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I’m looking for information on the Beasley family. My Beasley ancestors are from Caroline County, Virginia. All I know is that they are Indian. This is as much information as I’m able to get from my father’s side of the family. I noticed that two other’s have the Beasley surname besides me on this site. Thank you ahead of time.
Coheelady:)
My Beasleys were in the same general area as yours, just a tad further inland, living in Orange and Spotsylvania counties. Which Beasley are you descended from ?
On my mother’s side, I have Sarah Beasley married to William Penn Satterfield….. both were born around 1824, maybe Person co NC. I haven’t done any work on this line but I’ll see what I can find.
Thank you both for replying. I don’t have any dates in front of me, only names. Working forward here is what I have:
CECIL D. ANDREWS SR. Married RUBIE D. FULLER
CECIL D. ANDREWS JR. (THIS CECIL MAY BE NOT BE A JR., MAY BE THE SAME PERSON AS ABOVE, JUST MARRIED TWICE) Married SARAH LOUISE BEASLEY (FATHER OF SARAH: HENRY C. BEASLEY)
BLANCHE I. ANDREWS Married NATHAN YOUNG SR. (THEIR SON NATHAN YOUNG JR. IS MY BIOLOGICAL FATHER)
All of the people above are from Caroline County, Virginia.
Thank you all,
Coheelady
I spent the night reading and taking notes on every reference to Beasley in the 3 volume Person Co Heritage Series. All info in books would need to be checked with records but this is some idea of what I found.
Lizzie Wagstaff married Joe Ben Beasley of Louisburg NC (no date)
BB (Jack) Strum married on 4/14/1932 Hazel Hendricks Beasley, daughter of Tempe Williamson and Robert Marsh Beasley, formerly of Louisburg, NC.
Joseph Edwin Montague was born 1878. His daughter, Rosa, married J. Beasley of Dunn, NC.
Earliest mention of a Beasley landowner in Person co…. in 1835 Garrett R. Tingen purchased in Person co 100 acres from Robert Beasley on Mayo Ck.
Cary A. Brooks ( 1/25/1853- 3/4/1929) married 12/18/1878 Harriette Beasley ( 9/19/1858- 3/29/1890)
Paul Taylor Stephens married 9/12/1894 Harriet Walker Moore (10/26/1872- 11/6/1953) daughter of James William Moore and Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Beasley of Person Co.
Edith Allison married Reefers Beasley about 1920. Her sister, Rosa Lee married Hassell L. Newton.
My Sarah was born 1823 or 1824……. that would suggest that she married William Penn Satterfield about 1844. Robert Beasley married Nancy Satterfield…… sister to William Penn. Is Robert brother to Sarah? Is he the Robert who sold land to Tingen in 1835?
Dreaminghawk,
Robert Beasley was the only Beasley in Person Co in 1840 and 1850. Since your Sarah marr’d Wm.P. Satterfield in 1843, she may be Robert’s dau (see below).
In 1850, he’s 55, b.NC, & marr’d to “Nancy, 35, NC” with children Mary E., 4; Harriett S., 3.
Next door to Robert in 1850, is:
John F. Beasley, 23, NC; with Alice, 20, NC; Otho (?), 2, male, NC.
In 1840, the oldest female in Robert’s household is in her 30s, so Nancy is probably his 2nd wife.
Robert and John Beasley’s 1850 neighbors include:
John Hicks, 74.
Levi Hicks, 34.
Nathan Oakley, 35.
Major Davis, 54.
John Bumpass, 59. (wife Nancy, 46, and dau Nancy, 23 + 8 more kids.)
Standford Bumpass, 37.
William Philpot, 60.
John Curtis, 32. (wife Martha, 23; with Major BASS, 17, & Abram BASS, 10, living with them.)
Barnett Oakley, 39.
Susan Moore, 86.
John Davis, 33.
David Hughs, 24.
Michael Cash, 70.
Matthew Howel, 29.
John Bumpass, 21.
William E. Oakley, 45.
Sterling Oakley, 42.
Dempsey Brooks, 58.
Robert Harris, 45.
William H. Morgan, 39.
Sarah Turner, 40.
Nicholson (?) Jones, 50.
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Bill
My Sarah was born 1823 or 1824……. that would suggest that she married William Penn Satterfield about 1844. Robert Beasley married Nancy Satterfield…… sister to William Penn
So Robert quite likely was Sarah’s father……. he had land in Person co prior to 1835 based on sale info……. and he probably married William Penn’s older sister as his second wife…… but she’s not Sarah’s mother.
I’m gonna try to map out where some of these farms were in relation to each other…… Robert Beasley’s land is several miles east of Moriah. I’ve just located some maps from 1700s and 1800s with creek names and mill and church locations. I’ll play with that this winter. Thanks again for the info.
peace
Ken
I took a shot at discovering where Robert Beasley came from but couldn’t locate him earlier. NC Beasleys are scattered and the only concentrations seem to be in Wake and Craven counties but that may be an illusion.
Bill
Well, Ken, no sooner than I posted the above, a Wilburn cousin came thru with a rootsweb.com site that may hold some interest for you.
[Note: The bondsman for the Sarah Beasley + William Satterfield marriage was Stephen B Pleas, which may be Stephen Beasley, horrendously transcribed. Stephen Beasley’s Will in Granville Co., NC, mentions sons including Robert. Don’t know if this is the same Robert. Once at the link below, look up on the top for a line of links, including Wills and once there, scroll down and click on Stephen Beasley’s name.]
Grandville County Oaths of Allegiance, includes many names you’re looking for/at as well as a couple of my Wilburns and other peoples Potter, Carter, Boling and many more :
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgranvi/OathOfAllegiance/oathofallegiance-pg177-179.htm#top
A cleaner starting page for the Grandville Co. NC Oaths of Allegiances – also links for Wills and Deeds :
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgranvi/OathOfAllegiance/oath-of-allegiance.htm
which puts you at the Index page –
click on the “8/30/03” listing for a more complete “Oaths” listing than the link I posted in the other message.
Names of note other than the ones Ken was looking for :
Lewis COLLINS, 8 BASS guys, 4 CHILES, 3 WILBURN, an ALLISON & 2 MOSS.
click on the “8/24/03” listing for “Knap of Reeds School Census” showing the children’s names and their parents names.
Bill
The link posted above for Granville Co., NC Oaths of Allegiance is a little long and doesn’t appear to want to “fit” here. Looks like you’ll have to re-type it into your browser.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgranvi/OathOfAllegiance/
(no break, keep typin’ !)
oath-of-allegiance.htm
Bill
Bill:
I still did not find your URL until I did a Google search. I think it should have dashes in the first “Oath of Allegiance, too” i.e.
rootsweb.com/~ncgranvi/Oath-Of-Allegiance/oath-of-allegiance
Correct? I even have couple of these names.
Cindy
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