JOHNSTON COUNTY BASTARDY BONDS

Abstracted by Ray King – 1994

A bastardy bond was the means by which the counties of North Carolina provided support for illegitimate children. When it was discovered that a woman was pregnant with an illegitimate child, she was examined and required to give the name of the reputed father. With that information, the father was then required to support the child and prevent he or she from becoming a charge of the County. Should the father not believe that the child was his, he could request a judgment of a jury in hopes that they would believe that he was not the father. If the mother refused to admit the name of the father, then she was required to post her own bond. Although they rarely give the name of the child, simple arithmetic will provide the birth date of the child to within a month or so. Illegitimate children always took the name of the mother unless they were declared legitimate and claimed by the father. These bonds are housed in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. These bonds are housed

in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC in two volumes that cover 1850 to 1895. (NCSA C.R. #56.102.1 & .2)

 

Warren’s Note:  You may ask, well where are the bastardy bonds prior or after these years.  These are the only years (1850 – 1895 that there were actually “bonds”.  Prior years or later years do not have bonds.  They are in the court minutes for Johnston County.  You certainly must visit the abstracted Johnston County Court Minutes by Weynette Parks Haun  which are covered in 17 volumes between 1759 and 1849.  There are no abstracted court minutes for the period after 1895.  Sorry if these findings upset you.  It happens!

 

Pg.

Date

Mother

Father

1

29-May-1850

Nancy Silivent

Stephen Powell

1

29-May-1850

Smithy Moor

McCullen Ivey

2

29-May-1850

Harriet Johnson

Drewry Johnson

3

26-Aug-1850

Polly Clark

Hardy Evans

4

26-May-1851

Zilli Simpson

Mabra Hinnant

5

23-Feb-1852

Betsy Johnson

Barnabus Johnson

6

23-Nov-1852

Janie White

Harkert King

7

23-Nov-1852

Bartilda Ren

James A. Smith

8

28-Feb-1853-

Martha Parks

Daniel Powell

9

1-Mar-1853

Sally Kirby

Bynum Davis

9

2-Mar-1853-

Mary Coats

John R. Coats

10

23-May-1853

Sally Hinnant

Charles Deans

11

23-May-1853-

Martha Powell

Francis Bridgers

12

23-May-1853

Martha Griffis

James Munds

13

24-May-1853

Elizabeth Allen

James G. Allen

14

26-May-1853

Barbara Boykin

Dely Johnson

15

22-Aug-1858-

Martha Evans

David Davis

16

23-Aug-1853

Joanna Godwin

Jonathan Davis

17

24-Aug-1853

Harriet Johnson

Merriman Lassiter

18

24-Aug-1853

Caroline Allen

Aaron Lee

19

28-Nov-1853

Fetna Eason

Giron Earp

20

29-Nov-1853

Isabel Davis

Ephraim Watson

21

29-Nov-1853

Sarah C. Hinton

Joseph I. Wall

22

27-Feb-1854

Phebe Watson

Calvin Lamb

23

28-Feb-1854

Thena Wallace

John De Carteret

24

22-May-1854

Nicy Rhodes

A.J. Denning

25

22-May-1854

Wenna Stuckey

James W. Edwards

26

23-May-1854

Sally Lee

John Webb

27

27-Feb-1855

Sabrina Ellis

William I. Smith

28

28-Feb-1855

Ailsey Davis

Josiah Watson

29

27-Nov-1855

Mary Bundy

William W. Shepherd

30

26-Feb-1856

Patsy Edwards

John Syllivent

31

26-Aug-1856

Temperance Carrell

Hiram Holleman

32

25 Nov-1856

Harriet Parrish

Zechariah Collier

33

23 Feb-1857

Joana Johnson

John E. Earp

34

25 May-1857

Zilpha Pace

Daniel Sellers

35

25 May-1857

Silva Parrish

Jonathan Copeland

36

 

 

 

