2018-11-12 file created 2020-05-03 file updated 2020-05-04 file updated Description of Pace Bible from Auburn University by Ron Vincent ----------------------------- If you should order a photocopy of the Pace Family Bible from the library of Auburn University, the following is what you will receive. I have numbered these "Page-xxx" for the convenience of this description of their contents. IN MY OPINION THERE IS VERY LITTLE OF HISTORIC OR GENEALOGICAL IMPORTANCE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT. IF YOU ORDER IT THINKING YOU'LL RECEIVE AGES OLD HISTORIC PACE FAMILY DOCUMENTS YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. SEE "Page-002" BELOW FOR DETAILS. Page-001 1973-06-11 Letter from Waights G. Henry, Jr., Pres. LaGrange College, Lagrange, GA to Mr. William E. Dillard of Savannah in response to a 1973-06-02 letter from Mr. Dillard. You'll find William Edward Dillard and Elizabeth Marshall Pace's family on page 31 of the Pace Bible (enclosed, see below). NOTE: the page numbers of the Bible are different than the page numbers of these scanned images. Page-002 1992-02-24 Clipping from an article in a college newspaper showing the presentation of the Pace Bible to the Auburn University Library. This article has the only mention of the Bible's print date (1860). It states that "The Bible, published in 1860 and part of the Pace family since then, chronicles in the words of family members their relatives since 1622." This is a very misleading statement. There are only 4 pages scanned from the actual 1860 Bible. These document dates of vital statistics of John and Sarah Pace from their marriage in 1858 (including earlier births) to the late 1800s. Nothing of early Pace history is included but resources that are widely available elsewhere. There is nothing original in the Bible including the story of Chanco the Indian. Page-003 1991-08-09 Proclamation by Gov. Guy Hunt of "Pace Family Bible Day" on 1991-08-24. Most pages are 8-1/2 by 11 inches. This one is 8-1/2 by 14. Page-004 1991-08-24 bulletin for the above presentation at Pike Pioneer Museum in Troy, AL. Page-005 1991-08-24 Invitation to the above (sorry it's turned sideways). Funny that Pace Family attendees had to RSVP and pay for their own meals but they did get free admission to the museum. The invitation was sent by William E. Dillard, Jr. Page-006 1991-08-28 Clipping from Pike County Living. This news article appears to show the original Bible. This article was clipped at the bottom. The other part was not included in the photocopies I received from the Auburn University Library. This copy was sent to me by the Auburn University Library as an 11 by 14, too large to scan on my scanner. I was able to scan it as 3 images then photomerge two of them in Photoshop where they would fit onto an 8-1/2 by 11 size print. One column had to be turned sideways to fit. Page-007 to Page-047 These scans contain the Table of Contents, typed pages, 4 photocopied pages, and an addendum of the Pace Family Bible that was presented to Auburn University. Note in the scan called "Page-002" above that there's a photo of the cover of the bible after it had been rebound by Norris Bookbinding Co., Greenwood, MS (see "Page-042", Pace Bible page 41). Page-007 Table of Contents Page-008 Dedication Page-009 & 010 These are Pace Bible pages 2 & 3. The title says this is (a letter?) "From Margaret Pace Farmer to her nephew, William E. Dillard, Jr., in 1985." This briefly tells of the Pace Bible and its contents as it must have appeared in 1985. Page-011 Etching of St. Dunstan's Church in London. Page-012 (Pace page 5) This is a 1971-09-14 Letter from Society of Genealogists, London, to Mrs. E.K. Barnett, Montgomery, AL about the recorded marriage of Richard Pace and Isabell Smyth at St. Dunstans. Page-013-015 are also about St. Dunstans. Page-016-017 Pace's Paines sign and Chanco sign in Virginia Page-018 Assumed Pace Coat of Arms Page-019 Creek Stand homestead Page-020 Undated photos of Sarah Dawkins and John William Pace Page-021 The caption says "Creekstand Persons and Dates Unknown" but the same photo is included in the National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form (see below). In this later copy of the same photo the caption on the back says this is an Autumn 1896 photo that includes the infant Annie Louise Lloyd, born in 1895, whose son Mr. Pat H. Perry, Jr. (born 1919) "greatly facilitated the obtainment of documents, photographs and other pertinent data during the course of countless interviews from 1984 to 1988." It does not mention who did the interviewing. Page-022 The caption says "Creekstand Persons and Dates Unknown" but the same photo is included in the National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form (see below). In this later copy of the same photo the caption on the back says the girl on the horse is Annie Louise Lloyd and was taken about 1906. Page-023-024 Historic photos and documents of Troy State University, Creekstand, and the birthplace of Sarah Collier Pace. Page-025 Scan of an invitation to the 1893 wedding of Sarah Collier to Matthew Downer Pace. Page-026 An undated clipping, perhaps a scan from a book, about "Prof. M.D. Pace" of Troy State University. Page-027-28 More about Troy State with M.D. Pace as president. Page-029-032 (Pace Bible pages 22-25) An address given by Gov. Lucien Gardner honoring Dr. M. Downer Pace after his death. Page-033 Photos of Professor Pace, his wife, their residence, and Pace Hall, named in his honor at Troy State. Page-033 Memories of Professor Pace by his daughter, Margaret Pace Farmer. Page-035-38 (Pace Bible pages 28, 31, 34-35; pages 29-30 32-33 were missing) Pace Family genealogy. NOTE: Several numbered pages were missing from the photocopies sent to me from the Auburn University Library. Page-038-040 (Pace Bible pages 38-39) An historical sketch of Alabama, no date and no author. Page-041 Early map of Alabama Page-042 (Pace Bible page 41) Acknowledgements. This is the last numbered, typewritten page in the Bible. This is how we know who restored and bound the Pace Family Bible as it now exists. According to this, the persons largely responsible for the historic and genealogical information were Margaret Pace Farmer, Sissy Head McKinnon, Jane Dillard Green, and John P. Shaffer, Jr. with Margaret Pace Farmer being responsible for the bulk of it. Page-043-046 Actual pages from the Bible Page-047 Addendum Page-048-088 These were sent to me as 20 two-sided pages containing the following: "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form" Besides the actual Pace Bible pages (see Page-043-046 above) and the Pace Family genealogy pages (Page-035-038), these may be the most historically significant pages the Auburn University Library sent. This Inventory-Nomination Form must be what was sent in application for Creekstand's inclusion in the National Register. It not only includes a complete description of the place but a really nice history of early Alabama as well. Page-089 A packet containing film negatives of Creekstand dated 1988-08-20, the reverse side side says "finis coronat opus" which, according to Google Translate, is Latin for "the end crowns the work." Wikipedia says this originated from Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), a Roman poet who lived about the time of Jesus Christ. Page-090-106 The final 16 pages are correspondence from 1988-09-28 until 1989-05-03 which document the effort to obtain placement in the National Register for Creekstand in Macon County, AL. The owners renamed the place "Lyanceaux" in 1984.