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Family/Spouse: Daniel PONDER. Daniel (son of John? PONDER) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

!Pat Saupe of Moore's Hill, Indiana, feels that Daniel and Jemina
Ponder
may be the parents of Abner Ponder. There is no documentation or
proof of
this relationship found to date . I am not certain where the names
of these
children came from. Oct 1988.

!The Ponder Family History, 21 typed pages, provided me by Mrs.
Catherine
Ponder of Houston, Oct 1988, noted Daniel Ponder to be in Buffalo
Gap, Augusta
Co, VA, in 1763, noted issue of Daniel as Silas, Amos, Daniel, John
Lewis,
James, Malinda, Mary Ann, and Jemima...also notes that their father
(Daniel)
came to Oglethorpe Co, GA, and then to Jasper. Was this the Daniel
in Abbeville
Co, SC in 1790?

!Buffalo gap, VA is near the Maryland line where "the original
Daniel was in
1750." From Ponder notes provided me by Catherine Ponder of TX.

!Notes from Catherine Ponder of Houston reads "In 17__ three
brothers came from
Scotland to America, settling in Virginia and then South Carolina.
They were
Daniel, James, and Abner Ponder. Abner settled in South Carollina
and had a
least two children: James and Amos Ponder." NOTE DANIEL MAY HAVE
BEEN BORN IN
SCOTLAND!!!

!Family tradition is that Daniel had brothers who went to Georgia:
James, Amos,
and John. (See page 179 of Dunston-Walker-Ponder)

!11/12/1988 Jerry Ponder of Fairdealing, MO, writes "Recently I
learned of a
family Bible of Daniel Ponder, thought by many to be Abner Ponder's
father,
dating back to Buffalo Gap, VA, now in the possession of William P.
Ponder,
Madison, GA. I have asked for copies of the data pages in the Bible
but
haven't heard back from him. Anyway, there are now know to be two
Bibles
in existance (Other one is that of Amos Ponder referred to in letter
of 1904 by
Willis Miles Ponder, g son of Abner) which may hold the key to many
questions
about Abner Ponder...As soon as I learn anything, I will get the
information
right ouit to all of the serious Ponder researchers."

!Newsstory appearing in the Hickman Co. Times, 13 Dec 1989, notes
that Daniel
and family moved to York Co, SC, about 1770 and during the Rev. War
Abner and
several of his brothers bought in the Battles of Kings mountains and
Cowpens.
Afterwards, they enlisted for six additional months as members of
the SC
Militia.

!(See file of Daniel Ponder for information relative to his service
in the Rev.
War. Daniel Ponder served in the Rev. War under Capt Andrew Byrd
1761 (Ref.
Public Library, Staunton, VA)

!Abstracts from the records of Augusta Co, VA show "Jemima Ponder
relinquished
dower in land conveyed by her husband Daniel Ponder to Joseph
Rutherford Nov
18, 1763, page 146, Order Book VIII.

!Source: "Ponder: History of Name, p 5: Daniel Pondewr, Juror, Order
Book XI, p
517!Daniel Ponder, Juror, Order Book XI p 517, Mar 1768, p 333. Vounty
Judgments, May 1765- Daniel Ponder vs Wm. Cabeen Acct 1759 for
wintering 9 pack
horses fgor his
his Majesty's service
per your order at 35 shillings per head #16,150. One of said horses
died in
February by eating wheat, discounted (before Francis Tyler) the
same, total
#16.0.0 Sworn to 18 Nov 1762 bef Francis Tyler. Additional
references to
Daniel Ponder and wife Jemima as late as 1768. No further record
has been
found on them since about that time.

!Letter to me from _____ notes that Jemima's husband Daniel Ponder
was likely
son of Richard Ponder d 1748 Queen Ann Co MD or John Ponder d 1719
Sussex Co,
Del. Richard and John were the sons of John Ponder Will 1703 Talbot
Co, MD and
Mary Shephard. Mary was the dau of Francis Shepherd, Will 1691
Talbott Co, MD.

!See file of John Ponder for a copy from the Microfiche which
includes the
wills of both Richard Ponder proved 1748 and will of John Ponder
made in 1719.
Both mention a son Daniel Ponder. Richard has sons John, James Wm,
Daniel,
Hanna, Anna, Rachel, Sarah and Ann Ponder. John has issue: John Jr,
James,
Daniel, and daughters Sarah, Margaret and ?Rosanna Ponder.

Daniel married Jemima BENNETT on 23 Aug 1751 in Delaware, Delaware, Iowa. Jemima (daughter of Stephen BENNETT and Margaret PONDER) was born in 1724 in Sussex, Delaware, British Colonial America; died about 1784 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Daniel married before 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

!The relationship of Abner Jefferson Ponder to Daniel Ponder has not been proven as of this date 19 aug 1991. This appears to be a good guess for a wide variety of reasons, some of which will be explained below.

!The first known record of Abner Jefferson Ponder, born 1755, seems to be about 1781 when he fought in the Rev. War, probably at King's Mountain and Cowpens in SC. There have been several theories as to who Abner's father was; many serious Ponder researchers, including myself, have concluded that Daniel Ponder and Jemima Bennett were his parents.
Others have speculated that he was born in Baden, Germany, and migrated to the USD before 1780. Spence and Spence in their book, "A History of Hickman County, Tennessee," published in 1900 state that Abner J.Ponder was born in Germany in 1755. This possibility is supported by two other facts. The first is a letter written by Abner J. Ponder's grandson, Col. Abner Jefferson Ponder, dated 27 Jan 1904 from Doniphan, MO, to a Mr. Joseph Brown in Delaware in which the grandson writes that his grandfather was of (Dutch) German descent.
A second supporting fact is that in 1832 a large family named Ponder led by Valentine and William Ponder, came from Baden Germany, and settled in MO along the MS River and near many of the descendents of Abner J. Ponder. This could be coincidence since many other German families settled in the same area at that time.
None of these possibilities have been proven or disproved. So, to date, Abner Jefferson Ponder's life before 1781 remains a mystery. There seems to be no ties between the Ponder name and the English family names of Pounder, Pinder, or Pender except as misspelling by clerks and record keepers.
After the Rev. War it is known that Abner J. Ponder was in Virginia, furthering the possibility that he was the son of Daniel and Jemima Bennett Ponder who lived for a time at Buffalo Gap, Virginia. John Reuben Ponder, a son of Abner, was born in Virginia in 1785. Soon after, however, Abner J. Ponder was known to have been in Abvbeyville Co, SC, and by 1787 was in Elbert Co, GA. His second son, Thomas Ponder, was born in GA in 1787 or 1788. It is believed that Abner J. Ponder was back in Abbeyville Co, SC in 1790 and then back in Elbert Co, GA by 1791.
"Abner" was a very common name in the Ponder family. The Abner Ponder who
married James Knox and lived in SC and GA is often confused with Abner Jefferson Ponder, but that Abner seems to have been Abner Jefferson Ponder's
nephew, although that has not been proven either.
By 1806 Abner J. Ponder had moved his family to Hickman County, TN. An
account of this move if given in "A History of Hickman Co, TN," which tells of
Abner's settling at Bon Aqua Springs. In was in this account that Abner Jefferson was reportedly born in Germany. (See "The Family of Abner Ponder,"
compiled by Jerry Ponder and Eldon Dow Vandiver, 1989, published by Ponder
Books of Doniophan, MO, for a more extensive account of this move and for
additional information on Abner Jefferson.
While it has long been believed that Abner Jefferson was a Rev. War veteran, it was not until 1988/89 that Jerry Ponder, a descendant of Abner Jeffgerson, and the primary author of "The Life of Abner Jefferson Ponder," clearly proved his Revolutionary War service. On October 6, 1989, the Tennessee Daughters of the Revolution dedicated a grave marker to Abner Jefferson Ponder, a Revolutionary War veteran. Jerry Ponder of MO, Pat Saupe of Indiana, Catherine and Thomas C. Ponder of Texas, among others, attended this moving event. Pat Saupe provided me pictures of the guests and of the cemetery and headstone. Pictures of the event, including the headstone, appear in Jerry Ponder's "Life of Abner Jefferson Ponder." A twenty-year genealogical search had finally culminated in identifying most of Abner's descendants with the family history and clearly establishingh the war record of our progenitor.

In the census of 1830, Hickman Co, TN, page 62 we find Abner Ponder and Archibald Ponder. They also appear in the 1832 Census of Hickman Co, Tn.2

Family/Spouse: Sarah (Mcguin) GUIN. Sarah was born about 1750 in Ireland?; died in in Bon Aqua, Hickman Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah BURDEN. Sarah and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abner married Jane GREEN? before 1785 in Buffalo Gap, Augusta Co, Virginia. Jane was born about 1770; died about 1791 in GA?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

!Source: Ponder Genealogy
This Ponder Genealogy, 24 pages, was provided me by Mrs. Catherine
Ponder,
wife of Thomas C. Ponder, Houston, TX, in Oct 1988. The author of
the Ponder
listings is not identified anywhere. It appears that a descendants
of John
Ponder and Margaret Cummings developed it. (Nov 5, 1988, John T.
Palmer,
Santa Rosa, CA 95409)

!Ponder note, perhaps summarized by Virginia Echols, notes that
"they returned
to South Carolina before John's death, but their children remained
in Georgia a
that Margaret later returned to Georgia where she died in Monroe Co,
GA, in
1842.

!Source: Betina Higdon's "Dunston-Walker-Ponder" Genealogy

!Source: A page in the material provided by Virginia Echols notes:
"Following is
the line of Mrs. Alfred V. Thomson, nee Louise Ponder of Lake
Charles, LA.

!Great-great grandparents: John Ponder b 1758, d 1804 SC, m
Margaret Cummings.
It is said that John fought in the Rev War and lost an arm at the
age of 18.
After marriage he and Margaret moved to Abbeville District of SC and
later
acquired land in Oglethorpe and Wilkes Co, GA. They returned to SC
before
John's death, but tyheir children remained in gA and Margaret later
returned to
GA, where she died in Monroe County about 1842. Page shows line of
Amos Ponder
b 1785 to James Washington Head Ponder b 1825 to Henry Oliver Ponder
b 1863,
Monroe Co GA.

!A letter from Mrs. John W. Ponder dated 2 Apr 1936 to Mr. Bennett
Compton
Ponder of Beach, MS notes "John and Margarte Cummings Ponder were
the parents
of the five sons: Amos, Daniel, John Lewis, James and Silas. They
had thre
daughters Malinda, Mary Anne and Jemima. John was the son of
Daniel and
Jemima Ponder of Buffalo Gap, near Staunton, Augusta Co, VA. Daniel
was a
soldier in the Revolution."

!Source: Pedigree Chart of James Burton Denman, Jr, of Richadson, TX

John married about 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

!Source: Ponder Genealogy, p 8.

James Ponder's will executed 19 Dec 1815, recorded 31 Jan 1816. Wife
Elizabeth,
son John, daughter Dilly, son Abner, son William, Daughter Polly
Johnson. This
may not be the same James Ponder, RIN 1639.

Source: Letter from Mabel Ponder Wilson to "Chee Chee", dated 12 Aug
1952:
"I found that James, Abner, and Amos Ponder owned land in the old
Ninety
Six Dist in 1785-1786. James moved to Scriven County in 1801, Amos
and Abner
to Oglethorpe.

One James Ponder served in the Rev War with Abner and Amos Ponder.
These could
be the sons of Daniel Ponder.

Catherine Ponder in a letter to me, dated 23 Oct 1988, wrote "Last
year we
received correspondence from Emma Ponder Wood. She is a descendant
of James
Ponder, a brother of the Rev. soldier Amos. James m a sister of
Violet Luckey.
She and her sister have just finished a book on their ancestors. I
just
received a copy last week. I think the way it is printed is
somewhat confusing
and I have not had time to read much of it. She is charging $30 for
hardbound
and $20 for softbound. She is Emma Jean Ponder Wood or just Jean
Wood, Rt 1,
Box 38A, Chidester, AR 71726."

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Notes:

!Amos, son of Daniel, is said to be one of three Ponder brothers
from SC that
served in the Rev. War. See Oglethorpe GA records, Morgan Co, GA,
records and
Monroe Co, GA records. Amos married Violet Lucky.

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Notes:

!Source: Letter of Wm. Miles Ponder, dated 27 Jan 1904, that there
were 4
daughters in this family. Additional source: Letter from Jerry
Ponder, dated
24 Sept 1988, in which children of Abner are named as Mary, Archibald,
William Penn, Amos, Abner J., Clarissa, Jefferson, and James
Madison. Jerry
speculates that perhaps Reuben and Thomas were also sons of Abner
since the
names of Reuben and Thomas show up as names of Abner's grandchildren.

!Newstory in Hickman Co Times, 13 Dec 1989, notes that Elizabeth m
James William
Penn Weems. They lived in Green Co, TN, for a time, were in Ripley
Co, MO,
briefly and then moved to Grayson Co, TX. (Source for this unknown)

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Notes:

!Jefferson was named in letter from Wm. Miles Ponder, dated 27 Jan
1904,
to James W. Ponder, Esq. Wm Miles was living in Walnut Ridge, Ark.

Newsstory in Hickman Co. Times, 13 Dec 1989, notes that Jefferson
and James
Madison Ponder died shortly after moving to Ripley Co, MO, but their
families
remained and were famers in the NW part of Ripley Co.

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Notes:

!Asa Archibald Ponder b 1797 m Sarah Kinzie Source: The Ponders of
Europe
and America by Odalene Little Ponder. This source notes that he had
the

following Issue aft his marriage on 26 Nov 1817, Williamson Co, TN.
D 1852
Ripley Co, MO:

Abner Jefferson Ponder b 13 Dec 1822, Hickmon Co, TN m Delilah
_____, 1844
Ponders of America notes that he was born 13 Dec 1822 and d 12 Mar
1915.
Daniel Ponder b 1831, Hickman Co, TN

In letter to me from Pat Saupe, dated 5 November 1988, Pat Saupe
notes thatshe and Fox Ponder recently went to Bon Aqua in Hickman
Co, TN, to search
records and cemeteries. They found, she noted, the old home place of
Archibald Ponder. She wrote, "The lady who now owns this Ponder
property is
86 years old and has lived there since she was 6, had had title
searches
made and knows for sure this is the old Ponder place. All the deeds
I read
indicate she is correct."

Asa married on 26 Nov 1817 in Williamson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

!Married James Briden. See Note on record of Abner Ponder, her
father,
about Briden and the children of this marriage.

Newstory in Hickman Co. Times, 13 Dec 1989, also notes that dau was
named Mary
Polly and m James Birden.

Mary married before 1812 in GA?, TN?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

!Source: The Ponders of Europe and America.

!In a letter to the author, dated 16 Oct 1988, Pat Saupe wrote that
in 1985
the only survivor of Amos Ponder Old timers is 85 years, dau of
Everett?
Hazel Kirkham of CA, no address.

!See History of Lawrence Co, p 134 for considerable detail on the
family of
Amos Ponder and their move to Missouri.

!Newsstory in Hickman Co. Times, dated 13 Dec 1989 notes that Amos
settled
Southwest of Doniphan, MO, and became a farmer and businessman
there. The town
of Ponder was named for his family. Several members of his family
moved to
Lawrence Co, ARK, and established at Walnut Ridge, ARK.

!See Jerry Ponder's Ponder family history, p viii for additional
information.

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Notes:

!Source: Hickman Co Times newstory, dated 13 Dec 1989, provided me
by Catherine
Ponder of Houston, TX.

!Story notes that his wife is unknown. No further information
Abner J. farmed north and West of Doniphan, MO

!Jerry Ponder notes in his Ponder family history that little is
known about
Abner Jefferson's activities although from deeds in Tenn and MO, it
has been
established that he was a partner with his brother, Amos, in several
land
deals. Abner Jefferson could not read or write. He had two
children. He
moved to Ripley Co, MO, probably at the same time as Amos and in MS
lived in
the Amos Ponder household.

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Notes:

!Source: Jerry Ponder's "Life of Abner Ponder," p ix
Jerry notes that James Madison m Charlotte, last name unknown, often
written as
Chalot. They had at least four children. He spent some time in the
Tenn
Militia and in 1834 was a Captain in the 36th Regiment. In 1836 he
was elected
a Magistrate for Hickman County at only 26 or 27 years. He and his
family
moved to Ripley County, Missouri, about 1842, but he died by 1845,
leaving his
family to his wife to raise. Their oldest son Archibold Huston
Ponder raised a
family in Ripley Co, MO, but then moved to Truman, ARK. There is no
record of
Charlotte and the three younger children in Ripley County aftger the
Civil War.
There is a possibility that they did not survive the war.

James married before 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married before 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

!Source: Letter of Wm. Miles Ponder, dated 27 Jan 1904, that there
were
four daughters in this family and 7 sons.
Source: Letter of Pat Saupe, dated 5 Nov 1988, noters that Leroy
Perkins,
a son in law of Abner Ponder, is identified in some of the deeds she
acquired in Bon Aqua, TN, when Abner was deeding his property to
Amos in Dec
1832. He had two persons living nearby witness for him: Leroy
Perkins, a
son in law, and Wm Penn Weems, another son-in-law?

!Clarissa Ponder first married Leroy Perkins and later Joseph Webb.
(Source
Hickman County Times, 13 Dec 1989)
on 13 Jan 1888 Clarissa Webb signed a deed in Hickman Co, TN along
with
J.T. and D.P. (perhaps her Webb Children?) deeding land to J.D. Lewis.
Perhaps descendants of Clarissa Ponder Perkins Webb may have the Abner
Ponder family Bible. Pat Saupe intends to try to locate it.

!Odalene Little Ponder in The Ponder of Europe and America, p 27,
notes
"At the age of 84, Clarissa gave an account of how she and her
little brother
watched their father's sheep as they grazed on "The Barrens." She
carried
a tin horn, so she could sound the alarm in case solves attacked.
If she
became lost, she was also supposed to sound the horn so that her
father could
find her. She also told of picking wild flowers and strawberries
around her
father's mill which was built in 1820 at the spring."

!Jerry Ponder notes in his Ponder family history, p ix, "In 1854
Clarissa
married Joseph T. Webb, a widower, with one son, J.T. Webb, probably
born in
1855. The Webb family lived in Pinewood in Hickman Co. Clarissa
Webb was
still living in 1899. The date of her death has not been established.

Clarissa married before 1832 in Bon Aqua, Hickman Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarissa married after 1853 in Bon Aqua, Hickman Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

!Source: Jerry Ponder's "Life of Abner Ponder," p 18
Reuben and Thomas Ponder, brothers, left Elbert Co, Georgia about 1808
and both served in the War of 1812, fighting at the Battle of New
Orleans. Both
were in MS by 1814 (tax list) and in Pike Co, MS, by the time of the
1816 state
census. They appear in the 1820 Pike Co Census and by 1840 were in
the Marion
Co, MS, census. They well may have never moved as Marion Co. was
cut from Pike
County. Shortly after 1820 Reubin moved to Rankin Co, MS, where he
raised a
large family and has many descendants today throughout the South.

!Reuben Ponder purchased 40 acres of land in Rankin Co on Aug 27,
1835, Section
13, townshipo 4, range 4

John married Sarah HOLBROOK in Aug 1807 in VA. Sarah (daughter of Edy HOLBROOK and Charity ROBERTS) was born about 1788 in North Carolina; died on 2 Sep 1863 in Simpson County, Mississippi; was buried in Floyds Cem, Everett Comm, Simpson Co, MS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Thomas married on 27 Jan 1807 in Hickman County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married about 1813 in GA?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

!Source: Pat Saupe. Pat feels that Catherine Ponder may be the dau
of Abner
Ponder, no proof.

Newstory appearing in the Hickman County Times, 13 Dec 1989, notes
that
Catherine married Joseph Price, moved to MS, and a daughter, Mary
Polly,
married James Burden in GA and moved to Bon Aqua Springs in 1806.
She died
1817 and James Burden returned to GA briefly before moving to AL.

Jerry Ponder of MO feels certain that Catherine is from the first
marriage of
Abner Ponder and a full sister to Reuben and Thomas Ponder.
He notes in his draft for his new Ponder book that Joseph and
Catherine Price
may have moved to Hickman Co, TN, with the family of Abner Ponder,
but, if so,
were gone by 1820 although a John Price, an elderly man and his
wife, and a
William Price, 18-26 years old lived there in 1820 and part of those
families
later moved to Ripley Co, MO, with some of the sons of Abner Ponder.
Joseph
and Catherine were in MS for sure by 1823d, settling in Franklin Co,
not far
from Catherine's brothers, Reuben and Thomas. In MS they were
farmers. Joseph
served in the US Army with Andrew Jackson at New Orleans. Their
issue include
Joseph E. Price who m Catherine Owen; Polly Price m Joseph Hunt;
Margaret Price
m James Rushing; Tom Price; Catherine Price m Benj M. Newman; Jacob
Price m
Lavina Dunn; Margaret Price m Jown Owen, Moses Price m Sarah Serena
Gill, and
there may have been others.

Catherine married after 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]