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Rice Cemetery

Rice Cemetery

Copied by Jane Nichols and Sue Pittman, April 29, 1999. Submitted by Jane Nichols. This cemetery is located on Alabama Hwy 79. Highway 16 goes across Keith Springs Mt and at the Alabama line it becomes AL Hwy 79. It is not far from the Jackson Co., AL line. The readings have been double checked for accuracy. This pleasant cemetery is very well maintained. Walter Hodges MOORE 3-23-1899 – 7-1-1986 & Amy Marie MOORE 8-15-1900 – 2-11-1991. Doris J. Wright…

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Benjamin Franklin Morris Cemetery

Benjamin Franklin Morris Cemetery

This cemetery is located on Spur Road in Franklin Co., TennesseeThis cemetery was read by Nancy Taylor. It is not in the Franklin County Historical Society Cemetery Book. 1. Jacob Bradley Saunders, 17 May 1825 – 14 Feb. 1910. Husband of Elizabeth Morris. 2. Elizabeth Morris 16 May 1835 -13 Nov. 1911. Daughter of Benjamin Morris Sr. 3. Benjamin Morris Saunders 5 April 1862 – 20 July 1880 son of Elizabeth Morris Saunders. 4. George Washington Saunders 22 Jan 1867…

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Crownover Cemetery

Crownover Cemetery

Copied by Jane and Randy Nichols 15 June 1999 “In Memory Of Turney D. Crownover.”This cemetery is located on road 56 in Franklin County, TN, fairly close to the Jackson County, AL line. It is down the road from the Franklin Industrial Minerals Anderson Plant. The cemetery is very well kept. Jane WELLS CROWNOVER 7-4-1848 – 7-5-1926 & J.C. CROWNOVER 1-1-1833 – 1-3-1912 Cannon CROWNOVER 1835 – 1902 Edward B. BOLTON 9-3-1862 – 8-12-1913 Cora C. WYNNE 1870 – 1928…

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Young / Cooke / January / Osborne Family Bible

Young / Cooke / January / Osborne Family Bible

Transcribed by Joy Quandt Gallagher 5 April 2000(Copied from the original belonging to Doris Flynt Thompson of Lubbock, Texas, the great, great, great-granddaughter of Allen Young and wife Blanche January Cooke Osborne) THE HOLY BIBLE containing the OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS: Translated Out Of The Original Tongues; And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. New York: American Bible Society, Instituted in the Year MDCCCXVI 1865 MARRIAGES: Allen Young & Blanche Orsborn married July 21st 1831 BIRTHS: Abraham Cook…

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John Palmer Weddington Family Bible

John Palmer Weddington Family Bible

Transcribed by Joy Quandt Gallagher 7 April 2000(Copied from the original belonging to the late Lottie Lee Weddington Rhoton 1898-1995 of Winchester, TN, granddaughter of John Palmer Weddington.) THE NEW TESTAMENT of our LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST Translated out of The Original Greek; And with the former TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED New York: American Bible Society, Instituted in the year MDCCCXVL – 1849 FAMILY RECORD BIRTHS: (Dashes represent missing information at the worn edges of the pages.) William…

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Roberson / Robertson / Robinson Family Bible

Roberson / Robertson / Robinson Family Bible

Transcribed by Judy Henley Phillips -11 July 1985 (Copied from the original belonging to the late Delphia (TIMS) GIPSON whose mother was Mary Ellen (ROBINSON) TIMS. Mary Ellen was my great-grandmother. Miss Sousen GIBSON Died Feb. 1st 1890. (See also 4th line down.) Mr. J.C. GIBSON Dide Oct. 15th 1891. (See also 5th line down.) Joe ROBISON died November the 22nd 1898. (See also 6th line down.) Mrs. Susan ROBERSON Died Feb. 1st 1890. Mr. J.C. ROBERSON Died Oct. 15th…

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Elisha and Nancy Purdom Bible

Elisha and Nancy Purdom Bible

Contributed by Bonnie Schwarz, 26 Sept.2003 Tennessee State Library and Archives. “Private Acts Passed in the year 1825”, Page 145, Chapter XCIV: An act for the relief of the heirs of Elisha Purdom, deceased. Whereas, the said Elisha Purdom, deceased, acquired in his lifetime an equitable right to the Bell Tavern, in the town of Winchester, but the legal title to the lots of the ground on which said tavern stands, had been made to John Purdom and Nancy Purdom,…

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Miller-Hawkins Family Bible

Miller-Hawkins Family Bible

Contributed by Joy Gallagher A photocopy of the original is in the archives of the University of the South’s duPont Library, Sewanee, TN. The first page of the family record is missing due to removal by a relative who borrowed the Bible in the 1940s. The front page: TheHoly Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Together with the Apocrypha. Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised By the Special Command of…

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Stephen M. Griswold Bible

Stephen M. Griswold Bible

This Bible record is transcribed and contributed by Mrs. Anna Goforth,22 Mar. 1999, <aggoforth [at] infoave [dot] net>who says, “This Bible is in the possession of Mattie Griswold Hampton. After the death of our aunt, Isabella Griswold Shelton in 1947, our uncle E.C. Shelton, gave the Bible to Mattie. Aunt Belle Shelton was the oldest child and only daughter of our grandfather, George Gilbert Griswold. G.G. Griswold was born 29 Feb. 1848. He and his twin brother David Murphy Griswold…

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McDaniel-Prince Bible

McDaniel-Prince Bible

Contributed by Barabara Inez (Cox) Nance The Bible is in the possession of Barbara Nance, third great-granddaughter of the couple. BIRTHS: J.W. McDaniel April 5, 1860 [Franklin County] Martha Caraline McDaniel May 22, 1858 [Bedford County] Alice Irene McDaniel March 22, 1880 Flora Alene McDaniel Feb. 15, 1879 Offie Dainey McDaniel June 10, 1881 Evalee McDaniel Sept. 8, 1882 [torn] W. McDaniel May 4, 1885 Maudie Rebecca McDaniel May 26, 1886 Lula Mary McDaniel Sept. 8, 1887 DEATHS: J.W. McDaniel…

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