William Bonner Jr.

• General Notes
  • http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfreest/Families/GrpSheets/BonnerWilliamJr11
    .htm
    
    "William Bonner, Jr. was a large landowner and stockman. He was a
    miller by trade. Both he and his wife were members of the Associate
    Reformed Presbyterian Church."
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    Book - Biographical Sketches from Limestone, Freestone, and Leon
    Counties, Texas.  Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1893.  p. 76-77.
    
    "WILLIAM BONNER, one of the pioneer setters of Freestone County, was
    born in Alabama in 1820, son of WILLIAM and ANN (JOEL) BONNER, natives
    of South Carolina, who had married there before moving to Alabama.
    JAMES BONNER, father of WILLIAM, was a native of Ireland who came to
    the colonies before the Revolutionary War and took part of it on the
    American side.  JAMES BONNER married MARY LAIRD, also from Ireland,
    and they reared a family of nine children:  WILLIAM, JOHN, ANDREW,
    SAMUEL, JAMES, MARGARET (married ROBERT JONES); MARY (married JOSEPH
    JONES); ELIZABETH (married SAMUEL YOUNG) and SARAH who died unmarried.
    William and John came to Texas; James moved to Indiana in 1836, where
    he settled eighty miles south of Indianapolis, and no other member of
    the family went any further west than Alabama.
        In 1818 WILLIAM BONNER moved to Alabama, bringing his family there
    the next year.  He lived in Monroe, then in Wilcox counties, and in
    1852, came to Texas, first to William County and to Freestone County
    in 1854.  He was a farmer; served in the War of 1812, (was a Captain),
    was in the Battle of New Orleans, and died July 1, 1877, in this
    county at the age of ninety-five years.  His wife died in 1842 at the
    age of forty-four.  Both were members of the Associate Reformed
    Presbyterian Church.  They reared a family of twelve children, two
    dying before maturity.  These were:  ELIZA, widow of JAMES ROBINSON;
    MARY, widow of Rev. JOSEPH McCREARY; our subject; Rev. THOMAS J., of
    Palestine; MARGARET, deceased, wife of Rev. PRESSLY ROBINSON; SALLY,
    deceased, wife of ROBERT HYNES; JAMES, a resident of Alabama; MARTHA,
    wife of Dr. JAMES I. BONNER of Fairfield; SUSAN, widow of ANDREW
    BONNER; KEZIAH, widow of ARCHIBALD HUCKABY, and SAMUEL, died as a
    child.
    ...."
    
    Freestone County Death Records Book I (1903-1917)
    
    William Bonner  d. Oct 10, 1909; male; white; 89 yrs old;  physician
    was O. F. Bryan; location - Wortham
    
    Baptised by Rev. James Lowry.
    
    Bonner Book says he never enlisted, but continued to run the mill for
    the benefit of the soldier's wives.
    
    ROSTER OF CO. D, 10TH TEXAS INFANTRY ORGANIZED BY WILLIAM C. WILSON AT
    FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, ON OCTOBER 26, 1861
    researched & compiled by:  SCOTT McKAY
    
    NAME            RANK AGE     ENLISTED     REMARKS
    Bonner, William S. Pvt. 41 _____________ - No Military Information
    Available -
    
    Wilcox County, Alabama - 1850 Federal Census       (File 4 of 5)
    
    This is the 1850 federal census for Wilcox County, Alabama.
    
    KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:
    LN=Line Number      FN=Family Number
    VAL=Value of Real Estate Owned     MRD=Married within last year
    SCH=Attended school within last year
    R/W=Adults who cannot read and write
    AFFLICTIN=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or
    convict
    
    
    The 1850 Census
    
    STATE:     AL      COUNTY: Wilcox
    REFERENCE:
    ======================================================================
    ===PAGE  LN     FM   LASTNAME            FIRST NAME AND INI.  AGE  SX
    CLR       OCCU.            VLU    BORN   MRD  SCH  DDB AFFLICTION
    REMARKS
    ======================================================================
    ===
    
    725    2    227  BONNER              William               30    M
                                 AL
    725    3    227  BONNER              Mary C.               24    F
                                  AL
    725    4    227  BONNER              Thomas O.              8    M
                                  AL
    725    5    227  BONNER              William M.             5    M
                                  AL
    725    6    227  BONNER              John                   2    M
                                  AL
    
    Household:
    
    Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
    Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    William BONNER   Self   W   Male   W   59   AL   Farmer   SC   SC
    Charles A BONNER   Son   S   Male   W   27   AL   Farmer   AL   AL
    Irvin B BONNER   Son   S   Male   W   26   TX   Farmer   AL   AL
    Mary C BONNER   Dau   S   Female   W   20   TX   Keeping House   AL
    AL
    
