RE: My James Beaty(or Baty)Diane, A small number of Beaty families arrived in NC very early, and they have produced a very large number of progeny. Because I am not sure that any of them are my ancestors, the focus of my research is still in Georgia. Others have been more sucessfull, and have tied some of the Beatys of Ga. to those in Nc. So far as I am concerned this is an unsoved problem, but the suggestions are strong enough that I am interested in the Beatys of Nc. A focal point of Beatys in NC is Beatties Ford, which is on the border between Lincoln and Mecklenburg counties. The actual ford is now under water, however a prominent street in Charlotte is "Beatties Ford Road". There is lots of historical information on the ford and John Beatty, who gave his name to it. Another early resident of that region was a Francis Beaty, who lived a few miles away from the ford in Rowan County. It is not clear whether or how John and Francis were related. Also it is not clear that there was not more than one John and Francis. By the time of the first census (1790), there were quite a few Beaty families in the neighborhood, probably most of them descendants of the early settlers. I did a rather careful analysis of the Beatys of the 1790 census, and found that in NC the preferred spelling was Beaty and most of them were in the neigborhood of Rowan, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, and Rutherford Counties (these are adjacent). It is quite plausible that these are mostly descendants of John, Francis, and perhaps one or two other settlers. Information on how these families are related is rather sparse. There are a bunch of people trying to sort out these families. The 1790 Beatties in other parts of the state probably are not easily related to these. You may find that, as with My James, Your James lived in several places before finally arriving in Ark. In those days travel was difficult. James was a quite common name, and it can be difficult tell one from another. Best wishes, --Earl ----- Original Message ----- From: Ingram, Dianne To: 'Earl Beaty' Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: RE: My James Beaty(or Baty) Last night we went to a geneo. meeting. The "panel" suggested I look for the 1850/60 neighbors of my James Beaty(Baty) in NC because lots of times they were related, were in business together, good friends, talked the same language, etc. Since I just found out in December that my James Beaty(Baty) was born in NC - I have not had time to investigate NC. Since you stated there were not many Beaty(Baty)'s in NC - could you tell me what county you located your Beaty's? I noticed in the area of Arkansas that I am interested in (Drew Co.) there was a Nathan and an Ashley. I borrowed some FTM cd's from a friend and I found a Adam Baty in Rutherford, NC, and a Walter L. Baty in Haywood, NC. Till later, dianne ingram in oregon