Tarlton Wilson was a son of Jesse Wilson and Rachel 
(Boone) Wilson of old Burke County, NC, Wayne County, 
KY and Monroe Co. IN. Tarlton married Charlotte Vance 
in Green Co. KY, but seems to have lived for a time in 
Clay township of Owen County. He returned to Green 
County, then moved back to Indiana around the time his 
father died. He was living in Richmond township of 
Monroe County when the 1860, 1870 and 1880 census were 
taken, and three of his daughters and one son were married 
while he lived there.



(Debbie's Note: I found this on the internet, the submitter
is unknown; thought it might be of interest to someone on
our website)

It is in poor shape and the back cover and front page 
are missing, so the copyright date cannot be identified. 
However, the title page for the New Testament bears the 
imprimateur "Stereotyped by E. White, New York." 
The Bible is large (8-1/2 x 11) and covered in calf.

It appears that Tarlton began recording birth and death 
information upon the death of a son in 1834. The first 
four birth entries and the son's death entry are recorded 
in the same careful hand, with a quill pen. Later entries 
are less carefully written, with various inks and slightly 
different hand. Beginning in 1846, entries appear to have 
been made with a steel-tipped stylus instead of a quill. 
Tarlton did not both to record any marriages, and only 
listed births of the first child of three of his children, 
though he had many other grandchildren.

Indeed, the Bible does not record births of any of the 
eight children of his firstborn, Martha Ann Milby who 
married Alexander Milby and remained in Green County, 
KY. The first column of the second births page was left 
blank, as if he meant to obtain and record the dates 
when he obtained them. 

There were no entries after 1877. Possibly, the Bible 
was left in Indiana after Tarlton and some of his family
moved back to Green County in the early 1880s. We have 
no clue as to how the Bible made its way to Michigan.

Tarlton's name was generally spelled without an "e" in 
Kentucky and Indiana records. However, in this Bible, 
he spelled it with an "e" when his birth date was 
recorded in 1834, but without the "e" when he recorded 
the death of daughter Martha Ann Milby in 1870. We do 
not know why he changed the spelling, but his beautiful 
penmanship suggests that he had substantial schooling 
and the change was intentional. Entries are reproduced 
exactly as shown in the Bible. Sometimes he capitalized 
the months; at other times he did not. April was spelled 
with an e at the end. Sometimes middle names of children 
were not capitalized. He
sometimes used two dots instead of "th" after the day 
of a month. No commas were used.

Daisy Wilson's birth date seems to have been added by a 
different person. First child, Martha seems to have been 
especially important to Tarlton, as she was identified 
as his daughter in both the birth and death record. Her 
name was written in the death record with a period after 
both Martha and Ann, as if he had paused at each name 
before he could write on.

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BIRTHS:

Tarleton Wilson was born Sept the 24th day 1811

Charlotte Wilson his wife was born march the 15th 1811

Marthyan Wilson their first born was born June the 5th 1831

John milton Wilson was born December the 9th 1832

William Wilson was born november the second day 1834

Ruth Jane Wilson was born may the 3rd day 1836

Margaret ellen Wilson was born aprile the 28th day 1838

Mary Frances Wilson born aprile 19 . .1841

Rachel Elizabeth Wilson born February the 27 day 1843

Sarah Emaline Wilson was born march 30th 1846

Lucy Catherine Wilson was born oct 16 1846

Susan Alice Wilson was born oct the 1st 1851

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Martha A. Burris born June the 12th 1862

Sarah C. Corder born September the 11th . . 1864

Daisy E. Wilson born December the 8. 1877

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DEATHS

John Milton Wilson Died october the 15th 1834

Margaret E. Wilson died january the . 3d . . 1856

Ruth J. Wilson died August. the 14th 1856

William Wilson died October 20th 1868

Martha. Ann. Miby daughter of Tarlton and Charlotte Wilson died October 22nd 1870

Sarah Emma Wilson died October 31st 1872