Forwarded for Lisa..... li29pi@cogeco.ca I found this site while trying to find Batey/Beaty in Thurber and Parker Co. Texas. I'm looking for a Batey Texco Station in Millsap. This website has all types of articles and this Beaty article was there with a photo to the article provided at the link below. Lisa First Home Mouth of Boggy Creek Mr. And Mrs. A. S. Beaty Built http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpalopi/oddsnends/1857-1957news/beaty.htm Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Beaty landed in Palo Pinto County in 1884, stopping at Santo where they were met at the train by Zeke Beaty who had come as a young man to the country. They went, soon, to the New Hope community where Zeke and his family lived and later moved on to the mouth of Boggy Creek. There they settled in a double log cabin for a time sharing the cabin with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Finch until springtime when they built a log cabin with a lean-to for their new home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Beaty were natives of Atlanta, Ga., and were married in 1879. Mr. Beaty owned and operated a saw mill in the small town of Alpine, Ga., where the couple settled for a time. Doctors advised a change of climate for Mr. Beaty and they decided to move to Texas. By this time, they had two children, a daughter, Dora, and a son, Tom, and they left by immigrant train bound for the west. A brother, Jim Beaty, and his family were also on the train and the group assembled at Menloe, leaving there Dec. 8, 1884. Dora, the 4-year-old daughter of the A. S. Beatys, now Mrs. Lewis Rogers, remembers the trip and especially the crossing of the Mississippi River. It was flood time and the train was over water for about 5 miles and the train had to be divided and taken over in sections, thereby delaying all the passengers. Crude lanterns furnished the only light and they were carried by overseers. She remembers the singing of the Negroes as they progressed and remembere! d it as a terrifying experience. They landed in Santo 5 days after they left home. A sage suggestion was made by Mrs. Rogers in relating the story when she said they spent the first few years trying to lean the ways of Texas and "to learn about Texas weather, which she is sure they never did". The drought of 1886-87 followed their arrival by a few years and they thought they were going to starve to death. Leaving the old state with its plentiful crops of fruit and vegetables and springs of cold water, it was hard to haul water from the river. Okra, which grew wild or volunteer, was the only vegetable available and it is strange how many ways could be found to prepare it. Stalks grew on the river and in fence rows. By the end of the drought, only one well was still furnishing water and the men hauled water for drinking, taking certain days of the week in order not to tax the supply to much and the women gathered at the well to wash the family clothes. Mr. Beaty bought two yearlings on his arrival here and they grew into an ox team which he drove to pull the slide that he used about the farm and to haul water. Wild hogs had to be killed for meat as game was scarce and the hogs were vicious, living on acorns and raising their young in the hills and on the river! . Mrs. Rogers relates a narrow escape her family had while fishing on the river. They had gone on the slide and set out hooks, when her father came running to the camp and told them to load on to the slide and the ox team, still hitched, was driven on the run to safety. They didn't wait to pick up the camping equipment. They reached safety but Mrs. Rogers states that, with the possible exception of a mountain fire, was her most frightening experience. Going to the mountains, when meat was scarce, the men would dig a hole and fix a trap putting food near for a time until hogs came willingly to the place, then they would spring the trap and quickly kill the hogs needed for a supply of bacon. This was the way hogs were trapped for food in that time. Santo was the nearest town and a doctor had to be gone after when serious illness occurred in a family. Banking was done in the Cunningham Bank in Palo Pinto, the only bank in the county at the time. When ranches were fenced, wire cutting was common and it was several years before fences were safe from cutting. Mr. Beaty died in June of 1923 at the age of 66 and Mrs. Beaty lived to be 91, passing away in 1951. ================================ http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmdhms/index.htm #327 on BP-2000.com

Maybe this family 1870 Chattooga co., GA Dist. 925 pg. 98 (Alpine is in this co.) James Baity 22 farmer -200 GA Margaret 22 housekeeper GA (next household) Thomas Baity 49 farmer -800 GA Sarah 46 GA James B. 24 farm labor GA John T. 18 GA Sarah 20 GA Elekiel 17 farm labor GA Huldy A. 15 GA Alexander 12 GA Georgia 10 GA Benjamin 8 GA Jefferson L. 6 GA Willie H. 4 GA Census Place: District 155, Palo Pinto, Texas Source: FHL Film 1255322 National Archives Film T9-1322 Page 127A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Ezeikel BAETY Self M M W 27 GA Occ: Farmer Fa: GA Mo: GA Virginia BAETY Wife F M W 22 GA Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: ... Ocela BAETY Son M S W 4 GA Fa: GA Mo: GA Franklin BAETY Son M S W 2 TX Fa: GA Mo: GA Fannie BAETY Dau F S W 2M TX Fa: GA Mo: GA xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Census Place: Texas Valley, Floyd, Georgia Source: FHL Film 1254146 National Archives Film T9-0146 Page 217A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Thomas R. BEATY Self M M W 59 GA Occ: Farming Fa: GA Mo: GA Sarah A. BEATY Wife F M W 36 GA Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: SC Huldy A. BEATY Dau F S W 24 