>Searching for info on Eli Blakely who may have been adopted by or bound to a >Abel Gardner or >Stephen Gardner family. This would be abt 1820. >Eli Blakely m Betsy Caffey 1828 GuilfordCty. If you have access to a FHL, the apprentice bonds for Guilford County are available on microfilm. The father is not always named in those records, but would be a place to start. Rick Saunders http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/0.html