Kind people are submitting all sorts of interesting and useful data, so I thought I'd try my hand. I'm a bit hesitant about doing this as I don't want to bore the list, so let me know if it's useful. If so, I'll go on and submit some other things. Perhaps some early Ohio marriage records for Beatty and variants next.. The following are excerpts from the History of Morrow County, found online at http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Morrow/MorFront.htm . There's a search engine, but to search by county you have to specify which one on a drop down menu, or you'll search the entire site. The excerpts are taken at random from various points just for the Beatty data, but more or less in order of appearance in the book: "Part No. 3. - James Beatty, from Pennsylvania, settled in 1826; Hiram Channel and William Foreman in 1829, and Aubert in 1830." [NOTE: THIS JAMES BEATTY IS L-142.] "Methodist meetings and classes began to be held over fifty years ago at the houses of Joseph P. Newson and James Beatty [SAME JAMES AS ABOVE] and others, with occasional preaching. They built a frame church in Mount Gilead, in 1832, in the southwest part of the town. It was occupied about twelve years, and then passed into a tan-house. The present Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1844. About the year 1830, a new circuit was formed, including the town and vicinity. Revs. Silas Ensign and Russell Bigelow were the first preachers; S. Ensign and Z. Bell first traveled the circuit, and Russell Bigelow was the first Presiding Elder that attended the quarterly meetings." "The county has four times represented the district in the State Senate, in the persons of John T. Creigh, 1854-55; Davis Miles (Rep.), 1858-59; J. H. Benson (Dem.), 1866-67; H. S. Prophet (Dem.), 1868-69; and once in Congress in the person of Gen. John Beatty." "The first regiment that drew anything like an organized body of men from Morrow County was the Third Ohio Infantry, which, as its number indicates, was among the first Ohio regiments in the field. It was recruited originally for the three months service under President Lincoln's first call for troops in April, 1861, but before the term had fully expired, nearly the entire regiment had re-enlisted for three years. Of the original officers of the Third, John Beatty, of Cardington, was elected Lieutenant Colonel. [THERE FOLLOWS A LONG BIOGRAPHIC SKETCH OF JOHN BEATTY IN THE CIVIL WAR, HE ENDED A GENERAL - GEN JOHN FIGURES FREQUENTLY IN THE HISTORY OF MORROW COUNTY, I WON'T ATTEMPT TO EXCERPT ALL MENTIONS OF HIM.]" "1874--Mayor, William G. Beatty;(3); Recorder, W. H. Fiedler, Treasurer, D. St. John ; Street Commissioner, H. Van Horn; Marshal, H. Van Horn. Councilmen-J. H. Benson, T. Duncan, Jacob Demuth, A. J. Pittenger, K. Winebar, G. W. Bell." "In 1870, the Cardington Flouring Mill Company was formed, with a capital of $15,000. The company consisted of 1. H. Pennock, John Beatty, W. G. Beatty, D. St. John, T. E. Duncan, J. H. Bellsort, and the Dawson Brothers." "At the end of that time, the bank changed to Beatty Brothers' Banking Company, the institution being managed by John and William G. Beatty for five years." [I INCLUDE THIS AS IT TELLS US WILLIAM G WAS GEN. JOHN'S BROTHER.] "SAMUEL BEATTY, retired farmer; P. O. Cardington; was born at Belfast, Ireland, in 1811; son of John and Ann (Hay) Beatty. His father was a merchant in a small town called Ballynure, in the county of Antrim, and kept tavern and had a farm in connection with his mercantile business; the father's family consisted o four boys-Alexander, William, Samuel an Robert; and three girls -Eliza, Jane and Mary. His parents were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, and gave their children a good education. Samuel mastered the common branches, such as reading, writing, arithmetic, geography and English grammar, and at the age of 18 went to join his two older brothers in the West Indies, where they held positions as overseers of plantations. Landing at St. Johns, on the Island of the Antigua, he found a similar situation, which he held one year, and then, with his other brother, joined the third, who, in the meantime, had come to the United States; locating at Pittsburgh, he there learned the chair-maker's trade. After spending a short time in Zanesville, O., and Medina, O., he went to Greersville, Knox Co., Ohio, where he spent three years in teaching school and working at his trade; from this place he went to Fallsburg Tp., Licking Co.; in Dec. 13, 1846, be married Sarah Nichols, of Howard, Knox Co.; born Sept. 22, 1822. Her father, Amos, a native of Virginia, and her mother, Sarah (Davis) Nichols, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Ohio when the Indians roamed through that part of the State; her grandfather, a Frenchman, was killed in the Revolutionary war while on picket; her grand parents Davis were from Germany. In 1847 Mr. Beatty bought the farm where be now lives, consisting of 132 acres, then covered by a dense forest. After one year's residence in Licking Co., and two years in Knox Co., he moved on his land in 1851, which now comes 155 acres. The change wrought by Beatty is wonderful; he cleared up over 100 acres, and now has a model farm, with good buildings and a handsome residence, with delightful surroundings. They have raised a family of six children-Robert Alexander, a farmer, of Cardington Tp.; William John, Franklin L., who died May 8, 1874; Amos Mann, Ann Eliza and Evaline. William John, at the age of 15, enlisted in the 40th and was transferred to the 60th 0. V. I., and was in the battles of Wilderness, Nye River, Spotssylvania, North Ann, Bethesda Church, Shady Grove, Cold Harbor, Gaines' Hill; the battles before Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Yellow House, Poplar Grove, Pegram Farm, Hatchers Run, Fort Steadman., and capture of Petersburg; passing through all these without a scratch. Mr. Beatty's youngest brother, Robert, succeeded to his father's business; and in 1866 his sister, Mary, visited him with her husband, the Rev. Robt. Wallace, who was a delegate from the Wesleyan Methodist Conference in Ireland to the Centenary of Methodism in America, but who died in Cincinnati, of cholera, just ten days after his landing. Mr. Beatty is a member of Cardington Lodge No. 384, of Free Masons, and is a Republican." Michal "Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, by these we reach divinity." John Donne