Dear Group, For those of you that may wonder why I am sending these various records I will explain. Maybe by now, new list members are working on something that can help me find my answer. The question is...How did Michael and Olive obtain the land in the deed below. Michael's father William BRYAN(T) died in 1744 Bertie. His widow Catherine___BRYAN said she didn't have the will. I have tried to find other land records that will help, but so far no find. That is why I am resorting to other types of records...and I sure hope they help one of you out there...maybe not now, but maybe in the future! If anyone has a tip or idea please share with me. Thank you, Cathy In 1757 Michael BRYAN and wife Olive sold land to Aaron ELLIS, this is found on > Deed H-408 Bertie Co NC BRYANT et uxor to ELLISS 1757 > (on the original handwritten document the name Brown handwritten > in to the left side column) instead of BRYANT). > > > > >To all People to whom these presents shall come Greeting to know ye that I >Mical BRYANT and Olive his wife of Bertie County within his Magesty's >Province of North Carolina....sell to Aaron ELLIS >Aaron ELIS his heirs and assigns forever and messuage or tract of land >scituate lying in Bertie County of No Carolina containing 100 acres of land >joyning to Robert HODGES patent line and SW to a corner forked Spanish Oak >then east to Little Roquist. >26th day of April 1757, Mical BRYAN seal Olliff BRYAN. Signed sealed and >delivered in the Presence of James ABINGTON, Elias F. HODGES. Proved by >James ABINGTON >(Elias HODGE is a possible relative to Olive)...well so could James ABINGTON. Aaron ELLIS later married Michael's mother Catherine___BRYAN ELLIS. She left a will in 1779. >************

for archives and group: 1754 Bertie County Civil Papers 010.325.3 NCArchives Cathy Hart Farris Jan. 2002 George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith and so forth--- To the Sheriff of the said county Greeting We command you to summon or cause to be summoned Barnaby BRYAN John BRYAN and Francis ___? (if to be found in your Bailiwick) Personally to be and appear before the Justices of our Court of Common Pleas to be held for the said County at the Court House thereof on the Second Tuesday in February next Then and there to give Evidence in a cause wherein Peter HAYES is Plaintiff and Jethro BUTLER is Defendant on the part and behalf of the said defendant of which they are in no wise to fail on the penalty incumbent- Witness Samuel ORMES Clerk of our said Court at Bertie County this fourteenth day of November in the XXVIIIth year of our Reign Anno Dom 1754. Saml. ORMERS Clerk

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1138.1131.1139.1224.1 Message Board Post: This mary dau. of George and descends from the Caleb Line on NC and Va. I am writing a Spivey History so I do lots of research.

for archives and group: Is anyone researching ABINGTON? I have been curious about him. Cathy 1753 Bertie County Promise Notes 1746-1800 NCArchives Cathy Hart Farris Jan.2002 (on the outside it reads) "To James ABBINGTON" and "This Note pert__ed By me James ABINGTON" Cashai Bridge October 6th 1753 Mr. James ABINTON Plese to Pay to Mr. Aaron ELIS the Sum of Three pounds Three Shillings and Sixpence Virginia money on a Count of the House Rent and I will Bair you Harmless. David JERNIGAN

For archives and group: 1753 Bertie County Civil Papers 010.325.2 NCArchives Cathy Hart Farris Jan. 2002 Know all men by the presents that we Barniby BRYANT and William VAN both of the county and province aforesaid are held and firmly bound unto John HILL High Sheriff of the county aforesaid his heirs Executors and Administrators and assigns in the just and full sum of ten pound lawfull money of Great Britain for which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and each of our heirs Executors and administrators jointly and severaly in and for the __? Signed with our Seals and dated this Second day of August in the year of our Lord 1753. The condition of the above obligation is such that If the above bond Barniby BRYANT do and shall make his personal appearance before our justices of our Court of Common Pleas to be held at Cashy at the Courthouse in Bertie on the Second Tuesday in August next then and their to answer to James MANY Exet. of a plea of Trespass on the Case Damage five pound lawfull money of Great Britain and their to stand to and abide by judgment of the said Court and not depart the same with out Licence first hand obtained that then the above obligation to be void and of none Effect. Otherwise test? and remain in full force power and virtue. Sealed and delivered in the presence of John WEBB Barniby BRYANT mark Wm. VANN mark

for archives and group: 1751 Bertie County Civil Papers 010.325.2 NCArchives Cathy Hart FARRIS Jan. 2002 HOUSE vs. ELLIS}Sum Jno. HILL Sheriff George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Bertie county, Greeting. We command you to summon, or cause to be summoned, John HARRELL, Joseph HARRELL and Abraham HARRELL (if to be found in your Bailiwick) personally to be and appear before the Justices of our Court of common Please for the said County, at the next Court to be held at the court-house in Bertie on the Second Tuesday in August next; then and there to give Evidence in a cause wherein Aaron ELLIS is Petitioner and George HOUSE is opponent on the behalf of the opponent Herein fail not under the Penalty incumbent; and have your then there this Writ. Witness Samuel ORMES Clerk of our said Court at Bertie the Eighteenth day of May in the Twenty fourth Year of our Reign. Anno Dom 1751 Saml ORMES Clerk

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barncastle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1219.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have William Ralph Barncastle married to Mary Margaret Phelps in Bertie Co in 1868

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barncastle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1219.1.2 Message Board Post: Thanks for answering....I wonder if you might have more information about Angeline Mizelle, such as birth and marriage date or her parents. I am also looking for information on the children from this marriage. I have no dates on them or who they married. I believe that George Washington Barncastle was second married to Victoria Capps, but have never found the marriage date for them, have you? You can contact me direct if you like geniealice@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1807.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Blake Baker is my husband family thu Elizabeth his mother. Blakes mother married a Gillihan & that is how they are kin I have some more info on this family let me know if you want it,Maggie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1345.1355.1 Message Board Post: Claude, My great Aunt & Uncle were Annie Belle & Henry Smithwick. My Grandfather was Claude Deans, Annie Belle's brother. Are you any relation to Annie Belle & Henry Smithwick?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1219.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, but I copied the wrong info ref. George Washington Barnacastle's wife. He was married to Susan Capps not Angeline Mizell. Angeline was married to my g Grandfather William Ralph Barnacastle.Sorry about that.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1219.1 Message Board Post: George Washington Barncastle my gg Grandfather was married to Angeline Mizell.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1345.1355 Message Board Post: I was born and raised in Bertie County.My Grandmother was Mary Caroline Smithwick from the Sans Souci area of the County. Her farthers Name was George Henry Smithwick and his fathers name was William And his fathers name was John, There were many stories about moonshinning in the Smithwick family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1804.1 Message Board Post: I was born in Windsor, my father was Lloyd I. Bowen who was raised in Merry Hill area of the county. I believe that Benjamin Bowen was my g g g grandfather. Contact me and we will see what we can come up with.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HALE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1698.1 Message Board Post: Information I have is Thomas Hale b. 12-6-1768 in Portsmouth Parish, Norfolk County, VA, died 12-23-1861 in Smith County, TN. He married Sarah Hodges 1790 in Halifax County, VA, daughter of James Hodges and Mary Pope. If you email me, I can refer you to my information source.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/137.8 Message Board Post: There was a Solomon Jones born in Princess Anne Co., VA before 1716, to Evan and Dinah White Jones. He was named in his father's will dated 4 Jun 1716. PA Co. VA 3DB481 - names eldest son Solomon; sons Patrick, Evan & Thomas; daughters Elizabeth Malbone, Dinah Lurry, Margaret Purdy, Ruth Shepherd, Mary, Martha & Winifried; wife Dinah. Ex: wife. Wit: Joseph Wicker, Joseph Saunderson. This Solomon married a Susannah and had children: James, Thomas, Edward and Susannah. Hope this helps, I really don't have anything further on him. Jean

Lucy Ruffin and anyone else with experience with Bastardy Bonds: I have one of these in my family tree and it is much less direct than the others that I have read along the way.William King lived next door to the Wilsons and was also likely related to the Wilsons at an earlier time, unproven at this time. In Sampson Co, NC May 13, 1794: "Mrs Judith Wilson, [the dau of Elisha Moore Wilson]came into court and offered William King and Elisha Moore Wilson, securities, to keep her child a bastard begotten on her body, free from any expense to the county of Sampson. Ordered therefore that they enter into bond in the sum of 500 pounds to keep said child free from the parish. Bond filed." William King, Sr was a powerful politician on the state level and his son, William Rufus King later became a VP under Franklin Pierce. Could this have had an effect on the way the bastardy bond was written? Wm King Sr. would have been a lot older than Judith Wilson and William Rufus King would have been younger than Judith. Both the Kings and the Wilsons were in Bertie Co at the same time. Elisha Moore Wilson was the grandson of Epaphroditus and Elizabeth Moore of Bertie Co and they lived on the edge of what is today the Hertford - Bertie border near Powellsville. I would like anyone's opinion on who is the father and how I could prove it... Thanks, Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lucy Ruffin" <LRuffin@macs.net> To: <NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 5:44 AM Subject: [NCBERTIE] Bastardy Bonds > Hi, Everyone, > > This is a follow-up, from Monk, on the above subject. > > "In NC, bastardy cases specified that the women would have to name the > father of the child and the father would have to post a bond for the > maintenance of the child. If the father could not post the bond, he > would ask his friends, neighbors and relatives to help him out. These > people became sureties, co-signers of the bond, and guaranteed that the > upkeep of the child would be paid. If on the other hand, the woman > refused to name the father, she would have to post the bond herself. (No > such thing as welfare in those days.)" > > Lucy Ruffin > > > ==== NCBERTIE Mailing List ==== > Post your materials here: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.northcarolina.counties.bertie > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

for archives: 1750 Promise Notes Bertie County NCArchives Cathy Hart Farris Jan. 2002 The outside says "Pay the within note to Mr. Rob't HARRIS, Jno SALLIS" Thomas to SALLIS}note I Promise to pay to John SALLIS or his order the Just Quantity of Fifteen Barrells of Good Sound Merchanable Indian Corn on Demand it being for Value received by me this 19th day of December 1750 Jos. THOMAS Needham BRYAN (his signature...cathy)

Hello everyone, Just found this out from The Weekly Hearld my newspaper from Robinsonville, N.C. A new book on the Leggett Family History can be found at the Robersonville Public Library and at Martin Memorial Library in Williamston, N.C. Edward Andrews has complied the history of the Leggett's and also will soon have the history of the Andrews family completed. So if anyone is interested check out these two libraries. Marilyn

We need some volunteers who have access to the 1920 census (Ancestry, CD-Rom) who can help Claudia out in reading the very difficult handwriting. If you have access to White's Township 1920....and would be willing to work with us on this....just the reading...Claudia is doing the typing... Please contact me... Virginia Crilley