Bedford Co. - Birth Record of Joel (James) R. Preas 

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              Birth Certificate of Joel (James) R. Preas

                      COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
                        Department of Health
            Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics
                         Richmond, Virginia     


     Transcript of a record of birth secured by the Commissioner
of the Revenue between 1853 and 1896 as required by Chapter 104,
Page 846, Section 21, Code of 1873, Acts of 1852, and now in the 
keeping of the Virginia Division of Vital Records and Health 
Statistics, in accordance with Chapter 118, Page 226, Acts of 
1918.

Place of birth
     County of Bedford                page 100      Line No. 10
Magisterial District of    ------
       or
   City of                 ------
Date of birth          October 25, 1858
Name of child          Joel R. Preas
Color  White           Sex  Male      Born alive or dead   Alive
Father's name          Joseph Preas
Father's occupation    Farmer
Father's residence     Bedford County, Virginia
Mother's name          Mahala Preas
Name of Person giving information of birth    -------
Relation of informant to person born        Father
Commissioner of the Revenue                 John G. Kasey
Filed in the State Office                   August 1859

This is to certify that this is a true and correct reproduction or
abstract of the official record filed with the Virginia Department
of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

Date issued  March 4, 1983                Stuart Melton
                                     Assistant State Registrar