"Much praise can be directed towards Jesse Bond Bolton for clarifyingt he relationship between William Bond and Judith Sandage. Althoughunabl e to find a marriage record she was able to link Mary Neaves,Judith Sa ndage, and William Bond through wills and other courtrecords. Mary Nea ves was a principal testifier in the pensionapplication of William Bon d of Franklin County in 1826. Jesse Boltonfound evidence that Mary Nea ves was the Daughter of Daniel Jones whomarried Judith Sandage, the wi dow of James Sandage. Judith and JamesSandage had two children Judith a nd John. In her will Judith Jonesbequeaths to her daughter Judith Bond , a cow and a calf; to her sonJames Sandage feathers that he has in hi s possession; and to herdaughter Mary Neaves a great Bible."
And again:
"When Judith Jones dies in 1788 her will makes bequests to JudithBond, s on James Sandage and daughter Mary Neaves. Other bequests areto Sally B . Clark, Susannah Jones, son Frederick Jones, son WalterJones and son D aniel Jones. If Judith had married William Bond ofFranklin County, Jud ith would not only be married she would also bethe mother of four chil dren. Did Judith Jones ignore the Bondgrandchildren in her will or is t his a further indication that Judithand William did not have children.
Mary Neaves by saying that she is well acquainted with William Bondfur ther establishes that William Bond of St Martins Parish was livingat t he house of her father before and after his service with thecontinenta l line in order to assist him in getting his pension. Thiswould confir m that the William Bond of Franklin County was the oneindicated in the t ax list for 1783-4 and not the slave holder andhead of household indic ated in the census of 1782 and 1784.
If indeed William Bond was the husband of Judith Sandage, why doesMary n ot also acknowledge their kinship since she would have been hissister i n law? And secondly, when William Bond in the postscript noteto the Gu m Springs letter, knows Mary well enough to state that sheleft her spe ctacles at home why would he also not acknowledge thatthey were relate d by marriage."
In 1830 Mary "Neves" was head of the house in the Eastern Div,Harrison C o, KY. She was 60-69 years old with 1 male aged 15-19, and1 age 20-29 . Down the road lived daughter Mary and George "Roar."
