Westfall-McAhron Bible

The Westfall-McAhron Bible record is in the possession of Lois HutchinsWhitlock of Corning, Tehama County, CA. She received it from her maternal aunt, Ida McAhron Mortenson, who, in turn, had been given the Bible after the death of her father, Jacob Lewis McAhron.

John Westfall entered most of the record himself. This is substantiated by a comparison of the handwriting in the Bible record, John's handwriting and signature on original court records (such as BrooksHeirs vs. Reed, et al., Bullitt Circuit Court, KY). Upon examination of James McAhron's signature, it is likely that he wrote some of his children's birth entries. James McAhron, son of William McAhron and Jane Lewis, was born in Bardstown, Nelson County, KY. Around 1819 he moved with his parents to Bullitt County, KY, where he reared his own family and died.

That the Bible originally belonged to John Westfall is also supported by Bullitt County court records which show that Andrew Eddington (Biblepage 679) had been apprenticed to John Westfall on 16 June 1821. Furthermore, Samuel and Jenny Quick (Bible page 579) are undoubtedly the same as the Samuel Quick and Jenneke Kortrecht who married 1 June 1775,in the Minisink-Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church, Orange County, NY. Both Samuel's and Jenny's mothers' maiden names were Westfall. Samuel's and Jenny's daughter, Lydia Quick Williams, was John Westfall's fourth cousin.John Westfall's father and both of Sarah Westfall's parents were baptized in the Minisink-Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church. Daniel and Henry Westfall were brothers, sons of Johannes Westfall and Apollonia Kortrecht. Sarah Westfall's father was Henry Westfall, her mother Susanna Kortrecht, daughter of William Kortrecht who was a brother of Apollonia Kortrecht and a relative of Jenneke Kortrecht above. Brothers Daniel and Henry Westfall left the East Coast and moved to what is now West Virginia. They then removed to what is now Bullitt County, KY, in1789/90. Their offspring, John Westfall and Sarah Westfall, married in Bullitt County, KY. After the death of both of his parents, Jacob Lewis McAhron took the Bible with him when he moved to Carroll County, IN, in the 1850s. Alice D. McAhron, born in Carroll County, IN, was Jacob's first child. Jacob's sister Minerva also moved to the same county, where she married Alfred E. Briney. Greenup Briney, their son, was born in Carroll County, IN. Samuel L. Nichols lived on land adjacent to James McAhron's father, William McAhron, on the Salt River near Cedar Point Creek, Bullitt County, KY. Samuel's half-brother, Shadrack Anderson Nichols, married Ellen Jane McAhron, daughter of William McAhron and his second wife, Jane Tingle. Someone wrote over most of the entries on page 670, probably because the ink had faded.

Shown with the permission of: Anette Stanley Rardin

FAMILY RECORD-------------MARRIAGES. (Page 677)

Daniel Westfall was born AD 1733 August the 22

Anne Westfall his wife was born 1744 August the 26

Henry Westfall was born 1749 August the 24

Susanna Westfall his wife was born 1745 October the 23rd

Daniel Westfall and Anne Westfal was Married AD 1761 May the 15th

John Westfall son to Daniel & Anne Westfall was born 1772 December the4th

Sarah Westfall daughter to Henry & Susanna Westfall & wife to JohnWestfall was born 1782 March the 20th

Mahala Westfall Daughter to John & Sarah Westfall was born 1809 Decemberthe 4th

John Westfall and Sarah Westfall was married 1804 May the 15th

James Mc ahron and Mahala Westfall was married September the 29th 1831

John W. Mc ahron son to James Mc ahron and Mahala his wife was born Julythe 16th at 4 o clock in the Morning 1832

BIRTHS. (Page 678)

Jacob Lewis Mc ahron son to James Mc ahron and Mahala his wife was bornOctober the 1st 1833

Elisha McAhron son to James McAhron and Mahala his wife was born Feb19th 1835

Sarah Jane McAhron Daughter to James and Mahala his wife was bornDecember the 16th 1836

Manervy Ann McAhron Daughter to James McAhron and Mahala his wife wasborn June the 29th 1838

Mary Elen McAhron Daughter to James McAhron and Mahala his wife was bornApril the 28th 1840

Gabriel Westfall son to Elizabeth Westfall was born January the 28th1841

Franklin McAhron son to James McAhron & Mahala his wife was born Oct the26th 1841

Greenup McAhron son to James McAhron & Mahala his wife was born July the18th 1843

Juliet McAhron daughter to James McAron and Mahala his wife was bornSeptember the 29th 1844

Roenia McAhron daughter to James McAhron and Mahala his wife was bornJan the 18th 1847

William C McAhron son to James McAhron and Mahala his wife was born Junethe 1st 1848

BIRTHS. (Page 679, first column)

Lydia Williams Daughter of Samuel Quick and Jenny his wife was born 1781June the 12th

William Edington Was born in the year of our lord the 7 of August 1807

Andrew Edington was born in the year 1813 Nov the 10th

James McAhron was born November the 24th 1804

Mahala McAhron Daughter to James McAhron and Mahala his wife was bornSeptember the 20th 1849

DEATHS. (Page 679, second column)

Sarah Westfall wife to John Westfall died February 3rd 1837

John Westfall died August the 20th 1844

Mahala McAhron wife to James McAhron. Died March the 18th. A. D. 1850

James McAhron Died September the 13th 1851

DEATHS. (Page 680)

Samuel L. Nichols was born A. D. 1805 March the 6th

Mary Monroe was born AD 1809 September the 15th

Samuel L. Nichols and Mary Monroe was married AD 1830 September the 30th

Clementine Nichols Daughter to Samuel L. Nichols and May his wife wasborn A. D. 1831 July the 4th

Lemuel Nichols son to Sam. L. Nichols and Mary his wife was born AD 1833January 26th- ---n

W Nichols son to Samuel L. Nichols and Mary his wife was born AD1834 Nov the 18th

Chadrack A. Nichols and Mary his wife was born AD 1837 February the 7th

Endamile Nichols Daughter to Samuel L. Nichols and Mary his wife wasborn AD 1839 February the 5th

Malinda Nichols Daughter to Samuel L. Nichols and Mary his wife was bornAD 1841 May the 5th

John W. McAhron Died August the 31st A. D. 1853

Greenup Briney Was Born at June the 18 - 1858

Alice D. McAhron was Born August the 31st AD 1861