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Note: John Bond apparently signed a complaint against Wm Gatewood in 1793 as "John Warden Bond", the only time a middle name occurs in records.
John Bond was born and raised in South Farnham Parish, Essex Co., VA., the son of a planter/farmer. His birth date is somewhat in doubt. He probably was born after his sister Anna, or his baptism would have also been on record in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County. This would make his birth date ~1763, which is corroborated by testimony in 1832 (his Revolutionary War pension application) during which he was described as approximately 69 years old. However, during the same testimonies, he is described as enlisting in 1778 or 1779 at the age of 18, which would place his birth date earlier. The preponderance of evidence indicates 1763.
When he was only ~14, his father died. His father's will suggests that the Essex property be sold to support the family. The 126 acres in South Farnham Parish was sold by Alexander Saunders 2 Feb 1778 for 101 pounds 5 shillings . This is the same land that William Bond had bought 17 years earlier for 126 pounds. Saunders soon died. In the lawsuit John Bond vs. William Gatewood, executor of Alexander Saunders filed 21 May 1793, John alleged 1) that Willaim Bond’s will was written at a time, 17 Mar 1776, when depreciation of cash was not known, 2) that Saunders did not sell the land promptly after William Bond’s death, when money was still undepreciated, but rather deferred the sale for over a year, during which time depreciation was ever greater, 3) that Saunders did not carry out the intent of William to purchase other lands of greater or equal goodness in a cheaper part of the country, and finally 4) that the proceeds were only worth one sixth of their former value by the time John got them.
In 1779, when John was about 16 years of age, he enlisted in the VA Continental Line, perhaps pretending to be 18. According to his deposition at his pension hearing, he enlisted in King William County. He may have lived there at the time, although tax records (that start in 1782) do not show that he returned there after the conclusion of the war. King William is a long-time ancestral home of many Walkers, who would be kin of John's mother, Fanny. He may also lived in King and Queen County, where a William Bond is shown in tax records c. 1790. Essex Orders show that John had activity in Essex Courts in the early 1780's . Essex, Middlesex, King and Queen and King William Counties are all in very close proximity. John and family could have lived in any one of them and conducted business in any other.
According to Robert Bond's deposition at John's Revolutionary War pension application, there was "trouble in the family" over John's desire to enlist - undoubtedly Fanny disapproved of her teenaged son going off to war. John enlisted anyway. His time in the army is documented in his own words in his application for pension:
"State of Kentucky, Owen Circuit Set.
On this 16th day of August 1832, personally appeared in open court, before Thos. M. McKay, circuit judge of Owen County now sitting, John Bonds, a resident of the county of Owen and State aforesaid, aged sixty-nine years of age, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1779 with Captain Drew and served in the 4th or fifth Regiment Continental line, under the following named officers.
That he enlisted as a soldier of the revolutionary army - in the year 1779 as he thinks in the county of King William near Todds Bridge in said county, state of Virginia for [he] and during the war that had then been going on upwards of three years.
That when he enlisted, his captain was by the name of Thomas Drew.
That Captain Drews company marched to Williamsburgh where he rendezvoused at that place and formed a portion of Col. Porterfield's Regiment, which regiment he thinks was the fourth or fifth Regiment from Williamsburgh, the regiment to which he belonged marched to Camden in the State of South Carolina.
That he then formed a portion of General Gates Brigade.
That at this time his majors name was McGill, that he fought in the battle of Gates defeat, where Col. Porterfield fell.
That from Camden in South Carolina, Col. Porterfields regiment marched the remainder of them, which was about 50 in number, marched to the city of Richmond in the State of Virginia.
That from this place he marched to various places, ultimately he landed at Pointy fork of James River, where he was taken prisoner by the British.
That when he was took prisoner he was commanded by Capt. Ewell, the remainder of said Ewells and Drews company having formed Ewells.
That from said Pointy fork he marched as a prisoner to Richmond VA, from thence they then marched to James Town, then they were exchanged and became again to his army, after the Battle that Genl. Wayne had given the British and taken some prisoners from them,
That whilst he was in the custody of the British he had the small pox and when he was exchanged he went into the Hospital.
That he remained there about two months.
That he then went home on furlough for sixty days, given to him by Col. Ennis.
That after the sixty days was out he went into the service under Captain Ewell at Richmond, from there they marched to Williamsburgh, where he remained until the siege of York, the conclusion of the war.
The Captain Ewell's Company was deputed to guard the Barracks at Williamsburgh.
That after the Siege of York, Col. Ennis gave him a discharge from the Service of the United States at Williamsburgh.
That he has no documentary evidence of the aforesaid Services.
That he knows of no one by which he can provide the performancy of the aforesaid Services, except Robt Bond whose deposition is hereto annexed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency of any State of the Union.
Sworn to & ascribed the day & year aforesaid.
John Szerod
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
August Term 1832
The Siege of York ended with Cornwallis' surrender on 19 Aug 1781, so John Bond would have returned home about the end of that year, after having served approximately two years.
Between 1782 and 1789, John's whereabouts are not exactly known. He had been a ward of James Dejarnette , and It is possible he spent this time in the Dejarnette household, which in 1783 included 13 whites . Through his lawyer, John Warder, he obtained judgments, apparently against renters of his Essex Co. lands, in Essex Co. Courts , but that does not necessarily mean that he lived in Essex Co. If he did, he did not head his own household, for he does not appear in Essex Co. tax lists of the period.
In April or May, 1789 (the date is blank in the register, so only the month can be deduced from the surrounding records), he married Molly (or Mary) Sale in Caroline County, VA . She was the orphaned daughter of Robert Sale (d. 1779) of Caroline Co. The Sales had lived in Essex and Caroline Counties since the 1600's. Robert was the son of William Sale, son of Cornelius Sale, son of William Sale, the immigrant Sale ancester. Molly's siblings were: Samuel (of age in 1779), Robert, John, Elizabeth, Polly, and William. The Sale children were named in a suit involving the slaves of William Sale the elder, of whom their father Robert Sale was a residuary legatee . Molly was born probably in the late 1760's or early 1770's; she is listed as the fourth of the five underage orphans in her guardianship papers . John and Molly were married by Rev. Theodorick Noell, who was minister at Salem, Upper King & Queen and Upper Essex Baptist Churches, and who was responsible for converting a great number of persons to the Baptist persuasion. The seat of his ministry, and likely the home of John Bond and his bride Molly, was the area near the common border of Caroline and Essex Counties.
Upon his marriage to Molly, John began a life-long association with Molly's brother Robert Sale and his wife, Jenny or Jane Hord, an association that would eventually lead through four counties and two states. The two men were both orphans, nearly the same age, came from old Virginia tidewater families, and both inherited the bulk of their fathers' estates, and so undoubtedly had more than a superficial similarity on which to base a friendship. Robert Sale had purchased a tract of 127 acres in St. George's Parish in Spotsylvania Co., VA in 1787 . Robert's great-grandfather, Cornelius Sale, had previously owned land in Spotsylvania Co. fifty years earlier . At the same time Cornelius owned land there, a John Bond, son of Robert with a wife Mary lived in the county . We do not know at this time any connection of these earlier Bonds and Sales might have had with Robert Sale's move to Spotsylvania. In 1790, he bought a second tract of 162 acres. This deed was witnessed by John Bond husband of Molly. So upon marriage, John and Molly had almost immediately joined her brother in Spotsylvania. Robert Sale, Molly's brother, would eventually accompany John and Molly to Scott Co., Kentucky, then on to Gallatin (Owen) Co., and his daughter Elizabeth would marry John's son Robert.
That the newlywed Bonds lived in Spotsylvania Co. probably changed the course of the rest of their lives. Spotsylvania Co. was the home of the preaching Craigs, and produced a blossoming of Baptist ministry. From here, Lewis Craig, whose brother, Elijah, was imprisoned twice for Baptist preaching in Virginia, would lead his church, the "Traveling Church", from Upper Spotsylvania Co. to the North Elkhorn River, Franklin Co., KY in 1785. From this beginning, other Baptist churches were formed or associated in Kentucky, including the McConnell's Run Church, Scott Co., near where John and family first settled in Kentucky, and the Ghent Baptist Church near New Liberty, Owen Co., where they would eventually settle permanently. That these Spotsylvanian Baptists were in Kentucky may have influenced John and Molly to move there. Certainly, John could have possessed land and/or property in Virginia - he arrived in Kentucky with several male slaves 16-21 years old, each of whom was worth several times the cost of a typical farm or plantation; he did not have to leave in order to obtain land and prosper. For whatever reason, go to Kentucky they did, and from this time forward, the Bonds would be Baptists rather than Episcopalian.
