Beulah Wiley Franks
Grant County Coordinator, KY/ALHN

Buford Rice Family Bible
Published by N. & G. Guilford and
Morgan and Sankey, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1830
From the files of Mable Conrad Walden

Marriages:

Buford Rice to Elizabeth B. Tinsley, April 3, 1828
Lewis Rice to Mary Rogers, November 27, 1854
Lucy A. Rice to Johnnie W. Carpenter, February 9, 1882
Wm. J. Carpenter to Lucy A. Carpenter, December 24, 1895

Births:

Buford Rice, March 10, 1807
Elizabeth B. Tinsley, July 16, 1810
Benjamine H. Rice, their son, September 30, 1829
Lewis Rice, their son, January 17, 1832
Mary Rogers Rice, wife of Lewis, June 2, 1832
Charles B. H. Rice, son of Lewis and Mary, September 26, 1855
Lucy Ann Rice, daughter of Lewis and Mary, October 23, 1866
Johnnie W. Carpenter, September 16, 1862
Benjamin Rice, born December 4, 1768, died February 4, 1833
age 64 years and 2 months.
Elizabeth Rice, his wife, born February 11, 1767, died
September 10, 1850, age 83 years and 5 months.
Bennie L. Carpenter, son of Johnnie W. and Lucy, April 14, 1883
R. Woodford Carpenter, son of Johnnie W. and Lucy, July 13, 1885
Johnnie B. Carpenter, daughter of Johnnie and Lucy, July 8, 1868
Mary Alice Carpenter, daughter of Wm. J. and Lucy, September 28, 1896

Deaths:

Benjamin H. Rice, March 20, 1833, aged 3 years, 3 months, 20 days.
Buford Rice, May 13, 1856, age 49 years, 2 months, 3 days.
Charles Benjamine H. Rice, son of Lewis and Mary,
May 9, 1863, age 7 years, 7 months, 12 days.
Elizabeth B. Rice, August 11, 1874, age 67 years, 1 month, 25 days.
Johnnie W. Carpenter, June 5, 1888, age 25 years, 8 months, 20 days.
Mary Rogers Rice, April 23, 1883, age 60 years, 10 months, 21 days.


Footnote: Buford Rice was sent to the Salem Association of
Predestinaran Baptist, July 13, 1856. He was a Baptist preacher.

In the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Kentucky, John L. Helm, Governor of said Commonwealth.To all who
shall see these Presents, Greetings, Know Ye that Louis Rice having
been duly elected First Lieutenant in the 120th Regiment, 27th Brigade
of Militia of this State. I hereby invest him with full power and authority
to execute and discharge the duties of the same, and take rank as such
from the 31st day of January
1852 and to continue in office during the
time prescribed by law. In Testimony Whereof I have caused these letters

to be made patent and the seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto
affixed. Done at Frankfort the 22nd day of December in the year of our
Lord 1851, and the 60th year of our Commonwealth.

JOHN L. HELM
C. W. Finnell, Secretary of State

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