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Daniel PONDER[1]
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Name Daniel PONDER Birth Bef 1755 Buncombe Co, NC
Gender Male _FSFTID L4HX-38B _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4HX-38B _UID B6B48139E58E46CCA43511FDD8D5322B9AF5 Death Abt 1804 Monroe County, Georgia
Person ID I13939 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 12 Dec 2022
Father Daniel PONDER, b. Abt 1720, MD
d. Aft 1788, SC
(Age ~ 69 years) Mother Jemima BENNETT, b. 1724, Sussex, Delaware, British Colonial America
d. Abt 1784, South Carolina
(Age 60 years) Marriage 23 Aug 1751 Delaware, Delaware, Iowa
[2] Family ID F7237 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marriage Bef 1791 Family ID F7209 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - !Source: Dunston-Walker-Ponder Book by Bettina Higdon, p 179
This book notes "Daniel had brothers who went to GA," James, Amos,
John
NOTE: Could the John have been Abner Ponder? The later researchers
believe
Abner is from this family.
!Ponder notes, page 7, list family of Daniel Ponder and notes that
Daniel was a
large land owner in Monroe Co, GA where he and his brothers Silas
and Amos
lived all of their lives being founder of that County. Their father
came to
Oglethorpe Co, GA and then to Jasper and the sons came on to Monroe,
Co.
!Family group sheet from Sue Bitterman of 1383N 820 East, Provo, UT,
94604
notes the following: Source: "The Old Buncombe Co, NC Heritage by
Violet M.
Cook: Daniel Ponder appeared in the 1800 Buncombe Co census and
purchased land
on Oct 15, 1801, and July 17, 1802. This land described as being on
the west
side of French Broad River between the mouth of Newfound and Sandy
Mush on
Jenkin's Branch was warrantged 11 Sept 1798 and 31 "Aug 1798
respectively, and
intjroduces the Buckner family to Old Buncombe County. No wife for
Daniel was
mentioned in these deeds. On 23 Feb 1817 the above land was sold to
Henry
Addington by Robert Halely, John, Robert, and Joseph Ponder. As
there is no
will to be found, it is supposed that Daniel died about 1817 and
left this land
to his heirs. Daniel's name does not appear in the 1820 census.
Dan.aiel's
wife is believed to have been Elizabeth Oxford as Daniel and
Elizabeth deeded
100 acres of land to Petger Galloway in 1813 whicxh was situated on
Bullock
Creek, Clark's Ford. Daniel's children were Robert; John J who
married Winnie
Holcomb, dazu of Mayu and Mary Stafford Holdomb; and Joseph who
married
Catherine Holcombe, sister of Winnie.
- !Source: Dunston-Walker-Ponder Book by Bettina Higdon, p 179
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Sources - [S818] John T. Palmer, Ph.D., John T. Palmer, Ph.D.
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Jemima BENNETT, person ID LCJD-X8Q. (Reliability: 3).
- [S818] John T. Palmer, Ph.D., John T. Palmer, Ph.D.
