Inscription Type
Marginalia
Inscription Contained Within
Virginia. A Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of a Public and Permanent Nature as to have Passed since the Session of 1801. Vol. 2. (Richmond, Va., 1808)
Call number: KFV 2430 1808 A2 V.2 copy 9
Publication Date of Volume
1808
Location in Volume
Rear Flyleaf
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Description
John Wynn was born March 14th 1783
Olivia his wife May 25th 1792
There children--
William P. Wynn […] 21 1811
Manerva Wynn Oct. 12th 1813
Sophia Wynn January 25th 1814
Patey Wynn January 18th 1816
Mariah [...] Wynn was born Decem 21, 1819
John [...] Wynn 24 March
James M. Wynn was born January 21, 1822
Emaly Elizabeth Wynn was born June 8th 1824
Olivia Wynn was born March 23 1826
Armour Lavassa
Elvira
Peter
In the eighteenth and nineteenth century, families often kept birth records such as the Wynn family records depicted here. Family records were often kept in Bibles, reflecting the sentiment that sacred events such as births or marriages should be recorded in a sacred space. It is worth noting that the Wynn family kept their records in the Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia. The choice may have reflected their understanding of important events through the lens of the law.