In adding to Bill's comments, I found one of my grandfather's who was in a similar situation in the Pendleton County Chancery Court records. Hope this helps, Matthew Bill Rexroad <rexroad3@cox.net> wrote: Since you know that 3-year-old Jasper Westfall was living with Isaac Miller in 1880, that means he was probably bound out to Miller by the Pendleton County Court, most likely on request of the Overseer of the Poor. Get the Pendleton County Court records from that time and you probably will find a record of it. The parents would be named as well as the reason for his being bound out. Microfilm of those court records is available through your local (or nearby) LDS Family History Center. Bill Rexroad Hutchinson, Kansas ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVPENDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message