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For your consideration I have an exceedingly rare Orphan Train indenture from the New York Juvenile Asylum for a young girl named Caroline Maney age 10 to R.D. Gregg of Blackston in Livingston County, Illinois on September 22nd 1882. In this lot I have included detailed history of the New York Orphan Asylum and their direct connection to the famed Orphan train which was made into a Hollywood movie in 1979. In 1854, the Children's Aid Society initiates a program to relocate thousands of New York's orphaned children to the homes of adoptive parents throughout the Midwest. Their stories sometimes filled with tragedy in addition to great blessings have been chronicled in film and literature alike.
Carolyn Maney no doubt worked on R.D.Gregg’s farm. Mr. Gregg is noted as being one of the early founders and settlers of Blackstone. Her indenture to Mr. Gregg lasted from April 24th 1882 through September 22nd 1890. Basically when she turned 18 she was released from her “term.”
(Footnotes): Once the village of Blackstone was established, the post office of Sunbury Township was moved to the town. Charles A. Holton was Blackstone's first Postmaster. Early settlers in Blackstone included J. L. Colier, Enoch Sherick, R. D. Gregg, J. T. Trainor and J. A. Fout. Colier was a blacksmith. Fout was a carpenter who built many of the early houses in Blackstone. R.D.Gregg was a wealthy farmer.
Carolyn Maney no doubt worked on R.D.Gregg’s farm. Mr. Gregg is noted as being one of the early founders and settlers of Blackstone. Her indenture to Mr. Gregg lasted from April 24th 1882 through September 22nd 1890. Basically when she turned 18 she was released from her “term.”
(Footnotes): Once the village of Blackstone was established, the post office of Sunbury Township was moved to the town. Charles A. Holton was Blackstone's first Postmaster. Early settlers in Blackstone included J. L. Colier, Enoch Sherick, R. D. Gregg, J. T. Trainor and J. A. Fout. Colier was a blacksmith. Fout was a carpenter who built many of the early houses in Blackstone. R.D.Gregg was a wealthy farmer.
