Lenoir County, NC - Bibles File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Martha Marble <mmarble@erols.com> THOMAS EVERETT ELMORE RECORDS Courtesy of William E. (Mickey) Elmore Note that there are two sheets each of birth records, two of marriage records, and two of death records, and with the two exceptions noted below, all the information on one of the two sheets is the exact duplicate of the other. The first difference noted is that the birth of Pattie F. E. Churchill's husband I. Lee Churchill is added to one of the "births" pages. The other difference is that Eppie's name is spelled AepulO on one page and AepulA on the other. Note that her name-order is one way on the births page and reversed on the marriages and the deaths page. It is thought that these pages were compiled by Pattie Elmore Churchill, probably long after most of the events recorded, and that one of each of the sheets was a rough draft for the other. Xerox copies of all of them are in the Elmore Family Papers at the East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Family Bible Records of Thomas Everett Elmore and his wife Myrtilla Calvene Rouse Elmore of Moss Hill, Lenoir County, NC. The Bible is a small book bound in limp leatherette, likely dating from the very early 20th century. It was "Presented by Union S. School to Mr. Thomas E. Elmore, Superintendent of Union Baptist Sunday School". The title page carries the usual "The Holy Bible" etc, and was published in Philadelphia by A. J. Holman & Co., but no publication date is shown. An earlier Bible, believed to be the original Bible of the family, is in the possession of William E. Elmore, Greenville, NC in January 2001. It was published in New York by the American Bible Society in 1870. Pages 609 through 624, including the section between the Old and New Testaments where the family records often appear, are missing, for reasons unknown. The Bible whose records are transcribed here was, in September, 1973, in the possession of Thomas and Myrtilla's youngest daughter, Ruth M. E. Tyndall of Kinston. There is one page of births on what was a blank page with the word "Births" hand-written at the top; on all other pages, the notation "Family Register Births", "Deaths" and "Marriages", as shown below, is printed at the top of the respective pages. (wee) BIRTHS Wiley Rouse, a son of Thomas Rouse and Winford his wife was born A. D. in the year of our Lord Oct. 1, 1818 Frances A. Jones daughter of Aretus Jones and Frances his wife was Born Apr. 28, 1825 Thomas A. Rouse son of Wiley Rouse and Frances his wife was born May 10, 18?? (The above date's 3rd digit looks very much like an 8, and the last digit is less readable; Thomas's gravestone in the Wiley Rouse cemetery at Strabane, Lenoir County, though frequently misread due to shallow carving, shows his birth as May 10, 1844) FAMILY REGISTER BIRTHS Thomas Everett Elmore, son of Joel and Martha Elmore was born Dec. 11th. 1855. Myrtilla Calvene Rouse, daughter of Wiley and Frances Rouse was born Jan. 5th. 1863. Carl Dean Elmore, son of Thos. E. and Myrtilla C. Elmore was born Mar. 11. 1883. Bessie Lenoir Elmore was born Feb. 8th. 1885. (the 5 is partly obscured) Paul Theron Elmore was born Sept. 15th. 1887. Pattie Frances Elmore was born Jan. 2nd. 1890. Thomas Edgar Elmore as born Nov. 20th 189? (obscured. Gravestone, Westview: 1891) Maude Estelle Elmore was born Aug. 30th. 189? (obscured. Gravestone, Maplewood: 1893) Myrtilla Aepulo Elmore was born May 12th. 1898. Ruth Mildred Elmore was born April 13th. 1903. Raymond Rouse Elmore was born Aug. 19th. 1905. Isaac Lee Churchill was born Dec. 1, 1892. NOTE: This was the entry on the other copy FAMILY REGISTER - MARRIAGES Thomas E. Elmore and Myrtilla C. Rouse were married Oct. 6th 1880. Carl D. Elmore and Smith Elizabeth Whitfield were married Nov. 26, 1906. Bessie Lenoir Elmore and James George Whitfield were married Oct. 11. 1911. Paul Theron Elmore and Hattie Jones Hardy were married Jan. 23, 1914. Thomas Edgar Elmore and Delilah Smith were married September 13, 1914. AEpula Myrtilla Elmore and Alfred Howard Gerrans were married Sept. 10, 1920. Maude Estelle Elmore and Herbert Hardy were married Sept. 30, 1922. Pattie Frances Elmore and Isaac Lee Churchill were married Nov. 3, 1926. Ruth Mildred Elmore and Richard Nathan Tyndall were married Apr. 28, 1927. Raymond Rouse Elmore and Gertrude Elizabeth Croom were married - deleted FAMILY REGISTER - DEATHS Thomas Everett Elmore died May 31st. 1914. Bessie Lenoir Whitfield died May 21st. 1917. Carl Dean Elmore died Dec. 30, 1938. Maude Estelle Elmore Hardy died Dec (marked through) Jan. 1, 1939. Myrtilla Calvene Rouse Elmore died Feb. 8, 1943. Raymond Rouse Elmore died May 17, 1951. Thomas Edgar Elmore died June 25, 1952. Paul Theron Elmore died Nov. 2?, 1953 (obscured. Probably 20 written over 21) Aepulo Myrtilla Gerrnas died April (10 is inserted above the line) 1962 **** The following deaths have occurred since the above entries were made: Pattie Frances Elmore Churchill died March 16, 1970 Ruth Mildred Elmore Tyndall died October 7, 1992. ============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 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