GUILDFORD CO, NC DEED LIST OF ORPHANS File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ms. Louise T. Overton DFGM43A@PRODIGY.COM The court system had one responsibility that took care of orphan children. When a parent died, the court would "bind out" the children to some responsible citizen of the community, who would feed, clothe, house, and educate them until they reached maturity, and teach them the trade of the benefactor. Then, they would be given the tools of their trade, a suit of clothes, and sometimes, a horse. The following bound orphans and their benefactors Was taken from the Guilford County court records.They were abstracted from the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, on microfilm #C.046.30001, obtained from the NC State Archives. ORPHAN BENEFACTOR TRADE John COOK William TRAINOR Carpenter John CARTER Thomas KASEE Blacksmith James HOOD William CALDWELL Sadler William DUNMAN James PORTWER Weaver Thomas George TURNER John OLYVER Tailor John CARNAHAN James BILLINGSLEY Carpenter Wlliam CALHOON Robert GULBREATH Blacksmith John BARNES Benjamin McFARLIN Blacksmith George Sears TURNEY John DONNELL Wheelwright Abner HOWLET B. HOWELL Wheelwright William MILTON John McBRIDE Cooper Thomas GUELEY John ORR Blacksmith Henry SMITH John BRADLEY Carpenter, House Joiner Obediah HOWLETT Henry WORK Carpenter Isaac GIBSON Nathaniel DOLTON Blacksmith Tabitha BURNET Robert KIMMINS Spinner John BEVEL John FINDLEY Cooper Thomas Ashford Stuart DIAMOND Shoemaker William BANKS James McADOW Shoemaker John MITCHELL John McMURRAY Wagon Wheelwright John CONNER Isaac WHITE Shoemaker Samuel SHORT Cameron MOORE Silversmith Jonathon Byrd SHORT Thomas BENBOW Blacksmith James ANDERSON William McGREADY Sadler Redmon FULLEN William DICK Planter ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.