HOUSTON COUNTY GA Administrator and Guardian Bonds 1865-1879 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by William Mills wma_mills@yahoo.com The following data is a portion of a book entitled: HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, ADMINISTRATORS & GUARDIANS BOND ABSTRACTS 1852-1870: By William A. Mills. Copyright 1998. Part 1 of 2: =======>>> Page 110. Date of bond: 9 January 1865. Guardian: Burton H. Pitts. Security: Columbus M. Lester. Amount of bond: $20,000. Orphan(s): Sarah M. Pitts, Aurelia L. Pitts, Lunsford Pitts, Emma Pitts, Mitchell Pitts, James M. Pitts, and Burton H. Pitts. Deceased parent: James H. Pitts. Page 110. Date of bond: 17 January 1865. Guardian: Joseph W. Wimberly. Security: Dr. Robert C. Bryan. Amount of bond: $100. Orphan(s): Henry Clay Brown. Deceased parent: Dempsey Brown. Page 111. Date of bond: 7 February 1865. Guardian: Elizabeth A. Fordham. Security: Deborah A. Roquemore. Amount of bond: $2,500. Orphan(s): Fanny A. Fordham. Deceased parent: John T. Fordham. Page 111. Date of bond: 6 March 1865. Guardian: Rececca Stripling. Security: John W. Bassett. Amount of bond: $12,000. Orphan(s): Julia Stripling, William Z. Stripling, and John M. Stripling. Deceased parent: Moses Stripling. Page 112. Date of bond: 27 March 1865. Guardian: James W. Hardison. Security: A. J. Hardison. Amount of bond: $60,000. Orphan(s): Frances E. Hardison. Deceased parent: Thomas Hardison. Page 112. Date of bond: 3 April 1865. Guardian: George S. Haslam. Security: John C. Rumph. Amount of bond: $16,000. His minor child: Caroline Julia Haslam. Page 113. Date of bond: 3 April 1865. Guardian: John C. Rumph. Security: George S. Haslam. Amount of bond: $16,000. His minor child: Euphrasia Rumph. Page 113. Date of bond: 3 April 1865. Guardian: Sallie L. Feagin. Security: John Killen. Amount of bond: $20,000. Orphan(s): Sallie Tommie Feagin. Deceased parent: Thomas R. Feagin. Page 114. Date of bond: 5 May 1865. Guardian: William L. Vinson. Security: Patrick H. Carroll. Amount of bond: $40,000. His minor children: James M. Vinson, Mary Frances Vinson, Levin Denton Wilson Vinson. Page 114. Date of bond: 7 August 1867. Guardian: John Bryant. Security: Barnett Holleman. Amount of bond: $20,000. Orphan(s): Cornelius B. Wellborn. Deceased parent: Oliver H. B. Wellborn. Page 115. Date of bond: 4 September 1865. Guardian: Mary Frances Stripling. Security: Alfred Nelson. Amount of bond: $4,000. Orphan(s): Robert Stripling. Deceased parent: Thomas Stripling, Jr. Page 115. Date of bond: 4 September 1865. Guardian: George H. Walker. Security: Joel T. Walker. Amount of bond: $5,000. Orphan(s): Betsy J. Walker. Deceased parent: John D. Walker. Page 116. Date of bond: 20 October 1865. Guardian: Elizabeth Till. Security: William T. Swift. Amount of bond: $6,000. Orphan(s): Amanda Elizabeth Till. Deceased parent: Henry Till. Page 116. Date of bond: 6 November 1865. Guardian: John Taylor. Security: John S. Taylor. Amount of bond: $3,500. Orphan(s): William L. John and James E. John. Deceased parent: James D. John. Page 117. Date of bond: 10 November 1865. Guardian: Mary C. Cobb. Security: John H. Hose and John G. White. Amount of bond: $4,000. Orphan(s): Julia Howell Cobb. Deceased parent: Howell Cobb. Page 117. Date of bond: 13 November 1865. Guardian: Sophia E. Law. Security: Francis H. Folks and John Joiner. Amount of bond: $4,800. Orphan(s): John T. Law, Sophia E. Law, and Sallie C. Law. Deceased parent: Lorenzo D. Law. Page 117 1/2. Date of bond: 13 November 1865. Guardian: Henrietta M. Morris. Security: Barnett Holleman, M. H. Hickson, William P. Simmons, and M. M. Means. Amount of bond: $12,000. Orphan(s): Jasper Florence Morris and Charles Edgar Morris. Deceased parent: Boling G. Morris. Page 117 1/2. Date of bond: 4 December 1865. Guardian: David M. Stripling. Security: Benjamin Stripling. Amount of bond: $1,040. Orphan(s): James M. Stripling and Mary J. Stripling. Deceased parent: Moses Stripling. Page 118. Date of bond: 4 December 1865. Guardian: Elizabeth Riley. Security: Lewis M. Houser and S. H. J. Sistrunk. Amount of bond: $16,000. Orphan(s): George F. Riley, James A. Riley, Eugenia E. Riley, Arthur M. Riley, and William G. Riley. Deceased parent: George F. Riley. Page 118. Date of bond: 5 December 1865. Guardian: William P. Simmons. Security: Benjamin Stripling. Amount of bond: $5,000. Orphan(s): William D. Morris. Deceased parent: Boling G. Morris. Page 119. Date of bond: 5 December 1865. Guardian: Elbert W. Westbrook. Security: William T. Westbrook. Amount of bond: $1,200. Orphan(s): Mary Law. Deceased parent: Lorenzo D. Law. Page 119. Date of bond: 9 December 1865. Guardian: Lou D. Coombs. Security: Josiah Hodges. Amount of bond: $7,000. Orphan(s): Leila H. Coombs. Deceased parent: William H. Coombs. Page 120. Date of bond: 8 January 1866. Guardian: George W. Nelson. Security: Alfred Nelson. Amount of bond: $3,000. Orphan(s): William Nelson and Eliza Nelson. Deceased parent: William Nelson. Page 120. Date of bond: 8 January 1866. Guardian: Madison Marshall. Security: Willoughby Manning and M. H. Taylor. Amount of bond: $10,000. Orphan(s): Nora A. Manning, Benjamin A. Manning, and Cornelia Manning. Deceased parent: L. C. Manning. Page 121. Date of bond: 8 January 1866. Guardian: Abner C. Bryan. Security: Thomas C. Whitehurst and Cornelius S. Bryan. Amount of bond: $10,000. Orphan(s): Laura A. Bryan. Deceased parent: James A. Bryan. Page 121. Date of bond: 8 January 1866. Guardian: Cornelius S. Bryan. Security: John L. Birch, Edwin Green, Abner C. Bryan, and W. J. Glozier. Amount of bond: $10,000. Orphan(s): Benjamin F. Morris. Deceased parent: Bolling G. Morris. Page 122. Date of bond: 8 January 1866. Guardian: Cornelius S. Bryan. Security: John L. Birch, Edwin Green, Abner C. Bryan, and W. J. Glozier. Amount of bond: $10,000. Orphan(s): John Morris. Deceased parent: Bolling G. Morris. Page 122. Date of bond: 8 January 1866. Guardian: Thomas Grace. Security: Josiah L. Warren and John J. M. Williams. Amount of bond: $10,000. Orphan(s): William C. West. Deceased parent: Charles West. Page 123. Date of bond: 8 January 1866. Guardian: Asa Woodard. Security: James G. Pollock and Richard E. Story. Amount of bond: $10,000. Orphan(s): Sarah Morris. Deceased parent: Boling G. Morris. Page 123. Date of bond: 8 January 1866. Guardian: John S. Taylor. Security: Mitchell H. Taylor. Amount of bond: $400. Orphan(s): Daniel J. Bush and Mitchell A. Bush. Deceased parents: Thomas Bush and Narcissa Bush. Page 124. Date of bond: 21 February 1866. Guardian: F. W. Bivins. Security: Joel T. Walker. Amount of bond: $12,000. His minor child: Stephen F. Bivins. Page 124. Date of bond: 5 March 1866. Guardian: James M. Graves. Security: Joseph Graves and S. R. Smith. Amount of bond: $300. Orphan(s): George Blood, Jr. and Mary E. Blood. Deceased parent: George Blood, Sr. Page 125. Date of bond: 2 April 1866. Guardian: Caroline E. Rumph. Security: William J. Greene. Amount of bond: $16,000. Orphan(s): Samuel H. Rumph. Deceased parent: Samuel L. Rumph. Page 125. Date of bond: 2 April 1866. Guardian: Napoleon A. Bailey. Security: Julius C. Gilbert. Amount of bond: $3,000. Orphan(s): Willis B. Chancy. Deceased parent: Robert H. Chancy. Page 126. Date of bond: 4 April 1866. Guardian: Rebecca Vinson. Security: Richard E. Story. Amount of bond: $600. Orphan(s): John Vinson and Laura Vinson. Deceased parent: John P. Vinson. Page 126. Date of bond: 7 May 1866. Guardian: Burdgett Burnes. Security: D. McDonald. Amount of bond: $4,000. Orphan(s): Dominick Moury Burnes and Burdgett Burnes. Deceased parent: Patrick Burnes. Page 127. Date of bond: 4 June 1866. Guardian: Thomas W. Smith. Security: Bennett Barfield. Amount of bond: $800. Orphan(s): William T. Sauls. Deceased parent: Thomas Sauls. Page 127. Date of bond: 4 June 1866. Guardian: Sarah M. West. Security: James N. Shepard. Amount of bond: $10,000. Orphan(s): Laura A. Shepard, Sarah R. L. Shepard, and Arminta C. Shepard. Deceased parent: Robert Shepard, her first husband. Page 128. Date of bond: 3 September 1866. Guardian: Oliver P. Churchwell. Security: William P. Simmons and John O. Watson. Amount of bond: $4,000. Orphan(s): Susan Williams and Mary Williams. Deceased parent: James A. Williams. Page 128. Date of bond: 5 November 1866. Guardian: Stephen Akins. Security: Spencer C. Cherry and David J. Permenter. Amount of bond: $1,400. Orphan(s): James A. Sasser. Deceased parent: Madison Sasser. Page 129. Date of bond: 5 November 1866. Guardian: Joseph S. Pugh. Security: Alfred Nelson. Amount of bond: $1,200. Orphan(s): Robert F. Stripling. Deceased parent: Thomas Stripling. Page 129. Date of bond: 3 December 1866. Guardian: David J. Permenter. Security: Stephen Akins and John G. Renfroe. Amount of bond: $5,000. Orphan(s): Eliza F. Permenter. Deceased parent: Naomi Permenter. Page 130. Date of bond: 7 January 1867. Guardian: Walker E. Boler. Security: William D. Allen. Amount of bond: $400. Orphan(s): Laura Schneider. Deceased parents: Charles Schneider and Helen Schneider. Page 130. Date of bond: 7 January 1867. Guardian: Mary C. Brown. Security: C. C. Duncan. Amount of bond: $10,000. Orphan(s): Mary A. Brown, Nannie C. Brown, and Lowell S. Brown. Deceased parent: Stephen Brown. Page 131. Date of bond: 7 January 1867. Guardian: Susannah Gilbert. Security: Charles J. Holland and Abram M. Crowder. Amount of bond: $6,000. Orphan(s): E. Emeline Gilbert and Mary Ann Gilbert. Deceased parent: Marshall R. Gilbert. Page 131. Date of bond: 1 April 1867. Guardian: Elbert Hartly. Security: Andrew J. Hardison and William J. McDonald. Amount of bond: $1,800. Orphan(s): Ella E. Avera and David Avera. Deceased parent: David Avera, Jr. Page 132. Date of bond: 1 April 1867. Guardian: Thomas H. Rentz. Security: Isaac H. Moreland. Amount of bond: $15,000. Ward: Jerry W. Burns, a