John Bond never owned land in Spotsylvania Co., and presumably lived with his bother-in-law. By 1794, Robert Sale and wife Jenny or Jane had divested themselves of both pieces of property in Spotsylvania Co. . By 1796, they had reached the settlements in Kentucky, both John Bond and Robert Sale paying taxes in Scott Co.
In 1796, John Bond (as Bonds) appears in the Scott Co., KY tax lists with 1 white male >21, no white males 16-21, 3 black males 16-21, 5 total black persons, and 2 horses. Robert Sale had an equally large and diverse family group. By 1800, his brothers Robert, Walker, and Thomas and Robert Sale all appear on the Scott Co. tax lists. It is probable that they all made the journey at one time, banding together for strength and support along the way. If so, they would have made a formidible party of upwards of 50 persons, children, livestock, and belongings. John and Molly brought two sons, William and Robert, who had been born in Virginia . They settled into the northern part of what is Scott Co., today, near the North Elkhorn River and McConnell's Run. These were outlying settlement areas to the main settlement at the Stamping Grounds, Franklin Co., KY. The north Kentucky area, including Scott Co., is shown in the map in Figure 2.
A William Bond also occurs in early Scott Co. records. This is not the last Essex Co., VA Bond brother, but rather a William F. Bond, b. 1740 in Hanover Co., VA, who married 2nd Sarah Cromson in Woodford Co., KY 29 Nov 1790, and who is not at all or only very distantly related to our Owen Co. Bonds. He did, however, leave numerous Bond descendants, many of whom lived in the Anderson Co., KY area .
In transcriptions of the early records of Kentucky, the name Bond is often indexed as Bonds. I believe that this is due to an affectation in penmanship of a terminal "d" in handwriting of the time that can look like an added "s". The name can also appear in records as "Band", "Bona", or "Bones" due to other transcription errors. The name is and always was merely "Bond".
Robert Sale was the first to move north out of Scott Co., and is shown in Gallatin Co. tax records starting in 1802. In 1803, John Bond and family had left Scott Co. and followed the Sales to Gallatin Co. Brother Robert Bond followed later, leaving the brothers Walker and Thomas in Scott Co., where they would live out their days. Robert Sale would die by 1814; his property appraised by his long-time friend, companion and brother-in-law John Bond among others .
In 1808, John, at the age of ~45, purchased from Robert Mosby, for $1 per acre,the land on which he would spend the remainder of his life, 73 and 3/4 acres on Two-mile Creek near Eagle Creek and the town of New Liberty. Eagle Creek forms the current border between Owen and Gallatin Counties, so the old Bond farm was in the part of Gallatin Co. that is now at the extreme northern part of the Owen Co., near Liberty Station (now Sanders). In 1808, New Liberty was the largest town, or perhaps about the only town in the area which would be Owen Co. In spite of this purchase, John would not completely divest himself of any interest in Scott Co. until 1817, when he sold his 100 acres on McConnell's Run there .
The area where John and Molly settled was probably mostly forested; the deed mentions elm, beech, locust and dogwood. Along with forest, cane may have been present, as well as meadows of clover . The description of land in Kentucky is by survey rather than township. A description of the land is made in reference to physical boundaries, such as rivers or streams, as well as legal boundaries, such as the edges or "lines" of other persons property. The corners of properties were marked by slashing or otherwise marking trees, whether living or fallen. These trees, now that over 200 years have passed, are long gone, but the land has remained in the Bond family, and is now owned by James (Jimmy) Bond (# ***).
1810 census, Gallatin, Gallatin, Kentucky: John Bonds 1-1-2-0-1 / 2-2-1-1-0
In 1810, the John Bond family is listed with five male children, two of them 16-26 (Robert and William), one of them 10-16 (Walker) and 1 of them <10 years of age (John), and five female children, one of them 16-26, two of them 10-16 and two of them <10 (one of whom is Elizabeth) . By 1813, some grave calamity or epidemic illness had carried away Molly Bond and four of her daughters. It is also possible that the eldest females had married and John felt no obligation to share the estate with them, but their marriages are not recorded in Gallatin Co.
