Still looking for info on these folks, John W Ponder b 1897 and Sallie May Ponder b 1898 children of John Ponder b May 1841 & Maggie May Johnson. Maybe death records on Sadie Johnson, sometime after 1910? Thanks, David --- LEE PONDER <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "LEE PONDER" <[email protected]> > To: "David Christopher" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Sallie Mae, John Ponder - Abbeville SC > Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 19:38:26 -0400 > > Hi David, > > Of course I remember you. In fact I have your John > W Ponder b 1897 and Sallie May Ponder b 1898 > children of John Ponder b May 1841 & Maggie May > Johnson. They were in the 1900 census Abbeville Co > SC and he was employed at a Cotton Mill. > > I would not ignore the information given you by your > aunt, but I have done a lot of checking in the > Cherokee records because of family traditions that > some Ponders had some indian ancestry. I never > found a case that was recognized by the Cherokees. > One case went so far as to submit affidavits > claiming a certain lineage from an Indian Chief and > it was rejected by the Cherokees. It could be > possible that a Ponder may have done work in the > Cherokee Nation but if so he or she should be listed > in census records. Being born in about 1897 and age > 13 in the 1910 census Abbeville Co SC I would look > at the 1930 census for them. Sallie Mae likely > married as she would be 21 in 1930 so likely married > in 1927 or so and should show up in marriage records > in Abbeville Co SC or surrounding counties. > > I am working on earlier census records so have not > gotten to the 1930 census, which has just recently > become available. By 1925-30 the marriage records > should be pretty complete and you should be able to > find Sallie that way. The latest info I have is > John W 13 with Sallie M 11 and Sadie Johnson, > Mother, age 64 were in the 1910 census in Abbeville > Co SC. This suggests that Sadie Johnson was > actually the grandmother rather than the Mother and > a search of death records in Abbeville area should > turn up where she is buried and a death certificate > would be available at that late date. > > I don't recall where you live, but if you are in > commuting distance of Cherokee you could visit the > Cherokee Library in Cherokee NC and find out if > there was any record. The last time I checked there > was about 1980 and I was looking for any Ponder, > Thames/Tims or Terrell. I found none. > > It doesn't seem that I am much help to you but at > this point this is all I have. I have not tried it, > but there may be a Cherokee Web Site. You might > pull up Google or another good search engine and > search for Cherokee Indian Records and several > combinations using the word Cherokee Indian and you > just might hit something that could be checked on > line. Let me know if you get any more clues and I > will record them to help as I list and sort Ponders. > > Lee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Christopher > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 6:35 PM > Subject: Sallie Mae, John Ponder - Abbeville SC > > > Lee? > > This is David Christopher, do you remember me? > Anyway's I spent a lot of time trying to research > my > grandmother(Sallie Mae Ponder) and her > brother(John > Ponder), who were in and around the Abbeville, SC > area. In talking to one of my aunts today, she > told me > that she believed that both Sallie Mae and her > brother > John were born at the Cherokee Reservation up in > NC, > and that John Ponder may have died there? > > Thanks, > David > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail