ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - COURT - Early Bastardy Bonds ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Richard Phillips rphill4@bellsouth.net ==================================================================== The following is an abstract of the early bastardy bonds of Onslow County. The date is when the male or both parties were to appear before the Court to make arrangements for the upkeep of the children so they may not become wards of the county. There is more information given in the original documents, and in many instances the mother had not given birth to the child when she was called before the court to give the fathers name. Father Mother Date to appear in court 1. Christian Free Ann White Sept 1764 2. Thomas Farnell Jr. Margaret Littleton July 1776 3. George Trott Eleanor Hickson undated 4. not named Sussanah Thompson July 1777 5. Nathan Stephens Dum Robins Dec 1783 6. John Brison Fereby Runnells April 1785 (son of Isaac) 7. Maltier Arnold Mary Moore Oct 1782 8. Barnaby Henderson Jr. Leah Littleton Oct 1782 9. Starret Burns Fanny Alexander April 1783 10. Benjamin Screws Elizabeth Batchelor June 1787 11. Thomas Farnell Elizabeth Whitley Feb 1787 12. Bazel Grant Sarah Newbold April 1785 13. Thomas Wharton Catherine Wells March 1792 14. Hustes Humphrey Sussanah Jarmon June 1792 15. Henry Jenkins Mary Cranford Jan 1791 16. Elisha Farnell Sussannah Fox July 1791 17. William Paradise Rebecca Sumner June 1792 18. Benjamin Beasley Mary Cranford Jan 1793 19. Smith Shepard Viney Shepard Feb 1793 20. Lott Battle Sally Ambers(Ambrose) Oct 1793 21. James Wrenn Sarah Hadnot May 1793 22. Henry Martindale Sarah Newbold Jan 1797 23. Jeremiah Yopp Hannah Chase Oct 1795 24. George White Sarah Maner Feb 1797 25. Aaron Fields Sarah Henderson(had twins) Jan 1797 26. Aaron Fields Fanny Simpson April 1797 27. Turner Ellis(a tailor) Anna Hyde Dec 1798 28. Thomas Malsberry Chloe Waldren July 1802 29. John Taylor Mary Whitehead(had twins) Oct 1802 (Planter of Webbs Creek) 30. Benjamin Morton Charity, dau. of John Smellage April 1807 31. James Boman Ginny Handcock March 1809 (alias James Walker) 32. not named Elender Scott March 1809 33. not named Peggy Hussey March 1806 34. not named Sarah Wilder Feb 1806 35. Matthew Davis Nancy Brown May 1800 36. James Burns Anna Morse Sept 1804 37. Western Hadnot Nancy Frost April 1806 38. Francis Willey Elizabeth Dempsey Jan 1805 39. Elijah Pollock Elizabeth Farr May 1805 40. Hardy Wartons Francis Howard May 1805 41. Peter Molton Elizabeth Spearman Jan 1805 42. John Strange Mary Humphrey Feb 1801 43. Nichodemus Gurganus Rhody Screws Feb 1819 44. not named Elizabeth Gideons Nov 1818 45. Lott Williams Mrs Hester Griffin Sept 1815 46. Asa Hammond Sibby Craft Oct 1815 47. James Boman Jenny Hancock March 1819 48. Dexter Farnell Elizabeth Haskins July 1819 49. not named Nancy Waltom (had twins) May 1819 50. Jacob Herrington Roxanne Hall Feb 1819 51. Dempsey Wilson(a cooper) Fanny Bogus Nov 1818 52. Noah Gauns Elizabeth Hobson Jan 1818 53. not named Rebecca Howard July 1818 54. not named Phila Hall July 1818 55. Richard Morton Jr. Rachel Taylor Feb 1814 56. Isaac Trott Elizabeth Hicks March 1816 57. Reuben Melton Elizabeth Hobson May 1815 58. not named Mary Fisher Jan 1815 59. Elim Ratliff Peggy Antwine April 1817 60. Humphrey Marshall Sally Padrick July 1817 61. Judge Fields Nancy Moore Jan 1817 62. not named Nancy Beasley April 1813 63. Zacheus Evans Penny Gurganus April 1816 64. Jesse Taylor Sr. Charlotte Mills Oct 1816 65. not named Elizabeth Hobson Aug 1813 66. Thomas Melton Sussannah Lacky Sept 1813 67. Richard Morton Rachel Taylor June 1812 68. not named Elizabeth Ballard May 1811 69. Elijah Eubanks Darkis Ball Feb 1810 70. John Grant Mary Riggs Jan 1814 71. not named Desire Run(Wrenn?) June 1814 72. David Riggs Sally Meadows March 1815 73. not named Rilley Barnett June 1824 74. Richard Pitts Pheoby Riggs June 1824 75. not named Betsy Clark Aug 1824 76. not named Polly Johnston Aug 1824 77. Joseph Mills Bries? Heady July 1824 78. Arthur Barrons(a minor) Laura Cox May 1823 79. Stephen Berryman Peggy Williams Nov 1820 80. Lightborn Basden Rilly Barnet Nov 1820 81. Enoch Case(a travelor) Sarah Padrick Feb 1820 82. not named Pheoby Berry Nov 1820 83. John Gibson Aison Simpson Nov 1822 84. not named Sally Boman March 1829 85. Asa Hammond Betsy Griffin Nov 1829 86. Levi Melville Elizabeth Conway Nov 1828 87. not named Elizabeth Mills Sept 1827 88. John Erixon Mary Gilikin April 1827 89. Edward Johnson Charlotte Pittman Aug 1827 90. Daniel Harper Levisa Davis Aug 1825 91. Isaac Barber Pheobe Morton May 1825 92. Jonathan Baisden ? Feb 1824 93. Robert Bruce Sukey Johnston July 1825 94. William Erwin Nancy Mills Oct 1825 95. John L. Barber Nancy Simpson Oct 1825 96. Reuben Shaw Betsy Littleton May 1826 97. Asa Hammond Elizabeth Griffin Feb 1826 98. Doctor Harris Loomis Rebecca Hammonds Nov 1821 99. James Brice Burns Phelia Hall July 1821 100. Benjamin Marshall Sarah Padrick March 1821 101. Greer Rush Charity Gurganus July 1821 102. John H. Redd Peggy Breece May 1821