1752 in Beaufort County, NC, and died Bef. 1784 in NC. He married MARY JENNETT. She was born February 10, 1760 in NC, Of Hyde County, NC. Notes for MARY JENNETT: Source "Hyde Remembers" - book on Hyde County, NC, Info taken from Caleb Spencer Bible. After Benjamin died, Mary married Michael Peters June 10, 1785 in Mattamuskeet, Hyde County, NC. Children of BENJAMIN BONNER and MARY JENNETT are: 2. i. JOHN JENNETT4 BONNER, b. October 25, 1779; d. January 03, 1827, Raleigh, NC. 3. ii. MAHETABEL (ESTHER) BONNER, b. September 07, 1781. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN JENNETT4 BONNER (BENJAMIN3, THOMAS JR.2, THOMAS (SHERIFF)1) was born October 25, 1779, and died January 03, 1827 in Raleigh, NC. He married SUZANAH SPENCER. Child of JOHN BONNER and SUZANAH SPENCER is: 4. i. ROBERT J.5 BONNER. 3. MAHETABEL (ESTHER)4 BONNER (BENJAMIN3, THOMAS JR.2, THOMAS (SHERIFF)1) was born September 07, 1781. She married BENJAMIN FULFORD. Child of MAHETABEL BONNER and BENJAMIN FULFORD is: i. BENJAMIN BONNER5 FULFORD. Generation No. 3 4. ROBERT J.5 BONNER (JOHN JENNETT4, BENJAMIN3, THOMAS JR.2, THOMAS (SHERIFF)1) He married MOSELLE P. SPENCER May 05, 1835. Children of ROBERT BONNER and MOSELLE SPENCER are: i. CALEB ALEXANDER SPENCER6 BONNER, b. March 26, 1836; d. October 26, 1836. ii. MARY FRANCES BONNER, b. September 22, 1838. iii. VIRGINIA C. S. A. BONNER, b. February 19, 1851.

Dear Marilyn and List Members, Below is our descendant chart for our Benjamin Bonner. Benjamin and Frances may have been born and married in Amelia County, VA. Do you know of any connection to your Thomas Bonner of Amelia County, VA? Can anyone help us with the parents of our Benjamin Bonner? Some think that Benjamin's parents are Thomas and Sarah Peyton Bonner of Beaufort County, NC. We will send a follow-up e-mail of what we have gathered regarding that Benjamin. Thanks for any help that anyone can give us! Robert and Hazel Bonner Springfield, VA [email protected] Descendants of Benjamin Bonner Generation No. 1 1. BENJAMIN1 BONNER was born February 04, 1749/50 in Montgomery County, VA, or Amelia County, VA, or Granville County, NC, and died Abt. September 19, 1814 in Spartanburg Dist. SC, Buried Old Bonner Family Cemetery near Gaffney, SC (Will written July 29, 1814, Probated Dec. 10, 1814). He married FRANCES BONNER (2ND COUSIN) February 25, 1770 in Amelia, Ameila County, VA or Granville Dist., NC. She was born March 04, 1754 in Amelia County, VA (Another Source Granville County, NC), and died 1820 in Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried Old Bonner Family Cemetery near Gaffney, SC (Another Source Jan. 1, 1827 and July 8, 1837). Notes for BENJAMIN BONNER: WILL OF BENJAMIN BONNER Book A, Pages 55 & 56 Spartanburg Distirct, South Carolina I Benjamin Bonner of the State and District aforesaid planter being in a low and weak state of health though sound in mind, memory, and understanding do make this my last will and Testament (revoking all other wills and instruments by me made) in manner and form following -- First, I will and desire that I may be decently buried in a suitable place. Secondly, I will to my beloved wife Frances Bonner my negro man Dick, a mare, saddle and bridle, one cow and calf, first choice, feather bed and furniture, six hogs, one ewe and lamb and her dwelling with her son Briant her life time if she so chooses to live with him and to have such a part of this crop this winter as well as her stock. Thirdly, to my son Dempsey Bonner, I will my wagon and hindgeers, one brown horse and one cow and calf -- Forthly to my daughter Delitha Merriman I will a piece of land lying on the right hand of the path leading from Nathan Byars to the furnace, one young horse matchless and one cow and calf, on! e feather bed, the land bounded by Nathan Byars, Silas Yarboro and Wilson Nesbitt supposed to be one hundred acres more or less. Fifthly, to my son Briant Bonner I will my lands and plantation where I now live, he is to take care of his Mother as long as she pleases to live with him and at her