We'll do this list alphabetically. That is my preference, and the preference of everyone else so far, but the Cabarrus County site (I took that over this past summer) has them listed chronologically, so I thought I'd check. While I am getting these pages set up, and then gathering images to link to them, I want to make people aware that I was hesitant to do this until I realized that there is an internet source for the marriage bond list: _http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Departments/Library/OnlineResources/genealogy/ma rriageresults.htm?Branch=bond_ (http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Departments/Library/OnlineResources/genealogy/marriageresults.htm?Branch=bond) This list does include some from a Clemens publication on NC & SC marriages, so they apparently used multiple sources. I just stumbled across this list on the library's website earlier this week. It doesn't show the bondsmen and witnesses, but it will help some of you find some names and dates while I get the Guilford County NCGenWeb pages set up. One of my concerns in the past was not cutting into the sales of Guilford County Genealogical Society publications, or running into copyright issues. GCGS has published a set of two volumes on marriage bonds. But I also think there is a crying need to have these available, and I also think that the images themselves are extremely helpful. Some people don't realize what is -- and what is not! -- on the marriage bond itself. So I have wanted for a long time to have a way to share the actual images with others. They are such an important resource when working in early Guilford records. If the library had not posted the list of bonds, I might have hesitated a while longer. But now there are multiple sources for the basic information. I want to use the images -- and the list from the Archives -- as the ultimate references for the data. I also want others to be able to verify the information for themselves. There's a lot to be learned in the process. In the meantime, may I suggest -- if this makes a difference between your buying the set of Guilford marriage bond abstracts or not -- that you use the money instead to become a member of GCGS? They have an excellent journal, and other publications for sale, and I'd recommend that you find a way to support them. Their website is here: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgcgs/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgcgs/) Katherine Benbow **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

I am planning on being in NC for a couple of days to do research. My main interest is a man named Silas P. Wooten who appears several places in NC in the late 1700's. Silas was born between 1758-1759 according to information that he gave 16 Jan 1826 when his Revolutionary Pension is executed. He claims to be 67 years old. He says that he fought in the battle of Guilford County Courthouse: > Silas Wooten was supported in his application for pension by Anthony > Hall and Thomas Lovelady. Lovelady stated that "Wooten enlisted in > Halifax County Virginia under Captain Bowyers and Colonel Campbell > ,that ...Wooten served out his full term of enlistment and that he > served about two or three months longer and that the said Wooten was > in the Battle at Guilford in March,1781. Wooten stated that he > enlisted in January, 1780. That he served honorably through the Battle > of Guilford Courthouse and was discharged by Colonel Campbell on April > 1, 1781 in Caswell County North Carolina. I believe that it is likely that Silas married Phebe Worth who was the daughter of Francis Worth. This family were Quakers from Nantucket who settled in Guilford County before the Revolution with other Quaker families from Nantucket. I would like to find more proof to further document the validity of this marriage. At this point I have a copy of Francis Worth's original will from the NC archives in which Francis names his daughter as Phebe Wooten. I would like some ideas or help on the following: Is there a professional researcher in the area who might have time to meet with me Sunday or Monday (that is this weekend)? Is there a guide who is good at showing people around the area? Is there any kind or research facilities open on Sunday? Where would I look for land records to see if there is any possibility that Silas owned land during the years he was in the area before he moved his family to KY? Any other ideas of what I might look at while I am in the general area? I could also go to the NC archives instead of the actual area...I am driving from FLA and my travel plans are not "written in stone". Thanks for any help that anyone can give me. Marsha Moses > >