Dan, Please do post the scans, or send the pages to me by attachment to me at mplamkin@insightbb.com. Henry and Nancy are my 4Ggrandparents. Thank you very much. Martha Penick LAMKIN, Louisville, KY (born in Green Co. KY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Rolph" <dan@rolph.com> Subject: Re: [HATCHER] Family Bible of Henry and Nancy Hatcher > Nel, > > Thank you very much for the information. I would just love to get my > hands on some scans of that bible. What are the origins of the > transcription? > > With my SAR research, I have a copy of a letter from Robert White, > Clerk of Adair County Court, Columbia, Kentucky, dated 11 June, 1962 > to Mrs. Sherman B. Watson. The letter testifies that Jeremiah Hatcher > and Polly Waggener were married on 11 June 1811. The minister was > Isaac Hadgen. The record comes from Marriage Book No. 1 Page 27. > > There is also a 2 page letter from John Paul Grady to Mrs Watson dated > 22 November, 1962, referencing a DAR application for Mrs. Pearl > Hatcher Morrison. The letter provides "necessary proof" that Jeremiah > Hatcher (b.1785) was a son of Nancy "Ann" (Haskins) Hatcher. The > proof uses the 1810 and 1820 Federal Censuses, Marriage Records, and > the 1815 Tax Roll of Green County to show that Jeremiah must have been > Henry's son. Basically, it establishes that, as you say, it would be > a stretch to assume this Jeremiah was not the son of Henry. > > If anyone would like me to post scans of the three pages, drop me a > line. > > If anyone has any other proof of the Jeremiah to Henry relationship, I > would definitely be interested. > > Thank you very much, > > Dan Rolph > > "Henry Hatcher's (b.1755) 4th great grandson"