I have an ancestor who appears in first bondsman position in 1873 in the Rowan Bastardy Bonds (a book of the bastardy bonds of many NC counties). Is first bondsman always the alleged father of the woman's child? There are also 2nd and 3rd bondsmen. Betty Pace On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:34:21 -0500 Faye Moran <fmoran@erols.com> writes: >Below are Bastary Bond laws as incorporated in the Statutes and Common >Law >of North Carolina: > > >1. Any single woman being with child, or having been delivered of a >child, >may be brought before two Justices for examination. If she refuses to >declare (name) the father, she must pay a fine of five dollars, and >give >security to keep the child off of the county, or be committed to jail. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.