NC, Craven, Bible, CARMACK
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This file was contributed by Peggy Payne, October 2000.

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CARMACK BIBLE


This Bible was in the possession of my grandfather, Kirby Charles Carmack, at 
one time and in a letter he sent to his niece (Esther CARMACK Hunter), he said his  
mother gave him the Bible before she died.  It was his father's Bible.  His father 
was Thomas CARMACK and his mother was Sarah Florence HEATH.  
  
My grandfather traded it to his sister (Mertha CARMACK McClendon) for his 
mother's sewing machine.  It is now in my possession and was a gift from Robert and 
Billy McClendon (sons of Mertha CARMACK McClendon).  What a treasure I have!


  The front page of the Bible reads:
    The
HOLY BIBLE
CONTAINING THE
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS:
TRANSLATED OUT OF
THE ORIGINAL TONGUES
A3D WITH THE
FORMER TRANSLATIONS DELIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED
______
STEROTYPED
FOR THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY
BY D.& G. BRUCE
____
D. Fanshane, Printer
NEW YORK,
1829
  

The information reads:

    - Jefse Y. Carmack was born Octr 19, 1799
            (Note:  The writing is hard to read and tape
              is covering the first letter of first name.  It
              could be an "S"of a "C". The Jefse could also be
              Cefse.  In my grandfather's letter to his niece, 1977,
              he wrote the name from memory as Cefes Carmack.)

    - Patience Carmack was born July 23 W 1791
            (Note:  The letter between the day and year looked
              like a "W"; not sure why it was there.  In my grand-
              father's letter, he had her death as Sept 5th, 1853.)

    - Levy Carmack was born Decr 25 1821
            (Note:  The month is difficult to read; however, the month was
             December in my grandfather's letter.)

    - Furnifold Carmack was born Jany 25th 1825
            (Note:  The day looks like it could be the 20th;
            it is hard to read.  Also I could not tell if the
              second letter in the first name was a "u" or "a".
            In my grandfather's letter, the name has a "u" and the
            month and date is correct as January 25th.  However,
            he remembered the year to be 1823.  I feel sure the Bible
            is correct.)

    - Keziah Carmack was born August 5th 1826
            (Note:  The day looks like it could be the 6th;
              it is hard to read.  In my grandfather's letter, he 
            showed the date to be August 6th, 1826.  He also listed
            the first name spelled two different ways.  The first was
            spelled Kiziah and the second was Keziah.)

    -Thomas Carmack was born January 7th 1830

Written in pencil on another page is:

    An initial which I cannot tell with the name Carmack
and John Carmack (there is a middle initial which I cannot read with John
Carmack).








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