Bibles

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Family Bible of Alfred Burns. One page of family entries for Burns and Bell families. 1833.

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Family Bible of Andrew Blackburn McFarland (August 8, 1792-May 20, 1873) (born in Jefferson County, Tenn.). 1816 Bible sold by Collins & Co., NY. Bought in 1817 for $6.50. Family entry pages in poor condition; fragile, torn, some ball point ink added.

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The Holy Bible Old and New Testaments (New York: American Bible Society, 1830) Inscriptions: “Andrew David Ralston was born August 3, 1803’ “Mary Francis Ralston was born September 20th 1835” No further family information

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The Holy Bible containting 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. 1850.

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Bible containing family entries for Archable Duggan (married Anna C. Schults in 1843) and family. Sevier Co., Tenn. 1885 edition of Bible.

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The Holy Bible Old and New Testaments (New York: American Bible Society, 1865) Inscribed “Lucy Ayres was born Aug 26 ‘49, Saltville, Va.” “Joseph Jaques died June 19 at Knoxville 1885” No further family information

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J. M. Bains Family Bible (1854) and O’Fallon Bible (1890). The J. M. Bains family bible was published in New York by the American Bible Society in 1852. The O’Fallon bible was published in 1890 in New York by the American BIble Society in 1890. The O’Fallon bible is missing the cover, pages prior to Exodus 6:22, and pages after 1 Peter 4:8

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Bible of J. M. and Martha Bridges Bowman, Campbell County, Tenn. Bible is in poor condition. Also includes one copy photograph [J.M. and Martha Bridges Bowman] and the image on a CD.

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Photocopied typescripts of: - 1859 list of slaves owned by Elizabeth Brabson - family Bible record of John and Elizabeth Brabson - family letters, 1844-1877, including three 1865 letters - Brabson Cemetery (Sevier County, Tenn.) listing

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Bibles WWII New Testament. Gift of Virginia K. Nelson, 1995. T.E. Watterson Bible, 1844 John Barringer Bible (may have come from Mrs. H.R. Duncan)--no family entries. Jane Jaques Bible (1871, New Testament) New Testament in French, 1851

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Boak family Bible, 1876. Given to Sarah E. [Marshall] Boak by Samuel Marshall, 1876. Includes family entries for the George and Sarah Marshall Boak family. Copy of family pages + loose papers from Bible (with 2 photographs) in folder with Bible.

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Bible (American Bible Society, 1831) with Bradshaw and Biggs family entries. + 2 loose letters and unidentified postcard/photograph of child.

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1805 Bradshaw Rankin Bible (Jennet Bradshaw and Thomas Rankin, md. 1789). 1805 Bible, eighth Philadelphia Edition, printed from the last Oxford Edition, Philadelphia. Printed by Matthew Cary, No. 122m Market Street, M.DCCC.V. (1805). Information from New Testament Title page; Bible is missing front cover and front title page; back cover is not attached. Three pages from the Christopher Houston Rankin Bible were also donated. They were damaged in a fire in 1978.

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Braille Bible (Book of Psalms) (American Bible Society of New York, 1872) and Kneass’ Philadelphia Magazine For The Blind, 1883, 1886.

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Bulletins, newsletters, photographs, and newspaper clippings for Broadway Baptist Church, Knoxville, 1975-ca. 1985. Gift also includes World War I and World War II dog tags, and a small WWI Bible (1917). Folders contain lists of pastors and clippings and papers re: the church fire and rebuilding efforts.

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Family Bible of the Brown-Wheeler-Lahn families, 1818. + loose papers from Bible and newspaper (The Rockingham Messenger, Portsmouth, N.H., Jan. 7, 1851).

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Buffat Family Bible, 1841 (in French). + copy photographs of the Charles A. Buffat family and the Alfred Buffat family.

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The Caldwell Bible was published in Philadelphia by Kimber & Sharpless (nd) The Neptune Coffin Bible is missing the bottom portion of the title page--therefore there is no publication information. Inscriptions in both bibles suggest publication in the 1850s.

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Calloway - Leinart Bible. 1 volume; poor condition. One folder of loose items found in Bible, including tintype of unidentified young man.

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Pages from the Cameron Family Bible with family information. The Cameron family lived in McKinney, Texas.

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Campbell Family Bible (James E. Campbell, 1882). Devotional and Practical Polyglot Family Bible, 1879. Contains some family records. Includes Knoxville records.

Scope and Contents Includes correspondence, photographs, deeds (Sam E. Young’s papers), printed material, calling cards, dentist’s records; 1 folder with house plans. Diploma from Vanderbilt University for Henry Thomas Boyd, Doctor of Dental Surgery, April 27, 1900. Diploma is attached to a heavy paper advertisement for a backing. 1 pc. Class photograph, Vanderbilt University Dental Department, 1900. H. T. Boyd and all members are identified (along with their home states). Photograph is on mat board. [Class...

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Chandler Family Bible and Porter Family Bible. The Chandler Bible is The Holy Bible Old and New Testaments (New York: American Bible Society, 1854. The Porter Bible is The Holy Bible Old and New Testaments (Hartford, Conn.: A. C. Goodman Co. 1850)

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Family Bible of Charles McClung. Published by M. Carey, Philadelphia, 1816. 1 vol. + 2 loose papers, one a 1930 handwritten statement from C. J. McClung about leaving the Bible to the McClung Collection after his death.

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Ca. 1890s Bible containing Clabough family entries (Sevier Co., Tenn). Poor condition.

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“The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments” published in New York in 1858 by the American Bible Society. Contains one page of family records

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Family Bible of the Clark Family, including James Clark and Nancy Sharp Clark, Published by H. C. Carey and I. Lea, Philadelphia. 1823. 1 vol. Has two loose newer family entry pages and one clipping. Loose horse hair cover at time of receipt.

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Cooper family Bible printed in London in 1698 by Charles Bill, 1698. The bible has an original binding covered on the exterior with cloth. The title page is missing but the interior title page at the New Testament gives the printer and date. Three pages of family record entries dated 1780-1810. Family tradition says the bible was carried by a family member serving as a soldier in the Civil War. The Cooper family was from Hawkins County, Tenn.

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Cormick-Sydnor Family Bible, gift of J. P. Roddy III. Bible contains marriage, birth, and death records (1816-1900) for Cormick, Sydnor, Crews, Dorsey, Scott, Bourland, and Williams families. Bible is dated 1849 and its pages are loose from the covers. An 1872, hand-drawn certificate of college studies for Laura Sydnor was found in the Bible.

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Bible (Edinburgh: MDCCXCI) (1791). Name of Thomas L. Humes written (upside down) near the front. One page of family entries for James Cowan and family, includes John Humes.