I thought he might be the son of Martin but now that you have done the estate work it is a different death date. I had this note in L-10 file: Descendants of John Rittenhouse Beaty Generation No. 1 1. JOHN RITTENHOUSE4 BEATY (MARTIN3, EDWARD2, PATRICK?1) was born 22 Jul 1811 in VA - Lee Co, and died 15 Jan 1855. Notes for JOHN RITTENHOUSE BEATY: This one? Beaty, John R. & Gragg, Elizabeth-May 5, 1845 -Pulaski 1850-KY Pulaski Somerset #1 15 15 BEATY JOHN R. 39 1811 VA John R. Beaty 39 VA; Elizabeth A. 21; same family listed twice in census.. See page 143 John Beaty - Deputy Clerk - 18 July 1850 by ?. 1 Ray Beaty 15 Sep 2001 1850-KY Pulaski Division 2 BEATY JOHN R. 39 1811 2nd listing of same family -- John and Elizabeth 27 Sep 1850 by Jon. R. Beaty; 143 Ray Beaty 15 Sep 2001 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Powell" <dianapowell@sbcglobal.net> To: <bp2000@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [BP2000] John R. Baity/Beaty d. 1858 Pulaski Co. KY Hi JoAnn, Thanks for putting your head together with me on this one. I realize this is speculation but would like to pursue it a little further as I searched the lineage archives and did not find a John Beaty marr to an Elizabeth Gragg. I agree that there were several other Beaty/Beatie families in