Bio: James Bond, Allen, Rapides, Sabine & Vernon Parish Louisiana
Source: The Colfax Chronicle, page 2, July 9, 1998
Submitted by
Gaytha Thompson




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James Bond and his wife, Emeline Simmons, moved to Louisiana from Mississippi
in 1856 and settled on the Sabine River at Burr's Ferry in what would become
Vernon Parish.

John, born 1832 in Pike County, Mississippi, was a son of Preston Bond;
Emeline, whom he married in 1854, was a daughter of John and Mary Hope
Simmons.

John Bond was a grandson of Henry Bond, Sr. and Elizabeth Muse, early settlers
of Pike County and founding members of the Old Silver Creek Baptist Church and
the Bala Chitto Baptist Church there.

John served in the Civil War with company C. 27th Louisiana Regiment, after
which he moved his family from Rapides Parish to Newton County, Texas, for a
few years.

They returned to Louisiana in what is now Allen Parish and helped to establish
the Bond Community.  John was a farmer, school teacher, and legal advisor for
the community; Emeline served as nurse and medical advisor.