I have been searching for the parents of my gg-grandfather Elijah Harris since 1949. I THINK I may have found them. I believe my Elijah Harris is the illegitimate son of Charles Turner and Patsey Lay. y-DNA indicates that his father was a Turner, and this event happened at the correct time and place. Reference the below information. Does anyone have ANY information on the disposition of Patsey Lay's children as a result of this court action indicated below? Were they bound out or a guardian assigned? If so, who were they bound to or the guardian assigned? My Elijah would have been 16-18 years old at the time. Patsey had at least 2 boys in this age group at this time. If you do not have any information, can you suggest where I might look preferably on line? (I don�t get around very well.) Any help will be appreciated. Vernor Excerpts from Minutes of Lincoln County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions North Carolina Archives C.060.30003 Verbatim transcription by Kathy Gunter Sullivan, December 2000 July Sessions 1818 Miscellaneous Orders. Ordered by the Court that the Sheriff bring the following children to next Court to be dealt with as the law directs - Patsey Lay & her children

Vernor, I checked an index to Lincoln County bastardy bonds and did not find one for a Charles Turner or for any Lay woman. The bonds are not complete, of course. The first order regarding the Lay children was on the January 1818 minute docket and read "Patsy Lays four [children]". The next order was the one you located in July 1818. I searched my transcription of the 1819 sessions, and did not find a mention. There "should be" some later mention of the children, but sometimes there simply isn't. You still need to read the later court minutes to be sure there isn't another item about the children. You could inquire at North Carolina State Archives for Lincoln County apprentice bonds for the Lay children. Guardian bonds are worth a try, too. You can e-mail your inquiry to [email protected] Send one inquiry for apprentice bonds and a separate inquiry for guardian bonds. Include your name and mailing address because that is how the Archives will respond. You know, of course, that being summoned to court about the children does not in itself mean the children were illegitimate. It only indicates that there is some doubt about Patsy Lay's abilitity to provide for the children. I gather your Elijah Lay was born 1800/1802? Did the family stay in Lincoln County? Kathy Gunter Sullivan Vernor Harris wrote: >I have been searching for the parents of my gg-grandfather Elijah Harris since 1949. > >I THINK I may have found them. I believe my Elijah Harris is the illegitimate son of Charles Turner and Patsey Lay. y-DNA indicates that his father was a Turner, and this event happened at the correct time and place. > >Reference the below information. Does anyone have ANY information on the disposition of Patsey Lay's children as a result of this court action indicated below? Were they bound out or a guardian assigned? If so, who were they bound to or the guardian assigned? My Elijah would have been 16-18 years old at the time. Patsey had at least 2 boys in this age group at this time. > >If you do not have any information, can you suggest where I might look preferably on line? (I don’t get around very well.) Any help will be appreciated. > >Vernor > >Excerpts from Minutes of Lincoln County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions >North Carolina Archives C.060.30003 >Transcription by Kathy Gunter Sullivan,December 2000 > >July Sessions 1818 > >Miscellaneous Orders. >Ordered by the Court that the Sheriff bring the following children to next Court to be dealt with as the law directs - > >Patsey Lay & her children >