John? PONDER

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X!Source: Gena Oelrich of Prodigy, FWTB62A. I do not believe that
it has been

documented that Daniel is the father of this family. I have asked
Gena to send
me whatever Pat Saupe has developed.

!Rita B. Denman of 1008 Blue Ridge Pl, Richardson, TX, 214-235-7808
notes
in her pedigree that she feels that Daniel is the son of John Ponder
of Sussex
Co, DE.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!Source: Gena Oelrich of Prodigy, FWTB62A. I do not believe that it
has been
documented that Daniel is the father of this family. I have asked
Gena to send
me whatever Pat Saupe has developed.

!Rita B. Denman of 1008 Blue Ridge Pl, Richardson, TX, 214-235-7808
notes
in her pedigree that she feels that Daniel is the son of John Ponder
of Sussex
Co, DE.

Family/Spouse: Unknown (PONDER). Unknown and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!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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!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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!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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!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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!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.