Les, Yes, in my research I also found that DeKalb was formed from part of Cannon & Smith counties. I don't believe 1784 James moved; he ended up being in DeKalb because the county lines were redrawn. I've heard of a 450 p. manuscript that was written by Edgar which had info about Owen, Ledbetter & Fite, as well as Beaty names. Is that the paper you are referring to? Gerri On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:00 AM, <bp2000-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Lineage of Joseph Beatty (Les Beaty) > 2. Re: Lineage of Joseph Beatty (Les Beaty) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:05:16 -0700 > From: Les Beaty <lbeaty@q.com> > Subject: Re: [BP2000] Lineage of Joseph Beatty > To: <bp2000@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP1396953A25C938AF8040797C3090@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Gerri, > > I don't believe a lineage number has been assigned to this lineage. I have > a January 1998 paper written by Edgar Beaty of Murfreesboro, TN, containing > the results of his research into his ancestry back to Joseph Beatty. > > Because of my interest in all NC Beaty lineages, I talked on the phone with > Edgar and his daughter Helen in 2005. At that time, he was in a nursing > home. I encouraged Helen to submit the lineage to BP-2000 and also to > obtain a DNA sample from her father for our DNA project. To my knowledge, > she did neither. > > Unfortunately, Edgar's paper contains some significant errors and > ill-conceived assumptions. For example, he states, "The Beatys are of > Scottish descent of the Clan of McBeth." This statement is followed by the > statement, "However, no documentary evidence is available to link Joseph to > Scotland." Statements like these cast some doubt on other information > presented in his paper. None-the-less, here is his lineage, in brief. > > Joseph Beatty, b. abt 1757-58, d. 2 March 1834. Born in New Hanover Co., > NC. Moved to Duplin Co., NC by 1772 when he married Anna Wilson. Edgar > doesn't say where Joseph died. > > Joseph's son James, b. 1784 in Duplin Co., NC. Prior to 1803, James moved > to Mecklenburg Co., NC. James married Esther Owen there in 1803. Sometime > before 1808, James and Esther moved to Smith Co., TN. > > So, his lineage looks like this: > > Joseph Beatty (1757/58 - 2 Mar 1834) m. Anna Wilson (13 Jan 1761 - 25 Jan > 1840) > ....James Beaty (9 Feb 1784 - 1855) m. Esther Owen (1784 - 1857) > ........James Beaty (1804/10 - 1833/40) m. Unknown > ............John Baty (1833 - ?) m. Harriet (1833 - ?) > ................Daniel Gramison Baty (1857 - 1928) m. Tennessee Vantrease > (1854/62 - ?) > ....................John Wesley Beaty (17 Dec 1877 - 13 Dec 1928) m. > Pearlee Ledbetter (7 Feb 1878 - 15 May 1970) > > Edgar places these descendants in DeKalb Co., TN but he doesn't say who > arrived there when. > > I suggested to Helen that there was perhaps a connection between her > lineage > and L-442 John and Arven Beaty of Mecklenburg Co., NC. However, by 2005, > Edgar's research days were clearly over and I don't think Helen had the > same > interest. So, nothing came of it. > > I have noticed that some have mentioned our L-41 Joseph Beaty of > Mecklenburg > County as possibly having a connection to Edgar's lineage. Genetically, > L-41 is closely related to our L20, L98, etc. (the Francis Group). (or, > the Nick subgroup in our DNA table). Unfortunately, we do not have DNA > samples from either L-442 or from Edgar's lineage, so we don't know how, or > if, they are related. > > Perhaps someone will pick up on one of the names mentioned above in TN and > make a connection. > > Les Beaty, L-20 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:55:29 -0700 > From: Les Beaty <lbeaty@q.com> > Subject: Re: [BP2000] Lineage of Joseph Beatty > To: <bp2000@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP206C155BF77086B738A15AEC3090@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Gerri, > > For what it's worth, I did a little checking and found that DeKalk Co., TN > was created in 1838 (proposed in 1837). It was a small county created in > an > area which was part of Smith County in 1804. That could explain the > references to DeKalb County. > > Les > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the BP2000 list administrator, send an email to > BP2000-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BP2000 mailing list, send an email to > BP2000@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BP2000-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of BP2000 Digest, Vol 6, Issue 5 > ************************************ >