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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.
I viewed a copy of the Jonathan Hull Bible in 1966. No copyright or publication date is given in the Bible but it appears to have been published by Joseph McDowell or 25 Market Street, city not listed, or Kimber & Sharpless, # 8 South Fourth Street, city not listed.
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. Since Jonathan Hull died in Overton Co., TN 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.
Jonathan Hull and Nancy were married February 18, 1825 in Cumberland Co., KY on Sunday the 18th.
Jonathan Hull was born on Friday July 3, 1801 in New Jersey, Middlesex Co.
Nancy Hull was born March 15, 1804 in Kentucky, Cumberland Co.
Elizabeth C. Hull was born November 23, 1825 on Wednesday in Cumberland Co., KY (daughter of Jonathan & Nancy)
Andrew Beaty Hull was born Saturday May 17, 1818 in Cumberland Co., KY (son of Jonathan & Nancy)
Louisa Hull was born on Monday the 3rd day of June in Tennessee in Fentress Co.(1839? June 3rd was a Monday) (Daughter of Jonathan & Nancy)
Nancy Emeline Hull, October 6, 1842 on Wednesday (barely readable, can't be sure what it says)
May Hull born October 27, 1902. Today is my birthday. (Della May Hull? great-granddaughter of Jonathan & Nancy)
Mary Carline Sanders was born Monday April 4, 1870 (daughter of Frank and Margaret Hull Sanders, granddaughter of Jonathan & Nancy)
Leonard Chapman Hull was born July the 8th, 1878 in Overton Co. 4th Civil District (great grandson of Jonathan & Nancy, grandson of Margaret Hull Sanders, son of Alex Hull)
Lizzie Lorenia Hull was born March 7, 1880 on Sunday Overton Co., TN 4th Dist.(great granddaughter of Jonathan & Nancy, granddaughter of Margaret Hull Sanders, daughter of Alex Hull)
Alex F. Hull moved to William Bowers Mill September 23, 1881 on Friday and NN Berry School Saturday
Willie Alex Lohorn was born March 26, 1903 in Warren Co., KY near Smith's Grove (great granddaughter of Jonathan & Nancy, son of Lizzie Lorenia Hull and Cull Lohorn)
Gladys Velma Lohorn was born June 5, 1905 in Clay Co., 3rd Civil Dist. Clay Co. (Great granddaughter of Jonathan & Nancy, daughter of Lizzie Lorenia hull and Cull Lohorn)
Mary Ruth Brown was born May the 4th, 1925 3rd Civil Dist Clay Co. (Great granddaughter of Jonathan & Nancy, daughter of Gladys Velma Lohorn and Kirk Brown)
Wilma Brown was born July 15, 1928 Clay co. 3rd Civil Dist. (Great granddaughter of Jonathan & Nancy, daughter of Gladys Velma Lohorn and Kirk Brown)
Martha Caroline was born on Wednesday the 27th day of November? 1843? Year hard to read.
Alex Fred Hull was born March 27, 1928 3rd Civil Dist. Clay Co.
May Hull (Alex Fred's child) May? 7, 1914
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
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