Some research led me to the london lives 1690 to 1800 site. Camin, 258 pages, perfect bound records of over 30 counties in north carolina including new hanover as to their bastard bonds. They then transcribed them and ruth has arranged them in case order. Search for library items search for lists search for. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. This book covers madison, mitchell and yancey counties. North carolina vital records genealogy familysearch wiki.
According to one book north carolina bastardy bonds, it was felt that publishing anything more recent would disturb some of the living relatives. County records state archives of north carolina store. North carolina family histories, genealogy books, cds. I am most particulary interested in my grgreat grandmother marietta jane jane green b.
This book covers henderson, polk and transylvania counties. Otherwise, youll want to check through the county court records. Jackson county 1860 slave schedule jackson county, north carolina jackson county, north carolina bastardy bonds 18531879. If you are researching in north carolina, then the north carolina bastardy bonds may be of great help in your research. The search ends by jerry turecky the general assembly of north carolina mandated, early in the life of the state, that a system be devised to protect the counties of the state from being responsible for the support of children born out of wedlock. John winberly bastardy bonds, bertie co, nc 17391879 1806 aug court, hansel braswell, bastard child, bound to george edwards until he is 21.
A woman discovered pregnant outside marriage, apart from the social stigma attached to such behaviour, would probably become chargeable to the parish. Each family record is filed with names of persons mentioned, these records consists of estate settlements, bastardy bonds, deeds, wills, coroners inquests, abstracts of letters pertaining to estates, guardianships, tavern licenses, etc. Ashe county vital records can be found at the north carolina department of health which has copies of birth records after 19 and death records after 1930, copies of marriage since jan 1962 and a divorce records since 1958. Nov, 2018 bastardy bonds placed the ultimate burden of support for a bastard child upon the father should the mother become unable to provide proper support. For a summary of original bastardy records and microfilm held by the the state archives of north carolina, please see the guide to county records. A little background into this, before my research on free blacks in antebellum north carolina, i knew nothing of apprenticeship records. Most colonialera american states once had a system of bastardy bonds. Mitchellyancey county north carolina history burnsville. As seen in the image above this post, newspapers are a great place to look for cases of people charged with bastardy. You spot on the shelves a book titled bastard bonds. Immediately you react like most people when i take the north carolina bastardy bonds by betty j. North carolina bastardy bonds by user march 02, 2001 at 04.
Nc bastardy bonds finding your famous and infamous ancestor. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. When you have a brick wall in your family tree, what else can you do but chase down every lead of anyone who had any relation to your mystery relative. Filmed by the genealogical society of utah, 19951996 physical. Please read the introduction to get an idea of what you can find here. Dec 05, 2017 additionally, family search now has north carolina bastardy bonds for most nc counties digitized and available online. North carolina kept the law into the 1930s there are goldens and goldings in the nc records. The bastardy bonds of north carolina contains bonds posted because of the. Bastardy bonds and records may also be available on third party websites. I just came across this whilst browsing records at north carolina digital collection.
May 02, 2007 this is where apprenticeship records come in very handy along with orphans court records and bastardy bonds, which ill discuss in another post. Iredell county, north carolina 1800 federal census. North carolina bastardy bonds north carolina digital collections. Enforced bastardry in colonial america a dna monkey wrench. Additionally, family search now has north carolina bastardy bonds for most nc counties digitized and available online. Jul 23, 2017 i just came across this whilst browsing records at north carolina digital collection. Clayton library, in houston, tx, has a copy of a book titled north carolina bastary bonds,which were intended to protect the county or. Burke county marriage bonds 17801868 ray floydas printed burke county deed j. The volunteers who worked on this book took photos of the loose papers in the nc archives related to the issue of bastardy. A civil war hero, illustrated and written by dean brown.
Bastardy bonds and records, 17351966 state archives of. Court of general sessions kershaw county title, dates. Goldens bastardy bonds public policy family history heritage. Ruth dilling, the editor of this book, has compiled an amazing amount of information for those who are still trying to find their ancestor in the wnc. Part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 civil war soldiers of lincoln county, north carolina. The north carolina colony, starting in 1736, used a tool called the bastardy bond to protect the crown from being responsible for the support of. We go to the courthouses, libraries and other sources of information to find out more about the individuals. There are multiple counties on each film roll and they have not been indexed, but they are free to access and download. The items on this page are not in the included list for craven county, however, because it starts later. This english bond system was carried forward when north carolina became a state in 1789. When the pregnancy of a woman or birth of a child was brought to the attention of the court, a warrant was issued and the woman. I know this is an old post but do you have access to this book and if so, can you. Click download or read online button to get bastardy bonds book now. Search an assortment of over 5, 000 bastardy applications, bastardy registers, bastardy return and appeals.
Bastardy bonds placed the ultimate burden of support for a bastard child upon the father should the mother become unable to provide proper support. Enforced bastardry in colonial america a dna monkey. These bonds are from the time the county was created until about 1880. Ashe county, north carolina history, genealogy records.
