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!
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Pg. |
Date |
Mother |
Father |
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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 |
|
|
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|
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 |
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|
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 |
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16 |