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