Carney & Wehofer Family
 Genealogy Pages

Thomas PONDER

Thomas PONDER[1]

Male 1788 - Aft 1850  (63 years)

Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Thomas PONDER 
    Born 1787-1788  Elbert County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 20 
    _UID EB67752C59234202BD720B19D1DE98A8F529 
    Died Aft 1850  Mendenhall, Simpson Co, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Floyds Cem, Everett Comm, Simpson Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13950  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father Abner Jefferson PONDER,   b. 1755, Augusta, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1832, Bon Aqua Springs, Hickman Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Jane GREEN?,   b. Abt 1770,   d. Abt 1791, GA? Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years) 
    Married Bef 1785  Buffalo Gap, Augusta Co, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married 27 Jan 1807  Hickman County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • SOURCE CITATION:
      Title: FamilySearch on Internet
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F7213  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married Abt 1813  GA? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F7212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • !Thomas, Margaret, John W., and Mary A appear in the 1850 Census,
      Simpson
      Co, MS. Thomas, along with Reuben Ponder, left Georgia about 1806
      and next
      show up in the War of 1812 fighting at New Orleans. Following his
      discharge,
      he appears in Marion Co, MS, where he was a Justice of the Peace
      before
      coming to Simpson County with his family. He married Margaret
      Crawford in
      Marion Co, MS, following the death of his first wife Polly Graham
      whom he had
      married 27 Jan 1807 in TN (dau of John and Lennah Graham) After his
      marriage
      Thomas moved to Louisiana with his brother Reuben Ponder.

      Thomas appears as Household
      #208, living adjacent to his son, Abner J. Ponder, and near James,
      Abner,
      and Reuben Ponder. Abner and James were sons of Reuben.

      Thomas Ponder is identified as one of seven sons of Abner Ponder of
      Hickman
      Co, TN, in a letter by William Miles Ponder, written in 1904, and as
      a brother
      to John Reuben Ponder. William Miles Ponder also identifies Thomas'
      ancestor
      as being from Scotland and landing at or near the Cape Fear River,
      near
      Wilmington, NC prior to the Rev. War.

  • Sources 
    1. [S818] John T. Palmer, Ph.D., John T. Palmer, Ph.D.