James Ransom Worrell Family Bible

Hand lettered inside front cover of Bible: JR Worrell’s Book, Feb 8, 1878.

Copied exactly as written in Bible. Items in ( ) are my additions.

Births:

Davis Worrell Dec. 15, 1822 Grandfather of all
Mary Jane Worrell April 7, 1822 (line thru date) Grandmother of all
James Ransom Worrell was born Jan. 12, 1845 (Son of Davis & Mary Jane Worrell)
Amanda Jane Worrell was born Oct 7, 1840 (Wife of JR & Daughter of Gabriel & Millie White Robertson)
Noah Turner Worrell was born Dec 12, 1866 (Son of JR and Amanda Robertson Worrell)
Mary Caroline Worrell was born Nov. 1, 1869 (Daughter of JR & Amanda – called Mollie)
Maria Jane Worrell was born June 1, 1879 (Daughter of JR & Amanda – called Jennie)
Twin, brother to M.J. was born June 1, 1879 (Son of JR & Amanda Worrell, died at birth)
Jimmie Worrell was born Dec. 23, 1885 (Daughter of JR & Amanda Worrell)
Hershel Hill Burnett Jan. 22, 1898 (Son of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
Dallas Bradford Burnett April 16, 1901 (Son of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
Samuel Henry Fentress Burnett Feb. 19, 1903 (Son of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
James Leon Burnett Sept 19, 1905 (Son of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
Macy Amanda Burnett April 16, 1907 (Daughter of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
Dorsey Oscar Burnett Aug. 31, 1910 (Son of Samuel Henry & Mary Catherine Worrell)
Janie Mae Eason May 4, 1903 (Daughter of WB & Maria Jane (Jennie) Worrell Eason)
Jimmie Eason Sept 4, 1905 (Daughter of WB & Maria Jane (Jennie) Worrell Eason)
Nellie Glen Eason Oct 1, 1910 (Daughter of WB & Maria Jane (Jennie) Worrell Eason)
Caroline Rose Burnett Oct 25, 1920 (Daughter of Hershel & Ina Henderson Burnett)
Bettye Jean Burnett Feb 25, 1926 (Daughter of Hershel & Ina Henderson Burnett)
Lillian Cornell Burnett Sept 16, 1928 (Daughter of Dallas & Opha English Burnett)
Little Mollie Christine Burnett May 22, 1936 (Daughter of Leon & Velma Burnett)
Little Samuel Frank Burnett, Sunday April 18, 1937 (Son of Dorsey & Francis Ryan Burnett)
Lettie Jane Luckman (Daughter of Arthur & Janie Mae Eason Luckman)
WF Perry Feb 15, 1873 *Bible sates that “William Perry & Eva Hall were no
Mrs. WF Perry nee Eva Hall July relation to the family. They lived & worked with the
Worrell’s & Burnett’s.

Family record:

J.T. Burnett and Macy Jones were married in the A.D. 1865 29th day of August.

John Wiley Burnett, son of Thomas & Macy Burnett was born July the 19th, 1866.
Departed this life __ the in the A.D. 1872. Age 5 years, 9 months, 15 days old.

Samuel Henry Burnett, son of Thomas and Macy Burnett was born June the 8th, A.D. 1871.

Mollie Burnett was born Nov 1, 1869.

Deaths:

Noah Turner Worrell May 29, 1870
Little Twin June 1, 1879
Little Infant Sept 24, 1884 (Child of JR & Amanda Worrell)
Jimmie Worrell Nov. 6, 1905
JR Worrell May 31, 1916
Amanda Jane Worrell June 21, 1922
Samuel Henry Fentress Sept 7 (or 8)
Macy Amanda Burnett Oct 3, 1909
Mrs. Janie (Jennie) Eason Feb. 13, 1931 Maria Jane Worrell
Mrs. Macy R. Burnett Feb 10, (1928) (wife of JT Burnett)
Davis Worrell April 13, 1893
Mary Jane Seal ?Worrell Dec 9, 1857
Mary Caroline Worrell Burnett May 7, 1940
Samuel Henry Burnett March 9, 1848
Dallas Bradford Burnett May 22, 1974
Hershel Hill Burnett Jan 4, 1978

Marriages:

Mary Caroline Worrell to S. H. (Samuel Henry) Burnett Feb 18, 1897
Maria Jane Worrell to Dr. W.B. (William Bergman) Eason (December 21, 1898)
Hershel Hill Burnett to Ina Henderson Oct. 11, 1918
Dallas Bradford Burnett to Opha English April 11, 1923
Janie Mae Eason to Arthur Luckman (1925)
WF Perry to Eva Thompson Hall Dec 28, 1924
Leon Burnett to Velma Jones May 25, 1931
Dorsey Oscar Burnett to Francis Ryan Aug. 25, 1934
Mollie Christine Burnett to Wm. Trump Bird March 21, 1959

Certificate page in Bible:
This certifies that the Rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between JR Worrell of Johnson’s Grove and
Amanda J. Robertson of Johnson’s Grove on January 2, 1866 at 5 p.m. by Esquire H.H. Fife.
H.C. Winburn Tucker, Witnesses.

Contributed by Tina Stemen