Lawrence S. Bond/Thomas Bond-pa,md,va,
In 1794 Dr Thomas bond Jr. died inVa,where he was surveying some land. In
his will he left 4,000 acres of land to Lawrence Sterne Smallwood, orphan who
was apprenticed to a coachmaker in Philadelphia. He also left money or land
to a girl (this is from memory, I can't find the will) orphan somewhere in
Philadelphia all this before his wife and children are mentioned. This
inheritance was brought to the notice of the orphans court so Lawrence was
still under age. Sometime between then and 1810 he changed his name to
Lawrence S. Bond, marries Eleanor Newman in MD (the bonds originally came
from there) Lawrence and Eleanor go to Va, I think to see about claiming his
land, and he either died there or gave up and came on to KY where he died.The land in VA was in then LewisCo and now is in Upshure Co WV.
Any information regarding Lawrence will be greatly appreciated.
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