John G. Pond

Birth Date

1812-08-17

Death Date

1895-03-25

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Madison County, Kentucky, minister and soldier. Garrard County, Kentucky, native. Married to Salina Schooler Pond in Garrard County, Kentucky, on June 26, 1832. Father of Margaret A. Pond, John L. Pond, James F. Pond, Catherine Pond, Lucretia Pond, Stewart B. Pond, Martha C. Pond, Mary S. Pond, Brunetta L. Pond, and Ada E. Pond. Resident of Garrard County in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Garrard County in 1840. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Baptist minister in Madison County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Madison County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from September 22, 1862, to April 12, 1864. Served in the 117th United States Colored Infantry Regiment as a lieutenant colonel from September 22, 1864, to February 3, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1840) Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 32.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 1, p. 327B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 1, p. 556.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Western Subdivision, p. 243.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Western Subdivision, p. 467A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film 000183256 , p. 274.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 110.
Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in United States Colored Troops: 56th-138th USCT Infantry, 1864-1866, NARA RG 94, Roll RG94-USCT-117-Bx45.
"Rev John Griffin Pond (1812-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial 7879016, accessed May 29, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7879016.

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