Officer Bible

This Bible record was published in Tennessee Records,
Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Compiled by Jeannette
Tillotson Acklen, Nashville, TN, 1933, p 161.

This Bible record was kindly transcribed by Barb Donovan.

SURNAMES:
OFFICER
HOLFORD
RAY
CHOWNING
CAPPS
JOHNSON
HAMPTON

Below this line, is verbatim from source

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WILLIAM ALEXANDER OFFICER BIBLE RECORD
Overton County

William Alexander Officer, born Feb. 22, 1812.
Cynthia Holford, born Jan. 1, 1819; married Feb. 11, 1836.

CHILDREN
Alexander Officer, born Feb. 1, 1837.
Henrietta Officer, born Aug. 11, 1838.
*Sarah Anne Officer, born April 10, 1841.
Margaret Officer, born May 7, 1843.
John Holford Officer, born July 7, 1845.
Frances Marchbanks Officer, born March 29, 1847.
James Lancaster Officer, born May 24, 1853.
Leanne Officer, born March 6, 1857.

MARRIAGES
*Sarah Anne, to John H. Ray, April 18, 1859.
John Holford Officer, to Ida Crowning, May 5, 1870.
Henrietta, to A. F. Capps, March 18, 1856.

DEATHS
Lieut. Alexander Officer, died May 20, 1862, at Columbus, Miss. His tombstone was marked with the first letters of his name.
Cynthia, wife of Alexander, Sr., died Sept. 22, 1877 (Wounded severely by Union soldiers during the War Between the States, as she tried to defend six wounded Southerners harbored in her house. The six were, nevertheless, tied to the gate post and shot. The post still stands with some of the bullets lodged in it, on the William Alexander Officer homestead in Overton County, later known as Gib Boswell Farm.)
William Alexander Officer, died Sept. 8. 1886.
John Holford, died March 10, 1912.

MARRIAGES
Frances, to J. Johnson, Aug. 30, 1867.
James L., to P. Emma Hampton, Nov. 28, 1878.

*See John H. Ray Bible record for descendants of Sarah Anne.

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