Nel, I'm curious. Here in TX is chain stores BEAL. Wonder if these guys have any connection. Lois Brender Mar 12, 2010 09:23:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld Good Friday nite to all......... During some long ago discussions on Maj John and Mary, his wife, I had suggested that their 1st born child, born 1780 named Jeremiah B, may not have been Jeremiah Brady but may have been Jeremiah Beall, named after Maj John's commanding officer who died in battle. I should note that while the whole world shows his name as Brady, there has never been found evidence that was true. While googling around today, I've found a number of Beall recs that are of interest. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/taylor/rev/garevroster4.htm BEAL, JEREMIAH. Captain; killed in action. Entitled to bounty as refugee, per certificate of Gen. John Twiggs, 22nd March, 1784. (Petition of James Beal, an infant, heir to Jeremiah Beal, deceased, by Zephaniah Beal, his father and natural guardian, for 575 acres.) BEAL, ZEPHANIAH. Certificate of Gen. John Twiggs, 6th February, 1784. Entitled to 250 acres bounty. Prays for same in Washington Co., and appoints Hugh Magie to receive same on 15th January, 1784. The above site has even more Bealls in the same time frame, many with certs for WashingtonCo land. Excellent site for GA Rev War soldiers. I'm reading this as James, infant son of Zeph, being an heir of Jeremiah. Not sure how that works since it would seem that Zeph and not his son would be the heir. Also appears that Zeph was Jere's brother and not his father. Moving right along.........I also found the Long Creek Baptist church records. http://users.ticnet.com/shmartonak/gawalng.htm This is the church John and Mary belonged to. There are 13 refs to Bealls as members of this church. While it appears the Bealls originally came from Md, I'm seeing very little on the GA Bealls who carry many of the same names, such as Zephaniah, found in MD. When I do find a few trees, there seems to be much confusion in making MD-GA connections and I see what looks like a missing gen. Too many Bealls dying in their 90s and many uncertain dates of birth. Many make ref to Capt. Jeremiah and claim he was born 1722. I don't think so. I suspect he was much closer to Maj John's age, bn 1757, and this is possibly an example of a missing gen. I think it's also possible Mary may have been Jeremiah's sister. I might also mention that the Offutt name appears to come from MD, too, and married into the Beall family. Offutt is another military name found in many of our GA military recs. The Bealls were all over Wilkes/Warren/Wilkinson Cos - the stomping grounds of Maj John. Sooooo! For any of you digging around in GA or SC recs, please keep an eye open for the Beal/Beel/Beall family in the timeframe 1750-1830. Nel ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message