death or departure he is clear, one sorrell mare white main and tail, one cow and calf, and at the death of his Mother, if she continues until then with him he must keep what property she may have -- all the balance of the cattle, sheep, hogs and other property remaining to be equally divided amongst my three children except so much household and Kitchen furniture as will be necessary for my wife and this I do declare to be my last will and testament as witness my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of July one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Signed in the presence of Thomas Witaker, Silas Yarbrough, James Matthews. His mark and seal Benjamin (X) Bonner Children of BENJAMIN BONNER and FRANCES (COUSIN) are: 2. i. DEMPSEY SR.2 BONNER, b. February 04, 1771, Granville District, NC or Ninety Six Dist., SC; d. August 20, 1823, Spartanburg Dist., SC or Tuscaloosa, AL. ii. DELITHA BONNER, b. June 16, 1773, Spartanburg Dist., SC(Another Source Oct. 16, 1770, Granville, NC); d. TN (In Warren County, TN by 1813); m. JAMES NICHOLAS MERRIMAN, July 18, 1789, Granville County, NC (Lethe Bonner & Nicholas Merriman); b. Abt. 1769. 3. iii. BRYANT SR. BONNER, b. October 14, 1774, Rutherford County, NC or Ninety-Six Dist., SC (Tombstone indicates birth Feb. 4, 1774); d. October 20, 1834, Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried Old Bonner Family Cemetery near Gaffney, SC. Generation No. 2 2. DEMPSEY SR.2 BONNER (BENJAMIN1) was born February 04, 1771 in Granville District, NC or Ninety Six Dist., SC, and died August 20, 1823 in Spartanburg Dist., SC or Tuscaloosa, AL. He married (1) ELIZABETH (BETSY) ROANE/ROWAN Abt. 1787 in Ninety Six Dist., SC/Spartanburg Dist., SC. She was born Abt. 1771 in Ninety Six Dist., SC, and died Abt. 1790 in Spartanburg Dist., SC. He married (2) NANCY KNIGHT June 03, 1791 in Spartanburg, SC (Another source 1795). She was born April 10, 1773 in Granville District, NC, and died November 30, 1821 in Spartanburg Dist., SC. Notes for ELIZABETH (BETSY) ROANE/ROWAN: We are not sure whether Elizabeth Roane/Rowan or Nancy Knight was the mother of Benjamin Bonner. Elizabeth Roane/Rowan may also have been the mother of Winnifred Ann. Birth date of Benjamin and the marriages of Dempsey have not been firmly established. Children of DEMPSEY BONNER and ELIZABETH ROANE/ROWAN are: i. BRYANT3 BONNER, b. August 31, 1788, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. October 15, 1836, Lafayette County, Mississippi, Buried Bonner Family Cemetery, Lafayette, MS; m. ELIZABETH ROWIN, October 14, 1814, SC or Jackson County, GA; b. September 01, 1801, Georgia or LaFayette, MS; d. September 06, 1883, Lafayette County, Mississippi, Buried Bonner Family Cemetery, Lafayette, MS. ii. BENJAMIN BONNER, b. Abt. 1790, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. December 07, 1854, Frisco City, Monroe County, Alabama, Buried Hixon Cemetery, Fountain, Monroe County, AL?; m. RACHEL ROBINSON BLACK, May 27, 1816, Jackson County, Georgia; b. 1796, Georgia near South Carolina state line; d. April 03, 1856, Frisco City, Monroe County, Alabama. Notes for BENJAMIN BONNER: LAST WILL OF BENJAMIN BONNER - Filed Jany 1/55 (1855) Polly Ann Von Dr (daughter) to B. Bonner Household Furniture $45.00 for stock $30.00 1 Horse & Saddle $40.00 $115.00 Loaned Money 50.00 $165.00 Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner Linney M. McKinley Dr to B. Bonner Household furniture $45.00 for Stock $30.00 1 Horse & Saddle $40.00 Loaned Money $22.00 $137.00 Attest Jesse Morris J. H. Hetherington B. Bonner Nancy Matilda Morris Dr to B. Bonner Household Furniture $45. Stock $30.00 1 Horse & Saddle $34 Loaned Money $50.00 $159.00 I want Nancy Matilda Morris to get equal share with the rest of my ears (heirs) my will is to leave it to her and the ears (heirs) of her body thats my last will and testament. Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner Winney Martheny Bivin Dr to B. Bonner Household furniture $37.00 Stock $30.00 1 Saddle $12.00 $79.00 Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner Rachel Ellender ? Bivin Dr to B. Bonner Household furniture $37.00 for stock $25.00 1 saddle $10 Loaned money $20 $92.00 Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner Robert J. N. Bonner and Dempsey A. Bonner has got a full share with the rest of the ears (heirs) excepting Dempsey A. Bonner wants twenty four Dollars from the Estate of Benjamin Bonner and then he is an equal ear (heir). Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner I make a deed of gift to my Daughter Isabel P. Bonner of a negro girl by the name of Adeline and then have an equal share with the rest of the Ears (heirs) if she dies without ears (heirs) of her body it goes back to the rest of my ears (heirs). Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner Mrs Rachel R. Bonner - I leave her a boy by the name of Neason? and one mare by the name of Lot? then whatever stock she wants that is my last will and testament. Attest J. H. Hetherington Jesse Morris B. Bonner The State of Alabama Monroe County Before me C. H. Foster Judge of Probate of said County this day came John H. Hetherington (whose name is subscribed to each one of the foregoing eight pages) who being duly sworn stated that Benjamin Bonner signed each one of said pages as and for his last will and testament in the presence of this official? and in the presence of Jesse the other witness some time during the year 1853 that they subscribed their names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other and that said testator at the time of Executing said will was of sound & disposing mind and memory. Sworn to & Subscribed the 1st Jany 1855 C. H. Foster Judge J. H. Hetherington. Children of DEMPSEY BONNER and NANCY KNIGHT are: iii. WINNIFRED ANN3 BONNER, b. Abt. 1792, Spartanburg Dist., SC (Another Source 1787); d. Abt. 1861, AL; m. FREDERICK CONAWAY; b. Abt. 1775, NC; d. 1836, Lincoln County, TN. iv. LINNIE BONNER, b. Abt. 1795, Spartanburg Dist., SC. v. DEMPSEY JR. BONNER, b. September 17, 1797, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. February 20, 1859, Austin, Travis County, TX, Buried Old Boggy Cemetery, eight miles south of Austin, TX (Cemetery is now part of Masonic Cemetery); m. NANCY SALLY HARRIET DESDEMONIA FOSTER, July 14, 1822, Spartanburg Dist., SC; b. June 07, 1807, Greenville, Pendleton District, SC; d. August 10, 1847, Houston, Green or Chickasaw County, MS (Died in Child Birth). 3. BRYANT SR.2 BONNER (BENJAMIN1) was born October 14, 1774 in Rutherford County, NC or Ninety-Six Dist., SC (Tombstone indicates birth Feb. 4, 1774), and died October 20, 1834 in Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried Old Bonner Family Cemetery near Gaffney, SC. He married ANNA HARRIS/HARRISON June 20, 1796 in Ninety Six Dist., SC, daughter of THOMAS HARRISON and JEMIMAH BAYLISS. She was born May 24, 1777 in Rutherford County, NC or Ninety-Six Dist., SC, and died July 23, 1850 in Spartanburg Dist. SC, Buried Old Bonner Family Cemetery near Gaffney, SC. Children of BRYANT BONNER and ANNA HARRIS/HARRISON are: i. NANCY ANN3 BONNER, b. April 06, 1798, Grassy Pond, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. 1865, Forest City, NC, Buried Baptist Church Cemetery at Forest City, NC; m. WILLIAM M. MARTIN, Abt. 1820, Spartanburg Dist., SC; b. 1802, Rutherford, Rutherford County, NC (Another Source 1793); d. SC, Buried New Pleasant Baptist Church near Cowpens, SC;. ii. SARAH BONNER, b. February 10, 1800, Spartanburg Dist., SC (Another source Aug. 13, 1795; d. September 24, 1843, Cherokee County, SC, Buried Grassy Pond Baptist Church Cemetery, Headstone extant; m. OBEDIAH SARRATT, Abt. 1820, Spartanburg Dist., SC; b. February 18, 1801, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. June 28, 1880, York County, SC, Buried Buffalo Baptist Cemetery, Cherokee County, SC, Headstone extant. iii. CHARLOTTE BONNER, b. March 29, 1802, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. December 29, 1852, Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried New Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery; m. JEREMIAH MARTIN, Abt. 1820, Spartanburg Dist., SC; b. 1781, Spartanburg Dist. SC; d. 1857. iv. ROBERT ANDREW SR. BONNER, b. October 18, 1808, Grassy Pond, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. October 29, 1862, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC, Buried Old Bonner Cemetery Near Gaffney, SC; m. MARIAH LOUISA CAMP, May 04, 1830, Spartanburg Dist., SC (N.C.Spectator: Capt. Andrew of Rutherford County, to Miss Louisa Camp, July 27, 1831); b. October 16, 1811, Ninety Six Dist., SC; d. October 20, 1888, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC, Buried Old Bonner Cemetery Near Gaffney, SC. v. ANN BONNER, b. April 25, 1811, SC, Near Gowdysville, Union County, SC; m. THOMAS H. ARMSTRONG; b. 1807, Spartanburg Dist., SC. vi. LUCINDA BONNER, b. September 23, 1813, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. November 12, 1838, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC, Buried Old Bonner Cemetery Near Gaffney, SC; m. THOMPSOM ROBBS, January 09, 1832, Spartanburg, SC; b. July 19, 1805, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC; d. April 11, 1872, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC, Buried Old Bonner Cemetery Near Gaffney, SC. vii. BRYANT REV. JR. BONNER, b. February 04, 1817, Grassy Pond, Spartanburg Dist., SC (Now Cherokee County); d. April 07, 1879, Grassy Pond, Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried Grassy Pond Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokke County, SC near Gaffney, SC; m. HANNAH MIDDLETON FOSTER, April 07, 1836, Grassy Pond, Spartanburg Dist., SC; b. March 24, 1818, Pacolet River, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. January 15, 1892, Cowpens, Spartanburg Dist., SC, Buried Grassy Pond Cemetery. viii. ANNA LOUISE BONNER, b. February 13, 1820, Spartanburg Dist., SC; d. February 13, 1908; m. (1) JOHN LINDER; m. (2) ?HOLLMAN.

Thanks Mike for the correction. Marilyn [email protected] wrote: > > For anyone looking, there is an error in this transcription: > > Dr. Ernest Bonner married his cousin Eliza BONNER not Bower. > > Mike > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

For anyone looking, there is an error in this transcription: Dr. Ernest Bonner married his cousin Eliza BONNER not Bower. Mike

>From Marriage Book A (1851-1857) at 5: 29 May 1856, Samuel Mills and Martha A. Bonner by LCM Chamodat, Catholic Min. >From Marriage Book 1 (1857-1873) At 5: 22 March 1870, T. O. Bonner and Betty McGilvary, by T. J. Bonner, Minister At 8: 23 February 1864, W. A. Campbell and Euphemia A. Bonner by S. C. Littlepage At 10: 23 July 1871, E. A. Cary and E. L. Bonner, by M. B. Ross, J. P., Beat #3 At 14: 5 February 1873, John J. Dunbar and Margaret P. Bonner, by J. S. Graves, Minister At 18: 7 March 1860, William A. Huckaby and Miss Kezia Bonner, by E. L. Cralle, Clerk At 26: 22 September 1868, W. H. McCrory and Miss A. W. Bonner, by T. J. Bonner, Minister At 40: 3 December 1867, T. A. Thomas and Lucretia A. A. Bonner by J. T. Seely, Minister Marriage Book 2 (27 April 1873-28 September 1880) At 10: 7 December 1875 (license issued), 8 December 1875 (marriage), I. H. Bonner and R. J. Robinson At 19: 1 March 1878, 3 March 1878, William E. Bonner and E. B. Sepeons Marriage Book 3 (29 September 1880 - 12 January 1887) At 3: 29 June 1881, 29 June 1881, B. H. Gardner and Carrie Bonner At 4: 5 October 1881, 6 October 1881, John L. Bonner and Elizabeth B. Robinson At 5: 7 January 1882, 9 January 1882, T. H. Robinson and M. C. Bonner At 10: 19 December 1883, 20 December 1883, O. Y. Bonner and Sallie H. Robinson Marriage Book 4 (18 January 1887 - 10 January 1893) At 4: 8 December 1887, 9 December 1887, J. A. Bonner and Mattie Barnett At 15: 13 April 1891, 24 April 1891, Walter B. Bonner and Ella Steele At 21: 26 December 1892, 27 December 1892, William E. Richards and Mary E. Bonner Marriage Book 5 (13 January 1893 - 31 July 1898) At 5: 31 March 1894, 31 March 1894, John A. (Jack) Bonner and Mary E. Welch At 15: 29 October 1896, 4 October 1895, W. Pierce Bonner and Addie Sims [issue date and/or marriage date error!] At 20: 22 December 1897, 23 December 1897, J. C. Thornton and Mary I. Bonner Marriage Book 6 (1898-1903) At 11: 28 June 1901, 30 June 1901, J. E. Bonner and Joe Ann Hornbark >From _Freestone County Texas Marriage Books_, Betty Moses Morrow, compiler. Marilyn Symonds

