From: Britt, Morris F. Appendices to Implosion: A history of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson County, North Carolina. Unpublished book-length manuscript.
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| Name | Date | Other notes |
|---|---|---|
| Brewer, Ann | 1785 | Jesse Rackley reputed father |
| Bell, Mary | 1786 | Refused to identify the father |
| Reynolds, Mary | 1786 | John Boykin reputed father |
| Hardin, Lucy | 1787 | Refused to identify the father |
| Reynolds, Mary | 1788 | John Boykin reputed father |
| Runnels, Delilah | 1789 | Archibald Carraway reputed father |
| Hatcher, Ann | 1790 | Shadrack Warwick reputed father |
| Hatcher, Obedience | 1790 | Refused to identify the father |
| Elkins, Charity | 1791 | Refused to identify the father |
| Dees, Chloe | 1791 | Tully Porter reputed father |
| Stricklin, Rhody | 1793 | James Hutson reputed father |
| Stricklin, Ferebe (with daughter Anna) | 1796 | Jacob Lockerman reported father |
| Brooks, Mary | 1798 | William Pope reported father |
| Holmes, Mary | 1801 | Joseph Mainer reported father. Ordered to pay Robert Wallace for keeping her while in child labour |
| Strickland, Sarah | 1801 | Bat Lee reported father. Ordered to pay Thomas Strickland 4 pounds for taking care of her in labour |
| Hatcher, Sarah | 1802 | Thorough Hall reported father |
| Goodman, Nancy | 1803 | Jesse Strickland reputed father |
| Jenkins, Mary | 1806 | Peter Smith reputed father |
| Bell, Matilda | 1810 | Felix Bell reputed father, security Robert Bell. Jr. |
*The "Bastard" children carying ten or more different family names cited in the court records should remind us of the saying that there are no bastard children, only bastard parents! Notice that about a quarter of the women, even when faced with the authority of the Justices of the Peace, refused to identify the fathers of their children and had to induce other relatives, such as a father or brother, to post the 100 pounds bond required by law for the care of the child. Most often the reputed father had two males to put up the required bond so that the parish [county] would not be held financially liable for the care of the child. Perhaps most striking is the fact that only about three Lumbee names were reported as fathers. A great many appear to have been White. Sampson County marriage bonds may show that Lumbee mothers most often married Lumbee men when they were pregnant. There is one marriage contract filed in court minutes dated 11 Nov. 1801 for the marriage of Henry Jones to Mary Bell as proved by Richard Johnson.
Taken from: Bizzell, Oscar M., and Virginia L.Bizzell, eds. A Portrait of Eighteenth Century Sampson County as revealed by Sampson County Court Minutes, 1784-1800. Clinton, NC: Sampson County Historical Society, 1987.