Bible of Thomas Barton Jarnagin
From transcriptions prepared by W. A. Lyle, of Jefferson County, and subsequently typed and published by the Works Progress Administration under the title Jefferson County Bible Records.
Transcribed for this site from the WPA volume by Doris Kinser Fountain. We are extremely grateful to her.
Researchers Note: this is a transcription of a transcription of a transcription. Therefore, every item must be verified through separate sources.
This Bible was printed at Philadelphia, 1812, by Matthew-Casey, 122
Market St.
Possession:
H. B. Jarnagin, Dandridge, TN, son of Thomas Barton Jarnagin.
Transcription: Copied by Lillian C. Ewing, Dandridge, TN, May 11, 1937
Thomas Barton Jarnagin, son of Chesley Jarnagin and Martha his wife, a daughter of the Rev. Isaac Barton and Kizzeale his wife, was married to Eliza Porter Donaldson, daughter of John Donaldson and Celia his wife, on the 17, Sept. 1829.
William Calvin Jarnagin, son of Chesley Jarnagin and Martha his wife, was married to Catherine Kelly Moser, daughter of Philip Moses (sic) and Sarah his wife on the 30th, August, 1832.
Bynom (sic) Jarnagin, son of Chesley and Martha Jarnagin was married to Amelia Harle, Aug. 27, 1825.
Augustus Rice was married to Mary Jarnagin, daughter of Chesley and Martha Jarnagin, Feb. 29, AD, 1839.
Hampton L. Jarnagin, a son of Chesley and Martha Jarnagin, was married to Rebecca Bilsey McCaskill, Sept. 21, AD, 1843.
Chesley Jarnagin was married to Martha Barton who was a daughter of the Rev. Isaac Barton, March 14, 1793.
William H. Montgomery was married to Sarah Jarnagin, daughter of Chesley Jarnagin the 31st Dec. 1818.
Spencer Jarnagin married Clarissa H. Montgomery, daughter of William Montgomery of Knoxville, TN. Aged 15 years and 15 days, Dec. 23, 1819.
William Isaac Irvine Morrow was married to Virginia Lea Jarnagin, Daughter of Chesley Jarnagin June 15, 1826.
Chesley Jarnagin was born Nov. 21, 1772.
Martha Jarnagin was born Feb. 16, 1774.
Children of the above:
Spencer Jarnagin was born Sept. 17, 1794
Sarah Jarnagin was born Nov. 10, 1796
Mary Jarnagin was born Feb. 2, 1799
Ann Jarnagin was born Nov. 9, 1800
Thomas Barton Jarnagin was born June 19, 1803
Byrum Jarnagin was born June 19, 1805
Lavinia Jarnagin was born June 7, 1808
William Calvin Jarnagin was born Nov. 29, 1809
Hampton Lea Jarnagin was born Feb. 22, 1812
Elizabeth & Susan Jarnagin was born May 9, 1814
John Chesley Jarnagin, son of H. L. & R. B Jarnagin, was born Jan. 13, 1845.
Hampton Lea Jarnagin, son of H. L. & R. B. Jarnagin, was born Sept. 22, 1848.
William Calvin Jarnagin, son of H. L. and R. B., Jarnagin, was born Aug. 28, 1850.
Hannah Barton, daughter of Rev. Isaac Barton and Kezzia Barton, was born Oct. 6, 1795, and died Oct. 10, 1819.
Mary Jarnagin Morrow as born 27th of April 1887.
Children of Thomas B. & Eliza D. Jarnagin:
Maria Jarnagin was born Sept. 26, 1830
Martha Anna Jarnagin was born Feb. 6, 1833
Albert M. Jarnagin was born March 19, 1836
Celia Lavinia Jarnagin was born Feb. 4, 1839
Mary Eliza Jarnagin was born Sept. 13, 1841
John Chesley Jarnagin was born Jan. 19, 1844
Hugh Earnest Jarnagin was born June 1, 1847
Laura Amanda Jarnagin was born Jan. 1, 1850
Deaths:
Susan Jarnagin died July 8, 1814
Elizabeth Jarnagin died July 19, 1814
Ann Jarnagin died Oct. 26, 1819
Chesley Jarnagin died April 17, 1826
William Calvin Jarnagin died July 26, 1833 3 minutes before 8
o'clock AM aged 33 yrs 7 Mos 27 Days
Martha Jarnagin died Aug. 5, 1843,
Aged 69 Yrs. 5 Mos. 19 days
Spencer Jarnagin died June 25, 1851
Thomas B. Jarnagin died March 12, 1877
Deaths:
John Chesley Jarnagin, son of Thomas B. & Eliza Jarnagin, died Aug.
12, 1852, about 40 minutes after 4 o'clock PM Aged 8 Years, 6 Mos, and
24 days
Marie Eckel, daughter of Thomas B. & Eliza P. Jarnagin, died April
17, 1860, aged 29 years 6 Mos. 22 days
Albert M. Jarnagin, son of Thos. B. & Eliza P. Jarnagin, died in
Vicksburg, Miss, about 3 o'clcok in the evening of the 23rd day of June
1863, during the siege of that place from a wound received the previous
night about 8 o'clock, Aged 27 years 3 Mos 4 Das.
Elizabeth Porter Jarnagin died Jan. 27, 1890
Laura Amanda Jarnagin died Jan. 15, 1817
Mary Eliza Jarnagin died July 8, 1927
Marriages:
Maria Jarnagin was married to William Henry Dick Nov. 20, 1855
Celia Lavinia Jarnagin was married to John L. Foust, Feb. 1861
Hugh Earnest (sic) Jarnagin was married to Amelia Fisher Nov. 5, 1884