Hi: I am posting below a list of orphans who were assigned to various Hines, Hinds in a book about Apprentices in TN. I am posting some not because they are connected with the names Hinds but are connected to one another as orphaned siblings. The Bond children (below) were half orphans - their mother Jane Beeson Bond had died. The daughter, Elizabeth Bond, is my direct and she actually had three guardians before she was old enough to marry an Edward Mattix. The Bonds were Quakers but we have found no indication that the Hinds families in this area were Quakers. But, the Hinds were chosen as guardians for Quaker children and as administrators of Quaker estates so they must have been 'well thought of'. Regards Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com ================================== From book East Tennessee's Forgotten Children, Apprentices from 1778 to 1911 by Alan N. Miller, published for clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing of Baltimore, MD 2001 Bottom of page 93 & top of 94: Name Date Age Master Notes Bond, Joseph 28 Oct 1795 16 yr Hinds, Samuel Orphan Bond, Benjamin 28 Oct 1795 14 yr Green, Solomon Orphan Bond, Isaac 28 Oct 1795 11 yr Hinds, Joseph, son of Levi Orphan Bond, Joel 28 Oct 1795 11 (twin?) Hinds, Joseph Sr. Orphan Bond, William 28 Oct 1795 6 yr Hinds, Levi Orphan Bond, Elizabeth 29 Oct 1795 8 yr McAmy, John Orphan cancelled 2 Feb 1797 Bond, Elizabeth 2 Feb 1797 Chapman, Thomas Orphan Sharp, Sarah 29 July 1796 9 hr,20 d Hines, Levi Orphan Sharp, Joe 31 Oct 1796 6 yr Montgomery, John Orphan Sharp, George 31 Oct 1796 2 yr Montgomery, John Orphan Sharp, Elizabeth 3 Nov 1796 11 yr Hinds, Samuel Orphan