Dr. Samuel Bonner Sr.

• General Notes
  • Verified.
    
    "Samuel Bonner
    son of Mary Laird and James Bonner
    25 July 1786 - 7 Oct 1831" [should be 1832]
    
    1830 US Census - Wilcox County, AL. - p. 176a - Line 13
    
    [Dr.] Samuel Bonner [Sr.] -
    Free White Males:
        1 under 5 yrs old [Samuel Andrew Bonner, Jr. age 1],
        1 10-15 yrs. old  [Dr. Joseph Hearst Bonner age 10],
        1 20-30 [** unknown **],
        1 40-50 [Dr. Samuel Bonner, Sr. age 44],
        1 50-60 [** unknown **]
    
    Free White Females:
        1 under 5 yrs old [Jane Pressly Bonner age 3],
        1 20-30 [Sarah "Sallie" C. Hearst age 29]
    
    Slaves:  33
    
    1820 US Census - Abbeville Co., SC.
    Roll: M33_118; Page: 36; Image: 43
    
    Samuel Bonner
    
    Males
      Under 10: 1 [Joseph Hearst Bonner, age infant];    10-16: 0;
    16-18: 0;    16-26: 1 [unknown];    26-45: 1 [Dr. Samuel Bonner, age
    34];    45+:  0
    
    Females
      Under 10: 0;    10-16: 0;    16-26: 1 [Sarah (Hearst) Bonner - age
    20] ;   26-45: 0;    45+:  0
    
    Foreigners: 0
    Agriculture: 1; Commerce: 0; Manufacturer: 0
    
    Slaves:
    0 1 3 1 0 3 2
    
    MIGHT BE JAMES AND HIS SON SAMUEL:
    
    http://www.prairiebluff.com/algenweb/wilcox/1820wilcox.htm
    1820 Census - Wilcox Co., AL., pg 3.
    October 4th 1820 -- by Ephraim Pharr
    
    Samuel & J. Bone
    
    White males 21+: 2;  White males under 21: 1 ;
    White females 21+: 1;  White females under 21: 3
    Total of white inhabitants: 7
    Total of free people of colour: 0
    Total of slaves: 20
    Total of inhabitants: 27
    
    http://www.prairiebluff.com/algenweb/wilcox/bonnerwill.html
    
    Will of Samuel Bonner.  Wilcox Co. Will Book Vol 1, p.104-106.  State
    of Alabama.  Wilcox County.
    
    I, Samuel Bonner, of the State and County aforesaid being at this time
    of sound mind and memory and believing that death is certain do make
    and consitute this my last will and testament viz.  In the first
    place, it is my wish and desire that my property both land and negroes
    should be kept together adn worked except the negroes to be named
    thereafter.  Secondly, it is my wish that my wife, Sarah Bonner,
    should keep possession of my property for her use and the use of my
    children until my oldest child comes of age or as long as she  remains
    unmarried.  Thirdly, it is my wish that as soon as my oldest child
    comes of age, my property both land and personal shall be equally
    divided between my wife and children and each is to receive and enjoy
    the possession and use of his or her own part.  Fourthly, it is my
    wish that my daughter, Jane Pressly Bonners, portion of my property
    should be held subject to her own use and the use of her children and
    in the event of her dying without children it is my wish that the
    portion of my property she may receive from my estate is to be equally
    divided between the rest of my children then living or their natural
    issue,  Fifthly, it is my wish that if either of my sons should die
    without children then in that event the portion of my estate as * of
    them may receive should be equally divided between the rest of my
    children or their natural issue.  It is furthermore my wish that if my
    daughter, Jane Pressly Bonner, should receive any portion from this
    fifth provision of my will that it should be held subject only to her
    own use and the use of her issue and in the event of her hving at her
    death no children, it is to be divided equally between the rest of my
    children or their issue.  Sixthly, it is my wish that my Executors
    should sell either at private or public sale the following named
    negroes viz Ada and her child Jerry and any of my other negroes who
    may be ungovernable on the plantation.  Seventhly, it is my wish that
    my executors should * out of the funds arising from the negroes as
    well as the funds arising from the plantation either in purchasing
    other negroes or lend it out on interest as they may think best for
    the interest of my estate.  Eighthly and lastly, it is my wish that my
    wife Sarah Bonner should act as my Executrix and that William Bonner,
    James Bonner, and John Bonner should act with her as my Executors.
    
    Samuel Bonner.
    
    Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of us
    this 29th September 1831
    Joseph Jones senior
    Robert Jones
    James P. Pressly
    
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    Proved 13 Feb. 1832.