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Thomas Muse Bond

Thomas Muse Bond

Male 1810 - 1855  (45 years)    Has no ancestors but 20 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Thomas Muse Bond 
    Birth 12 Mar 1810  Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Oct 1855 
    Burial Greensburg, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I145432  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2000 

    Family Rebecca Felder,   b. 29 Mar 1804, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1860 (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1829  Amite County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Caroline Elizabeth Bond,   b. 4 Oct 1829, Amite County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1919, Paradise, Wise, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     2. Marshall Felder Bond,   b. 12 Jun 1838   d. 14 Apr 1866 (Age 27 years)
    +3. Sarah Louisiana Bond,   b. 5 Dec 1844, Amite County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1923, Johnson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F56996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2002 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Mar 1810 - Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Greensburg, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 1850 Census: Washington Parish, LA:
      T. M. Bond (40); Born in GA; Farmer owning real estate worth $3200.Wife Rebecca (43) Born in South Carolina
      Children Marshall (10) and Louisiana (6) Listed as born in Louisiana.
      (Note that Caroline Elizabeth married in 1844--the year S. L.was born.)

      1830 Census: Amite Co, MS: Thomas Bond Household
      1 Male 20-40 (Thomas); 1 Female 10-20 (Rebecca?); 1 Female 0-10(Caroline Elizabeth)

      For information on East Fork Baptist Church from "History ofAmite Co., Mississippi," see notes in the Charles Felder file.

      From the 175th Anniversary Celebration, East Fork Baptist Church,Sept. 1985:
      Thomas M. Bond born in Georgia came to Pike County, united withSalem (this Salem was organized in 1826 largely through efforts ofCharles Felder). Church later moved to Magnolia, very likely underthe preaching of Charles Felder; and while still in his teens marriedRebecca Felder a daughter of the preacher. Moved on to East ForkCommunity in 1830, was ordained deacon June 4, 1836, was licensed andin November 1836 was ordained to preach. Thomas M. Bond was anadmirable character converting more than 2000 souls to Christ in shortspan of 19 years and dying an untimely death in 1855 from yellow feverat 45 years of age. He too leaves many descendants in this area.
      During his short ministry, though often in feeble health, helabored most efficiently for God and Heaven sealed with approbationthe work spoken to the conversion of more than two thousand souls,whom he was permitted to bury with his Lord in baptism. The characterof his mind was acute, investigating and discriminative to anextraordinary degree. Rarely did he close a sermon without exhibiting,by the fervor of his manner and the tone of his voice that his soulwas interested for the salvation of sinners. His heart was with hisbrethren in every good word and work. Thomas M. Bond will long livein history for his works sake.
      The interest East Fork Church has in Thomas M. Bond is arelationship of mother and son--he went out from this church as one ofher first ordained preachers.


      From "Abstract History of The Mississippi Baptist Association, "1906, pp. 84-85:
      "Thomas M. Bond departed this life October 7, 1855. In thedecease of this able, devoted, laborious and talented minister of thegospel our churches have sustained no ordinary loss. For years wehave been accustomed to look to him as one of the pillars of Baptistprinciples in our extended regions, and we deeply lament his loss, yetnot without the consoling reflection that, though lost to the churchon earth, he lives, a spirit, in glory.
      "Brother Bond was born in the State of Georgia, March 25, 1810.When quite a child his father, Henry Bond, emigrated to the State ofMississippi, Pike county. He professed religion at the age ofseventeen years, and was baptized into the fellowship of Salem Baptistchurch. In his eighteenth year he was united in marriage with RebeccaFelder, a daughter of Rev. Chas. Felder. At the age of twenty he waslicensed to preach the gospel and was ordained to the full work of theministry in 1836. From that period to the close of life he wasidentified with all the interests of his denomination in this portionof our country. During the twenty years of his ministry, though oftenin feeble health . . . (The rest was copied verbatim in the East Fork175th Anniversary bulletin quoted above.)

      From "Texas Baptist Newspaper Abstracts (7 March 1855 - 21February 1884)" published by the Dallas Genealogical Society, Dallas,Texas, 1992: 29 Nov. 1856, Vol. II, No. 48: In correspondence fromW. F. Cain, Amite Co., Miss., his association, the Mississippi River,he included the following: The ministry has been weakened by the lossof two valuable brethren, Elder Thomas M. Bond and Elder T. R.Creatham.

      Minutes of Eastern Louisiana Association, 1843: T. M. Bond wasdelegate from Bluff Creek, a church organized in 1841--Post Office wasClinton.


      Varying sources give Thomas's birthdate as March 10, March 12, orMarch 25, in 1810.

  • Sources 
    1. [S422] Magnolia, MS: Church Clerk.

    2. [S236] Amite County Marriage Licenses, Recorded at Amite County, Mississippi, Book 2, page 273. (Reliability: 0).



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