Dear Jean, Something bothers me about the records for this Sidney Yount. Catawba County Marriages say he married Laura Bolch 15 Jan 1888. He was age 40, the son of John and Anna Yount. Then in the 1900 Catawba County Census in Catawba Precinct, Sidney and Laura Yount are listed as having been married 20 years rather than 12 years. His age is given as 63, not consistent with that stated in the 1888 marriage record. If he was 40 then, he should have been 52 or 53 in 1900. Were there two Sidney and Laura Younts? The oldest children of the Sidney in the 1900 census were born well before 1888. Thus, was this really a different Sidney that was married about 1880? If so, was he the one charged with bastardy? Did he later marry Laura Gant about 1880? She would have been only about 14 years old. But could have been a "shotgun wedding." I just noticed this discrepancy after sending my earlier response to Dan. Best Regards, Ray On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 20:43:18 EDT [email protected] writes: > Hi Dan and List, > > Sidney Yount is my Great Grandfather, son of John > and Anna > Pope - Yount. My guess is Sid Yount and Sidney are the same people. > I also > would like to know why he would sign a Bastardy Bond for an > unmarried women? > Does this make him the father? As far as I know they are not his > sisters. I > don't know what connection to the Gant's Sidney was. So who ever can > answer > your questions I hope can answer mine to. > Thanks, Jean Jondreau > > > ==== CATAWBA-WEST Mailing List ==== > ==== CATAWBA-WEST Mailing List ==== > Sharing info on the region West of the Catawba River, NC > For further info, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/ > Our thanks to RootsWeb for hosting this list and web page > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.