John Reuben PONDER^[1]

1785 - 1871  (86 years)

• Name	John Reuben PONDER
  Birth	1785	Virginia
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	L21B-P8J
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L21B-P8J
  _UID	6789901C18DD432D9FC3683F5A4CE86D0516
  Death	2 Jun 1871	Braxton, Simpson Co, Mississippi
  Burial	Floyds Cem, Everett Comm, Simpson Co, MS
  Person ID	I13971	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Abner Jefferson PONDER,   b. 1755, Augusta, VA d. Dec 1832, Bon Aqua Springs, Hickman Co, Tennessee (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Jane GREEN?,   b. Abt 1770   d. Abt 1791, GA? (Age ~ 21 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1785	Buffalo Gap, Augusta Co, Virginia
  Family ID	F7204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah HOLBROOK,   b. Abt 1788, North Carolina d. 2 Sep 1863, Simpson County, Mississippi (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1807	VA
  Children	1. William PONDER   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Thomas Pinckney PONDER,   b. 1808, Elbert County, Georgia d. Aft 1850, Rankin County Mississippi (Age 43 years)   3. Elizabeth "Betsy" PONDER,   b. 1809, Marion County, Mississippi d. 1880, Tennessee (Age 71 years)   4. Amos C. PONDER,   b. Abt 1815, Mississippi d. Abt 1880, Wayne Co?, MS (Age ~ 65 years)   5. Fleming Green PONDER,   b. 1816, Mississippi d. 1856, Four Mills, MO (Age 40 years)   6. Abner J. PONDER,   b. Abt 1826, Simpson County, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   7. James Madison Matt PONDER,   b. 27 Feb 1826, Rankin County Mississippi d. 7 Sep 1913, Rankin County Mississippi (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F7207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  !Source: Jerry Ponder's "Life of Abner Ponder," p 18 Reuben and Thomas Ponder, brothers, left Elbert Co, Georgia about 1808 and both served in the War of 1812, fighting at the Battle of New Orleans. Both were in MS by 1814 (tax list) and in Pike Co, MS, by the time of the 1816 state census. They appear in the 1820 Pike Co Census and by 1840 were in the Marion Co, MS, census. They well may have never moved as Marion Co. was cut from Pike County. Shortly after 1820 Reubin moved to Rankin Co, MS, where he raised a large family and has many descendants today throughout the South. !Reuben Ponder purchased 40 acres of land in Rankin Co on Aug 27, 1835, Section 13, townshipo 4, range 4

  
  

• Sources

  [S818] John T. Palmer, Ph.D., John T. Palmer, Ph.D.