    
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    Source Information:
      Census Place District 54, Freestone, Texas
      Family History Library Film   1255304
      NA Film Number   T9-1304
      Page Number   541D
    
    1860 Federal Census - Freestone Co. - Vicinity of Fairfield - 13 July
    1860
    
    p. 10, 13 July 1860
    55/55
    
    Wm. Bonner Junr.  40 M Farmer 2100  32600  Alabama
    Mary C.                 36 F                                Alabama
    Thos. O.                17 M                               Alabama
    William Mc.            14 M                               Alabama
    John E.                  11 M                               Alabama
    James G.                10 M                               Alabama
    Charles A.               8 M                               Alabama
    Irvin                       4 M                               Alabama
    Caroline                7/12 F                            Texas
    
    1830 US Census - Wilcox County, AL. - p. 178a - Line 16
    
    William Bonner [Sr.] -
    Free White Males:
        2 5-10 yrs. old  [Rev. Thomas Joell Bonner age 8, William Bonner, Jr.
    age 10],
        1 40-50 [William Bonner, Sr. age 47 in 1830]
    
    Free White Females:
        1 under 5 yrs. old [Sarah "Sallie" Bonner age 4]
        1 5-10 yrs. old [Margaret "Peggy" Bonner age 5]
        2 10-15 yrs. old [Elizabeth Ann Bonner age 13, Mary Bonner age 12]
        1 30-40 [Ann Lee Joell age 35 in 1830]
    
    Slaves:  40
    
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnavarr/business/cattle_industry/brands.htm
    
    The following list of names and brands appears in the 1993-1994 issue
    of The Scroll, publication of the Navarro County Historical Society
    and is reproduced here with the Society's permission.. These were
    registered during the period October 1854 - April 1873. A few copies
    of this issue are still available. To obtain one, or a copy of a
    single page, please contact the Navarro County Historical Society.
    
    "Bonner, William, Jr. - May 29, 1868"
    
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    Photocopies of actual records loaned by Mike Bonner believed
    photocopied by Carol McGee:
    
    Freestone County, TX
    Timeframe - Start in July going to Sept 20th, 1860.
    Note - The number of slaves "in house" is usually counted at end of
    enumeration of slaves for that particular slave owner.
    
    William Bonner, Jr.
            27 Slaves of whom:
                All were black
                5 slaves in house
                15 male, 12 female
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    Freestone Frontiers  (Volume 5, August 1985, Number 3)
    pg. 4.
    
    The 5th of 24 for the second week drawn for jury duty in William
    Cotten (District Court Clerk) and A. G. Anderson (County Court Clerk)
    and W. T. Watson (County Justice of the Peace) at the fall term of the
    District Court of 1868.  Dated July 7, 1868.
    
    5.  Wm Bonner, Jr.
    
    Freestone Frontiers  (Volume 5, August 1985, Number 3)
    pg. 6.
    
    The 8th of 24 for the second week drawn for jury duty in Chas William
    Stocker (District Court Clerk) and Fredrick A. Clarke (County Court
    Clerk) and Chas William Stocker (County Justice of the Peace) at the
    September term of the District Court of 1869.  Dated July 29, 1869.
    
    32.  William Bonner Jr.
    
    Freestone Frontiers  (Volume 4, August 1984, Number 3)
    pg. 4.
    
    The 31th of 347 for jury duty in the Freestone County - Regular Term
    County Court - N. L. Womack, Chief Justice.  Dated July 23, 1866.
    
    31. William Bonner Jr.
    
    Freestone Frontiers  (Volume 3, Nov 1983, Number 4)
    pg. 16.
    
    The 43rd of 290 for jury duty in the Freestone County - County Court.
    Dated July 6, 1863.
    
    43.  William Bonner Jr.
    
    Freestone Frontiers  (Volume 3, Nov 1983, Number 4)
    pg. 15.
    
    The 22nd of 24 for jury duty in James M. Henderson (District Court
    Clerk) and J. A. Womack (County Court Clerk) and James R. Mobley
    (County Justice of the Peace) at the March term of the District Court
    of 1863.  Dated Jan 8, 1863.
    
    22.  William Bonner Jr.
    
    Book - The Bonner Family History, by Sue Bonner Thornton, 1972, by
    Texan Press in Waco, Texas.  Library of Congress # 72-75823. pg. 98.
    
    "At the Regular Term County Court, August 16, 1858 Andrew Bonner was
    appointed by the  Court as Captain with James Hodges, John Benton,
    George T. Bradley, William Bonner Jr., Henry R. Cockerell and Meriman
    Driver to patrol in the neighborhood of John Bonner."