Shadrach Bond (1773 - 1832)

Born 24 Nov 1773 in Frederick, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Achsah Bond — married 22 Nov 1810 in Davidson County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1832 at age 58 in Kaskaskia, Illinois

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Preceded by Territorial Governor Ninian Edwards

Shadrach Bond 1st Governor of Illinois 1818-1822

Succeeded by 2nd Governor Edward Coles

Name: Governor Shadrach Bond (LZG1-MCC) Sex: Male

• Father: Nicodemus Bond Sr. (LHTV-BTY) (1743-1804)
• Mother: Rachel Stevenson (LZFX-5YJ) (1744-1804)

Individual Facts

• Birth 24 Nov 1773 Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
• Death 12 Apr 1832 (age 58) Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois, United States
• Burial Evergreen Cemetery,, Randolph, Illinois, United States1
  • F.A.G Find A Grave: Memorial #6664795

Marriages

• 1. Achsah Gorsuch (K653-C63) (1786-1844)

Marriage 27 Nov 1810 (age 37) Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States2 Children

• Julia Rachel Bond (K65Q-FGL) (1813-1849)
• Thomas Shadrach Bond (MQ8Z-6W7) (1817-1849)
• Mary Achsah Bond (K653-C67) (1819-1878)
• Leah Bond (LRXS-VNK) (1820- )
• Emily C. Bond (LRXS-GWB) (1822- )
• Isabella Fell Bond (LRXS-HTX) (1824-1860)
• Benjamin Nicodemus Bond (K4RK-2R9) (1826-1911)

Endnotes 15 January 2019

• 1. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV3-2LYF : 13 December 2015), Shadrach Bond, 1832; Burial, Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States of America, Evergreen Cemetery; citing record ID 6664795, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• 2. "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD3G-VP5 : 11 February 2018), Shadrack Bond and Achsah Bond, 22 Nov 1810; citing Davidson,Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 200,294

Biography

Shadrach Bond is Notable.

Shadrach Bond was a Freemason and a member of Temple Lodge No. 26, Reisters Town, Baltimore County, Maryland.

Shadrach Bond was a Freemason and a member of The Western Star Lodge No. 107, Kaskaskia, Territory of Indiana.

Shadrach Bond was born on 24 Nov 1773 in Frederick, Maryland, son of Reverend Nicodemus Bond (1743 - 1804) and Rachel (Stevenson) Bond (~1745 - ).

As a young man, Shadrach heard about the rich farmland of the Illinois from his uncle who was also Shadrack Bond. His uncle also held some of the same offices in the Illinois government and they can sometimes confused as the same person. He moved to Illinois area as a young man when it was still Indiana Territory.

After moving to Illinois, he became a member of lodge The Western Star Lodge No. 107, Kaskaskia, Territory of Indiana on December 27, 1806. Bond was elected Illinois' first Grand Master when the first Illinois Grand Lodge was constituted on December 11, 1822^[1]

In the 1810 census Shadrach was in Indiana Territory, Randolph and St Clair Counties, Illinois.^[2]

Shadrach (36) married Achsah Bond (~24) (1786 - 1844) on 22 Nov 1810 in Davidson County, Tennessee.^[3]

He was elected the first Governor of Illinois after it's statehood and served from October 6, 1818 – December 5, 1822. His top priority during his term was transportation. He signed bills to allow privately operated toll roads and bridges. he also advocated for a canal that would connect Lake Michigan and the Illinois River. It was successful, but the canal wasn't built until the 1840s after he had left office.

In honor of his service as a congressional delegate, the Illinois Territory named a new county, Bond County after Shadrach. ^[4]

In the 1830 census Shadiach was in Randolph, Illinois. There were a total of 18 persons in his household. ^[5]

Shadrach died on 12 Apr 1832 in Kaskaskia, Illinois aged 58. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, Illinois.

Will of Shadrach Bond^[6]

In the name of God, Amen. I, Shadrach Bond, of Randolph county and State of Illinois, being of sound mind and memory, do declare and ordain this to be my last will and testament touching my worldly possessions and hereby revoking all others, viz.