lunatic. Page 132. Date of bond: 1 April 1867. Guardian: Joseph C. Ellis. Security: Wright H. Lane. Amount of bond: $900. His minor children: Edith E. Ellis, Mary E. J. Ellis, Virginia Ellis, and Permelia Jane Ellis. Page 133. Date of bond: 6 May 1867. Guardian: Louisa Gates. Security: C. C. Gates and J. S. Pugh. Amount of bond: $2,800. Orphan(s): Julia J. Gates. Deceased parent: James Gates. Page 133. Date of bond: 3 June 1867. Guardian: Joel T. Walker. Security: John W. Taylor. Amount of bond: $1,500. Orphan(s): Benjamin F. Whitehead. Deceased parent: David Whitehead. Page 134. Date of bond: 1 July 1867. Guardian: Daniel Vinson. Security: J. S. Vinson and David H. Holleman. Amount of bond: $7,200. Orphan(s): Zachary T. Vinson and Curtis G. Vinson. Deceased parent: James Vinson. Page 134. Date of bond: 1 July 1867. Guardian: Ezekiel H. Ezell. Security: J. S. Pugh and Samuel D. Killen. Amount of bond: $4,500. Orphan(s): Penelope M. Holmes. Deceased parent: William H. Holmes. Page 135. Date of bond: 4 November 1867. Guardian: James G. Davis. Security: Matthias McCormick. Amount of bond: $3,000. Orphan(s): James B. Smith. Deceased parent: James Smith. Page 135. Date of bond: 4 November 1867. Guardian: William H. Brown. Security: J. L. Warren. Amount of bond: $1,500. Orphan(s): William E. Killen and James B. Killen. Deceased parent: William E. Killen. Page 136. Date of bond: 14 January 1868. Guardian: F. M. Walker. Security: F. W. Bivins. Amount of bond: $4,000. Orphan(s): Stephen B. Stubbs. Deceased parent: James W. Stubbs. Page 136. Date of bond: 3 February 1868. Guardian: Leonidas P. Warren. Security: Joseph Harper and Walter S. Scattergood. Amount of bond: $12,000. Orphan(s): Charles A. Warren, Columbia A. Warren, and Thomas D. Warren. Deceased parent: Frederick Warren. Page 137. Date of bond: 3 February 1868. Guardian: Walter S. Scattergood. Security: L. P. Warren, H. J. Clark, and William E. Warren. Amount of bond: $4,000. Orphan(s): Allen U. Warren. Deceased parent: Frederick Warren. Page 137. Date of bond: 2 March 1868. Guardian: C. C. Duncan. Security: None listed. Amount of bond: $8,000. Orphan(s): Clifford Cooper, Charles F. Cooper, and Kate Cooper. Deceased parent: George F. Cooper. Page 138. Date of bond: 2 March 1868. Guardian: Josiah D. Gray. Security: Mrs. Sarah Stripling, Elijah Stripling, and Baldwin Gray. Amount of bond: $4,000. Orphan(s): Frances M. Sandefur, Alice J. Sandefur, Jerome Sandefur, Thomas Wesleyan Sandefur, Jefferson L. Sandefur, Sarah E. Sandefur, and Tiercy Ann Eliza Sandefur. Deceased parent: John T. Sandefur. Page 138. Date of bond: 6 April 1868. Guardian: John W. Taylor. Security: Joel T. Walker. Amount of bond: $600. Orphan(s): Benjamin F. Whitehead. Deceased parent: James D. Whitehead. Page 139. Date of bond: 4 May 1868. Guardian: Green W. Scarborough. Security: Josiah L. Warren. Amount of bond: $600. Orphan(s): Thomas Miller. Deceased parent: John Miller. Page 139. Date of bond: 2 November 1868. Guardian: J. D. Houser. Security: R. T. Persons, Wesley Houser, and G. W. Persons. Amount of bond: $6,000. Orphan(s): E. U. Rumph. Deceased parent: E. U. Rumph. Page 140. Date of bond: 14 December 1868. Guardian: Thomas W. H. Murphy. Security: None listed. Amount of bond: $5,000. Orphan(s): William Seth