Rev. John Chapman Bounds (Bownds)

1802 - 1867  (64 years)

• Name	John Chapman Bounds (Bownds)  [1]
  Title	Rev.
  Birth	08 Aug 1802	South Carolina, or Rockingham, Richmond Co, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Census	14 Sep 1850	Jasper Co, Mississippi
  	1850 Jasper Co MS 14 Sep Residence 120 -Parker, Rhoda Ann (Strickland) 45 1805 Georgia (wid of John Parker) Parker, Candice T. 18 1832 Mississippi (m Dawson Stanton Parker, John H. (Hudson) 12 1834 Mississippi Parker, Elizabeth Allen 10 1840 Mississippi -Stanton, Dawson 25 1825 Alabama (m Candice Parker) Residence 121 -Rogers, Redick (Reddick) 62 1787 SC Elizabeth (Cooley) 45 1805 SC Mary Anne 15 1835 MS Elizabeth B 11 1839 MS Residence 125 -Ellis, Lenon B. 46 1804 Georgia Tresa 49 1801 Georgia Ira B. 21 1829 MS S.W. 18 1832 MS Nancy 14 1836 MS Tresa 12 1838 MS Mary 10 184 MS John W.W. 6 1844 Sarah 2 1848 MS James S. 27 1823 MS Residence 126 - Bounds, John C (Chapman) 25 1825 Mississippi Bounds, Martha (Ellis) 16 1834 Mississippi Bounds, William Theodore 1 1849 - Bosworth, Augustus 3 1847 (1842) Mississippi Dixon, Spias 55 1795 Georgia (b 1 Feb 1795; d 28 Dec 1875 Jasper Co MS Dixon, Lydia (King) 52 1798 South Carolina b 27 Feb 1798; d 8 Sep 1887 Jasper Co Halder (Holder), H.H. (or H.L.) 21 1829 Mississippi Halder, Colen (Colosso) 13 1837 Mississippi Danlas, George 50 1800 -- Note: Bounds/Ellis relation to Dixon/Holder not determined; but Spias Dixon's (Spicer Dickson) daughter, Rebecca (1825) m a James Holder. And in 1860 H. Holder was living near a T.H. Moffett. Martha Ellis Bounds mother was a Moffett. T.H. might have been her brother Residence 129 - Bounds John 48 1802 South Carolina <<<< Bounds Mary (Cooley) 43 1807 South Carolina Berry 22 1828 South Carolina James 19 1831 South Carolina William 17 1833 South Carolina Jane 16 1834 South Carolina Andrew 12 1838 South Carolina John 7 1843 South Carolina Morgan 2 1848 South Carolina - Susan Bounds 16 1834 South Carolina - Jane Bounds 9 1841 South Carolina residence 130 - Cooly, Nancy (Bounds) 66 1784 South Carolina - John 21 1829 Mississippi Residence 131 - Cooley, Middleton 24 1826 Mississippi Residence 132 Mississippi - Cooley, Daniel 32 1818 Mississippi Eliza 26 1824 Mississippi Nancy 12 1838 Mississippi William 10 1840 Mississippi Julia Anne 8 1842 Mississippi John 6 1844 Mississippi Madison 4 1846 Mississippi Adaline 2 1848 Mississippi residence 133 - Cooley William 38 1812 North Carolina Mary 3 1820 North Carolina Penelope 18 1832 Mississippi Elias 16 1834 Mississippi William 13 1837 Mississippi Susan 11 1839 Mississippi Eliza 7 1843 Mississippi Nancy 4 1846 Mississippi Mary 2 1848 Mississippi residence 134 -Merrill A. (Abel) 50 1800 SC Eliza (Cooley) 48 1802 SC William 28 1822 MS Eliza 16 1834 MS Green Berry 14 1836 MS Susan 12 1838 MS Keziah (Goodwin) 20 1830 MS (wife of William) residence 135 -Travis, Ezekiel 46 1804 GA Martha (Granberry) 40 1810 GA James 19 1831 MS Allen 17 1833 MS Mary 20 1830 MS Soanna 12 1838 MS Jane 8 1842 MS Allisa 4 1846 MS residence 136 -Porter, L.L. (Lancelot Landlot) 45 1805 SC Elizabeth (Bounds) 40 1810 TN James Palmer 18 1832 MS Susan 15 1835 MS Martha Anne 10 1840 MS Russell 5 1845 MS Saphronia Paulina 1 1849 MS Residence 137 - Cooly Berry 29 1821 MS Cooly Lavina (Arrington) 17 1833 MS Ellender Bersheba epsy 6 1844 Mississippi Spurlock Martha 26 1824 Mississippi Spurlock Mary Jane 21 1829 Mississippi Spurlock Allen 16 1834 Mississippi Spurlock John 20 1830 Mississippi Spurlock Robert Winston 13 1837 Mississippi Spurlock Anne 11 1839 Mississippi Spurlock Lavina 8 1842 Mississippi Spurlock Adaline 63 1787 Mississippi (unknown relation) (note: Berry Cooley's relation to the Spurlocks has not been determined; but these Spurlocks are the children of William (1800 GA) and Lavina Winborne Spurlock (1800 SC), who are living in Residence 119 with Calno P and Isabella Moonsson. That household is listed directly before Rhoda Parker. In Residence 118 is Bowling L. Spurlock, age 3 1847, another child of William and Lavina. He is living with George & Mary Massengale (Massingill) and children. By 1860, William and Lavina are in Rockport, Simpson Co, MS, with their children, Ann, Levina, and Adeline, age 15. Near is Young B. Massengale, and wife Martha. He is son of George & Mary Massengill who Bowling was living with; and Martha is daughter of William and Lavina Spurlock.
