I had asked a little while ago about how adoptions were done. I am especially wondering if there were any records or legal proceedings in the mid-1700's if a child had to live with relatives or friends. Bonnie Treon > Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:11:51 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Orphans in St. Mary's County > > Linda, > I haven't seen a discussion of what records are known besides Proceedings of Orphan's Court. Are there any other records of historical note about Alms and Poorhouses to consult? > > < , |/ > < ' /| Kat Woodring > > --- On Tue, 2/1/11, Linda Reno <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Linda Reno <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Basil Smith > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 5:02 PM > > Shirley, > > We had no orphanages here. As close as we got was the Alms and Workhouse. I > find no record of him there, but I did find this: > > 2/1802: James Griggs petitioned the court to have Basil Smith, age 18 on > the 6th day of August next bound to him until the age of 21 to learn the > occupation of pilot--granted (Orphan Ct. Rec., Fenwick). Griggs would have > petitioned the court because Basil was an orphan and under the age of 18, > otherwise he would have been bound with the consent of his father or another > adult family member. > > As far as him joining the Army--that's a bid misleading. Our men didn't join > the regular U.S. Army, but during that war two local regiments were > formed--the 12th and the 45th. They were called out on an as-needed basis as > the British marauded up and down the Patuxent, Potomac, Chesapeake Bay, etc. > According to Regina Hammett (History of St. Mary's County), Basil Smith > served under Capt. James Jarboe, 12th Regt., War of 1812. > > I show Basil Smith as the son of Thomas Smith and Mary Potter and the Job > Smith below was probably his brother. > > Mortgage from Basil Smith to Job Smith for chattle, 7/30/1814. > > Deed from Job Smith to Basil Smith for "Mattapany Sewall", 6/25/1816. > > Deed from Basil Smith to Job Smith for the property of Thomas Smith, > deceased, "Part of Mattapany", 9/10/1822 (Chr. of SM). > > Deed to Job Smith from Richard Fenwick, Attorney for Basil Smith, for the > property of Thomas Smith, deceased, called "Part of Mattapany", 9/10/1822 > (Chr. of SM). > > I don't have his pension application from 1855, but would like to have it if > possible. > > Linda Reno > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 11:36 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [MDSTMARY] Basil Smith > > > The writer is Vera Mae Bowling Teague of Merced, CA b 15 Dec 1928, dau of > Joseph Sylvester Bowling & Mary Veronica Smith of Nelson Co, KY. > > Can anyone help her/us with Basil Smith? > > Shirley Platt & Jerry Bowling > > On Wed, 1/26/11, Vera Teague <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am again trying to get back to family search and wonder if you ever > heard of Beaver Dam in St. Marys Co. Maryland. I think the parents of my > Basil Smith may have lived there and they must of died as my Basil Smith > was > in an orphanage till he was 18 and went into the army. in the war of 1812 > before he married the widow Eleanor Downs, Mitchell. I heard she had land > > and they sold it to move to Ky-- her and Basil...I have only a little > iinfo. on all of this. I dont guess ancestry would have any of that? Are > you > still searching? I hope I can stay with it more this year even tho my eyes > > are so much worse after the surgery last Apr. I hope you stay in > touch.....Vera in Merced > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message