Barnes Bible

BARNES BIBLE RECORD KENTUCKY from the GSP Collection * This Bible was printed in Philadelphia in 1844 for James H. Campbell, 98 Chestnut Street. [First page] William T. Barnes his book [new ink] (This is the first William Taylor Barnes) 7—4—71 To my grandson the 3rd William Taylor Barnes from his granddad Clyde Barnes Sr. [Second page] Jacob James ?Hallace/Wallace was Borned September the 25 1856 [Third page] Births of the Blacks Hanah was Borned the 8to [?2] day of May 1847 [?1849] George was Borned the 2nd day of April 1852 Tildas firs child Smith was borned August the 13th 1852 Lucy Ann was borned May the 6th 1854 Thomas Jefferson was Borned December the 21st day of our lord 1854 [Fourth page] Elbert Clark was Borned Febuary [sic] the 23rd 1859 Jack was Borned the 24 of Febuary [sic] 1859 Sary was Borned February the 24th 1859 * Barnes folder; 7 photocopied sheets; 1 page of transcripts. The copies were donated to the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in 1981 by Sue Kennedy Barnes. “Hickman County, Kentucky” is handwritten at the bottom of the transcript, and the family can be found there in 1880. Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 43 (2003) FInal copy 31 January, 2010 39 40 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine [Vol. 43 [Fifth page] Cleracy Caroline was Borned August the 3rd 1861 Stone Wall Jacks Jackson was Born June the 8th 1863. [Last pages of the Bible] [Sixth page] William Taylor Barnes was borned September The 21st 1817 Fanny Ann Barnes was borned June the The 24th 1828 Benjamin Lee Barnes was borned July the The 25th 1846 Mary Temperance Elzaele [last three letters on next line] Barnes was borned November 28th in the year 1848 Eliza Jane Barnes was borned September the 13th 185 of September Eliza Jane Barnes was borned September the 13th of the year 1851 [Sixth page] Evangia Elisabeth Barnes was Borned the 16th of October 1853 Fannie Bell Barnes was borned 21st June in the year of our lord 1856 Donna Marina Barnes was Borned January the 22nd 1859 Emma Magnolia Barnes was Borned October the 4th 1861 W. T. Barnes was Borned October the 27th 1865 [Seventh page, very faint] Fannie A Barnes wife of W. T. Barnes departed this life 13 of May 1871 William T. Barnes departed this life January the 16th 1892 [modern handwriting on photocopy] Fanny Ann Barnes departed this life the 13th May 1871 Sue Kennedy Barnes 22 April 1981 [Eighth page] Eliza Jane Barnes departed this life the 27th of June 1858 Evangia Elizabeth Barnes departed life the 14 of Febrary [sic] 1860 Fannie Bell Barnes departed this life the 18th of February 1860 Mary R. Weaks departed this life April the 12th 1866 FInal copy 31 January, 2010 COX-ATKINSON BIBLE RECORD NEW JERSEY from the GSP Collection * In 1943, the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine published entries from the John Cox Bible.1 The Cox folder at GSP contains additional pages, some from another Bible, that provide additional births, including three for slaves, and some business records. Because of the wide range in years and changes in pen, it is unclear how many individuals made the entries. All sheets in the file are presented here. [On verso of title page for The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ . . . , Oxford: Thomas Basket Printer to the University, 1760.] Hannah Cox Daughter of John Cox & Abigail his wife was born ye 20th Day of August in the Year of Our Lord 1747 William Cox Son of John Cox and Abigail his wife, was born on the third day of the week the 23 Day of August in the year of our Lord 1749 about 15 minutes after 8 o’clock in the evening Samuel Cox Son of John Cox & Abigail his wife was born the second day of December about four o’clock in the morning in the year of Our Lord 1751 John Cox Son of John Cox and Abigail his wife was born the twenty third Day of February the Seventh day of the week about 7 o’clock in the evening in the year of Our Lord 17542 [Different pen, possibly different handwriting] Phebe Cox, Daughter of Samuel Cox, and Sarah his Wife, was born on Seventh day, the 2nd of September, about five o’clock in the Afternoon, Anno 1775. Charles Duffield Cox, Son of William & Phoebe Cox, was born the 11th of October, 1773, between 9 and 10 o’clock in the morning. Elizabeth Cox Daughter of Samuel Cox and Sarah his Wife, was Born the on ^the^ Seventh Day of May, on first Day Between Nine and ten o’clock in the Morning, Anno 1780. [following the conclusion of the Apocrypha] Samuel Cox, Son of Samuel Cox and Sarah his Wife, was born Second day the 7th of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four–1784. * Cox folder; 8 photocopied sheets. 1 “John Cox Bible,” Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 14(1943): 186—87. This Bible had been acquired from the estate of the late Miss Helen Parrish of Philadelphia 2 Written in the left margin is “The grandfather of Geo. D. Barie [?Barnes].” Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 43 (2003) FInal copy 31 January, 2010 41