CLEARMAN Family: William Leslie Clearman Bible Records

The following is taken from a photocopy of a Bible record published in 1974 in the Clearman genealogy book Flowers of the Field. The Bible was in the possession of Susah (Clearman) Walters, a daughter of Andrew Lesley Clearman, the youngest son of William Leslile Clearman. To help provide a sense of how the entries were added, I've tried to judge differences in the handwriting and annotate each entry to indicate in which hand it was written. It is my best attempt but I am by no means a handwriting expert and may have been fooled by changes in script that accompany old age. I have no idea who wrote these but the presence of different handwritings suggests that the entries were recorded over a number of years. The Bible passed to William Leslie's youngest son, Andrew. The birthdates of his wife and his oldest son appear in the Bible, so it is possible some of the entries were recorded within his new family.

From 1st page, 1st column

• William Lesley Clearman was Born Nov the 9th 1807 in South Carolina Pendleton District Son of Jacob and Hannah Clearman [handwriting #1, elegant script]
• Lucretia Speaks daughter of Richmond and Susan Speaks was Born the 19th March 1816 [handwriting #1, elegant script]
• Martha Kedith was Born Feb 14th AD 1829 and was maried [sic] to WL Clearman Jan the 19th 1868 [handwriting #2]
• Eunice M. Reynolds was Born the 9th of May 1874 [handwriting #3]
• Lesley Jefferson Clearman was born October the [no day] 1893 [handwriting #3]

• Sarah Katharen daughter daughter [sic] Wm & Lucretia Clearman was Born 27 April 1857 [handwriting #1?]
• Andrew Lesley Clearman Son of Wm an[d] Martha Clearman was Born the 30th July 1871 [handwriting #2]
• Sarah Katharine Clearman was Married to Jerry Harris 28 of October 1875 [handwriting #2]
• Edna Mae Clearman was borned Nov. 28 1907 [handwriting #2?]

From 2nd page, 1st column

• Emily Luezer Clearman daughter of William L and Lucretia Clearman was Born 27 of August 1836 [handwriting #1, elegant script]
• William Washington Clearman Son of William & Lucretia Clearman was Born April 27 1838 [handwriting #1, elegant script]
• Newton Richman Clearman Son of William & Lucretia Clearman was Born Feb 23d 1840 [handwriting #1, elegant script]
• Adelia Ann Clearman Daughter of William & Lucretia Clearman was Born April the 29th 1842 [handwriting #1, elegant script]
• Mary Elizabeth Clearman Daughter of Wm L & Lucretia Clearman was Born 8th of April 1844 [handwriting #4]

From 2nd page, 2nd column

• James Dollar Clearman Son of William & Lucretia Clearman was Born the 8th of October 1846 [last digit faint]
• John Taylor Clearman was Born June the 22d 1849
• Hannah Susan Clearman Daughter Wm & Lucretia Clearman was Born April 23d AD 1852
• Robert Van Clearman Clearman [sic] Son of Wm and Lucretia Clearman was Born 8th September AD 1854