Found in _Navarro County Texas Marriages 1889-1899, Vol II_ compiled by Verna Bonner et al. At 105, T. E. Bloxom and Mary Ella Bonner, 28 Nov 1888, Marriage Book 6 at 20 At 108, Charlie Washington, free man of color, and Elvira Bonner, free woman of color, 9 June 1889, MB 6 at 108 At 134, J. G. Bonner and M. L. DuBose, 1 December 1892, MB 7 at 313 At 142, Geo. W. Hartzell, fmc, and Jennie Bonner, fwc, 21 October 1893, MB 8 at 516 At 146, T. C. Bonner and Allie B. Clary, 17 January 1894, MB 8 at 10 At 154, W. M. Bonner, fmc, and Susie Beckom/Becom, 27 December 1894, MB 8 at 216 (no "fwc" after wife's name) At 156, G. D. Burton and Elen/Allen Bonner, 3 February 1895, MB 8 at 263 S. M. Moseley and Nettie Bonner, 3 February 1895, MB 8 at 263 At 185, Robert Johnson and Minnie Bonner, 6 December 1897, MB 10 at 35 At 192, A. L. Bonner and Emma Brannon, 11 September 1898, MB 11 at 106 At 194, Dr. Ernest Bonner and Eliza Bower, 1 December 1898, MB 11 at 175 At 201, J. B. Walker and J. E. Bonner, 2 August 1899, MB 11 at 338 Marilyn Symonds

To Mike and others who may be interested in these families: I have several marriages (and then some!) in these two counties to post tomorrow. I hope the information will be helpful to some of you. As far as I know, I do not have a connection to the Texas families, which is to say that the information in these posts is all that I have at the present time. But I will continue to look! Marilyn Symonds

Recently posted passports to the list prompted a question about the nature and need for these passports issued by the state of Georgia. Here is a brief summary of the explanation from the preface to the book by Dorothy Williams Potter, _Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770-1823_. Indian affairs were under Federal jurisdiction through the appointment of Indian agents. Governors and other officials experienced no little irritation with the authority exercised by the national government. Various officers representing states, the Spanish government, traders, and sometimes prominent citizens began to issue passports on their own authority. Passports were one means of exercising control over the persons allowed to enter the lands of the Creek country. Many passports were issued in Georgia to those who wanted to go to the Mississippi River area "to view the country" intending to settle or trade there. By 1824 the Spanish had left the continent and the Indians had moved westward, and the need for passports had ceased. Marilyn Symonds

Marriages: At 37: James Bonner and Harriet Powell, 1 January 1866. ("Freedmans License, October 1865 to April 1867" in a book with other records of non-marriage nature, at page 37.) At 44: Abraham Isaac Jacob Anderson (age 21)and Lucinda Bonner (age 20) 4 September 1872. (Marriage Book 2 at 31) At 83: John Bonner and Bettie Stanford, 22 Jan 1879 (M.B. 3 at 309) At 85: Ann J. Bonner and John Slator, 4 May 1879 (M.B. 3 at 343) At 96: H. H. Bonner and Miss M. F. Cheek, 9 Jan 1881 (M.B. 3 at 553) From: _Navarro County Texas Marriage Records 1847-1881, Volume I_, compiled by Weldon I. Hudson, c. 1985 Marilyn Symonds

I posted some information about John Clark Young last week. He was the son of Samuel Young and Elizabeth Bonner, class of 1836 University of Alabama, enrolled 1835 from Wilcox County, Alabama, born 29 October 1815, and died about 1895 in Corsicana, Texas. He was an attorney, came to Navarro County Texas in 1870's or 1880's. Married first __? (had one child) and married secondly Mary, by whom he had three children: 1. Mary Catherine, born 1854, married A. S. Presley; 2. Joseph Lee, born in 1864; 3. Emily Jane "Janie", born 1866, died 1950, married George Washington Young Jeffers as hiw second wife; 4. Augustus Powel, born 1868. >From _Old Northwest Texas, Volume I-B_, compiled by Nancy T. Samuels and Barbara R. Knox at 700. Fort Worth Genealogical Society. Marilyn Symonds

Hi... An interesting search, but I think you may want to contact a different Bonner! I am William R. Bonner. Your contact would probably be William J. Bonner [email protected] Best of luck in your search!!!! Bill Bonner In a message dated 5/19/2001 6:46:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj: Re: [BONNER] BONNER Surname > Date: 5/19/2001 6:46:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Circle8) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > > Hi William, > > Regarding the attached message I was wondering if you have a copy of the > book mentioned. The only copies I know about are located on the east coast. > I am in the northwest. The Library of Congress will provide a copy for > about $ 300 plus. A little too steep since I do not know if my Bonner/Bonar > family is even mentioned by the author. If you have seen the book I am > curious about the information contained within. I have been told the book > is only a record of the history of the Bonner (and the variations) name. I > do not believe that someone would write a book and not include some > historical facts about the families mentioned. > > I have been trying to locate any information on the following. > My GGF Patrick Bonner (birth name was probably Bonar) was born in Donegal > (10-1860). This information is from the 1890 Idaho census. He married my > GGM in 1889 in Eva, Idaho (confirmed). His whereabouts from 1889 are known > by the birth of his children until his reported death in 1906 in Nevada. > His parents were possibly William and Catherine of Donegal and sister of > Anne Bonar who married James McKelvey and was with James in Penn. in 1873 > where her first daughter Hannah was possibly born. The dates of immigration > are unknown. If this information matches anything you have please let me > know. > > Thank you, > > Patrick Bonner > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Bonner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:29 > Subject: [BONNER] BONNER Surname > > > > > I hope that you will also consider the branch that spelled their name > > BONAR. I was rather surprised about ten years ago when I was able to > > track some of our family to an illiterate Civil War Veteran (and a > > deserter, or at least an AWOL, to boot) James Bonar, who returned to his > > place of enlistment in Illinois only to find that his mother (Emma or > > Annie Hicks Bonar) and his step-father, half brother William Bonar had > > moved west to Iowa. He followed, or at least went west too, marrying > > Elizabeth "Lib" Kehler in Nebraska in September, 1872. Spelling was not > > a big priority, as the marriage certificate has at least two spellings > > of the names Bonar, Bonner, Kalor, and Kehler, as well as Lib's sister, > > Charlott(e) Kehler Covalt. Then the Bonar family moved on west, > > following the mining industry. In 1880, they were on Mosquito Mountain, > > near Leadville, CO. By 1885, Lib and James had split, with Lib having > > only Harvey, Joseph and Hattie. My grandfather, Lew Bonner took off for > > the southwest US, working on railroads before homesteading in Oklahoma > > in the Cheyenne-Arapaho run west of Kingfisher. > > > > We pretty well lost the trail of James Bonar, but he showed up in the > > Military Home in Malibu Twp. Los Angeles, California, in the 1920 > > census. I sent for his military records and found that he was the same > > one I'd been searching for. He died in 1929 and is buried in the > > National Cemetery > > > > I'll be glad to share some of the details with any of you if this seems > > to fit in. Most of this line (at least back to the immigrant William > > Bonar) is described quite well in Dorothy Elizabeth Rine Brown's 1960's > > book on Boners, Bonars, Bohner, Bonners, etc. It is out of print, but I > > can do searches occasionally. > > > > William J. Bonner >