  Residence	1852	Lavaca Co, Texas
  Residence	1860	Hill Co, Texas
  Property	1867	Burleson Co, Texas
  	purchased land
  	He deeded some of this land to his children in 1869.
  Death	01 Jul 1867	Lee Co, Texas
  	Letter from Mary Jones to Susan Bounds, dated 23 Apr 1871, she states to Susan, "Frances wrote to me not long since. She said for me to tell you your Father was dead. Her Ma Martha Bounds Bosworth) had got a letter from some one there." "There" was Lee County, and Susan was in Lavaca, about 75 miles due south of Lee County. Martha was John's daughter and Susan's sister. He had died in 1867 - sad, long time to not know their father had died.
  		Letter - 1871, 03/25 from Mary M Jones Norton to Aunt Susan, about her life and family, etc, including telling Susan "Frances wrote to me not long since. She said for me to tell you your Father (John Bounds) was dead. Her Ma (Martha Bounds Bosworth) had got a letter from some one there." Martha and Susan were sisters, John's daughters. He had died in 1867, four years prior, in Lee County, about 75 miles north of Lavaca County. Sad it took his daughters so long to get word he died. She again mentions "Martha," but not sure who Martha is. linked to: Oak Hill (near LaGrange), Fayette Co, Texas Frances Elizabeth Bosworth (I921) Martha Bounds (I32497) Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850) John Chapman Bounds (Bownds) (I9058) Berry Alexander Butts (I9060) Mary Elizabeth "Lizzy" Butts (I32435) Susan Delanie Butts (I9061) Andrew* Prather Jones (I1209) Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev (I583)
  Burial	Old Mesquite Cem, Lee Co, Texas
  Notes	"John Bounds was ordained as a Baptist minister in the Palestine Baptist Church in Hinds County, on the second Lord's Day in November 1827. . He was a charter member. In the early 1840s, John switched to the Stone-Canmpbell Restoration Movement of the Christian Churches. (Church of Christ). Some people called them Reformed Baptists and some called them ?Campbellite Baptists? in those days. John was . the first pastor of Shady Grove Baptist Church, founded about 1845. He is listed in the 1850 Jasper Co, MS census. He brought his family . to Lavaca County, Texas about 1852, where several of his children were married. By 1860, he was in Hill County, Texas. He then bought . land nearby in Burleson County, in 1867. He deeded some of this land to his children in 1869. He is buried beside his wife, Mary Sophoronia Cooley Bounds, in the Mesquite . Cemetery in Lee County. The data on this family are from the John Bounds/Bownds Bible and from Joseph Erwin Waters of Temple, Texas. . Also the Boundless Bounds Family Book..." http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/36501471/person/18944668511/mediax/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum
  Person ID	I9058	Roots
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	James Bounds,   b. 1766, Rockingham, Richmond Co, North Carolina d. 1835, Jasper Co, Mississippi (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Crocker,   b. 1776, Isle of Wight Co, Virginia d. 1860, Jasper Co, Mississippi (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1798	Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co, South Carolina
  Family ID	F10052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Sophronia "Polly" Cooley,   b. 24 Aug 1808, Darlington District, South Carolina d. Jul 1869, Lee Co, Texas (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1824
  Children	1. Elizabeth Bounds,   b. 7 Oct 1824, Jasper Co, Mississippi d. Sep 1826, Hinds, Jasper Co, Mississippi (Age 1 year) + 2. Nancy Bounds,   b. 29 Jul 1826, Hinds Co, Mississippi d. 25 Apr 1907, Byram, Hinds Co, Mississippi (Age 80 years) + 3. Berry Warren Bounds,   b. 11 Oct 1828, Jasper Co, Mississippi d. 7 Jun 1908, Milam Co, Texas (Age 79 years) + 4. James Bounds,   b. 7 Feb 1831, Jasper Co, Mississippi d. 24 May 1909, Lee Co, Texas (Age 78 years) + 5. Martha Bounds,   b. 14 Jun 1832, Vossberg, Jackson Co, Mississippi d. 1860, Lavaca Co, Texas (Age 27 years) + 6. William C. "Billy" Bounds,   b. 20 Jan 1836, Jasper Co, Mississippi d. 24 May 1909, Milam Co, Texas (Age 73 years)   7. Jane Bounds,   b. 1834, South Carolina d. Aft 1850, of, Jasper Co, Mississippi (Age 17 years)   8. Andrew Franklin Bounds,   b. 16 May 1838, Jasper Co, Mississippi d. 1870, Lee Co, Texas (Age 31 years) + 9. John Bounds, Jr.,   b. 25 Nov 1842, Jasper Co, Mississippi d. 20 May 1903, Texas (Age 60 years) + 10. Morgan McAfee Bounds,   b. 25 Jun 1848, Jasper Co, Mississippi, or South Carolina d. 4 Jan 1928, Lynn Co, Texas, Texas (Age 79 years) + 11. Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?),   b. 14 Apr 1834, Jasper Co, Mississippi, or South Carolina d. 1897, Lavaca Co, Texas (Age 62 years)  [Father: Foster] + 12. Elizabeth Jane Bounds (Bownds), (foster?),   b. 7 Jun 1841, South Carolina d. 13 Nov 1900, Lexington, Lee Co, Texas (Age 59 years)  [Father: Foster]
  Family ID	F3547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 08 Aug 1802 - South Carolina, or Rockingham, Richmond Co, North Carolina Census - 14 Sep 1850 - Jasper Co, Mississippi Residence - 1852 - Lavaca Co, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S301] Karl Kiser (KSquared77).