HISTORY OF UNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Established 1764 TRIANGLE, N.C. http://www.unitypres.org/html/history.html This is L-103 I believe Excerpt from the above JOHN BEATTIE John Beattie was the first pale face to set foot on the soil of Lincoln Country. His first land grant bears the date July 17, 1749. He settled on the west bank of the Catawba River. The shoal at this point, over which the river tumbled with a gentle murmur, formed a splendid ford. It was at this ford the bold pioneer crossed and it still bears his name, Beattie's' Ford. A catalogue of those who later became his neighbors would form a long list of Scots-Irish names. Among them may be mentioned Abernethy, Alexander, Armstrong, Barnett, Barkley, Baldridge, Bell, Black, Bond, Cherry, Connell, Connor, Cox, Cunningham, Davis, Eaton, Goodson, Hudson, Hunter, Hutchison, Ingle, Johnston, Kincaid, Kerr, Kox, Little, Long, Lowe, Luckey, McCall, McCombs, McConnell, McCorkle, McGhee, McMinn, and so on to the end of the alphabet. Among his German and English neighbors who came at an early date are the following names: Ballard, Burch, Hager, Howard, Killian, King, Nixon, Proctor, Rankin, Sherrill and Womack. Further excerpt: John Beattie had two sons, Thomas and Abel C., and one daughter, the wife of Matthew Armstrong. John Beattie's will bears the date January 5, 1774. Thomas Beattie, son of John, died in 1787 leaving three sons, John, Thomas, and William. The different land grants to the Beatties were approximately 3,000 acres. Part of this later came into the possession of Alfred M. Burton and Robert H. Burton. They were both elegant gentlemen and learned lawyers. Their dust reposes in Unity graveyard beside that of their kinsman, Hutchings G. Burton, once governor of the State of North Carolina. Bobbie DuFault Cascadia Con 2005 The North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) is September 1-5, 2005 at the SeaTac Airport Hilton, Seattle WA www.CascadiaCon.org Join our list at: Seattle_in_05-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

I was taking Donna's guess from her mail dated 5/22/2003 - but I see that perhaps there are 2-Unity's and 2 John's I have what is here I am not researching this John I am looking for a different one but since this one had a lot of neat information I thought I would share the info. Bobbie > -----Original Message----- > From: Bobbie DuFault [mailto:bobbiedu@verizon.net] > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:56 PM > To: BP2000-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BP2000] John Beattie of Unity L-103 I think > > > > HISTORY OF UNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH > > Established 1764 TRIANGLE, N.C. > > http://www.unitypres.org/html/history.html > > This is L-103 I believe > > > > Excerpt from the above > > JOHN BEATTIE > > John Beattie was the first pale face to set foot on the soil of Lincoln > Country. His first land grant bears the date July 17, 1749. He settled on > the west bank of the Catawba River. The shoal at this point, over which > the > river tumbled with a gentle murmur, formed a splendid ford. It was at this > ford the bold pioneer crossed and it still bears his name, Beattie's' > Ford. > > A catalogue of those who later became his neighbors would form a long list > of Scots-Irish names. Among them may be mentioned Abernethy, Alexander, > Armstrong, Barnett, Barkley, Baldridge, Bell, Black, Bond, Cherry, > Connell, > Connor, Cox, Cunningham, Davis, Eaton, Goodson, Hudson, Hunter, Hutchison, > Ingle, Johnston, Kincaid, Kerr, Kox, Little, Long, Lowe, Luckey, McCall, > McCombs, McConnell, McCorkle, McGhee, McMinn, and so on to the end of the > alphabet. Among his German and English neighbors who came at an early date > are the following names: Ballard, Burch, Hager, Howard, Killian, King, > Nixon, Proctor, Rankin, Sherrill and Womack. > > Further excerpt: > > > > John Beattie had two sons, Thomas and Abel C., and one daughter, the wife > of > Matthew Armstrong. John Beattie's will bears the date January 5, 1774. > Thomas Beattie, son of John, died in 1787 leaving three sons, John, > Thomas, > and William. The different land grants to the Beatties were approximately > 3,000 acres. Part of this later came into the possession of Alfred M. > Burton > and Robert H. Burton. They were both elegant gentlemen and learned > lawyers. > Their dust reposes in Unity graveyard beside that of their kinsman, > Hutchings G. Burton, once governor of the State of North Carolina. > > > > > > > > Bobbie DuFault > Cascadia Con 2005 > The North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) > is September 1-5, 2005 at the SeaTac Airport Hilton, Seattle WA > www.CascadiaCon.org > > Join our list at: Seattle_in_05-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > ==== BP2000 Mailing List ==== > Visit the BP2000 Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/