GA Occ: Keeping House Fa: GA Mo: GA Georgia BEATY Dau F S W 22 GA Occ: Keeping House Fa: GA Mo: GA William BEATY Son M S W 15 GA Occ: Labor Fa: GA Mo: GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe patterson" <jpatter@comcast.net> To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:45 AM Subject: [BP2000] [Fwd: Mr and Mrs A.S. Beaty] Forwarded for Lisa..... li29pi@cogeco.ca I found this site while trying to find Batey/Beaty in Thurber and Parker Co. Texas. I'm looking for a Batey Texco Station in Millsap. This website has all types of articles and this Beaty article was there with a photo to the article provided at the link below. Lisa First Home Mouth of Boggy Creek Mr. And Mrs. A. S. Beaty Built http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpalopi/oddsnends/1857-1957news/beaty.htm Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Beaty landed in Palo Pinto County in 1884, stopping at Santo where they were met at the train by Zeke Beaty who had come as a young man to the country. They went, soon, to the New Hope community where Zeke and his family lived and later moved on to the mouth of Boggy Creek. There they settled in a double log cabin for a time sharing the cabin with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Finch until springtime when they built a log cabin with a lean-to for their new home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Beaty were natives of Atlanta, Ga., and were married in 1879. Mr. Beaty owned and operated a saw mill in the small town of Alpine, Ga., where the couple settled for a time. Doctors advised a change of climate for Mr. Beaty and they decided to move to Texas. By this time, they had two children, a daughter, Dora, and a son, Tom, and they left by immigrant train bound for the west. A brother, Jim Beaty, and his family were also on the train and the group assembled at Menloe, leaving there Dec. 8, 1884. Dora, the 4-year-old daughter of the A. S. Beatys, now Mrs. Lewis Rogers, remembers the trip and especially the crossing of the Mississippi River. It was flood time and the train was over water for about 5 miles and the train had to be divided and taken over in sections, thereby delaying all the passengers. Crude lanterns furnished the only light and they were carried by overseers. She remembers the singing of the Negroes as they progressed and remembere! d it as a terrifying experience. They landed in Santo 5 days after they left home. A sage suggestion was made by Mrs. Rogers in relating the story when she said they spent the first few years trying to lean the ways of Texas and "to learn about Texas weather, which she is sure they never did". The drought of 1886-87 followed their arrival by a few years and they thought they were going to starve to death. Leaving the old state with its plentiful crops of fruit and vegetables and springs of cold water, it was hard to haul water from the river. Okra, which grew wild or volunteer, was the only vegetable available and it is strange how many ways could be found to prepare it. Stalks grew on the river and in fence rows. By the end of the drought, only one well was still furnishing water and the men hauled water for drinking, taking certain days of the week in order not to tax the supply to much and the women gathered at the well to wash the family clothes. Mr. Beaty bought two yearlings on his arrival here and they grew into an ox team which he drove to pull the slide that he used about the farm and to haul water. Wild hogs had to be killed for meat as game was scarce and the hogs were vicious, living on acorns and raising their young in the hills and on the river! . Mrs. Rogers relates a narrow escape her family had while fishing on the river. They had gone on the slide and set out hooks, when her father came running to the camp and told them to load on to the slide and the ox team, still hitched, was driven on the run to safety. They didn't wait to pick up the camping equipment. They reached safety but Mrs. Rogers states that, with the possible exception of a mountain fire, was her most frightening experience. Going to the mountains, when meat was scarce, the men would dig a hole and fix a trap putting food near for a time until hogs came willingly to the place, then they would spring the trap and quickly kill the hogs needed for a supply of bacon. This was the way hogs were trapped for food in that time. Santo was the nearest town and a doctor had to be gone after when serious illness occurred in a family. Banking was done in the Cunningham Bank in Palo Pinto, the only bank in the county at the time. When ranches were fenced, wire cutting was common and it was several years before fences were safe from cutting. Mr. Beaty died in June of 1923 at the age of 66 and Mrs. Beaty lived to be 91, passing away in 1951. ================================ http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmdhms/index.htm #327 on BP-2000.com ==== BP2000 Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from BP2000-L, send a NEW message to BP2000-L-request@rootsweb.com with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body of the email and nothing else.

Joe, Donna, and Lisa, This is L-241. A.S. Beaty was Alexander "Alex" Stephen Beaty, one of the sons of Thomas Ross Beaty. The Zeke mentioned in the article was Alex's brother and my great-grandfather. Zeke was the first of the family to move from Georgia to Palo Pinto County, Texas (in 1876). Some of his brothers and sisters (and his mother) followed in subsequent years. Yes, Joe, they were in Chattooga Co., GA, in 1870, and part of the family was in Floyd, GA in 1880. The 1880 Census data of Palo Pinto County is Zeke's (Ezeikel Baety (Ezekiel Marion Beaty)) family (Franklin was my grandfather). Les Beaty L-20b, L-241