Looking for info on Orphanages in the Greensboro NC area. My grandfather Bynum Hargis Phillips b. 1906 and his brother Palmer T. Phillips were put in the orphanage about 1910 until 1924 - 1928. There parents were Palmer Thomas Phillips b. 1878 and wife Corrina Hargis Phillips were originally from Chatham County. Later their grandfather Bryan Phillips died Feb 11, 1922 and was buried in Greensboro, NC on Feb 12, 1922. So the boys had family in the area. Trying to find out why they were put in orphanage. Thanks for any leads. Beth

Sorry I don't have any information for you but I too am wondering why my grandmother and her brother were put in an orphanage. They were from Johnston County, North Carolina and lost both parents to influenza in 1917. They were both put in a home despite the fact that half of the farms in the township and neighboring townships had both their father's surname and their mother's maiden name. I can't imagine why they weren't taken in. It was difficult for me to track them at first because my grandmother's maiden name was Maiden (at birth) but the orphanage for some reason changed it to Maydon!

I would like to talk with someone - may have to just do a general search for the NC history of this period. My great grandparents may have also died from the flu, and this would have been in about 1914-16 during WWI and times were tough. Most people had to grow their own food in the south, unlike the industrial north, and they couldn't take on another person. If I ever come across information I'll let you know, good luck hunting. Beth