But Molly died - sometime after 1810, when she is still present in the household in the 26-45 years of age category and before 1813. On 24 Jun 1813, John deeded at his death all his Negroes except one girl Caroline; they were, namely, a man Henry Armstend, woman Hannah and her young child Anney, and girl Rade, other daughter of Hannah to "my children, to wit: Robert Bond, William Bond, Walker Bond and John and Daughter Elizabeth Bond" . This was done in anticipation of his remarriage, to make clear the disposition of certain of his estate upon his death. Two weeks later, on 7 Jul 1813, John married Johanna Holladay.
1820 census, Gallatin, Kentucky: John Bonds 3-0-0-2-0-1 / 1-0-1-1-0
1830 Census, Owen Co., KY: 4 males 5-10 yrs old, 2 males 10-15 yrs old, 1 female <5 and 1 female 15-20. So far I have children Frances (1815, the female 15-20), Buford (1817), Benjamin (1821/2), John 1825. This leaves the female <5, 2 males 5-10, and 1 male 10-15 unaccounted for. i.e. there are at least 5 more children of John and Johanna as yet unknown. This would mean that John sired altogether 16 children, some of whom were born
while he was in his 70's.
John Bond's second wife, Johanna Holladay was the daughter of Benjamin Holladay, who had come with the "Traveling Church" from Spotsylvania Co., VA. She was born 1792-1795 (from her age as reported in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censes) in KY. Benjamin Holladay had moved to Gallatin Co. by 1813 , so she and John were neighbors now, even if he and Benjamin had been unaquainted in Spotsylvania Co. When they married, she was still in her teens, while John was over 50. Their union produced probably eight more children, the last of whom were born when he was in his 70's . Only six are known by name.
Gallatin Co., KY Deeds C, p. 41; 24 Jun 1813: (film 0,500,445) from John Bond to his children: Robert, William, Walker, John and Elizabeth. He deeds slaves now and the rest at his death. Made just prior to his 2nd marriage to Johanna Holladay.
Gallatin Co., KY Deeds C, p. 150; 1813 (film 0,500,445): Will of Thomas Calsan, thorugh the heirs of Benjamin Holladay of Spotsylvania Co., VA: gives to Johanna Holladay Bond and John Bond.
John left no document naming his children by Johanna. That these persons were children of John and Johanna had to be deduced from indirect evidence, such as living with Johanna after his death as in the case of Beuford, Warren and Allen, and entering into deeds with Johanna as in the case of John. See each child (below) for the logic connected him or her to John and Johanna.
As previously mentioned, John applied for in 1829 and received in 1832 and following years a pension for his Revolutionary War service . In it, he left a record of his signature:
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After his death on 12 Mar 1842, his widow, Johanna, continued to receive his pension. He also received bounty land from his service *** (story).
No will or administrator's account marks his passing in Owen County probate records - only the division of his acreage so that one third of it would be a widow's dower for Johanna. Toward this end, Joel Harrison, Henry Blaketon and James H. Calvert (several upstanding yet disinterested parties in the county) met on the land on 6 Oct 1842, and laid out the dower as shown in the Owen County recorder's hand in Figure 3 . Johanna's section included "the mansion house and other buildings" and comprised 41 acres. The recorder’s map of the property is shown in Figure ***.
In 1846, Johannah purchased from the aged Rev. John Scott, former County Surveyor for Gallatin Co., KY, Baptist minister for over 30 years at the Ghent Baptist Church, White's Run Baptist Church and others, landholder of considerable acerage, and the father-in-law of her step-daughter Elizabeth, a 50 acre parcel in Grant County, KY on the waters of Stephen's Creek. In less than a year, John Scott would be dead. Grant Co. is immediately east of Owen, and Stephen's Creek is in the westernmost part of Grant Co., a spot only 10-20 miles distant from New Liberty. In 1850, her son John is found in Grant Co. , and Johannah is found three doors away , living with her teenagers Warren and Allen.
By 1870, she, Warren and Allen (who now have families of their own) have moved back to Owen Co. She, aged 78, lives with son Beuford in Owenton. She died in 1880, presumably at Beuford's house.
