First of all, thanks to Joann, L4, for her help. Has anyone traced John and Margaret Montgomery Beaty? Does anyone know if their will is online, or do I need to write to the courthouse to get a copy? Karen -----Original Message----- From: bp2000-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bp2000-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joann Tortarolo Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 2:23 PM To: bp2000@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BP2000] Ancestry possible errors, Line 6 There actually is an Alexander Beaty that appears to be the son of John Beaty and Margaret Montgomery. This is found in the Washington Co., VA will and court records. However, no one, to my knowledge, has discovered what happened to the Alexander Beaty mentioned in these records. Joann Tortarolo L4 Coordinator

Hi Karen, John and Margaret Montgomery Beaty are now BP2000 lineage 2A (at one point they were considered to be the earliest known ancestors of L2 but research by Nel and many others showed this was not possible). Summary from the BP2000 lineage section: LINEAGE L2A Descendants of John Beaty [NOTE: This John & Margaret Beaty were once thought to be the parents of all the Beatys who settled about 1800 in what became Fentress Co., TN and Clinton Co., KY. Various court records prove that is not correct, but many local histories and family trees still reflect them as parents of that line.] 1 John Beaty b: Bet. 1750 - 1760 d: Abt. 1842 Washington Co., VA .. +Margaret Montgomery b: Bef. 1765 d: Aft. 1828 Washington Co., VA .... 2 Margaret Beaty b: Bet. 1781 - 1790 d: Aft. 1847 .... 2 Alexander M. Beaty b: Bet. 1785 - 1794 d: Bef. 1844 .... 2 James Beaty b: 1795 VA d: 26 May 1847 Washington Co., VA .... +Nancy Jane Land b: Bet. 1781 - 1790 d: Abt. 1842 Washington Co., VA ....... 3 Nelson J. M. Beaty b: 1826 VA ......... +Elizabeth H. Rambo b: 1827 VA ....... *2nd Wife of Nelson J. M. Beaty: ......... +Elizabeth Reid b: 1858 VA .... *2nd Wife of James Beaty: .... +Elizabeth McQuown b: 28 Sep 1807 VA d: 11 Dec 1887 Washington Co., VA ....... 3 Josephus Fermin Beaty b: Abt. 1827 Washington Co., VA d: 05 Aug 1902 Cedar Co., MO ......... +Mary P. Walker b: 1837 MO d: 17 Feb 1913 Cedar Co., MO ....... 3 Margaret Montgomery Beaty b: 28 Oct 1831 Washington Co., VA d: 17 Jan 1880 Washington Co., VA ......... +William Gaither b: 1832 Iredel Co., NC d: Bef. 1870 ....... 3 Ann Orr Beaty b: Abt. 1831 Washington Co., VA d: 1889 Washington Co., VA ......... +William Talley b: 1845 Pulaski Co., VA d: 1912 Washington Co., VA ....... 3 John Beaty b: Abt. 1835 Washington Co., VA ....... 3 Mary Elizabeth Beaty b: 08 Oct 1839 Washington Co., VA d: 09 Sep 1879 Washington Co., VA ......... +Benjamin Reed b: 30 May 1837 VA d: 28 Nov 1913 Washington Co., VA ....... 3 Nancy J. Beaty b: Abt. 1846 d: 07 Oct 1849 Washington Co., VA .... 2 John Jr. Beaty b: 04 Feb 1800 Washington Co., VA d: 13 Aug 1832 Washington Co., VA .... +Rebecca McQuown b: Abt. 1810 Washington Co., VA ....... 3 Infant Beaty b: 11 Apr 1829 Washington Co., VA d: 16 Apr 1829 Washington Co., VA ....... 3 Ann O. C. Beaty b: 06 Apr 1830 Washington Co., VA d: 06 Mar 1833 Washington Co., VA - Nel Rocklein Laurel Baty, L252 ----- Remember - To remove un-needed email text from your replys ********************* Visit Project website at: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bp2000/ ~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit Beatty Y-DNA Project at: http://www.beattydna.org/ ********************* ------------------------------- 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 message