Tyrrell County, North Carolina
Bastardy Records

1850 - 1859 (continued)

TYPE RECORD Warrant
WARRANT ISSUED TO Sheriff, Tyrrell Co.
DATE OF WARRANT 1st Monday in Sep 1853
COURT Superior Court
PERSON SUMMONED Nancy Bryant
COURT DATE Immediately
REASON FOR SUMMONS Testify on behalf of plaintiff
PLAINTIFF State
DEFENDANT Martha Bowser
JUSTICES Eli Spruill
EXECUTION BY Eph. Leigh
OTHER INFORMATION Issued 5 Sep 1853.
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TYPE RECORD Warrant
WARRANT ISSUED TO Sheriff, Tyrrell Co.
DATE OF WARRANT 1st Monday in Sep 1853
COURT Superior Court
PERSON SUMMONED Thos. M. Alexander and wife Mary Alexander
COURT DATE Immediately
REASON FOR SUMMONS Testify on behalf of defendant
PLAINTIFF State
DEFENDANT Martha Bowser
JUSTICES Eli Spruill
EXECUTION BY J. Davenport
OTHER INFORMATION Issued 6 Sep 1853.
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TYPE RECORD Warrant
WARRANT ISSUED TO Sheriff, Tyrrell Co.
DATE OF WARRANT 1st Monday in Sep 1853
COURT Superior Court
PERSON SUMMONED Dr. Ransom
COURT DATE Immediately
REASON FOR SUMMONS Testify on behalf of defendant
PLAINTIFF State
DEFENDANT Martha Bowser
JUSTICES Eli Spruill
EXECUTION BY T. Davenport
OTHER INFORMATION Issued 6 Sep 1853.
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TYPE RECORD Warrant
WARRANT ISSUED TO Sheriff, Tyrrell Co.
DATE OF WARRANT 1st Monday in Sep 1853
COURT Superior Court
PERSON SUMMONED Dr. R. A. Shields
COURT DATE Immediately
REASON FOR SUMMONS Testify on behalf of plaintiff
PLAINTIFF State
DEFENDANT Martha Bowzer
JUSTICES Eli Spruill
EXECUTION BY Tully Davenport
OTHER INFORMATION Issued 5 Sep 1853.
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TYPE RECORD Warrant
WARRANT ISSUED TO Sheriff, Tyrrell Co.
DATE OF WARRANT 1st Monday in Sep 1853
COURT Superior Court
PERSON SUMMONED Rachael Bowser
COURT DATE Immediately
REASON FOR SUMMONS Testify on behalf of plaintiff
PLAINTIFF State
DEFENDANT Martha Bowser
JUSTICES Eli Spruill
EXECUTION BY Eph. Leigh
OTHER INFORMATION Issued 5 Sep 1853.
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TYPE RECORD Appearance Bond
DATE OF BOND 28 Mar 1853
AMOUNT OF BOND 500 dollars each
PERSONS TO APPEAR Isaac Hooker & Grundy Williams
COURT Superior Court
COURT DATE 1st Monday in September
REASON FOR SUMMONS Testify on behalf of plaintiff
PLAINTIFF State
DEFENDANT Martha Bowser
WITNESS James M. Davenport, coroner
SIGNATURES [None]
OTHER INFORMATION Case concerns the death of the infant child of Martha Bowser
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TYPE RECORD Inquest
DATE OF INQUEST 28 Mar 1853
INQUEST HELD BY James M. Davenport, coroner
REASON FOR INQUEST Dead child
LOCATION OF INQUEST Benj. Alexander's house
JURORS Jesse McCleese, Jesse Sanderson, Wm. Basnight, Elijah Basnight, Saml. McCleese, Wm. B. Etheridge, Stephen Smith, Uriah Owens, G. L. Owens, Thos. B. Basnight, Isaac Walker & Joshua L. Hassell
OTHER INFORMATION Inquest held that Martha Bowser was mother of the dead child and that she destroyed the child.
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TYPE RECORD Superior Court Finding
COURT TERM Fall, 1853
PLAINTIFF State
DEFENDANT Martha Bowser, a free woman of color and a spinster
FINDING That Martha Bowser had three bastard children on 10 March 1853. Whether born alive or not, she concealed their dead bodies in order that the deaths would not come to light.
RECORDER W. N. H. Smith
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TYPE RECORD Warrant to Summon Unmarried Mother
MOTHER OF CHILD Irena Neal
DATE OF WARRANT 9 Jul 1853
CHARGED BY [Not stated]
STATUS OF CHILD With child
JUSTICES ISSUING WARRANTJ. F. Davenport
OTHER INFORMATION
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TYPE RECORD Examination of Pregnant Woman
DATE 11 Jul 1853
WOMAN'S NAME Irena Neal
MARITAL STATUS Single Woman
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE Tyrrell
NAMED AS FATHER Solomon H. Sample
STATUS OF CHILD Now with child
EXAMINING JUSTICES Jas. F. Davenport
SIGNATURE Ireany -x- Neal
OTHER INFORMATION
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TYPE RECORD Warrant to Summon Unmarried Mother
MOTHER OF CHILD Sarah Barns
DATE OF WARRANT 22 Jun 1854
CHARGED BY [Not stated]
STATUS OF CHILD With child
JUSTICES ISSUING WARRANTW. W. Walker & B. S. Basnight
OTHER INFORMATION
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TYPE RECORD Bastardy Bond
DATE OF BOND 4 Jul 1854
AMOUNT OF BOND 500 dollars
CHARGED AS FATHER Jesse D. Ansley
BONDSMEN W. W. Walker & Noah Ansley
MOTHER OF CHILD Sarah Barns
STATUS OF CHILD [Not stated]
WITNESS L. L. Hassell
SIGNATURES Noah -x- Ansley, Jesse D. -x-Ansley & W. W. Walker
OTHER INFORMATION
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TYPE RECORD Receipt
DATE 21 Oct 1854
FROM Jesse Ansley
TO Sarah Barnes
AMOUNT 12 dollars
FOR In full of all charges
WITNESSES Benjamin I. West
SIGNATURES Sarah -x- Barnes
OTHER INFORMATION
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TYPE RECORD Warrant to Summon Unmarried Mother
MOTHER OF CHILD Sarah J. Davis
DATE OF WARRANT 24 Feb 1854
CHARGED BY [Not stated]
STATUS OF CHILD Has a child
JUSTICES ISSUING WARRANTJ. F. Davenport
OTHER INFORMATION
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TYPE RECORD Examination of Pregnant Woman
DATE 24 Feb 1854
WOMAN'S NAME Sarah J. Davis
MARITAL STATUS Single Woman
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE Tyrrell
NAMED AS FATHER James Litchfield
STATUS OF CHILD Delivered of a child
EXAMINING JUSTICES S. A. Truitt
SIGNATURE [None]
OTHER INFORMATION

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