Remember Malinda Dover who married William Robert Jehu PONDER in Gordon Co., GA abt. 1848? She died in child birth and her father was a Baptist minister. As I understand the PONDER family so far, John Pierson Ponder who died in Randolph County, Alabama was born 1818 in Lincoln Co., NC, the son of Jehu John Ponder and Elizabeth Pierson b 1792 Lincoln Co., NC, she the daughter of John PIERSON & Mary COLLINS. John Pierson Ponder was a brother to William Robert Jehu Ponder b August 18, 1830 in Lincoln County, North Carolina who was first married to Malinda DOVER abt. 1848 in Gordon County, Georgia, she the daughter of a Baptist minister. Jehu John Ponder was the son of Jesse Ponder b 1760-1765 who was in York, SC and later in Habersham County, Georgia. Jesse Ponder had a brother Hezekiah Ponder and Daniel Ponder who both died in Buncombe County, NC. Jesse, Daniel and Hezekiah Ponder were the sons of Daniel PONDER from York Dist., SC with the references to Kings Creek and the Mr. DOVER reference in the history books. Now it turns out that John Pierson Ponder was married to one of the Antioch Church members in York. Don't know what this means yet, but guess which Dover's are close neighbors to these lines by 1850/60 Alabama? My John Dover in Randolph County and David Dover in Talladega County/Winston County.