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Isaac and Frances Ann Molock Bible and Photographs

1 overize box (0.75 linear feet)

(circa 1865)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2009.030
Creator(s) Molock, Isaac
Acquisition

The Isaac and Frances Ann Molock Bible and Photographs were donated to the Nabb Research Center by Keiford Jackson, 2008.
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Leslie M. Van Veen McRoberts, March 2018.
Related Materials

Keiford O. Jackson collection (circa 1860)

Family Bible Collection (1700 – 1900s)
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

Family Bible of Isaac and Frances Ann Molock, African American farmers from Dorchester County, Maryland. Published in 1865, the Bible contains handwritten pages that notate the birth, marriage, and death records of their children and ancestors from 1858-1885. Eventually, the Bible passed through the hands of their descendants, to a grandson, Clarence Molock, who was a scholar, educator and preacher, who eventually handed it to his grandson, donor Keiford Jackson. In addition to the Bible, four digital photographic images of original charcoal portraits of Frances Molock, Emma Jane Holland Farrare, Nancy Mitchell Young, and William Henry Clay Young, depict African Americans in a post-Civil War era.

Biographical History

Isaac (circa 1832-1885) and Frances Nichols Molock (1838-1923), were wed in 1858, their union produced four children, Ephraim, Mary, Isaac, and Martin. During the 1860s, Isaac was working as a farmer in Drawbridge, Dorchester County, Maryland when the Civil War broke out. He toiled the land until his death. Their descendant, Clarence Molock (1883-1946), who was a scholar, educator, and preacher passed the Bible to his descendant, Keiford Jackson.

Arrangement Statement

Photographs are digital images only; they have been cataloged in Past Perfect, 2009.030.001 - .004.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Genealogy
    • Molock Family
    • African American History
  • Location Terms
    • Dorchester County (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

1.      Bible, Molock Family, circa 1865

 

Digital Images

1.      William Henry Clay Young (?-1912)

2.      Nancy Mitchell Young (?-1902)

3.      Frances Nichols Molock (1838-1923)

4.      Emma Jane Holland Farrare (?-1900)

Artifacts

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Attachments

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