Essex Co., VA Court Orders 1773-1782, film 0,031,223:
p. 465: 20 Feb 1780. John Bond chose James Dejarnaid his guardian. [James Pemberton DeJarnette was kin to the Bonds through Fanny Walker, whose sister or niece had married a DeJarnette; Thomas Bond also chose James DeJarnette as guardian]
Essex Co., VA Court Orders 1784-1787, film 0,031,224:
p. 96: 20 June 1785. Richard Phillips, gdn to John Bond, plantiff vs. John Nasmith, def. in debt. This day came the plantiff by John Warden his attorney and the Defendent being arrested and now solumly called yet failing to appear, on the motion of the Plantiff, judgement is granted him against the said Defendant for what shall appear to be due to him the said Plaintiff [untess ye].
p. 194: 15 May 1786. John Bonds, Plnt vs Ann Welch, Defn - upon a Petition for Debt. This day came the Petitioner by John Warden his attorney and it appearing by the Sherriffs return that the Defendant has been duly served with the process in this said and [ ] solumnly called came not to gain say the allegation of the said Petitioner. Therefore, it is considered by the Court that the petitioner recover against the said Defendant the sum of three pounds ten shillings with legal Interest from the first day of January 1786 til paid and also his costs in this behalf impended.
Caroline Co., VA Marriages Pt. 1, p. 60 (seen in Caroline Co.): John Bonds & Molley Sale 1789 (abt April, from the records around it, but no date) by Theodorick Noell.
Spotsylvania Co., VA Records, 975.5362 P2d: Deed Book M, 6 May 1790, Richd Lowry & Elizabeth his wife of Caroline Co. sell to James Pettus and Robert Sale 162 acres in St. George Parish, Spotsylvania Co., VA for 165 pounds. Wit.: Edwd Herndon, Bvy Stubblefield, George Burbridge, John Bond, Wm Sale Jr., recorded 2 Nov 1790.
Gallatin Co., KY tax records, 1799-1815, film 0,007,985: 1st appearance 1806: John Bond 1-0-3-7-6 (wh m>21-wh m>16-b>16-tot b-horses); no land; 1807: 1-0-2-5-5, no land;
1808: 1-0-2-5-6, 73 ac on Eagle Cr., pat. by Mosby; 1809: 1-1-2-4-6, same land; 1810: 1-2-4-5-0 (wh m>21-bl>21-tot bl-horses-stud horses), same land; 1811: old categories 1-0-3-3-6 same land; 1812: illegible; 1813: 1-0-2-4-3, same land; 1814: illegible; 1815: mostly illegible 1-2-2-4 (1810 categories), same land; 1810 census, Gallatin Co., KY: John Bonds 192-18 (0,181,351) 11201/22110 06; 1820 census, Gallatin Co., KY: John Bonds 132 (0,186,177) 300201/10011; 1830 census, Owen Co., KY: John Bond 329 (0,007,815) 042000001/100101 w/5; slaves and 4 free colored
1810 census, Gallatin Co., KY, film 0,181,351: Bonds, John 1-1-2-0-1 / 2-2-1-1-0 -06. [Robert and William are the two males 16-25, Walker is the male 10-15, and John is the male <10. Since only Elizabeth was mentioned in the Deed of 1813 (just prior to his remarriage), the other 4 daughters must have perished 1810-1813.]
Loose marriage bonds, Gallatin Co., film 0,509,037: "July 7ths, 1813 Sir, You are Requested by my consent to Ishue a Marriage license between John Bond and my daughter Joanah Holladay given under my hand & seal the day & data above. Benj. Holladay; [next page] A bond by John Bond and Rhodeham Little bond of 50 pounds for same marriage; same date.
Gallatin Co., KY Minister Returns Book 1, p. 16, film 0,509,036; 7 Jul 1813, Bonds, John and Holloday, Johannah; also Book 2, p. 21: Bonds, John and Holaday, Jamimia.
Gallatin Co., KY Deed Book C., p. 41: "Know all men by these presents that I have this day give to my children, to wit: Robert Bond, William Bond, Walker Bond, and John Bond, and Daughter Elizabeth Bond, all by Negroes except one Negroe girl by name Caroline. all the rest I freely give at my Death with I will name: Henry Armstend Negroe man, Hannah and young child, Anney, Rade Negroe girl, daughter of said Hanna and their issue forever to me. Robert Bond and William bond is bound to give the three children Walker and John Bond Elizabeht Bond one hundred and eighty dollars and three horses out of their part of the estate which I do freely give an bequeath to the above named children, as winess my hand and seal in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, June 24th, 1813. Wit.: Robert Bond, Saml Todd.
