To: The Sasser List From: Glenn E. Perry I have now finally received a xerox of a xerox of the "FAMILY RECORD" pages from Henry Sasser's Bible. The copy is very poor but mostly readable, especially if you want to trust the transcript I hastily made so long ago from the original as a guide to some of the unclear parts. The part on Aden is hard to read, that on Arthur is even worse, and that on Bardin is almost entirely unreadable. The good news is that the copies I have made of that copy are no worse than my "original." Some of the material--date of marriage, the information on "Wallie Sasser," that on the Watsons, etc.--is not included in the xerox copy. Neither is the information on the purchase of the Bible. This apparently was on other pages. I previously promised to send a copy to anyone who wants one. Just send your address, and I will get one in the mail. I regret that I do not have a better copy, but this bit of our ancestor's actual handwriting--as it always has been accepted as being--is the nearest thing we have to talking to him. As for Dixie's recent questions, 1792 is obviously not the wedding date but rather Nancy Kirby's birthday. I cannot make out Arthur's birthday from the xerox , although it seems to be as I copied it before, and others who have a better copy have seen my transcript and have not corrected it. Jesse's birthday is fairly easy to read--"January 30th day 1818." Nancy's is also pretty clear: "24th May 1830," as I had copied it before. Something that I had forgotten is that this Bible includes the Apocrypha. This is shown in the xerox copy because part of the top of the family record page is torn off.Does anybody find this significant? Also note that Henry Sasser's mother's name--Martha Bishop--was inserted after the name of his father. I don't know why I did not copy this. It seems to be the same handwriting, not something added recently. And although I did not copy it, somebody--either my grandmother or Rhoda Glass--told me during the late 1950s that this was his mother's name. **************************************************** [As copied from the original in 1972:] 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) ****************************************