Otherwise, the child would become a ward of the local poor house and be an expense to the government. Wnc bastardy bonds, madison, mitchell and yancey counties. Division of archives and history main author format. Please indicate as how or to whom you would like the book autographed. Genealogy books for the north carolina mountain press. As i, charles barnes, researched my gggrandfather, george w. Bastardy bonds and goldens and goldings and wayward. Bastardy bonds edit edit source a book with birth information about children born out of wedlock is north carolina bastardy bonds by betty camin. Cwm chowan county, north carolina marriage records 17421868. I was thus led to the bastardy bonds of tyrrell county to see if i could identify his father.
Camin 1990 covers bonds in 10 counties of north carolina from 1739 to 1879. The range of documents, mostly deposited in the parish chest, include the bastardy examination, bastardy warrants and summons, bastardy order, maintenance order and the bastardy bond. Thank you for your above information on bastardy bonds. These bonds were intended to protect the county or parish from the expense of raising the child. Tngenweb project, banns, marriage bonds and licenses, and. The records are indexed by county with fullname index. Uploaded by associatecaitlincrowley on june 22, 2015. Bastardy bonds and records north carolina, 17361957. You may have some problems finding bastardy bonds after 1880s.
Oct 29, 2011 desiring to know how a person could conclude paternity from a bastardy bond, without the full transcription of the case which this descendant claimed to possess, i searched for additional information on north carolina bastardy bonds. Camin, 258 pages, perfect bound records of over 30 counties in north carolina including brunswick as to their bastard bonds. Chowan county, north carolina county court minutes. North carolina bastardy bonds paperback january 1, 1990 by betty j. The bastardy bonds of north carolina contains bonds posted because of the birth or impending birth of a bastard child. North carolina bastardy bonds by nita wages march 28, 2012 at 07. The record below is a bastardy recognizance for dennis waters of somerset county, maryland in 1893. Where can find ashe county birth, marriage, divorce and death records. Tngenweb project banns, marriage bonds and licenses, and bastardy bonds compiled by fred smoot under construction introduction the subject on the procedure of early tennessee marriage, deserves a close look.
North carolina family histories, genealogy books, cds, maps. Records images family tree genealogies catalog books wiki. Oh, and one last thing, in case you didnt know, betty camins book of north carolina bastardy bonds is available for download from north carolina archives in its entirety. In time, we hope to add the actually tennessee laws regulating marriage. In some respects the law of virginia outpaced that of the mother country, yet when english law took a turn towards. A collection of upper south carolina genealogical and. Microfilm of original records in the north carolina state archives in raleigh, north carolina.
North carolina bastardy bonds paperback january 1, 1990 by betty j camin author visit amazons betty j camin page. Descriptions of original bastardy bonds and records held by the state archives are summarized in the online mars catalog. Mother date first bondsman second bondsman third bondsman. Wnc bastardy bonds, henderson county, polk county, and transylvania county, 18401899. Bastardy bonds and records, 17351966 state archives of north. Wnc bastardy bonds, henderson polk and transylvania county. Catalog print list 0 bastardy bonds and records north carolina, 17361957. Wnc bastardy bonds buncombe county nc 18241899 genealogy. The records cover parish apprentices, bastardy bonds, settlement examinations, paupers outdoor relief, land tax and valuations and workhouse admission records uk warwickshire bastardy indexes 18441914. Lincoln county the troops of lincoln county, north carolina 18121899.
I am a green green family reseachear and am looking for a list of bastardy bonds andor a cemetery book for swain county, north carolina, please. Bastardy bonds download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. I did look at this book and another one called hidden ancestors, and both gave dates prior to 1900. Researching the family trees of eastern north carolina. North carolina free united states ancestry genealogy. It says that in early north carolina if a woman became pregnant out of wedlock she would be ordered to the court and made to tell who the father is. The following north carolina counties are included. Bertie county, ncgenweb project page court records.
Wnc bastardy bonds, madison, mitchell and yancey counties 18511899. State library of north carolina language english volume 1990. Clayton library, in houston, tx, has a copy of a book titled north carolina bastary bonds,which were intended to protect the county or parish from the expense of raising the child. This blog is dedicated to the history and genealogy of my research of free blacks in antebellum north carolina. Whisnant, william terry 1838 indian removal north carolina regiment. The bastardy records of tyrrell county, nc have not previously been published.
It is one of those books that we sell and that every library should have as it covers about 30 counties in north carolina. Theres a book you can browse there or get from the internet archive called nc bastardy bonds. If you are searching for bonds in western north carolina counties,i can save you some time searching. Desiring to know how a person could conclude paternity from a bastardy bond, without the full transcription of the case which this descendant claimed to possess, i searched for additional information on north carolina bastardy bonds. Merritt, it became evident that he was a bastard child of keziah merritt. There are some goldens and goldings et al in the records that had to post bartardy bonds. I know this is an old post but do you have access to this book and if so, can you do look ups. This book from 2012 titled, wnc bastardy bonds contains a transcription of the actual bastard bonds from buncombe county nc from 18241899. I see a possible listing in the north carolina county bastardy bonds that i am interested in from 1793 to 1810 and see the mothers name, the date and then 3 columns for bondsmen. These records comprise the loose files of the late pauline young, one of south carolinas most widely known genealogist on upper south carolina. A comparative study of the law of bastardy of england and virginia demonstrates a curious affinity at the source and throughout the evolution of the two systems. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
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