Thank you so much, Carol. I was at wits end trying to figure out how to find out without going to N.C. myself. I really appreciate your help. Arlene Crawford -----Original Message----- From: psmartoc <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, May 29, 1999 8:30 AM Subject: [NCWILSON-L] Bonds > >These bonds are available at the NC Archives. I usually go to the Archives >once a month and I will be glad to check for you. >Carol > > > >At 08:27 AM 5/29/1999 -0500, you wrote: >>Does anyone besides the Genealogical Society have access to Orphan Bonds and >>Guardianship bonds and apprentice bonds for the late 1840's? I'm >searching for >>the disposition of a child in 1845-1849 by the name of William Henry Harrison >>Whitley, born 14 Feb 1838 somewhere in North Carolina. He is on the 1860 >>federal census as single in the Black Creek district of Wilson Co. I am >trying >>to reconstruct his childhood as he lost both parents at an early age. He >>entered the Civil War in Black Creek N.C. in 1862. Prior to the war he >married >>and his wife died in childbirth with twin girls. I am searching for the >names >>of his parents and his first wife. So far, no luck. Any help will be >>appreciated! >> >> >> >.. Carol P. Martoccia >.. 903 East Fifth Street >.. Greenville, NC 27858 >.. Pridgen Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 >.. Pridgen Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >