I think this is Lineage 226, descendants of Thomas Beatty who filed a Rev War claim. Laurel Baty, L252 Laurel Baty wrote: > >From National Archives Publication M1407, Barred and Disallowed Case > Files of the Southern Claims Commission, 1871 -1880, fiche # 2245 > William M. Beaty, Steels Station, St. Clair County, Alabama--Disallowed > Claim > > This is quite a long file and I did not have time to copy all of it. > There is quite a lot of testimony contained in the file. I will > summarize what I did copy and if anyone is interested I will go back and > copy the rest of the file. I believe that this is William's family in > the 1850 Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, Broomtown Valley, page 351 > (stamped #): > > Thomas Baty, 50 m, born SC farmer > Elizabeth D. Baty 48, f, born SC > William Baty 21, m, GA teacher > Amanda C. Baty 15, f, GA > (live close to several Gilbreath families--see testimony) > > [For 1860 see insert in testimony, I could not find 1870] > > and in 1880: > Court House, Tuscaloosa Alabama, page 681C > William Beaty m, w, 50, GA Teamster SC SC > Carrie f, w, 50, GA, GA, GA > Eula f,w,23,GA teacher GA, GA > Collumbus m, w, 21, GA Sawyer GA, GA > Loa f, w, 18, GA > Lee m, w, 15, GA Teamster > Samuel m, w, 13, GA at school > > When the claim was accrued William M. Beaty was residing in Sommerville, > Chattooga County, Georgia. He states that his property was taken at (or > near) "Sommerville, Rome, & Carrollton in the county of Chattooga, Floyd > and Carroll County, Georgia" by troops belonging to the Army of the > Cumberland. > > The witnesses he will rely on to prove loyalty are: Jacob R. Brooks, > William Brooks, James Clarkston all of Lafayette, Walker County, Georgia > > Witnesses relied on to prove other facts are: A. G. Petree & R. S. > Norton of Rome, Georgia; William Beaty & Levi Beaty of Ringgold Georgia; > David Blaylock, Leasville, Walker County, Georgia; William H. Gilbreath, > Dirt Town Chattooga Co. Georgia; Lewis Dodson, Lafayette, Walker's Co., > Georgia. > > >From an index card: "Wm. M. Beatty--Family resided 4 miles from > Summerville, Chattooga Co., Geo. up to Dec. '64 --then moved to Carroll > Co. Geo. --It seems a suspicious case, both as to loyalty and > property....Examine it L. W. Brooks a farmer of Walker Co., Georgia; > David Blaylock of Chatooga Co. Geo (his brother in law) Wm. Beaty (a > colored man who resides at Ringgold, Geo & seemed to be quite > intelligent) are his witnesses His wandering about what was it for.---" > > Excerpts: > "Wm M. Beatty lived in Chattooga Co., Ga till 1864 -- from that time > till end of war, family in Carroll Co., Ga. --from April '61 to fall '63 > "I was wandering" in Arkansas, Missouri & Indian country. >From '63 till > end of war, was passing from Chattooga Co. to Sommerville Ga" as > circumstances permitted" to avoid being put in Army --living on rented > land -- had but little occupation, except to trade a little now & > then..." > [From Examiner] "David Blalock, the other witness to loyalty is his > brother-in-law --Catoosa Co, 53.25 miles from Claimant during war (Have > read all test'y & think he was a rebel spy & trader)" > More from examiner "Early on the morning of the 12th instant I started > on an excellent horse across the Whiteoak and Pidgeon mountains to > investigate this claim. The evidence was scattered through four counties > two of which were remote from any railroad....From many persons both > union men and rebels and from claimants own kindred and neighbors I have > ascertained the following facts. That claimant Wm. M. Beaty and one E. > L. Rosser had, as partners been merchandising at Sommerville Chatooga > Co., Ga. for several years previous to 1859, that they became > embarrassed and that in 1859 the claimant signed his father-in-law > Samuel Dodson's name without his permision or authority to six or eight > hundred dollars worth of promissary notes. Dodson refused to pay and > plead Now est factum (?) and claimant in 1859 left family and business > and went west also leaving a large amount of indebtedness that has not > been paid. Beatys wife and children had to go back to her father and > lived with him from 1859 to about the beginning of 1864." > > 1860 Chattooga County, Chatooga Valley, Georgia, Page 582 > Samuel Dodson 70, m, farmer, $4000, $16,500, GA > Rebecca 65, f, GA > Sarah 33, f, GA > Caroline Beaty 31, f, GA > Joseph L. Dodson 23, m, Teacher Co School, GA > Yula Beaty 5, f, GA > Columbus 3, m, GA > Lola 8/12 f, GA > > "When Beaty came back and bought the Chas. F. Beavers Crop, and rented > the farm for 1864. Dodson the father in law is now dead, and so is Wm > Beaty the Colored witness. > The first time I could hear of claimant after the War began was from > Capt. John Cleghorn of Sommerville Ga. who was Quarter Master of the > 39th Georgia Regiment. He stated that he had known the claimant from > his boyhood and occasionally loaned him money before he got into trouble > and left the county in 1859. That the first time he met the claimant was > during Gen'l Braggs campaign into Kentucky in the fall of 1862. > Claimant did not seem to belong to the rebel army but seemed to be > accompaning it into Kentucky. He had plenty of Confederate money at > that time to pay an old debt that he owed Capt. Cleghorn. > After leaving Kentucky Cleghorn saw Beaty no more till the winter of > 1863-4 when he was camped at Dalton Ga. under General Joseph E. > Johnson. Beaty came to his tent and spent a night or two with him and > told him he had beem inside the Yankee lines and pretended had been or > was then in the secret service. > Cleghorn soon lost sight of Beaty and did not see him again till October > 1864, when a part of Gen'l J. B. Hoods army was retreating through > Summerville, Beaty had some whiskey -- gave Cleghorn a drink and had a > talk with him, then saw him no more till after the war. Thought him a > bad man, that was playing on both sides, a gambler in a small way -- > that he cared nothing for either side but was as good a rebel as a union > man. > Cleghorn is a merchant of Summerville and is a man of standing and > veracity. > [I am going to skip the next two witnesses that don't add much new > information] > John Taylor of Summerville a brother in law did not see Beaty from the > time he left in the Spring of 1859 till he came back in the fall of 1863 > and only recollects seeing him two or three times during the war, knew > all about his getting in debt and leaving the county. Taylor did not > like him, had tried, as a lawyer to collect some of the Beaty and Rosser > debts and had not been able to get the money. Knew something about > Beatys buying out the Beaver's crop or part of his crop for 1863 and > renting the farm for 1864. Also knew something about a Federal Regiment > of Cavalry camping on him about Feb. 1864 and heard that they took corn, > fodder, oats and a horse from him -- but knows nothing of these things > from his own knowledge. Heard that Beaty got into difficulty with > Confederate Scouts -- who suspicioned him of being a Federal spy. Had > heard of Gatewoods men threatening Beaty and that they came near > catching him at a brother in law's house named Gilbreath. That in the > winter of 1864 -65 Beaty took his family about 80 or 100 miles further > South into Carrol Co., Ga and remained there as Taylor thinks till the > war was over. He heard of his having grinded flour at ? in the winter of > of 1863 -64 but did not know what he did with the flour but thinks he > hauled it to Rome. Inclines to think he was a union man but not very > positive about it. > > [This is all that I copied; the file is much longer.] > > More Census: > 1860, Chattooga Valley, Chattooga County, Georgia, page 585 > Thomas Beaty 59, m, mechanic, SC > Elizabeth 58, f, SC > live next to > D. Blalock 37, m, farmer NC > Caroline 34, f, GA > (lots of children) > > 1870, Frick's Gap, Walker Co, GA p272 > David Blaylock 55 m, w > Sarah C. 43 f, w > (many children) > also in household: Elizabeth Beaty 67, f, w, SC > > Laurel Baty, L252 > > ==== BP2000 Mailing List ==== > Recommend a cousin ! Send name and email to: > Mike Allen, Executive Director <naturalsoft@earthlink.net> > Rob Beatty, Membership Director <emtech@ic.net> > Ray Beaty, founder, BP2000 <RCBDJR@AOL.COM>