• First, I require all my just debts to be paid.
• Second, I give to my loving wife, Achsah Bond, all my personal property upon condition that she support and educate my children, giving them a good English education, and raise my two sons, Thomas Shadrach and Benjamin Nichodemus, to some professional business if they shall desire it when they shall respectively arrive at the age of seventeen years-upon the like conditions I give her all the rents and fees from my several farms and the use and profits of the mill situated on the farm on which I now live during her widowhood or until the children respectively to whom they are hereinafter devised shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years or be married. I also bequeath to my said wife my house and lot in Kaskaskia where I formerly resided in trust to be sold to raise a fund to pay the legacies hereinafter mentioned. I also bequeath to my wife my negro Frank Thomas and Providence and the residue except those hereinafter specially devised.
• Third-I give to my daughter, Isabelle Fell, and her heirs all that tract of land lying ini Monroe county known by the name of Paeon Grove, formerly owned by John Sullivan, containing four hundred acres and the fractions on the east of it, on the west and north of it.
• Fourth-I give to my daughter, Julia Rachel, and her heirsi all that tract of land lying south of the above containing four hundred acres originally claimed by Peter Zipp and also the fractions lying east of it.
• Fifth-I give unto my daughter, Achsah Mary, and her heirs all that tract of land lying in Monroe county originally claimed by James Curry, containing four hundred acres, and also the southwest quarter of section No. 16 in Township No. 2 South of Range No. 11 West, devised to me by Abraham Amos.
• Sixth-I give to my son, Thomas Shadrach, and his heirs that tract of land upon which I now live, being the same conveyed to me in separate parcels by Pierre Menard (one part) and George Fisher (the other), containing altogether about three hundred and thirty-seven acres, and the northeast fractional half of section 25 (in two separate detached fractions) in township six, south of range 8 west. But this bequest to my son Thomas Shadrach is on this condition, that he pay to his brother, my son Benjamin Nichodemus, when he shall attain the age of twenty-one years, one thousand dollars, and to secure the payment thereof to my son Benjamin when he attains the age of twenty-one, I do hereby charge the several tracts of land hereby devised to my son Thomas with the payment thereof. But if my son Benjamin should die before he arrives at the age of twenty-one years and without heirs of his body then my son Thomas shall be holden acquitted and discharged from the payment of the said sum of one thousand dollars.
• Seventh-I give to my son Benjamin Nichodemus one thousand dollars to be paid his as above by his brother Thomas and I also give him that part of section 30 in township 3 north of range 9 west, lying in Madison county which belongs to me. If any of the real estate hereby bequeathed to my children be taken from them or either of them the residue of the children shall make them or either of them due compensation for the loss.
• Eighth-I give to my daughter Julia Rachel five hundred dollars and my negro girl Eliza. And to my daughter Achsah Mary five hundred dollars and my negro girl Mary and to my daughter Isabell Fell I give five hundred dollars and my negro girl Harriet and to my wife Achsah I give all the rest of my negroes to be disposed of as she thinks best having entire confidence that she will make proper use of it.
• Ninth-It is my intention that my wife Achsah shall be charged with the payment of the legacies to my daughters as they shall respectively come of age or be married and to enable her to do this and raise and educate my children as aforesaid all my personal estate and the rents and profits of my farm and mill together with my house and lot in town have been bequeathed to her.
• Tenth-It is also my intention that she shall have the use of the farm on which I live together with the mill thereon until my son Thomas shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years.
• Eleventh-If any estate shall hereafter descend to me or be bequeathed to me it is my desire it be equally divided among my children.
• Twelfth-All the residue of my real estate I give and bequeath to my daughters Julia Rachel, Achsah Mary and Isabelle Fell and their heirs to be equally divided among them.
• Thirteenth-I make and constitute my wife Achsah Bond sole executor of my last will and testament.
• Fourteenth-It is my intention that my debts be paid out of the personal estate hereby devised to my wife and that the pecuniary legacies to my daughters shall only be demandable of my wife when they marry or attain the age of twenty-one years without interest.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Shadrach Bond.

Witnesses who saw him sign and subscribe the names in his presence. Nath Pope, Nancy Guriethe, Susan Roberts.

Slaves

According to the 1830 census, Shadrach owned 9 slaves.^[5]

5 Male Slaves

4 Female Slaves

In his will he also names 3 slaves

1. Frank Thomas
2. Harriet
3. Mary

Sources

1. ↑ A compendium of freemasonry in Illinois; embracing a review of the introduction, development and present condition of all rites and degrees; together with biographical sketches of distinquished members of the fraternity. v.1 Ed. by George W. Warvelle v.1, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t6j09z285?urlappend=%3Bseq=38
2. ↑ 1810 Census: "U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820"
   Document: Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 7; Page Number: 322; Family Number: 28
   Ancestry Record 2234 #21782 (accessed 14 February 2023)
   Shadrach Bond Jr in Indiana Territory, Randolph and St Clair Counties, Illinois.
3. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ7P-TJ9 : 3 November 2017), Shadrack Bond and Achsah Bond, 22 Nov 1810; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 61, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 200,294.
4. ↑ Allan H. Keith, Historical Stories: About Greenville and Bond County, IL, Allan H. Keith, https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_1gJ_RVeb5JYC/page/n2/mode/2up
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1830; Census Place: Randolph, Illinois; Series: M19; Roll: 22; Page: 135; Family History Library Film: 0007647
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #1764013 (accessed 13 February 2023)
   Shadiach Bond in Randolph, Illinois.
6. ↑ Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999, Ancestry.com. Name: Shadrach Bond. Probate Date: 7 Apr 1832. Probate Place: Randolph, Illinois, USA. Inferred Death Year: Abt 1832. Inferred Death Place: Illinois, USA. Item Description: Wills, vol A-B, 1826-1849.

See Also:

• Shadrach Bond

• Bond, Allen Kerr, 1859-.The Story of the Bonds of Earth. Baltimore, Md.: The Pegasus press, 1930.

• Life of Shadrach Bond ., Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the year 1929

• "WILL OF SHADRACH BOND, FIRST GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, UNDER STATEHOOD, FOUND IN THE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE OF RANDOLPH COUNTY".

• Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. Volume 20, Nos. 1-4, April, 1927, to January, 1928. Internet Archive. page 155

• Find A Grave Memorial - Shadrach Bond

• National Governors Association: Governor Shadrack Bond

• “Shadrach Bond Mansion,” Chronicling Illinois, accessed November 9, 2017. Kaskaskia Sketches Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Pencil sketch of the home of Shadrach Bond, the first Governor of Illinois.