37

24 Aug-1857

Sylva Parrish

Jonathan Copeland

38

25 Aug-1857

Louisa Daniel

Alfred L. Bailey

39

24 Nov-1857

Penny Messer

Haywood Honeycutt

40

28 Feb-1858

Sarah J. Wilkins

Elbert Holt

41

25 May-1858

Piety Carroll

Malachi Wall

42

27 Nov-1858

Elizabeth Howell

C.A. Holt

43

28 Feb-1859

Joana Joyner

H.D. Porter

44

1 Mar-1859

Jane Faircloth

Elisha Parrish

45

1 Mar-1859

Louisa Stephenson

James Parrish

46

3 Mar-1859

Patsy Feutral

William Sellars

47

3 Mar-1859

Martha Baker

James Baker

48

27 May-1859

Amanda Pilkington

Henry E. Thain

49

23 Aug-1859

N. Carroll

Thomas Coats

50

28 Nov-1859

Jincy Messer

Curtis M. Stephenson

51

1 Dec-1859

Helen Davis

Jacob Daughtry, Jr.

52

28 Nov-1859

Harriet Johnson

Joseph Johnson

53

28 Nov-1859

Meadith E. Barefoot

Londy L. Barefoot

54

29 May-1859-

Martha Carol.1

John Corbett

55

31 May-1860

Sarah Wall

L.O. Batten

56

31 May-1860

Ganzada Wallace

Archibald Knox

57

28 Aug-1860

Lucinda Cooper

Stephen Renfrow

58

28 Nov-1860

Tabitha Price

William H. Penny

59

25 Feb-1861

Argile Crawford

Jackson Rains, Jr

60

27 May-1861-

Mary Wall

John B. Creech

61

28 May-1861

Penny Baker

Joseph Johnson

62

27 Aug-1861

Ailey Rose

George Radford

63

25 Aug-1862-

Martha Ann Howell

John T. Capps

64

22 Aug-1864

Lucinda Godwin

Thomas Edgerton

65

27 Nov-1865

Vetula Morgan

A.W. Richardson

66

 

 

 

67

28 May-1866

Mary Gurley

James H. Harrison

68

27 Aug-1866

Caroline Flowers

G.R. Britt

69

26 Nov-1866

Fething Crawford

William Bonnity

70

26 Nov-1866-

Martha Overby

James W. Johnson

71

27 Aug-186

Lydia Holley

W.J. Beard

72

25 Jun-1867

Harriet Norris

Thomas Manning

73

25 Feb-1867

Elizabeth Cole

refused to name father

74

29 May-1867-

Martha Adams

Haywood Moore

75

26 Aug-1867

Sarah P. Thompson

Kincheon Kornegay

76

26 Aug-1867

Sophia A. Peedin

Turner Sanders

77

30 Aug-1867

Mily Bell

Henry Barnes

78

30 Aug-1867

Mily Bell

Henry Barnes

79

25 Aug-1867

Salina Jones

Hillory Holleman

80

26 Nov-1867

Sarah Daughtry

Lewis Braswell

81

26 Nov-1867

Cornelia Hocut

Gillis O'Neal

82

24 Feb-1868-

Margaret Bass

David D. Adams

83

24 Feb-1868

Sarah Wall.

James Creech

84

24 Feb-1868

Sarah D. Wilkins

Ashley Stanley

85

25 Feb-1868

Nancy Wheeler

P.P. Poole

86

26 May-1868

Keziah Barfield

Richmond Sanders

87

26 May-1868-

Margaret Bass

D.D. Adams

88

27 May-1868

Menda Atkinson

Elbert Godwin

1869-1897

 

 

 

3

23 Mar-1869

Viola Leach

Washington Leach

4

21 Sep-1869

Nellie Hinnant

Emzy Boyette

5

28 Mar-1870

Winnie Batten

Levi J. Edwards

6

28 Mar-187Q

Hager Bryant

Sidney Morgan

7

28-Mar 1870

Dolly Murphy

B.G. Carroll

9

29-Mar 1870-

Martha Sanders

Thomas Sanders

10

29-Mar 1870

Sarah Sanders

Jerry Sanders

14

31-Mar 1870-

Mary Sanders

Logan Beckwith

15

31-Mar 1870

Harriet Johnson

Edmond W. Johnson

16