RICHMOND COUNTY, NC - COURT - Guardianship of Annie Whittington - 1900

**************************************************************
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free 
information on the Internet, material may be freely used by 
non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on 
all copied material AND permission is obtained from the 
contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be 
reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other 
organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this 
material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written
consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the
submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof
of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the
USGenWeb Archives by:  Myrtle Bridges  hbridges@att.net
***************************************************************
 

Guardianship of Annie Whittington - Richmond Co. NC

Submitted by Myrtle Bridges  hbridges@att.net


   
THE GUARDIANSHIP OF ANNIE WHITTINGTON – Richmond County, NC

North Carolina, Richmond County. I, P. N. Brown hereby certify
that I am the step father of the infant Annie Whittington. That
since the death of my wife the mother of said infant, I am not
so situated that I can personally properly attend to said
infant. Since the death of my wife the said infant has resided
with Dr. P. B. Pate about three weeks. That Dr. Pate and wife
are without children of their own and are persons of high
character and in every way competent to further position of
guardian. That in the interest of said infant I renounce any
right I may have to become guardian in favor of Dr. P. B. Pate
and request that the court will appoint him the guardian of
said infant child. This 14th July 1900. (signed P.N. Brown)
Capt. W. T. Everet, CSC, Rockingham, N.C.
Dear Sir: Enclosed I send you the application, oath and hand of
P. B. Pate as guardian for Annie Whittington infant daughter of
Parmelia Brown wife of P. N. Brown. The mother is dead and the
step father wishes Dr. Pate to have the care of the child. His
written request for his appointment is enclosed. I think this
is same case you showed me Wright F. Parker applied to
guardianship in. The stepfather tells me he knows nothing of
Parker's application. Dr. Pate has had the child almost ever
since the mother died. Dr. Pate has no children of his own and
he and wife are anxious to take the child to raise. This is Dr.
Pate the Dentist, nice man and his wife a good woman. I shall
ask you to appoint Dr. Pate the guardian at the instance of the
step father and many of the relatives of the child. Very Truly,
Jno. D. Shaw, Jr., Attorney at Law.

Notice that Mr. Brown refers to himself as the step father of
Annie, but her mother, Parmelia Brown, was his wife. It would
appear that Parmelia died in childbirth because her child has
been with Dr. Pate since her death. However, the term 'infant',
in many cases did not only refer to young baby. Sometimes
'infant' referred to a teenaged child.
Was Annie the child of Parmelia from a previous marriage to
Whittington? Why does P.N. Brown refer to himself as step
father? Who was Wright F. Parker, who had earlier applied for
the guardianship of Annie?
Please contact me if you have information to add. Thanks.
Myrtle Bridges     February 17th, 2000