Connie, I have no hesitancy about posting what I know in a public place like this. I have done a fair amount of searching GA records, but I am quite delinquent about organizing the material. I will try to write up some puzzle pieces as I can. This is something I need to do for my own benfit. I am slow. On sharing: a few years ago I sent my data file to a cousin on my mother's side of the family with the instruction that it should be treated as unreliable. Recently I did a search for Beaty on Rootsweb and there I found some of my Beaty data. The main clue is that it contained some of my guesses, and even one family link which I had just made up. I had funny and uninteresting reasons for recording this incorrect information. The lesson I learned is that I should be very careful about posting guesses. One of my activities of a few years ago was to assemble an index to all the Beatys in the US in 1850. The information was derived from published records. We got permision to distribute this database to members of BP-2000. I think it would be within the copyright restrictions to send it to you if you are interested. At one time or another I have looked at most of these families in the Archives microfilm, but I didn't make good notes. One of my projects is to review this data and make a better record. I have identified 62 families named Beaty, or with names which might have been spelling variations. Pulaski County had A.D. Baity and James Beaty. Georgia had several Beatys named William and Thomas, and even a few Nancys. My well-identified ancestor in 1850 Georgia was James Batey of DeKalb County. Relatively recently I found that by 1860 James and family had moved to Tischomingo County Mississippi. It took so long to track him because the widely distributed census index had left him out. I finally found a different index. More later, --Earl Beaty Boulder Colorado ----- Original Message ----- From: <Chb122154@aol.com> To: <BEATY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:31 PM Subject: [BEATY] Beaty's In Georgia > Earl: > > In response to your reply: > > "I am replying on the list with the expectation that others might wish to > join the discussion. If you would like to review the details of what we > have, I would be pleased to do so either on or off the list." > > Yes, I would like to see what you have. I am also willing to share this on > the list. I have been under the assumption that I am looking for a man > named Thomas Beaty, with wife supposedly named Nancy Brantley. However, I > spoke with a 78 year old Beaty cousin this weekend for the first time and he > seemed to think the man I am looking for might be William Andrew Beaty, with > no name for the wife. Supposedly this man was approx. 50 years old at the > time his son, Thomas Jefferson Beaty was born in 1819 (Lowndes Co. GA > according to his Confederate Pension Application). I am posting below the > old search request I have been using to see if any of it might fit into your > puzzle. Let me know if you find a Thomas Beaty or a William Beaty around > the time of 1750 - 1819 in any of your other puzzle pieces. > > Thanks, > Connie Beaty > Gainesville, FL > (See below) > > Previous research request: > Searching for info on Thomas Beaty, Pulaski County, Georgia prior to 1824. > Supposedly married to a Nancy Brantley. Left 2 orphan children, Andrew D. & > Thomas J. Beaty. > > Found guardianship listing on internet for Pulaski Co. 6 Jul 1824: Darling > JONES, guardian of Andrew D. Beaty and Thomas J. Beaty. Mary Jones and Haas > Jones sec. for $3,000. Also found this printed in a book in the Huxford > Genealogy Library in Homerville, GA. > > We think the children are Andrew Decatur Beaty (married Margaret Bembry)and > Thomas Jefferson Beaty (married Charity Frier) who later moved to Hamilton > Co., FL>Madison Co., FL. Thomas Jefferson Beaty also went to Hillsborough > Co.,FL > > We have also recently found a handwritten note in some old papers/photos > written by Thomas Jefferson Beaty's daughter. She said she thought he and > his brother were orphans, however then went on to say that his mother > remarried a man by the name of "Jones" and that she thought they had a son by > the name of Sam Jones. We wonder if Darling Jones, guardian of the 2 > orphaned Beaty children also became their step-father? I am also assuming > from a few things I have read on that part of the historical times that if > children lost their father, even if the mother was still living, they were > still considered to be orphans. > > I have not made a trip to Pulaski County yet, but hope to sometime in the > Spring. I have looked the internet "up and down" and so far have not > found anything on Thomas Beaty (father) or Nancy Brantley (mother) - at least > not that I recognize. I am assuming that Thomas Beaty (father) should be > buried somewhere in Pulaski County since the guardianship was in that county. > I haven't found much either on Darling Jones or Nancy Brantley Beaty > Jones. I also am not sure of the name Brantley as her maiden name. All I > have to go on is something someone told me that had also been looking. I > have no documentation on this. As far as the internet goes, its like these > people never existed. I have seen quite a few Beaty listings of people in > Georgia through the phone number lookups, but there are way too many to call > without first trying to narrow down people who might be descendants. > > The little bit I have found has suggested that the children were born in > Pulaski Co., however, I have a copy of Thomas Jefferson Beaty's Confederate > Pension Application in which he states that he was born in Lowndes Co. GA. > > > > > > > ==== BEATY Mailing List ==== > "We gaze up at the same stars, the sky covers us all, the same universe > encompasses us. What does it matter what practical system we adopt in > our search for the truth? Not by one avenue alone can we arrive at so > tremendous a secret." > -Symmachus, 384 C.E. > Check out the archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Beaty > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

