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Bastardy Bonds are legal
actions brought against unmarried parents when the resulting
child might require financial assistance from the county. A
warrant was issued for the mother. She was required to
appear in court and name the father, who was then required
to post a bond for the support of the child. Sometimes the
mother would refuse to name the father. If so, her father or
another relative could post the bond.
The bonds below were
abstracted from files located in the NC State Archives,
Raleigh, NC. Unfortunately the staff will not research
these records. If you need a copy of the actual bond
you will need to either go to the archives or hire a
professional researcher. I have copies of a few
(indicated by ##) of these and will share them.
Please email your request.
This list gives the
mother, the date of the bond and the father if stated.
This is not a complete list. Others will be added when
available and will be added to the chart. tBe sure
to see the Grand Jury document following the chart.
Henderson County North Carolina Bastardy
Bonds 1830 - 1870
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MOTHER |
DATE OF BOND |
FATHER |
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Allen, Mary |
1851 |
Mc Cawl, Ezekial |
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Ashworth, Elizabeth ## |
1830? |
Lewis, Daniel |
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Bane, Mary Ann
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1859, Aug 10 |
George, Jeremiah |
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Bennison, Sarah |
1842 |
Middleton, Kincetan |
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Blackwell, Lydia
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1851 |
Capps, John |
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Brown, Hannah |
1854 |
Sitton, George |
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Cagle, Susan M.
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1870 |
Staton, Jesse |
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Camp, Antha |
? |
?? |
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Case, Sarah |
1842 |
Stepp, John |
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Case, Sarah |
1843 |
Stepp, John T. |
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Corn, Elizabeth |
1842 |
McCarson, David |
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Case, Martha C. |
1875 (6 Sept) |
Anderson, E. M. |
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Duncan, Catherine A. ## |
1844 |
?? |
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Edney, Rosanna
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1845 |
Maxwell, John M |
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Fortune, Caroline
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1856 |
Poor, W. P. |
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Frady, Martha |
1879, 8 Sept |
R. P. Youngblood |
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Frances, Malinda |
1878, 27 Mar |
Daugher (or Dangher), Andy |
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Freeman, Mary |
1842 |
Hart, John |
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Galyean, Rixy |
1849 |
Barnette, Americus |
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Garren, Amy |
1844 |
would not declare |
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Guice, Rebecca
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1854 |
would not declare |
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Harding, Rebecca
|
1854 |
would not declare |
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Head, Leah |
1859 |
Brock, James |
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Higgins, Susannah E. |
1852 |
Mc Crary, Columbus |
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Hill, Nancy (child born 25
Feb 1865) |
1865 |
would not declare |
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Hollingsworth,Susanne ## |
? |
?? |
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Hoxit, Mary |
1877, 27 Aug |
Byers?, Samuel G. |
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Huggins, Zilla
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1852 |
Cantrell, Perry |
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Jackson, Nancy |
1865, July 15 |
Williams, Elijah |
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Johnson, Sallie
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1854 |
Thompson, John L. |
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Jones, Rachel E.
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1856 |
Staton, John |
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Justice, Francine |
1868, May 18 |
Bradley, J. H. |
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Manly, Isabeller
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1856 |
King, Jacob |
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Maxwell, S. E.
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?? |
would not declare |
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McCall, Margaret (female
child) ## |
1832 |
Johnson, Noble |
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McCarson, Sarah
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? |
?? |
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McIntiery, Jewleyn
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1859 |
Roberson, Henry |
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Mills, Mary |
1852 |
Laughter, John |
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Murray (or Moody) Marian
(two children,2 years and 5 weeks, one named Martha Ann)
## |
1855 |
Henderson, William |
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Noah, Jane |
1842 |
Tabaur, Masingale or James
Blackwell |
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Osteen, Elizabeth
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1841 |
Harlow, Isome |
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Pain, F. E. |
1857 |
? |
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Parris, Rebecca (child
born 23 Oct 1842) ## |
1842 |
Stepp, Reuben |
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Power?, Hannah ## |
1853 |
Whitmire, Andrew |
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Raxter, Mary |
1850 |
Brittian, Francis |
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Rexter, Mary |
1842 |
Justice, James |
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Roll, Susinda? Roll,
Susinda? |
1860, Jan 17 |
Mull, H. E. |
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Russel, Scintha |
1870 |
Joseph R. Byers |
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Shipman, Agnes (Decky)
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1847 |
Merrill, Benjamin |
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Shipman, Luveny K.
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1851 |
Fletcher, John |
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Shipman, Nancy
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1858 |
Carnes, Hiram |
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Shipman, Rebecca |
1842 |
McMinn, Jesse |
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Shipman, Sarah
|
1847 |
would not declare |
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Somey, Elvina |
1842, Dec |
King, Alan |
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Stepp, Elizabeth (child
born 5 Aug 1843 ## |
1843 |
Drake, Hezekiah |
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Stepp, Jane (Child born 22
May 1841) ## |
1842 |
Lewellen, Shadrack |
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Stepp, Mary ## |
1839 |
Neiley, Matthew |
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Stince, Ellen |
1870, Dec |
Sawyer, William |
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Thomas, A. L. |
1854 |
Mc Call, Thomas |
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Thompson, Elizabeth
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1843 |
Clayton, John |
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Toney, Henrietta
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1856 |
would not declare |
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Townsend, Mary
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1844 |
would not declare |
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Wadkins, Rebecca (child
born 23 Apr 1865) |
1867, 29 Jan |
Silas Garren |
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----ward, Rachel |
1878, 29 Oct |
John Ingram |
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Yates, Catherine
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1849 |
Loftis, Robert |
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Grand Jury below
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The following Grand Jury document
dated 1845 lists the mothers but not the fathers. I
have not changed the spelling but have transcribed it as
found.
"The Grand Jury uppon there oath present
the following cases of Bastard Children which has not been
sworn, also such as we think should be bound.
Susanah Hollingsworth one should be sworn
Sarah McCarson one should be sworn
One child of Antha? Campe should be bound
One child of Rebecca Parrises now at James Stepps should be
bound.
One of Caroline Hollingsworths thought to have been a bone
filia for its maintainance is now on sufferance.
Issabella Miller one child should be sworn
Haner Shipman one or two should be sworn
Darthuley Cockram one should be sworn
Milly Phillips one child should be sworn
Mahaley Miller a child should be bound
signed Jos Hamilton
ordered to issue according to preamtment? William Brittain
Chairman" State Papers, Obsolete at Sept. Session 1845"
For More Information Contact:
Kathleen Summers
112 Carriage Walk Lane
Hendersonville, NC 28791
Tel: 828-692-3602
FAX: 828-692-1851
Internet: ksummers55@mchsi.com
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