1Family Bible, Culpeper Co., WPA Report- The Petty Family Bible.
1. SUBJECT: The Petty Family Bible 2. LOCATION: In the town of Culpeper, Virginia, at the home of Mrs. C. H. Smith, 605 North Main Street 3. DATE: 1834 4. OWNERS: Mrs. C. H. Smith, Miss Georgie Petty 5. DESCRIPTION: This Bible is in bad condition, one back being torn off and a home made one substituted. Some of the pages are loose also. The book is twelve inches long, about nine inches wide and four inches thick. The back which remains is pasteboard. The book is illustrated with full page pictures and maps and has the usual features, with the apocrypha added. It was published in Boston by Langdon Coffin, 77 Washington Street. 6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The following family record was copied from this Bible:.
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Zachariah S. Petty son of Marshall & Elizabeth Petty , departed this life January 22, 1854 aged 32 yrs & 1 Month.
Researched by: Margaret Jeffries, Culpeper, Virginia
February 14, 1938
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 10 #2 pg 76.