Clay County, Tennessee Bible Records

Hull Bible

Sanders Bible

Bible Records for Clay County can be found in: Bible and Tombstone Records, Clay County, Tennessee, Historical Records Project, official project number 465-44-3-115, copied by Works Progress Administration. Check library catalogs for availability.

Bible of Jonathan and Nancy Agnes Beaty Hull
Transcribed by HFA member #1683 Jane Hembree Crowley
3rd great-granddaughter

 
Introduction: I viewed a copy of the Jonathan Hull Bible in 1996. No copyright or publication date is given in the Bible but it appears to have been published by Joseph McDowell on 25 Market Street, city not listed, or Kimber & Sharpless, #8 South Fourth Street, city not listed.

The Bible at that time was in the possession of Mary Elise Hull, of Celina who died March 26, 2001 in Clay County, TN. The current owner of the Bible is not known by this writer.

All of the handwritten entries in the Bible are just scattered throughout the book and are not on one specific page or section. The Bible is quite old and tattered with fading writing. Some of the pages are completely loose. The last page or pages may be missing, hence not all of Jonathan and Nancy's children appear to be listed but may have been listed on a lost page. The entries which are readable are as follows, below. Since Jonathan Hull died in Overton Co., Tennessee on January 31, 1883, any entries with dates after that date were obviously not written by Jonathan himself. Nancy died March 4, 1887. My comments are in parentheses.

The transcription, shown in italics, with my comments in parentheses, begins here:

 Jonathan Hull was born on friday July 31, 1801 in N Jersey, Middlesex County

Nancy Hull was born March 15, 1804 in Kentucky, Cumberland County

Jonathan Hull & Nancy was mared February 13, 1825 in Cumberland County, Kentucky on Sunday the 13th.

Elizabeth C. Hull was born November 23th, 1825 on Wednesday in Cumberland County, Kentucky (daughter of Jonathan and Nancy Beaty Hull)

Andrew Beaty Hull was born saterday 17May , 1828 in Cumberland County, Kentucky (son of Jonathan and Nancy Beaty Hull)

Louisa Hull was borne on Monday the 3 day of June in Tennessee State fentress County. (1839? June 3rd was a Monday) (daughter of Jonathan & Nancy Beaty Hull)

Nancy Emmaline Hull dis east the sixth day of October 1842 on wensday (perhaps a daughter of Jonathan and Nancy that was born and died on this date)

 Martha Ann was bornd on December 27, 1843 (Martha Ann Hull, daughter of Jonathan and Nancy Beaty Hull, born in Fentress County, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 1922, in Pike County, Arkansas)

Mary Carline Sanders was bornd monday April the 4th, 1870 (daughter of Frank and Margaret (Hull) Sanders; granddaughter of Jonathan and Nancy Beaty Hull)

Leonard Chapman Hull was born July the 8, 1878 in Overton Co Tenn 4 Civil Distric (great grandson of Jonathan and Nancy Beaty Hull; grandson of Margaret Hull Sanders; son of Alex Hull)

Lizzie Lorenia Hull was born March the 7, 1880 on Sunday Overton Tenn 4 Distric (great granddaughter of Jonathan and Nancy Beaty Hull; granddaughter of Margaret Jane  Hull Sanders; daughter of Alex Hull)

Alex F. Hull moved to Wm Bowers Mill Sept the 23, 1881 on friday and NN Berry School Saturday

(The following entries could not have been written by Jonathan Hull himself or his wife, Nancy, since Jonathan died in 1883 and Nancy died in 1887. Additionally, their children, Elizabeth, Margaret, Andrew, and Morgan, had also died before the next entry, dated 1902. The author(s) of these entries is unknown. Jonathan and Nancy's children Martha, Louisa, and possibly Cynthia survived them.)

May Hull Bornd Oct 27 1902 to day is my birthday 3 civil distric clay county tenn (Della May Hull, great-granddaughter of Jonathan & Nancy Beaty)

Willie Alex Lohorn bornd March 26, 1903 in Warn Co KY near Smith's Grove (great grandson of Jonathan and Nancy Beaty Hull; son of Lizzie Lorenia Hull and Cull Lohorn)

Gladys Velma Lowhorn was bornd June 5, 1905 in Clay Co 3 Civil Distric (Great granddaughter of Jonathan and Nancy Beaty Hull, daughter of Lizzie Lorenia Hull and Cull Lohorn)

Mary Ruth Brown  bornd Mar the 4, 1925   3 Civil Dist Clay Co. (Great granddaughter of Jonathan and Nancy Beaty Hull; daughter of Gladys Velma Lohorn and Kirk Brown)

