Rutherfordiana/Source Material Extracts/Rutherford Family Bible

If so, this Bible still survives, but is not readily available for examination. (See |The Rutherford Genforum). While there may be additional family information contained in this bible, that information may no longer be recoverable. As the current (2005) owner states:


 * There are two pages of genealogical information. One, which is barely legible contains the same information given in Mrs. Whites excellent genealogy; a copy of said information, made by my father is enclosed herewith. The final entry, my fathers demise, was made by me. The other page is almost completely illegible and I doubt, very much, that readable copies could be made no matter how good the photographer or how sophisticated his equipment.

A transcription of the remaining legible page is given as


 * Deaths:
 * James Rutherford - Apr. 26 - 1768
 * James [Walker] Rutherford Hudson - Oct. 15 - 1777
 * Margaret Hudson Walker - Oct. 23 - 1782
 * Jean Walker Patterson - Dec. 23 - 1810
 * John Patterson - he died & left to his brother
 * Col. William Patterson - Oct. 23 - 1888
 * Mary Ann Patterson Creel - Aug. 15 - 1898
 * Abba B. Creel Walker - Feb. 25 - 1929
 * D C Walker – June 20, 1949

This death record appears to be the transmission chain for this work. The information contained on the illegible page, may in fact be recoverable with modern techniques, but it is unlikely that such techniques would be applied to this particular problem. The possibility also exists that additional information is contained in the bible, but that for unknown reason was not included in the transcription of the letter cited above.