I remember at one time reading about a MARTIN Beat(t)y in northeast Texas, maybe Red River County and he too was a politician. When I discovered that he was not in my line, I sold the book to someone else. Armond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willie R. Beaty" <[email protected]> To: "Donna VanZandt" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:56 PM Subject: Re: [BP2000] Beattyville, Greenup co., KY > Donna, > > Beattyville, KY is the county seat of Lee County KY. If you will go to this > link, http://www.beattyville.org/ you can learnr more about Beattyville. > It was formed from several counties including Owsley County, which is where > Martin Beaty and others settled. Martin was in the Kentucky legislature, and > I think his lineage is either 10 or 12 (Edward, progenitor). For a long time > it was thought that Martin Beaty was a brother or at least closely related > to the Beatys that went on over to Cumberland County KY, and became > identified as lineage 2 (later, sub-divided). I found the above link by > going to the Kentucky Gen Web site and Owsley County, then subsequently to > Lee County by looking on a Kentucky Road map. > > By the way, I didn't know about another Beattyville, in Greenup County. > That's way up there on the south bank of the Ohio River, across the river > from Portsmouth, Ohio. Looking at a map of Kentucky, however, I don't find > Beattyville or Springville in Greenup County. > > Willie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna VanZandt" <[email protected]> > To: "BP2000" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 7:14 PM > Subject: [BP2000] Beattyville, Greenup co., KY > > > >I am doing research in a Portsmouth, Scioto co., OH newspaper and the > > frequent references to Beattyville have me stumped. I know it is in > > Greenup > > co., KY, by 1876 it had been incorporated into Springville, Greenup co., > > KY > > however the community still had their own news in the paper as Beattyville > > under the Springville news. I can't even find Springville, KY. It has to > > be across the river from Portsmouth I suspect. I am curious which Beatty > > gave it it's name. I know L-1 Wm. Rochester (W.R.-son of Adam) was in > > Greenup co., KY on the 1840 census but I suspect it was named for an > > earlier > > Beatty. I am reseaching a John Beatty originally of PA who died in 1806 > > of > > malaria in Scioto co., OH and I noticed there was a business in > > Beattyville > > cir 1870-80 that had barges on the river owned by Beatty & Thompson. One > > of > > the early John Beatty's daughters married a Thompson. Does anyone know > > anything about this second Beattyville, KY and/or its namesake? Donna L-3 > > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to > > which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. > > Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides > > with the message subject to which you are replying. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >