Henrietta S. Moughon

Henrietta S. Moughon

• Father: Thomas Moughon b. circa 1783, d. circa 1851
• Mother: Mary G. Sanford b. circa 1794

• Henrietta S. Moughon was born on 21 February 1828 in Georgia.
• She married Joseph Bond on 30 October 1845.
• Joseph Bond and Henrietta S. Moughon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Maria L. Bond and Mary Jane Bond.
• Henrietta S. Moughon became a widow at the 12 March 1859 death of her husband Joseph Bond.
• The following appeared on 29 November 1859 in The Georgia Weekly Telegraph: In pursuance of the Will of Joseph Bond, late of the city of Macon, we will offer for sale before the Court House Door, in Albany, Georgia, on the first Tuesday (the 3d day) in January next, Over 500 negroes! belonging to said Estate.
       These Negroes are all under good discipline-- climatized to the country-- well trained to the cultivation of corn and cotton, and are as likely a gang as will ever be offered again, perhaps, in any of the States South. In the lot there are several good Carpenters, Blacksmiths, and Waggon makers.
       The terms of sale will be known on the day, and the sale will be continued to each successive day.
       And also, on Monday following, we will offer for sale all the remaining personal and perishable property of said deceased, consisting of a fine lot of Mules, Working oxen, Cattle, Hogs, Plantation Blacksmith and Carpenter's Tools, and the other fixtures. Household and Kitchen Furniture, and all the Corn, Fodder, Oats and other provisions on hand at the time of sale. The sale will commence at the Fowltown Plantation and be continued from day to day to other plantations. Thos. H. Moughon, Wm. S. Moughon, Ex'rs. Henrietta S. Bond, Executrix. Nov. 15, 1859.
• Henrietta S. Moughon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Maria L. Bond, Mary Jane Bond, Lewis Bond, Harry Clay Bond and Joseph Bond Jr.
• She married Charles L. Nelson between 1860 and 1864.
• The following appeared on 21 May 1869 in the Macon Weekly Telegraph: From the Savannah Republican of Sunday, we see that Judge Erskine, of the U. S. Circuit Court, pronounced a decision in the case of Henrietta Nelson, guardian, etc., vs. Linsay H. Durham, David A. Vason, and Alphonso Hemphill. Assumpsit on two promissory notes.
       This is one of a large number of cases involving the question as to whether or not the sale of slaves is a valid consideration enforceable in the Courts of the United States.
       The amount involved in these cases is about a quarter of a million of dollars, and the final decision of the Court on the principal question is looked for with much interest. The questions decided were upon pleas in abatement to the jurisdiction of the Court. We learn that the judgment of the Court, denying jurisdiction and dismission the suit is a final judgment upon which a writ of error lies, under Section 22 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• Henrietta S. Moughon died on 20 January 1896 at age 67.
• She was interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2011