The following is an exact transcription of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of Virginia Historical Inventory

Researched by: Margaret Jeffries, Culpeper, Virginia
December 8, 1937

1. SUBJECT: The Bywaters Family Bible

2. LOCATION: On Bywaters' Farm, .5 mile east of Korea, Virginia, on Route #626, thence south through gate on private road .7 mile.

3. DATE: 1884

4. OWNERS: H. L. Bywaters

5. DESCRIPTION: This bible is in perfect condition. It measures twelve and one half inches in length, and ten inches wide and four inches thick, and is leather bound. It is printed in parallel columns, with concordance and the Apocrypha.

6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This bible was printed in Philadelphia, by A. J. Holman Company in 1884. The inscriptions are as follows:

Robert F. BYWATERS was born November 5, 1825

E. R. BYWATERS was born January 3, 1822

William L. BROWNING was born June 1, 1820

Margaret A. BROWNING was born April 8, 1827

B. F. BYWATERS was born October 13, 1848

Annie L. BROWNING, his wife was born January 24, 1848

Hugh L. BYWATERS, son of B. F. and Annie M. BYWATERS was born December 3, 1871

Bessie M. BYWATERS, daughter of B. F .and Annie M. BYWATERS was born April 30, 1873

William F. BYWATERS, son of B. F. and Annie M. BYWATERS was born September 12, 1874

William F. BYWATERS, son of Hugh L. and Neva BYWATERS was born August 15, 1901

Mary E. BYWATERS, daughter of Hugh L. and Neva BYWATERS was born July 19, 1903

Lucy M. BYWATERS, daughter of H. L. and Neva BYWATERS was born July 20, 1905

Hugh Doyle BYWATERS, was born March 12, 1911

Annie Laurie BYWATERS, was born May 25, 1907

Charles Franklin CLEMENT, son of Mary and Roland CLEMENT, was born July 4, 1924

B. F. BYWATERS and Annie M. BROWNING, at Monmouth the 24th day of November 1870 in the presence of many witnesses
Signed: B. Grimsley

Hugh L. BYWATERS and Neva DOYLE were married November 8, 1900

Mary BYWATERS, daughter of Hugh L. and Neva BYWATERS, and Roland CLEMENT were married August 13, 1923

William L. BROWNING died October 9, 1877

E. R. BYWATERS died July 2, 1880

Margaret A. BROWNING died August 31, 1886

Silas H. BROWNING died October 19, 1889

R. F. BYWATERS, father of B. F. BYWATERS, died March 14, 1895

William F. BYWATERS, son of A. M. BYWATERS and B. F. BYWATERS died December 15, 1906

B. F. BYWATERS died November 24, 1922

Anna M. BYWATERS died March 5, 1924

7. ART:

8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: The Bible itself.