I am looking for information on my great grandmother, Odessa Bond Niece. She was born in late 1890’s in Oklahoma and married Martin Niece. Thank you.
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Odessa Bond was not born in Oklahoma. She was born in SC in 1890. Her parents were Arthur Francis Bond (1867 – 1940), and Sallie Wright (1870 – 1906). They moved to Oklahoma Territory when she was about 11.
Arthur was born in GA, and was found in Elbert County in the 1880 Census, in a little community near the state line called Gaines. Sallie was from Abbeville County, SC. She was found living in Lowndesville (just east of the state line) in the 1880 Census.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_County,_Georgia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbeville_County,_South_Carolina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowndesville,_South_Carolina
This couple moved to Oklahoma during the Land Rush days. They were found in GA in 1900, but based on their children’s birth years and location, they probably came to Oklahoma Territory sometime around 1901-2. They lived in the western part of the territory, and into the panhandle, which was an area almost exclusively settled by White Americans. They also moved back and forth to Texas, and also into Colorado in the 20s. Arthur was a cattleman.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=BON&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=38&GScntry=4&GSsr=81&GRid=27796078&
Arthur’s line goes back to early White settlers and colonial roots. In fact, Arthur’s father was John Willis Bond, his grandfather was Francis King Bond, his great-grandfather was Willis Bond, and his great-great-grandfather was Nathaniel Bond Jr. His GGG grandfather was Nathaniel Bond Sr. This fellow was a Revolutionary War veteran who received land in the Second Cherokee Land Lottery in 1832. So, this family benefited from the Removal of Cherokee Indians from their northern Georgia lands.
Name Nathaniel Bond
Number 119
District 25th DISTRICT, THIRD SECTION, CHEROKEE
Residence Seal’s
County Elbert
Comment revolutionary soldier; granted previous to the first day of January, 1838
Sallie Right’s parents were William Right (1829 – 1904) and Margaret Louise Mann (1837 – 1919). These lineages go back to early colonial settler roots as well. One line goes back to a Captain John Wright (1748 – 1797) and Jemima Haworth (Sallie’s paternal great-grandparents). Jemima is written about specifically during her families move west, from Virginia. However, she married Captain Wright and they settled in Abbeville, SC. Jemima’s Harworth family directly battled Indians as they moved west, and pushed them off their lands.
http://www.haworthassociation.org/Migration/James/Jemima-Chapter-VI.htm
Most of these branches are so well-traced that you can go back to the 1600s on some lines. It is a rather impressive tree, actually.
Wow! Thank you so much for this information! I will definitely put some time into researching more. This is so new to me and I didn’t even know where to begin to look. Thanks again!
I was told that Odessa Bond (my great grandmother) was a full blooded Cherokee but from what I have seen in just the little amount of time that I have looked, it says she was White! I need to do some more research!!
I appreciate it!! Kim