Family Bible Records, 1760-1992 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Family Bible Records, 1760-1992

Extent: 0.35 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 04/27/2017

Subjects: Bible records, Kentucky--Genealogy.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection was created to provide access to the family record pages from various single Bibles in the collection. Access is also provided to content that has been made available from patrons in a digital only format. When noted Special Collections does not own a copy of the paper record, only a scan of the pages.

Subject/Index Terms

Bible records
Kentucky--Genealogy.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: Various

Box and Folder Listing

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Folder 1: Hall, Edward Family, 1818-1909: Family record of Edward and Mary Susan Hall. The Bible was an 1855 edition of the American Bible Society.
Folder 2: Henderson, William Family, 1856-1906: Record includes birth records of William Henderson, his wife Rachel Riddle and their children; the marriage date of William and Rachel and one of their daughters; and scattered birth records of other descendants. No death records were found in the Bible. William and Rachel were residents of Williamson County, Tennessee and William later moved to Nashville. This family was African American. The Bible was published in New York by the American Bible Company in 1869.
Folder 3: Maupin, Daniel Family, 1760-1897: Record begins with the birth of Daniel Maupin in 1760 and records his wife and children's vital records along with other unidentified individuals. The earliest information on the Daniel Maupin family has been written in the same pen, possibly writing over ink that has faded. Other notations are in pencil written along the margins and on blank pages. The Bible edition is not available.
Folder 4: Miller, Christopher Irvine Family, 1813-1869: This 1829 Bible published by the American Bible Society includes family records of Christopher Irvine and Talitha Harris Miller and their children. It also includes birth and death records of some of the enslaved people connected to the family.
Folder 5: Oldham, D. & C. Family, 1843-1946: Records begin with the birth of Sanford Oldham and list all the children of Dawson and Caroline Oldham along with deaths of a broader family. The Bible is an 1857 edition of the Cottage Bible published by Case, Tiffany and Company.
Folder 6: Snoddy, Samuel Family, 1776-1865: Family records for the family of Samuel and Ann Snoddy. It includes some nearly illegible entries written in pencil and different inks. The Bible was an 1811 Matthew Carey edition.
Folder 7: Vater, Family, 1871-1992: Record of the John and Sallie Pribble Vater family including church membership. The Bible was published in 1891 by the International Bible Agency.
Folder 8: Doty, Arch K. Family, 1833-1981: Record includes birth, death and marriage records for Arch K. Doty and his wife Lizzie Francis. The Bible covers several generations of the family. Other surnames documented are Francis and Walker. The Bible was published by the American Bible Company in New York in 1884.
Folder 9: Doty, John Family, 1753-1865: The earliest records in this Bible are for Thomas Jamison and Marther Robertson who married in 1753. They are the parents of Rebekah who married John Doty in 1778. Includes birth, marriage, and death information for their children. Also includes inserted family tree pages The Bible was published in London in 1684.
Folder 10: Lackey, William Family, 1806-1853: Records for the family of William Lackey and Marthew Wilson. Includes records for the Kavanaugh family. Published in Philadelphia by Mathew Carey in 1806.
Folder 11: Maupin, Breckinridge Family, 1856-1988: Records for several generations of the Breckinridge Maupin and Lucy Terrill family.
Folder 12: Oldham and Ellison Family, 1774-1961: Original record of the Joseph F. Oldham and Lydia A. Ellison family in an 1869 Zeigler, M'Curdy & Co. Bible. Also an eary transcript of the James Ellison Bible and a photograph of an unidentified girl.
Folder 13: Hackett Family, 1880-1972: Bible record of Jacob Hackett and Mary Alice Green. Title page of Bible is missing so date and publisher cannot be determined.
Folder 14: Connelly and Lyne Families, 1782-1848: Record for the Sanford Connelly family. Sanford's daughter Nancy married James Lyne in 1795 in Fluvanna County, Virginia and their children are named. She later married William Tilley in Shelby County, Kentucy although no children from that marriage are listed. All records after 1818 appear to be birth records of enslaved people, although some are not labeled as such. The bible was published by Mathew Carey in Philadelphia in 1805.
Folder 15: Hunt Family of Estill County, 1942-1952: Bible published by Collins' Clear-Type Press after 1939. (From Accession #2022-010)
Folder 16: Martin and Borders Families, 1828-1901: Bible begins with the family of Coomer B. Martin and Mary Spahr. It is continued by Coomer's second wife who married Levi Borders. Includes a bulletin from the Ravenna Christian Church dated October 27, 1940. American Bible Society, 1857. (From Accession #2022-010)
Folder 17: Long and Whittaker Families, 1859-1962: Bible begins with the marriage of Henry C. /Whittaker and Eliza Agee and continued by their daughter who married Raymond Long in 1901. The Southwestern Co., no date. (From Accession #2022-010)
Folder 18: Cramer and Augsburger Families, 1806-1879: Bible of James Cramer and his family and the Abraham Augsburger family, all from Beaverdam, Ohio. Bradley, Garretson & Co., 1869. (From Accession #2022-010)