Birth Certificate of Joel (James) R. Preas
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
Department of Health
Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics
Richmond, Virginia
Transcript of a record of birth secured by the Commissioner of the Revenue between 1853 and 1896 as required by Chapter 104,
Page 846, Section 21, Code of 1873, Acts of 1852, and now in the keeping of the Virginia Division of Vital Records and Health
Statistics, in accordance with Chapter 118, Page 226, Acts of 1918.
Place of birth - County of Bedford page 100 Line No. 10
Magisterial District of ------or City of ------
Date of birth:
October 25, 1858
Name of child:
Joel R. Preas
Color: White
Sex: Male
Born alive or dead: Alive
Father's name:
Joseph Preas
Father's occupation: Farmer
Father's residence: Bedford County, Virginia
Mother's name:
Mahala Preas
Name of Person giving information of birth -------
Relation of informant to person born: Father
Commissioner of the Revenue John G. Kasey
Filed in the State Office August 1859
This is to certify that this is a true and correct reproduction or abstract of the official record filed with the Virginia Department
of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Date issued March 4, 1983 Stuart Melton
Assistant State Registrar