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Samuel Bond (b. circa ? - d. 1818)
MSA SC 5496-002141
War of 1812 Claimant, Prince George's County, Maryland

Biography:

Samuel Bond lived in Prince George's County with his wife, Clarissa Sothoron, whom he had married by 1775.1 Clarissa Bond had inherited 400 acres of Calverts Manor from her grandfather, Zachariah Bond.2 In 1778, he bought 150 more acres from the tract "Calvert Manor."3 The tract was also called "Elizabeth" or "Piscattaway Manor." That year, Bond also "took the Oath of Allegiance before the Hon. Thomas Clagett."4 Bond purchased another 136 acres in 1784, this time from a tract called None Such.5

Bond owned thirty-nine slaves in 1790, twenty-eight slaves in 1800, and thirty-five slaves in 1810.6 Two of his slaves, Amos and James, escaped to the British during the War of 1812.7 Clarissa passed away sometime after 1800, and Samuel married Elizabeth Forbes, the widow of John Forbes.8 Bond died in 1818. In his will, Bond mentioned his nephews, John Sothoron, Zachariah Sothoron, Henry Sothoron, and James Forbes Sothoron; his nieces, Eleanor Gardiner, Susanna Key Bond, and Clarissa Griffin; and his grandniece, Mary Clarissa Bond Compton (nee Barnes).9 She was the daughter of one of Bond's executors, John Barnes, who took over Bond's claim for the two escaped slaves following Bond's death.10
 

Footnotes

1.     Elise Greenup Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland. Volume 9 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000) 117.

2.     PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), Liber JRM 8, Folio 200, [MSA CE 65-37]. Samuel and Clarissa Bond to Henry Gardiner, May 29, 1800.
3.     Jourdan 114 and 117.

3.     PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), Liber CC 2, Folio 467, [MSA CE 65-23]. Hezekiah Wheeler to Samuel Bond, July 7, 1778.

4.     Henry C. Peden, Revolutionary Patriots of Prince George's County, Maryland, 1775-1783 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 1997) 31.

5.     PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), Liber FF 1, Folio 394, [MSA CE 65-24]. George Emerson to Samuel Bond, January 15, 1784.
3.     LAND OFFICE, (Certificates, Patented, PG), [MSA S1203-21]. None Such, James Davis, 100 Acres.

6.     U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Samuel Bond, 1790, Prince George's County, district not stated, Page 2 (right side), last line [MSA SM61-15, M 2053-1].
3.     U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Samuel Bond, 1800, Prince George's County, district not stated, Page 14a, 2nd line from bottom [MSA SM61-34, M 2056-4].
3.     U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Samuel Bond, 1810, Prince George's County, King George and Grub Hundreds, Page 4, Line 14 [MSA SM61-54, M 2061-1].

7.     Definitive List of Slaves and Property/, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828/* ARC Identifier 1174162 / MLR Number PI 177 192*.

8.     Richard W. Gill, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Vol. 5 (Baltimore, MD: John D. Toy, 1850) 34.

9.     PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Wills), 1808-1820, Liber TT 1, [MSA C1326-5]. Samuel Bond, July 28, 1818. Probated August 31, 1818.

10.   Definitive List of Slaves and Property.
 

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