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Bastardy
Bonds.
The reason
for bastardy bonds was to place the ultimate burden of support for a bastard
child upon the father should the mother become unable to provide proper support.
Otherwise, the child would become a ward of the county poor house and be an
expense to the county. Typically the process started with public knowledge or a
complaint that an unwed woman was with child. Sometimes the process was started
after the fact. A warrant would be issued to bring the woman before the local
justices of the peace where she would be examined to determine the father of the
child. If she named the father, another warrant was then issued to bring him
before the local justices of the peace and he posted bond to appear in court to
answer the charges on a particular date. If found guilty, he would then have to
post bond for support of the bastard child. This is what is known as a bastardy
bond. Where support subsequently became necessary, the court would issue a
judgment for collection of the requisite amount from the father and/or his
bondsmen (security). If the pregnant woman refused to name the father, she and
her family typically had to post bond for support of the bastard child.
John Haywood’s manual for Tennessee Justices of the Peace (1810, reissued 1816)
lists bastardy as an un-indictable offense which can be tried before any two
justices. If found guilty the father is to be brought before the full court to
provide bond and security. This would be the County Court comprised of all the
justices, not the Superior Court. The bond is technically a “bastardy” bond, not
a “bastard” bond. (Charles A. Sherrill, Tenn. State Library & Archives.)
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Georgia |
Information about birth records is available at the State
Vital
Records Office from 1919 to the present.
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Birth Certificates can only be obtained by the
following persons:
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the person named
on the certificate
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the parents
shown on the birth record
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an authorized
legal guardian or agent
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grandparents of
the person named on the certificate
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an adult child
of the person named on the certificate
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an adult sibling
of the person named on the certificate
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the spouse of
the person named on the certificate
County Probate Offices may have older
records. As of November 2007, local custodians for vital
records now have access to birth certificates for the entire state
of Georgia and may issue certified copies for other counties.
Bastardy legal proceedings were usually
handled by the local Ordinary Court. Few of these Georgia
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NO Delayed BIRTH or Bond RECORDS have been
transcribed for Georgia.......
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County
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Transcribed County Records |
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Banks:
P.O. Box 7, Homer, GA
30547-0007; 706-677-6250 / FAX 677-2337 |
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Clarke |
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Elbert |
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Fannin |
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Floyd:
Health Department
315 West 10th Street
Rome, GA 30162
Phone: 706-295-6123 |
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Forsyth |
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Franklin |
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Gilmer |
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Gordon:
Probate Court
100 S. Wall Street
Calhoun, GA 30701
(706) 629-7314 |
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Habersham |
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Hall |
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Hart |
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Jackson |
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Lumpkin |
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Madison |
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Milton:
Records went to Fulton Co. in 1932;
Order these from State Office |
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Murray:
115 Fort Street, Chatsworth, GA
30705-0115
706-695-3812
FAX 517-1340 |
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Oconee |
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Pickens:
50 N. Main Street, Suite C,
Jasper, GA 30143;
706-253-8756
FAX 253-8910 |
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Rabun:
25 Courthouse Square, Suite
215
Clayton, GA 30525
706-782-3614
FAX 706-782-9278 |
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Stephens:
205 N. Alexander
Street, Rm. 108, Toccoa, GA 30577; 706-886-2828
FAX 886-2631 |
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South Carolina
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Knowledgeables
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North
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Registered Births were required in NC
beginning in Oct 1913. Births occurring AFTER this date can be
obtained from the
NC State Vital Records Office:
1903 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC
27699-1903
(919) 733-3526
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North Carolina Vital Records office should not be your first choice for
information because:
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They must have specific information before the search can begin.
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They have to charge a $15 fee for each record search, whether or not the
record is found.
For
birth records prior to 1913, contact the local Register of Deeds office in
the county where the birth occurred. |
In order to process a request, Vital Records needs to know:
In addition, in order to receive a certified copy, you must provide
the requestor's relationship to the person named on the record. If
the requestor is not of the immediate family, a brief statement as
to why the certificate is needed MUST be included. Certified
copies of vital records are not available to everyone. North
Carolina law [NCGS 130A-93(c)] specifies that certified copies of
certificates are available only to the following people:
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A person requesting a copy of his or
her own vital records or that of the person's spouse, sibling,
direct ancestor, direct descendant, stepparent, or stepchild
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A person seeking information for a
legal determination of personal or property rights or
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An authorized agent, attorney, or
legal representative of a person described in (1) or (2) above
NOTE: Proof of identity and proof of eligibility are required.