Johnson. Deceased parent: William J. W. Johnson. Page 140. Date of bond: No date listed. Guardian: William P. Simmons. Security: None listed. Amount of bond: No amount listed. Orphan(s): None listed. Deceased parent: None listed. Page 140. Date of bond: 4 January 1869. Guardian: Mary E. Miller. Security: John B. Parker. Amount of bond: $800. Orphan(s): Mary Catherine Miller, Sarah Ann Miller, Matilda Miller, and William H. V. Miller. Deceased parent: Henry Miller. Page 140. Date of bond: 4 January 1869. Guardian: Joel T. Walker. Security: John Patrick. Amount of bond: $1,500. Orphan(s): Laura C. Heywood, Clifford W. Heywood, Mary C. Heywood, Charles H. Heywood, and Elizabeth Heywood. Deceased parent: Charles H. Heywood. Page 141. Date of bond: 1 February 1869. Guardian: William F. McGehee. Security: George B. Plant. Amount of bond: $20,000. Orphan(s): Edmund James McGehee and Aurelia H. McGehee. Deceased parent: Edmund J. McGehee. Page 141. Date of bond: 1 February 1869. Guardian: John A. Hafer. Security: Charles N. Rountree. Amount of bond: $8,000. Orphan(s): George F. Riley, James A. Riley, Arthur M. Riley, and William G. Riley. Deceased parent: George F. Riley. Page 142. Date of bond: 1 March 1869. Guardian: W. H. Brown. Security: William Brown. Amount of bond: $2,000. His minor child: Sumitt E. Brown. Page 142. Date of bond: 9 March 1869. Guardian: Ezekiel H. Ezell. Security: Needham J. Johnson and Robert Holmes. Amount of bond: $6,000. Orphan(s): Penelope M. Holmes. Deceased parent: William H. Holmes. Page 143. Date of bond: __ March 1869. Guardian: Willoughby Manning. Security: Louisa Manning and Coly Bryan. Amount of bond: $7,000. Orphan(s): Benjamin Franklin Manning and Norah Amelia Manning. Deceased parent: Leary C. Manning. Page 143. Date of bond: 23 March 1869. Guardian: Efford H. Jones. Security: William E. Warren. Amount of bond: $640. Orphan(s): Jeff Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Lucy Ann Jones, Nancy Ann Jones, and Sarah Ann Jones. Deceased parent: Elizabeth A. Jones, daughter of Henry Glover. Page 144. Date of bond: 3 May 1869. Guardian: John W. T. Howard. Security: W. A. Cherry. Amount of bond: $7,000. Orphan(s): Charles Augustus Redding, Kittie S. Redding, Mattie C. Redding, and Abbie Redding. Deceased parent: Abner F. Redding. Page 144. Date of bond: 3 May 1869. Guardian: David H. Riley. Security: Abram M. Crowder. Amount of bond: $6,000. Orphan(s): Nannie O'Pry. Deceased parent: Amos O'Pry. Page 145. Date of bond: 13 August 1869. Guardian: Martha Gordon. Security: John F. Troutman and James A. Maddox. Amount of bond: $5,096. Orphan(s): B. F. Gordon, W. G. Gordon, and Hester L. Gordon. Deceased parent: William G. Gordon. Page 145. Date of bond: 6 September 1869. Guardian: John R. Cook. Security: Mrs. Mary S. Culler and P. B. D. H. Culler. Amount of bond: $7,000. Orphan(s): James L. Birch, Mary C. Birch, John J. Birch, Sallie H. Birch, and Eva Birch. Deceased parent: John L. Birch. Page 146. Date of bond: 4 October 1869. Guardian: Isaac Woodard. Security: Asa Woodard and Elbert Pollock. Amount of bond: $5,000. Orphan(s): James A. Smith. Deceased parent: James Smith. Page 146. Date of bond: 1 November 1869. Guardian: George M. T. Feagin. Security: Henry S. Feagin and Barnett Holleman. Amount of bond: $8,000. Orphan(s): Betsy J. Walker. Deceased parent: John D. Walker. Page 147. Date of bond: 1 November 1869. Guardian: A. M. Hartsfield. Security: J. S. Anderson. Amount of bond: $6,000. Orphan(s): John A. Thomas. Deceased parent: John A. Thomas. Page 147. Date of bond: 6 December 1869. Guardian: Thaddeus G. Holt. Security: William P. Simmons. Amount of bond: $2,500. Orphan(s): John C. Walker. Deceased parent: Charles H. Walker. Page 148. Date of bond: 7 December 1869. Guardian: Willoughby Manning. Security: Coly Bryant. Amount of bond: $1,300. Orphan(s): Lewis R. H. Hogan. Deceased parent: Thomas Hogan. Page 148. Date of bond: 11 December 1869. Guardian: Mary C. Brown. Security: Mary H. Brown. Amount of bond: $6,000. Orphan(s): Nannie C. Brown and Horace L. Brown. Deceased parent: Stephen Brown. Page 149. Date of bond: 5 July 1869. Guardian: J. W. Clark. Security: R. W. Baskin. Amount of bond: $5,000. Orphan(s): Penelope M. Holmes. Deceased parent: William H. Holmes. Page 149. Date of bond: 4 April 1870. Guardian: Nathan B. Head. Security: Thaddeus P. Glover and Reuben Jones. Amount of bond: $1,300. Orphan(s): Jeffie S. Jones, Nancy Ann Jones, Sally Ann Jones, and Lucy S. Jones. Deceased parent: Efford H. Jones. Page 150. Date of bond: 11 April 1870. Guardian: Sarah F. Etheridge. Security: Mitchell F. Etheridge. Amount of bond: $1,100. Orphan(s): Frank S. Etheridge, Fanny C. Etheridge, and Susannah Etheridge. Deceased parent: Calvin Etheridge. Page 150. Date of bond: 11 April 1870. Guardian: J. B. Etheridge. Security: M. F. Etheridge. Amount of bond: $2,200. Orphan(s): Joseph Frank Etheridge and William Wooten Etheridge. Deceased parent: Elisha Etheridge. Page 151. Date of bond: 6 June 1870. Guardian: James D. McDonald. Security: George M. T. Feagin. Amount of bond: $6,000. Orphan(s): John T. Roquemore and Thomas A. Roquemore. Deceased parent: James A. Roquemore. Page 151. Date of bond: 1 August 1870. Guardian: Wiley M. Melvin. Security: Walker E. Boler. Amount of bond: $500. Orphan(s): Julia Schneider. Deceased parent: Charles Schneider. Page 152. Date of bond: 5 September 1870. Guardian: A. H. Finney. Security: H. H. Finney, J. M. Ward, W. A. Finney, W. E. Boler, O. A. Cliett, Thomas B. Goff, John B. Walton, and T. J. Hardison. Amount of bond: $2,000. Orphan(s): Jacob Newton Finney. Deceased parent: A. H. Finney. Page 152. Date of bond: 5 September 1870. Guardian: James H. Allen. Security: W. D. Allen and George W. Allen. Amount of bond: $5,000. Orphan(s): Willie M. Allen, George E. Allen, and Newton L. Allen. Deceased parent: Newton Allen. Page 153. Date of bond: 11 November 1870. Guardian: Henry T. Brown. Security: William R. Brown and Samuel Barrow. Amount of bond: $3,000. Orphan(s): Serllie B. Jones, Mary L. Jones, and William R. Jones. Deceased parent: Daniel J. Jones. Page 153. Date of bond: 11 November 1870. Guardian: William R. Brown. Security: Henry T. Brown and Samuel Barrow. Amount of bond: $2,000. Orphan(s): Reva Jones and Daniel J. Jones, Jr. Deceased parent: Daniel J. Jones, Sr. Page 154. Date of bond: 11 November 1870. Guardian: Samuel Barrow. Security: Henry T. Brown and William R. Brown. Amount of bond: $1,000. Orphan(s): Martha A. Jones. Deceased parent: Daniel J. 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