Mary Elise Hull Bornd Sep 7, 1925 Clay Co 3 Civil Distric (Daughter of John Benjamin Hull and Flora Boles Cooper; granddaughter of Alex Hull; great granddaughter of Margaret Jane Hull; ggreat granddaughter of Jonathan Hull)

Alex Fred Hull  bornd March 27, 1928 3 Civil District Clay Co. (Grandson of Alexander F. Hull; son of John Benjamin Hull and Flora Boles Cooper)

Wilma Brown  bornd July 15, 1928 Clay Co 3 Civil Dist (Great granddaughter of Jonathan and Nancy Beaty Hull; daughter of Gladys Velma Lohorn and Kirk Brown)

Sanders Family Bible, transcribed and submitted by Jane Hembree Crowley

On Saturday, August 10, 1996 I traveled to Shelbyville, TN in Bedford County with my husband, Mickie Crowley to attend the Sanders/Curtis Family Reunion held at Griffin Park. After the reunion, we visited in the home of Eva Curtis Sanders, widow of Yancie Edgar Sanders, and were shown a 125-year-old Bible which Eva believes to have belonged to Minerva Greenwood Sanders, second wife of Morgan Hulette Sanders, who was the father of Eva's late husband. According to Eva, she received the Bible from Flora Maybell Sanders, who was a sister to Eva's late husband. Flora died October 13, 1982, so Eva must have had the Bible for at least 14 years. Eva was most gracious and helpful in showing us the Bible and in spending several hours helping decipher the handwritten entries.

According to the New Testament title page, the Bible was published in New York by the American Bible Society in 1871. There was no title page before the Old Testament. Many pages of the Bible were separated from the spine and were loose. Much of the writing was faded and the pages quite frayed and yellow and perhaps water or dampness marked or damaged. The edges of many of the pages were decayed away and missing, so some of the handwritten entries are incomplete. In general the Bible was in very delicate condition and obviously very old. Some of the writing had been done in pencil, some in brown ink, and some in blue ink, but the handwriting all appeared to be quite old and perhaps all done by the same person or by only a few people. Written entries appeared on the inside of the front and back covers of the Bible. Most of the entries were on unprinted pages in the center section between the Old and the New Testaments. A few entries were simply written along the margin of a page within the Bible.

The following is a transcription, to the best of mine and Eva's ability, of the information shown in the handwritten entries in the Bible. The goal of this effort is to preserve this information in a more accessible form that is readily available for use and study by family members and other interested parties. Many of the words were misspelled, such as 'borned' and months of the year. I have corrected only the months spelling. In addition, the penmanship was rather large and scrawling, and the physically deteriorated nature of the ink rendered many of the entries nearly illegible, so what follows represents Eva's and my best effort to decipher the entries. My notes regarding pagination and my comments regarding unreadable, unclear or uncertain words are in parentheses to clearly separate such notes from the actual entry information. Clarification by anyone who has other sources of any of this information is welcome. Some information, such as a birth or death date, appears more than once in the entries.

William Silvester Sanders was borned March 31, 1888 (Was this perhaps a son of Morgan Hulet Sanders who died as an infant?)

William Silvester Sanders died June 11, 1888

Mary Adaline Sanders was borned July the 22th, 1893

July 7, 1892 (unclear) M. H. Sanders book

Mr. Billie Kirkpatrick (The relationship, if any, to the Sanders family is unknown.)

Mrs. Nancy Sanders was borned in the year of 1866 (possibly refers to Nancy Catharine Sanders, born July 30, 1866, daughter of F.M. Sanders)

Filson (or) Tilson (first letter of name not clear) Grant (Sanders? No last name) was borned in the year 1865

Florence Sanders was borned May 24, 1888 (third digit in year somewhat unclear, "8" was my and Eva's best guess; it is also possible that the last digit was a 5, since on the back cover the entry for her birth date is May 24, 1885. Florence is believed to be a daughter of Morgan Hulet and LizzieBith E. Poe Sanders.)

William Silvester Sanders was borned March the 31, 1888

Filey Celina Scinthary (third name unclear) Sanders was (bottom of page frayed and missing so this entry is incomplete. However, at the top of the next page, which is the title page for the New Testament, is written in a brighter blue ink, just the date:) May the 12th, 1889 (followed by) Knob Creek Sunday ( I assume that this date applies to 'Knob Creek Sunday' and not to 'Filey...' since May 12, 1889 was indeed a Sunday. There are several unnamed cemeteries in the Knob Creek area in northeast Jackson Co., TN. Filey is believed to be a daughter of Morgan Hulet and LizzieBith E. Poe Sanders.)

(Also on the New Testament title page, but written in pencil, is the following single inscription:)

Margaret Sanders Deceased August 2, 1897

(Other inscriptions:)

John (next names unclear) Price JolmSan was born December the 31, 1886 (Perhaps the name was meant to be Princes John Sanders or John Price Sanders)

Florence T (or possibly S ) allie Sanders was borned May 24, 1885

William Silvester Sanders was borned March the 31, 1888

F.M. Sanders and Margret Jane King was married January the 10th, 1861 (believed to be Margaret Jane Hull King, daughter of Johnathan and Nancy Beaty Hull)

Margret Jane Sanders was borned April the 19th (month & day hard to read) 1830

F.M. Sanders was borned November 11, 1829?

Henry Johns & Anny Henderson was married July 18, 1874 by J. Glen (relationship to Sanders family, if any, unknown)

Jessy Steel & Sindy Jackson was married August 17, 1876 (relationship to Sanders family unknown)

(Note: the Johns/Henderson and Steel/Jackson marriages are also recorded in White County, TN court records.)

M.H. Sanders & LizzieBith E. Poe was married September 7, 1884. (Note: this is supported by a Clay Co., TN marriage record)

Minerva Greenwood & M.H. Sanders married November 15, 18-- (Last two digits of date unclear, possibly 91) (Clay Co.,TN records indicate 1891)

(This was written on the border of the page in old blue ink. M.H. Sanders first marriage was written on the page in pencil.)

Alexander King was borned April the 7, 1857 (believed to be child of Margaret Jane Hull King who was later given the name Hull by her father. One of Alex's descendants reports his birth date to be April 14, 1856)

(The following four names are listed, and this whole section of the page crossed out with one big X mark:)

Morgan Hulet (no last name but since this is a list of Sanders children, it is very likely that Sanders is the omitted last name) was borned March the 14, 1862

Nancy Catharine Sanders was borned July 30, 1866

Eligah Calvin Sanders was borned April 12, 1868

Mary Carline Sanders was borned 1870 April

(next page)

(The following two names were written in pencil on the border of the page:)

F.M. Sanders died March 5, 1894

Margrit Jane Sanders died August 2, 1898

William Johnathan Sanders was borned April 24, 1873

(This entry was crossed out by a single line drawn through it and followed by:)

Johnathan W. H. Sanders was borned April the 22, 1873

F.M. Sanders was borned November 11, 1829

(Then followed a list of five names which were numbered with a circle drawn around the number:)

1. Morgan H. Sanders was borned March 14, 186- (last digit unclear)

2. Nancy C. Sanders was borned July the 30, 186- (last digit unclear)

3. Eliga Calvin Sanders was borned April the 12th, 1868

4. Mary Carline Sanders was borned April the 4, 18-- (last two digits unclear)

5. J.W.H. Sanders was borned April the 22nd, 1873

(The above family is shown in the 1880 Jackson Co., TN census.)

Leonard Chapman Hull was borned July 8, 1878 (Leonard is the grandson of Margaret Jane Hull (King?) Sanders and son of Alexander (King?) Hull. Jackson Co., TN marriage records indicate he married Martha Emma Smith on September 18, 1877.)

(next page)

Elizabeth Henderson past this life April the 5th, 1876

Lucinda Henderson departed March 31, 1878 (The relationship, if any, of the Henderson women to the Sanders family is unknown.)

Catharine Boman died January the 27, 1880 (F. M. Sanders is shown in the 1860 Jackson Co., TN census living in the same household as Catherine Bowman as a laborer next door to the family of Eligah and Elizabeth Sanders)

William Sylvester Sanders died June the 11th, 1888

F.M. Sanders died March the 5, 1894

Mary Adeline Sanders was borned July 22, 1873

Flora Maybell Sanders January 28, 1896 (Nothing given to indicate whether birth, death, or marriage but believed to be birth)

John Randolph Sanders was borned July the 25, 1898

Ruben Culum Sanders was borned April 16, 1903 or 1900

Sally Eter Sanders was borned February 14, 1902

Bill Frank Sanders was borned February 16, 1904

(next page)

Lizziebith Ellen Sanders (Only a name given; very hard to read)

M.H. Sanders & Minerva Greenwood was married November 15, 1891 (supported by Clay Co., TN marriage record)

Rosie Bulah Sanders was borned April the 16, 1906

(On inside of back cover was written:)

Florence Sanders was borned May 24, 1885

William Silvester Sanders was borned March 31, 1888, died June 11, 1888

Mary Adeline Sanders was borned July 22, 1893