ORANGE COUNTY, NC - MISC - Bastardy Bonds, 1783-1829 ==================================================================== 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: Louise T Overton LOUOVERTON@prodigy.net ==================================================================== Orange Co. NC Original Bastardy Bonds Found in N.C. Archives ****Note***the first three bonds bear no date on the folder, but believed to be before 1783 since they were first in the folders. No Date...Moses CARROLL named as father of child of Rebecca CRAFT. Bondsman Mickel CARROLL No Date...Frances CATES named father of her child as Andrew BRADSHAW No Date...Mary BLAKE named father of her child as Archibald REEVES 25 Feb 1783... Phebe BRITTAIN named father of her child as Harrison WOODS 1788...Elizabeth CATES named father of her child as John McDONALD 2 May 1792 ...Frances PENDERGRAFT named father of her child as Thomas HOGAN 26 Aug 1793..Elizabeth LAMB named William RILEY as father of her child. 31 May 1799..Mary HASTINGS named father of her child as Richard CATES 31 May 1799...Nancy CARRIGAN named Christopher STUBBINS as father of her baby girl born on 11 May 1799. 21 May 1818...Nancy BARTON named as father of her female child born on 11 March 1818 as Augustine DURHAM 28 Nov 1816..Golley WILLIAMS named David ANDREWS as father of her child. ***this may be Molley but the writing looks more like Golley. 23 May 1814...Elizabeth CRABTREE named William FAUCETT (son of Henry) as father of her child. May 1814...Mary CATES named Simpson VAUGHAN as father of her child. 1814...Polly SHARPE named William CRABTREE as father of her child. 1829...Nancy CRABTREE named John A. FAUCETT as father of her child. 13 June 1829...Rebecca BALDWIN failed to identify the father of her child. The courts summoned Anna COLE to testify. 16 May 1828..Polly CRABTREE (dau. of Andrew CRABTREE) named James TURNER as father of her baby boy born on 6 Dec 1827. 21 May 1827...Elizabeth CRABTREE named John PIPER (son of John PIPER) as father of her child. 1824...Anna COLE named William WATSON as the father of her child. 10 Oct 1823...Elizabeth BALDWIN named Melike (?) McDANIEL as father of her child.