Conaway's Bible has loose covers. His name is written on the inside of the front cover, but no other annotations appear there. The name on the front cover is written in a different handwriting than the entries in the family record of the book. The title page reads, "Philadelphia: Published by Jesper Harding,/No. 57 South Third Street/J. Harding, Printer, 1847"

The transcription includes line returns and punctuation as it appears in the Bible. Any text in italics, or inside squared brackets, are notes added by the York County Historical Association for clarification.

Marriages
The first page contains marriages and one column of births. This page appears to be written by the same person, and at the same time with possible exceptions of Conaway's second marriage and the last birth record on the page. The entry for Conaway's second marriage has a similar handwriting. However, the ink is ever so slightly lighter in color, the wording varies in style, and there are minor variances in how the numbers and letters are formed which may indicate that it was written at a different time and possibly by a different person.

Births
The first page of records contains marriages and one column of births. This page appears to be written by the same person, with the exception of Conaway's second marriage and the last birth record on the page (Joseph 1849). Joseph's entry was written with slightly larger lettering and appears to be written at a different time. There are some minor handwritting variances, such as the the style of the number one in the years, but when that variance occurs there are other characters within the entry that match to previous entries, leading one to believe that they were written by the same person who had minor variantions in style. The second page of records contains one column of births and the deaths. The births appear to be written individually at different times. The first three (twins and Thomas) look like they were written by the same person. The next two (Albert and stillborn) appear to be written by the same person, but in a different time than the previous ones. And, the last two (Effie and Ann) look like they were written by the same person, but someone different than the one who wrote the first five entries. See notes under "deaths" for additional comments on authors.

Catharine Lucas was born
September 26th 1821.

Sarah Ann Pence daughter
of Conaway Pence and Cath=
=arine his wife was born
August 7th 1837.

Eve Pence was born Jan
31st 1842.

Elizabeth Pence was born
Jan 18th 1840.

Myrtilla Pence was born
March 5th 1844.

Allen Pence was born June
9th 1847

Joseph Pence was born
August 19th 1849.

Two Girls (twins) was born
September 3rd 1851

Arabella Pence was born May
the 17th 1853.

Thomas Pence was born Janua
the 15th 1855.

Albert Pence was born Tuesday
the 6th day of March AD 1860.

Infant daughter (dead) Born Tuesday
the 17th day of September AD 1861.
[The word "Infant" has been lined out.]

Effie Pence was born Thursday
the 19th day of November
AD 1863.

Ann Elizabeth Snapp was
born May 29th A.D. 1840.

Deaths
The second page of records contains one column of births and the deaths. The deaths appear to be written individually and at different times. The first three entries (Elizabeth to Thomas) look as if they were written by the same person — probably the same person who wrote the first three birth records on this page. The next two, Catharine and Eve, were written by the same person — probably the same one who made the birth entries for Albert and the stillborn. The death records of Myrtilla and Conaway were written by the same person — probably the same one who made the birth entries for Effie and Ann. The last entry, for Allen, is in a handwriting that doesn't appear anywhere else in the book.

Two infants (twin girls)
died September 3rd 1851.

Thomas Pence died July
the 21st 1855.

Catharine Pence departed this
life Sunday the 8th day of March
at 2. Oclock P.M. A.D. 1857.

Eve Pence departed this life wedns=
=day the 21st day of October at 9. Ocl=
=ock P.M. A.D. 1857.

Myrtilla Pence departed this
life Wednesday 7th day of
January AD 1863.

Conaway Pence departed this
life Monday 27th day of
July. A.D. 1863.

Allen Pence Departed
this life April 24, 1893