Richmond County Court 4th of June 1733
"Lawrence bound to Phillips
"Thomas Lawrence a basterd Child born of the body of a Servant woman belonging to Toby Phillips is hereby bound unto Toby Phillips till he arrives to the age of twenty one years, Toby Phillips complying with the Laws in such cases made concerning the Child, also Toby Phillips in open Court obliged himselfe his heirs &c. that Thomas Lawrence should not become a Parish charge." (1)
(1) Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio, Richmond County, Virginia Orders 1732-1734 (McLean, Virginia: The Antient Press, 1999), 37, citing Richmond County, Virginia Order Book 10, 1732-1739:76.