Joseph Bond

Joseph Bond

• Joseph Bond was born on 11 January 1815 in Georgia.
• He married Henrietta S. Moughon, daughter of Thomas Moughon and Mary G. Sanford, 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.
• He was a planter, according to the 1850 census.
• His wife Henrietta S. Moughon became a widow at his death.
• Joseph Bond died on 12 March 1859 at age 44.
• He was interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
• 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.

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2011