Finding aid for the Bond Family Papers
Title:
Bond Family Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Bond Family
Dates:
1806-1836
Quantity:
0.10 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 Eli Bond, his father Thomas Bond, and brother Moses Bond were early settlers in Geauga County, Ohio. They owned land in Bondstown, now Hambden Township, and Eli opened the first store in Painesville and served as Geauga County sheriff, 1815-1818. William L. Perkins acted as the family's agent in land transactions. The collection consists of correspondence between family members, deeds and receipts. The collection primarily concerns the everyday activities of the family members, land speculation and the early settlement of Geauga County, Ohio.
Identification:
MS 4382
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of the Bond Family

The Eli Bond Family of Lake and Geauga Counties, Ohio, came to the Western Reserve in 1803 when Eli Bond (1782-1830), a native of Brookfield, Massachusetts, traveled on horseback to the area that is now Painesville, Ohio. He returned to Massachusetts briefly, but then settled permanently in Ohio in 1805. He, along with his father, Thomas Bond, and a brother, Moses Bond, owned land in the area of Bondstown (now Hambden Township) in Geauga County. Eli sold this land after being empowered to do so by the other proprietors and then opened the first store in the Painesville area. Painesville was then in Geauga County and in 1815, Eli Bond became sheriff of the county, a post he held for four years. He served in the war of 1812 and in 1818, was commissioned major general of the Ninth Division of Ohio Militia. He held this position until his death. Other members of the Bond family that figure in the collection are Eli's father, Thomas Bond (b. 1739), his brothers, Thomas Bond, Jr. (b. 1777) and Moses Bond (b. 1784), his uncle Joseph Bond (b. 1744), and a cousin Solomon Bond (b. 1764). All of these Bonds were descendants of Jonathan Bond (b. 1710) and his wife Mary Harrington Bond of Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Scope and Content

The Bond Family Papers, 1806-1836, consist of correspondence among Bond family members, deeds and receipts.

This collection has value for anyone interested in the early settlement of Lake and Geauga Counties in Ohio and the Western Reserve generally. It also serves as a good example of communication between nineteenth century migrants to the Western Reserve and the relatives they left behind.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically. It is maintained in one folder.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Bond family.
Deeds -- Ohio -- Geauga County.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Geauga County.
Geauga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
Painesville (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Geauga County.
Real property -- Ohio -- Geauga County.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, folder ___ ] MS 4382 Bond Family Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Arthur H. Bond, 1946.

Processing Information

Processed by Richard Hite in 1989.