To: the Sasser list From: Glenn E. Perry In commeration of the 220th anniversary of Henry Sasser's birth, it seems appropriate for me to post--with apologies to those who were members of the list when I shared the same material nearly a year ago--what I copied from his Bible when it was temporarily in the possession of my mother's late sister, Lucy Taylor Stanfield, in Lexington, Kentucky in November 1972. I had heard about the existence of this Bible from my grandmother, Sarah Humfleet Taylor, in 1955 and first saw it at the home of Rhoda Glass when Aunt Lucy took me there during the summer of 1959. Please note that, as I have recently been reminded (most recently, by our cousin Pat Mellor) , the date of the patriarch's birth was mistakenly (presumably by him) written as 1878 rather than as 1778. I had typed it as 1778, but when I recently went back to my original handwritten notes I saw that I had copied it as 1878 with a red mark under the obviously wrong digit. I have recently been asked whether Henry Sasser's mother's maiden name, Bishop, was written above her name. I find it odd that I did not copy this if it indeed was written there at that time (as opposed to being inserted by someone later). I did know this name in the 1950s, but I am not completely sure whether I got it from the Bible or from my grandmothe, although. I believe my source was the latter. As I mentioned once before, my grandmother knew Nancy's maiden name (Kirby) and her father's first name (Jesse) quite well, although neither is in the Bible. At least two people (neither of whom is on the list) have promised to send me copies of the xerox copies they have in their possession. When I do get such copies, I will we glad to share them with others. Here is the material from the Henry Sasser Bible: The day and date of the children's ages born to Henry Sasser and Nanny his wife 1. Keziah was born January ye 31st day 1813 2. Dixon was born January ye 1st day 1814 3. Lindy was born May ye 5th day 1815 4. Aden was born June ye 3rd day 1816 5. Arthur was born March 22nd 1818 6. Bardin was born October ye 15th day 1819 7. Piety was born July ye 20th day 1821 8. Patsey was born January ye 30th day 1823 9. Wm H Crawood was born March ye 29th day 1824 10. James Henderson was born October ye 8th day 1825 11.Jesse was born January 30st day 1828 12. Nancy was born July 24th day 1830 Henry Sasser son of William Sasser and Martha Sasser was born March the 29th 1878 Nanny Sasser wife to Henry Sasser was born June the 25th day 1792 [On another page?] Henry Sasser and his wife Nanney Sasser was married March ye 10th day 1812 Wallie Sasser was born October 1 day 1852 [poor handwriting, in contrast to the elegant script found elsewhere] Also found in the same bible: H. Sasser his book bought of David Thompson Price $6.00 H. Sasser his Bible bought in Smithfield Price $6.50 [Also:] Wallace Watson son of Littleton Watson and Zillah his wife was born June the 20th 1823 ***************************************** Glenn E. Perry Department of Political Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu (812)237-2505 (office) (812)234-5661 (home) ****************************************