Gallatin Co., KY Deed Book C, film 0,500,445: p. 150, will of Thomas Calsan decd. through the heirs of Benjamin Holladay of Spotsylvania Co., VA - a legacy to Johanna Holladay Bond, 1813.
Scott Co., KY Deed Book D-211, film 0,183,209: 16 Jan 1817, John Bond and wife Johannah to Isaac & Frank Branham, for 100 pounds, land on the waters of McConnell's Run [incomplete description of the land, probably burnt]; recorded 10 Mar 1817.
1820 census, Gallatin, Kentucky: John Bonds 3-0-0-2-0-1 / 1-0-1-1-0 [Robert and Walker are the two males 16-26, as William has his own entry on the same page]
Owen Co., KY, Will Book A, film 0,272,763:
p. 69-71, a map of the May, Bannister grant of 40,000 acres (part of which was bought by John Bond).
p. 306-307, 4 Aug 1826, constable of Owen Co., Jno. Brown due $7.00 for the collection of a number of accounts, one for Jno Bond involving Nathan Hair & Wm Sale.
1830 census, Owen Co., Ky, p. 329, film 0,007,819: John Bond 0-4-2-0-0-0-0-0-1 / 0-1-1-2-1 + slave schedule: 2-0-1-1-1-0-no females + free colored 1-1-1-1-0-0-no females. Total on farm 19.
1840 census, Owen Co., KY: John Bond 184 (0,007,831) 1-1-0-1-3-0-0-0-0-1 / 0-0-0-1-0-0-1 + 11 slaves
Owen Co., KY Will Book C, p. 104-105, film 0,272,764: Oct 1842, survey of widow's dower for Joannah Bond. Dower was surveyed by Joel Harrison, Henry Blaketon, Josiah Moore and Thomas H. Calvert. Dower is 41 acres and includes the "mansion house". includes plat of land.
1850 census, Grant Co., KY, p. 303: Joanna Bond 54 all KY; Warren 18; Allen 13.
Grant Co., KY Deed Book H, p. 16: 20 Aug 1857, Johannah Bond to Jno Bond, 50 ac on Stephens Cr., for $300.
1860 census, Grant Co., KY, p. 858, film 0,803,368: Bonds, Warren C. 28 Farmer all KY; Emily 22; Allen 10/12; Johannah Bonds 65 (m); Allen A. 22 (m).
1870 Census, Owenton, Owen Co., KY, p. 276, film 0,545,992: Bond, Bluford 53 Farmer all KY; Amanda 43; Adelaide 16 [possibly John's child?]; Alexander, Oscar 20 (black) Farm Laborer; Bledsoe, Daniel 12 (black) Farm Laborer; Bond, Joanna 78 (f) At Home.
Revolutionary War Pension File W 5225: John Bond, wife Joanah; also BLWT 6441-16--55.
Revolutionary War Records, Vol. I, VA; G.M. Brumbaugh 1936: U.S. Treasury Report, Revolutionary Land Scrip: John Bond, private Continental Line, Warrent #7586 for 200 acres, the warrent was surrendered by Wm. H. Todd, not John Bond; in another section: Continental Line Warrents, Military Dist. of Ohio #7586 to John Bond, private
(Va Archives Index): Caroline Co. marriages, film 1,019,796: (original bonds or returns are not extant): John Bonds m. Molly Sale abt Apr or May (date is blank) 1789, by Theodorick Noel, Pt. 1, p. 60; bondsman is also T. Noele.
book "History of Caroline Co., VA" by Wingfield, p. 344: a bio sketch of Theodorick Noel. He preached in Salem, Upper K&Q and Upper Essex Baptist churches. Salem was founded by Noell from Upper K&Q. During the great revival of 1788 many were baptised. The area is about 10 miles from Bowling Green at Sparta, VA (Sparta is at the edge of Essex and Caroline, and K&Q is not far away, so people living near here could have records in any of the three counties.
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