Transcript of the Perry Family Bible

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1 Transcript of the Perry Family Bible (Note: No header at the top of this page) The age of Children Born To Thomas Curry and Rebecah his Wife Milo C Curry was born October the 18 th 1813 Barkley P Curry was born May the 13 th 1815 (Note: The following page transcriptions with a header are shown in order of birth entries. Bible Condition: FRAGILE A two page section of the pages has become detached from the binder. Additionally, a birth entry appears to have been cut out at the top of one page. Grammar and spelling as written. Editorial comments and notes have been added to the transcript in parenthesis.) BIRTHS (DEATHS) (Note: upper right corner of page has small area cut out mising DEATHS header. A birth entry appears to have been removed from the reverse side of the page.) The age of Children born to William Perry and Martha his wife are as follows James Perry was born July 7 th 1746 William Perry born May the 11 th 1748 Judith Perry was born June the 7 th 1750

2 Lydia Perry was born September the 30 th 1752 John Perry was born November the 25 th 1754 and died September the 20 (?) 1828 Martha Perry was born Febuary the 17 th 1757 Nathaniel Perry was born July the 21 th 1759 Joshua Perry was born August the 20 th 1761 Benjamin Perry was born December the 4 th 1764 Rebecah Perry was born April the 16 th 1767 BIRTHS DEATHS William M Perry Was born September the (note: This appears to be a double entry with additional entry below) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The ages of Children born to John Perry and Salley his wife are as follows Julia Perry was Born Febuary the 23 th 1784 and Died the 8 Day of May 1826 Briton Perry was born January the 10 th 1786 and Died the 3 rd of Sept 1831

3 Betsey Perry was born March the 23 th 1788 and Died December the 9 th 1796 Rebecah Perry was born December the 30 th 1790 and Died the 11 th of January 1816 Martha Perry was born August the 12 th 1798 William M Perry was born September the 25 th 1800 Benjamin Perry was born November the 23 th 1802 Bolling H Perry was born Died on the 15 th April 1854 January the 31 th 1805 Elizabeth Ferguson was And Died on the 10 of November born December which makes her 55 and 10 month and 13 days when she died John H Perry was born (???) 1846 MARRIAGES The age of Children born to Bolling H Perry and Rebeccah his wife are as follows Martha C Perry born October the and Died Febuary Marandia J Perry was born on October 18 th 1830 and Died the 9 Oct (?) 1849 (note: 1830 above appears changed from 1831)

4 The age of Children born to Bolling H Perry and Elizabeth his wife are as follows James M Perry was born Octber 25 th 1834 Charls M Perry was born March 18 th 1836 and died July 28 th 1836 Sinthia C Perry was Born July 2 th 1837 and died the 15 : 1837 William O Perry was born April 4 th 1839 and died the 17 (?) Nancy A Perry was born December 11(?) 1840 (?) Elizabeth D Perry was born april the 27(?) 1843 and died 7 th (?) of May MARRIAGES (Note: Upper left entry is cut out. This is the reverse side of the BIRTHS / DEATHS page that was previously noted with the cutout of the DEATHS header.) Missuria A King was born december (?) (note: day / year written over re-entered below) Elizebeth R Perry was June 14 (?) 51 (?) (day/year corrected?) Missurria A King And Departed this life was born Febuary September this makes her 14 years 7 months and two days old when she died (last line was printed up column in the right margin)

5 J H Perry was born december John H Perry and Rebecca his wife was Married April J. W. Mathews and Nannie (Nancy) A Perry was Married on the 22 of October 1874 Children borned of J W Mathews and his wife Nanscie (Nancy) are as follows Joana Mathews was borned September the and Died October APOCRYPHA (Note: The following is noted on a section of what appears to be blue lined notebook paper that has been glued vertically into the left margin of the title page of the Bible s APOCRYPHA section. Although this entry duplicates information included on a previous page, it adds the fact that Elizabeth Ferguson died the wife of B H Perry, who had preceded her in death 8 ½ years earlier.) Elizabeth Ferguson was born December and died November which makes her 55 years old and 10 months and 13 days when she died the wife of B H Perry.

This transcription is property of the Chattanooga History Center transcription. [Cover Page of the Bible]

This transcription is property of the Chattanooga History Center. 2011.036.111 transcription [Inscribed] Thomas W. Crutchfield from Mary Jane Williams July 1891 [Cover Page of the Bible] Thos. Crutchfield