BOND, Dr. James Knox Polk ,Bayou des Glaises, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Randy DeCuir



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Hon. James K. Bond is a planter of Ward 7, and was born in Shelby County,
Tenn., on December 31, 1844, to T. G. and Margaret (Dickson) Bond, natives of
Virginia and Tennessee, respectively. The father removed to Tennessee when
young, and was engaged in farming until his death in 1857, his widow surviving
him until 1868, when she, too, passed away. Hon. James K. Bond removed to
Avoyelles Parish with his mother when twelve years of age, and although he
received a good early education in the common schools, he was debarred from
entering college on account of the opening of the Rebellion. In 1862 he
enlisted in the First Louisiana Calvary; the same year was discharged on
account of physical disability, but at the end of about two months he
re-enlisted in the Second Louisiana Calvary, and served until the war 
terminated, being in the Trans-Mississippi Department, and in all the
engagements of that department with the exception of Mansfield and Pleasant
Hill, during which time he was on courier duty. At the close of the war he
returned to the plantation, and has since devoted his time to its operation,
and is now in good circumstances, financially. He has been interested in the
political questions of the day, and has held a number of official positions,
being a member of the police jury from 1885 until 1888, in April of the latter
year being elected to represent this parish in the State Legislature, his term
expiring in 1892. Mr. Bond introduced the bill that created so much excitement
in Avoyelles Parish, providing for the removal of the court-house to the
lowlands. He and his most estimable and worthy wife are the parents of two
sons and three daughters.