 Manuscript 2006.10PONDER GENEALOGICAL COLLECTION
Description………..…..…..11978 - 2006 Manuscript Collection No. 2006.10
Biographical Note………...1 Scope and Content Note….1 Series Notes……………..1-2 Container List…………..2-8 Items Separated…………..9 PONDER GENEALOGICAL COLLECTION 1978 - 2006 Manuscript Collection No. 2006.10 SOURCE: Lee Ponder SIZE: 9 linear feet SHELVING UNITS: Series I 9 boxes Series II 8 folders PROCESSING: FCJ, October 2006 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Lee Ponder is an Atlanta native. He worked for many years for the State of Florida and moved to Western North Carolina when he retired. His father was a native of Meriwether County. Ponder and related families were in and around Troup County for over 150 years. He devoted 28 years to genealogical correspondence and research, resulting in this collection. Many of his families are from Troup County and West Georgia. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: The collection consists largely of genealogical source materials, research, and correspondence collected over 28 years. The collection is divided into two series: genealogical records, the larger series, and photographs. The papers are filed alphabetically by family name and most of the folders are labeled with the name of an individual or couple. SERIES NOTES I. Genealogical Files and booklets 9 linear feet (9 boxes) This series contains collected research material and correspondence as well as many documents and compiled genealogies. Many of the families have Troup County or West Georgia connections. The genealogical papers are arranged alphabetically by surname, and most folders have an individual's name as well. There is one box of various family genealogies collected into binders by surname. The container list gives a complete listing of the folder names. II. Family and Historic Photographs 8 folders This collection includes photographs of ancestors, historic sites associated with certain ancestors, and some photographs of living people. Many are identified on the backs. CONTAINER LIST SERIES I GENEALOGICAL SUBJECT FILES BOX 1 Folder 1 Abercrombie 2 Avary 3 Ballard 4 Bennett, Stephen 5 Benton, James 6 Bird 7-12 Brock 13-15 Charles 16 Chesley 17 Edward 18-22 Elias 23 Elijah 24 Enoch 25-26 Evan 27 Francis 28 Frederick 29-33 George 34 Henry 35-37 Isaac 38-41 John 42-46 Joseph 47 Josiah 48-49 Moses 50 Nathaniel 51 Paul 52-53 Richard 54 Robert 55 Reubin 56 Rudolph 57-58 Thomas 59-65 William 66 Brooks 67 Bryant 68 Carleton 69 Henry 70 Robert 71 Carter 72 Isaac 73 Cochran 74 Coleman 75 Crunk 76 Germany 77 Goodlow BOX 2 Folder 1 Hambrick 2 Benjamin 3 Charles 4-5 James 6-7 Patrick 8 Hamer 9 Hancock 10 Hart 11-12 Harris 13 Claiborn 14-17 John 18 Robert 19 Richard 20-22 William 23 Hollingsworth 24 Huie 25 Hurston 26 Jenkins, Cyrus R. 27 Justice 28 Kimbrough 29-30 Kittrell 31 Jonathan 32 Lea, Ambrose 33 Carter 34 James 35-36 John 37-41 William 42-45 Lee 46 Abel 47 Alanson 48 Benjamin 49 Creasy BOX 3 Folder 1 Lee, Edmond 2-3 Edmund 4 Elizabeth 5 Elliott 6 Frederick 7 Gabriel 8 George 9 Isaac 10-17 James 18-21 John 22 Luke 23 Major 24 Nancy 25 Noah 26-27 Owen 28 Robert 29 Solomon 30-38 William 39-44 Zachry 45-46 Zachariah 47 Lovelace 48 Luckie 49 Lynn 50 McComas 51 McEver 52 Montgomery 53 Nabors 54 Nall 55 Overturf 56 Patterson, John 57 Petty 58 Pond 59 Ponder BOX 4 Folder 1-7 Ponder 8-11 Abner 12-13 Alexander 14-17 Amos 18-21 Andrew 22 Archibald 23 Bedford 24 Benjamin 25 Berryman 26 Calip 27 Carl 28 Caroline 29 Christopher 30 Clarence 31-37 Daniel 38 David 39 Elijah 40-47 Ephraim 48 Francis 49-50 Frank 51-55 George 56-58 Hezekiah 59-60 Jacob BOX 5 Folder 1-23 Ponder, James 24 Jasper 25 Jefferson 26-27 Jehu 28 Jemima 29 Jeremiah 30-32 Jesse 33 Joel 34-68 John 69 Joseph 70-71 Jordan 72 Julia 73 Leonard 74 Lydia 75-76 Malicai 77 Marcus 78 Marida 79-80 Martha 81-82 Morgan 83-85 Nathan BOX 6 Folder 1-8 Ponder, Nathaniel 9 Peter 10 Rachel 11 Ransom 12-18 Richard 19 Robert 20 Samuel 21-23 Silas 24-28 Thomas 29 Valentine 30 Vardy 31 Virgil 32-50 William 51 Willis 52 Roberts 53 Sewell 54 Shepherd 55 Swanson 56 Taylor 57-58 Joseph 59-60 Terrell 61 John 62-65 Thames 66 Abe 67 Abner 68-69 Absalom 70 Alfred 71 Alford 72-80 Amos BOX 7 1 Thames, Ann 2 Battle 3-4 Benjamin 5 Betethin 6-7 Calvin 8-9 Charles 10-13 Cornelius 14 Daniel 15-17 David 18 Drury 19 Eli 20 Elisha 21 Enoch 22 Esquire 23 Friendly 24-27 George 28 Harry 29 Henry 30 Isaac 31 Jabez 32-41 James 42-44 Jesse 45-73 John 74-83 Joseph 84 Levi 85 Mary 86 Martha 87 Matthew 88 Maurice 89 Nancy 90 Nathan 91 Nelson 92 Newberry 93 Pink BOX 8 Folder 1 Thames, Rachel 2 Richard 3 Robert 4-6 Rufus 7-17 Samuel 18 Sarah 19 Shadrack 20 Silas 21 Stephen 22 Susan 23-34 Thomas 35 Timothy 36 Travis 37 W. L. 38 Walter 39-56 William 57-58 Thames 59-60 Thomas 61 Timm 62 Tolar 63 Turner 64 Weaver 65-66 Wideman 67 Adam 68 Heinrich 69 Henry 70 Margaret 71 Willis 72 Wright BOX 9 Family Records in Binders Volumes 1 Benton 2 Brock 3 Flowers 4 Hadley 5 Huie 6-9 Lee 10 Orr - Hunter -Alston - Kittrell 11-14 Ponder 15 Reddick 16 Scaife - Hancock - Terry - Leake 17 Seymour 18 Terrell 19-21 Thames SERIES II PHOTOGRAPHS Folder 1-2 Ponder Family Cemeteries and Graves 3 Ponder Family photographs 4 Thames Family Cemeteries and Graves 5 Rev. William Thames and wife; Lula Mae Terrell; Lavada Viola Terrell Thames, old and young; Susan Camilla Thames, and the Thames House 6 Edna C. Seymour Purcell; Susan C. Thames Seymour 7 William Frank Seymour, Lyra Purcell, Charles S. Purcell 8 Seymour family: John S.; Durwood F.; Susan; Byron; William F.; and Lyra Seymour Purcell ITEMS SEPARATED History of Allen-Lee Memorial United Methodist Church book, (shelved with Meriwether Co., Ga. books) "Baptist Churches, Bladen and Cumberland Co., N.C." (Booklet, shelved with North Carolina books) Return to Manuscripts Index | Return to Holdings and Databases
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