I am researching the Beaty's from Delkalb Co also, thanks Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl Beaty" <ecbeaty@home.com> To: <BEATY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 3:26 AM Subject: Re: [BEATY] Beaty's In Georgia > Connie, > > I have no hesitancy about posting what I know in a public place like this. > I have done a fair amount of searching GA records, but I am quite delinquent > about organizing the material. I will try to write up some puzzle pieces as > I can. This is something I need to do for my own benfit. I am slow. > > On sharing: a few years ago I sent my data file to a cousin on my mother's > side of the family with the instruction that it should be treated as > unreliable. Recently I did a search for Beaty on Rootsweb and there I found > some of my Beaty data. The main clue is that it contained some of my > guesses, and even one family link which I had just made up. I had funny and > uninteresting reasons for recording this incorrect information. The lesson > I learned is that I should be very careful about posting guesses. > > One of my activities of a few years ago was to assemble an index to all the > Beatys in the US in 1850. The information was derived from published > records. We got permision to distribute this database to members of > BP-2000. I think it would be within the copyright restrictions to send it > to you if you are interested. At one time or another I have looked at most > of these families in the Archives microfilm, but I didn't make good notes. > One of my projects is to review this data and make a better record. I have > identified 62 families named Beaty, or with names which might have been > spelling variations. Pulaski County had A.D. Baity and James Beaty. > Georgia had several Beatys named William and Thomas, and even a few Nancys. > > My well-identified ancestor in 1850 Georgia was James Batey of DeKalb > County. Relatively recently I found that by 1860 James and family had moved > to Tischomingo County Mississippi. It took so long to track him because the > widely distributed census index had left him out. I finally found a > different index. > > More later, > > --Earl Beaty > Boulder Colorado > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Chb122154@aol.com> > To: <BEATY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:31 PM > Subject: [BEATY] Beaty's In Georgia > > > > Earl: > > > > In response to your reply: > > > > "I am replying on the list with the expectation that others might wish to > > join the discussion. If you would like to review the details of what we > > have, I would be pleased to do so either on or off the list." > > > > Yes, I would like to see what you have. I am also willing to share this > on > > the list. I have been under the assumption that I am looking for a man > > named Thomas Beaty, with wife supposedly named Nancy Brantley. However, I > > spoke with a 78 year old Beaty cousin this weekend for the first time and > he > > seemed to think the man I am looking for might be William Andrew Beaty, > with > > no name for the wife. Supposedly this man was approx. 50 years old at > the > > time his son, Thomas Jefferson Beaty was born in 1819 (Lowndes Co. GA > > according to his Confederate Pension Application). I am posting below the > > old search request I have been using to see if any of it might fit into > your > > puzzle. Let me know if you find a Thomas Beaty or a William Beaty around > > the time of 1750 - 1819 in any of your other puzzle pieces. > > > > Thanks, > > Connie Beaty > > Gainesville, FL > > (See below) > > > > Previous research request: > > Searching for info on Thomas Beaty, Pulaski County, Georgia prior to 1824. > > Supposedly married to a Nancy Brantley. Left 2 orphan children, Andrew D. > & > > Thomas J. Beaty. > > > > Found guardianship listing on internet for Pulaski Co. 6 Jul 1824: Darling > > JONES, guardian of Andrew D. Beaty and Thomas J. Beaty. Mary Jones and > Haas > > Jones sec. for $3,000. Also found this printed in a book in the Huxford > > Genealogy Library in Homerville, GA. > > > > We think the children are Andrew Decatur Beaty (married Margaret > Bembry)and > > Thomas Jefferson Beaty (married Charity Frier) who later moved to Hamilton > > Co., FL>Madison Co., FL. Thomas Jefferson Beaty also went to Hillsborough > > Co.,FL > > > > We have also recently found a handwritten note in some old papers/photos > > written by Thomas Jefferson Beaty's daughter. She said she thought he > and > > his brother were orphans, however then went on to say that his mother > > remarried a man by the name of "Jones" and that she thought they had a son > by > > the name of Sam Jones. We wonder if Darling Jones, guardian of the 2 > > orphaned Beaty children also became their step-father? I am also assuming > > from a few things I have read on that part of the historical times that > if > > children lost their father, even if the mother was still living, they were > > still considered to be orphans. > > > > I have not made a trip to Pulaski County yet, but hope to sometime in the > > Spring. I have looked the internet "up and down" and so far have not > > found anything on Thomas Beaty (father) or Nancy Brantley (mother) - at > least > > not that I recognize. I am assuming that Thomas Beaty (father) should > be > > buried somewhere in Pulaski County since the guardianship was in that > county. > > I haven't found much either on Darling Jones or Nancy Brantley Beaty > > Jones. I also am not sure of the name Brantley as her maiden name. All > I > > have to go on is something someone told me that had also been looking. I > > have no documentation on this. As far as the internet goes, its like > these > > people never existed. I have seen quite a few Beaty listings of people > in > > Georgia through the phone number lookups, but there are way too many to > call > > without first trying to narrow down people who might be descendants. > > > > The little bit I have found has suggested that the children were born in > > Pulaski Co., however, I have a copy of Thomas Jefferson Beaty's > Confederate > > Pension Application in which he states that he was born in Lowndes Co. GA. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BEATY Mailing List ==== > > "We gaze up at the same stars, the sky covers us all, the same universe > > encompasses us. What does it matter what practical system we adopt in > > our search for the truth? Not by one avenue alone can we arrive at so > > tremendous a secret." > > -Symmachus, 384 C.E. > > Check out the archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Beaty > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > ==== BEATY Mailing List ==== > "We gaze up at the same stars, the sky covers us all, the same universe > encompasses us. What does it matter what practical system we adopt in > our search for the truth? Not by one avenue alone can we arrive at so > tremendous a secret." > -Symmachus, 384 C.E. > Check out the archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Beaty > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >