I have copied this file and shared copies with three members of L2 [the copies are on the way, mailed Saturday] Beatty, William, Pvt., Capt. John Kennedys Co., Tenn. Mil., Oct. 4, 1813 Dec. 11, 1813, 1850, 1855, Fentress Co., Tenn., 1871, Casey Co., (PO Liberty) Ky, died Aug. 5, 1877, Casey Co., Ky.; Original family record in brief. Widow: Martha Westmoreland, married Apr. 28, 1814 Overton Co., Tenn.; 1877, 1878, Casey Co., (PO Liberty) Ky. This file is over 60 pages long! The highlights are so many that I will let L2 share them with you. But I will share something funny I noticed on the original document. In two places on the document "The Children Age by William I. Beaty" there are notations that the document should be returned! At least a copy is on its way home to Fentress County, Tennessee. The children listed (their birth and death dates are also listed): Andrew Jackson, Thomas K. Haris, Elisebeth, William C., Sarah, Anne, Agnes, George Washington, Jane, Dellery Frances, Marten Van Buren, John Marion, Emeline; wife Martha's birthdate is also given (1798) plus State which I am having trouble reading and date of marriage. At the bottom of the page there is the name of David Beaty, Thomas K. Beaty's name appears three times as well as John M.--I don't know what the significance of these bottom names are. I did see somewhere in this vast file that Andrew Jackson was living in Indiana. This is a document worth scanning--you can bring a laptop computer and approved scanner into the research room (without their cases). There are several letters concerning the document. From Martha "I knew he had a record of births and deaths & marriages and I thought the same was lost until ...My daughter Jane the only child living with me in hunting over her her fathers papers in an old box found the record of births and just has forwarded to you in his handwriting can be proven by all our neighbors" William enlisted at Monroe, Overland County. One note about Southern files--proof of loyalty to the Union Army was required. Laurel Baty, L252