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North Carolina |
South Carolina
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Tennessee |
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TN State Vital Records Office - what records are available,
where they are located, to whom copies are given, fees, and how to
order on-line. Birth records are kept for 100 years, then sent
to the
TN State Library and Archives "TSLA".
Some birth records were begun in TN in
1908. In 1913, the new law for state-wide records was passed
to begin Jan 1914, so no records were kept for 1913. The TSLA
has state-wide birth records for the years 1908-1912 and has copies
of the early city birth records for Knoxville (1881-1907) and
Chattanooga (1879-1907). Instructions & forms for
ordering a search of these birth records can be found in
Genealogical Services Available by Mail - State
Records. TSLA
does NOT accept e-mail
or telephone request to search the 1908-1912 birth records.
The Tennessee State Library and Archives has copies of the
Delayed Birth Certificates for the birth years 1869-1906. TSLA
will accept
e-mail requests to search the index to
the Delayed Birth Certificates. Please include the name of the
individual, an approximate date or year of birth, the county of
birth (if known), and (if known) the name of the mother. We also ask
that you include your name, city and state with your request. TSLA
will accept only one request at a time to search for a single
record; once you receive a response to your request, you may send in
your next request, and so on. TSLA tries to respond to e-mail
requests in ten working days.
Delayed Birth Certificates for the birth years 1907 on are held by
the Office of Vital Records, Tennessee Department of Health.
Certified copies of the original records
are available only to the person named on the record and to certain
family members or legal representatives.
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TN County
Clerk's
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Transcribed
Records |
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On-line |
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Blount |
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Bradley |
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Carter |
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Cocke:
360 Court Avenue
Courthouse Annex
Newport, TN 37821
423-623-8791 |
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Grainger:
P.O. Box 116
Rutledge TN 37861
865-828-3511 |
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Greene:
101 S Main St
County Courthouse
Greeneville, TN 37743-4945
(423) 638-8118 |
WWI Draft
Cards
1811-1868 Baptisms at St. James Lutheran Church
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Hamblen |
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Hamilton |
1881 Birth Records |
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Hawkins |
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James:
1870-1919
See Hamilton
Co. TN |
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Jefferson |
Bastardy
1881-1883 Infant B/Ds |
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Johnson
222 Main St., Mountain City, TN 37683
(423) 727-7853 |
Bastardy &
Adoption cases 1856-1873 |
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Knox |
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Loudon |
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McMinn |
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Meigs:
Main St., Hwy 58
Decaturville, TN 37322
(423) 334-5747 |
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Monroe:
105 College St.
Madisonville, TN 37354
(423) 442-5948 |
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Polk:
P.O. Box 128
Cty Crthouse
Benton, TN
37307-0128
(423) 338-4527 |
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Rhea:
375 Church St., Dayton, TN
37321
423 775-7808 |
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Roane:
200 E Race St.
Kingston, TN 37763
865 376-5556 |
1881
Births |
Bailey, Robert F.
Bastardy Cases, 1806-1900
[1995 by
RCHC] |
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Sevier |
Bigamy-Bastard Bonds 1840-1930 |
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Sullivan |
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Unicoi |
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Washington |
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South Carolina |
In SC, only the
following are entitled to obtain a certified copy of a birth
certificate:
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the
person named on the certificate (if you are at least 18 years old),
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the
parent(s) named on the birth certificate, or
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the
guardian, or a legal representative of one of these.
Immediate
family members and/or their respective legal representative may obtain
a certified copy of a birth record if the registrant is deceased. An
original, certified copy (no photocopies) of the registrant's death
record must be submitted with the request.
There are no exceptions.
There are 3 ways to obtain a vital
record in SC. For further information,
go here.
Bastardy cases were
handled by the county Court of General Sessions. The SC State
Archives has microfilmed these records. The Bastardy Bonds may
be in Bond Books in the Probate Court offices.
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SC
County
Probate Judges: |
Searchable Databases |
Transcribed Records |
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Ancestry.com |
On-line |
Off-line |
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Delayed Births
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Pickens |
Over
55,000 birth applications covering the entire state;
Keyword search can help break down by county. |
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