Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants A History of Frederick County Virginia By T. K. Cartmell Page 491-492 ----------the Beatty families found at this day about Stephens City and country East, viz: the late Capt. John W. Beatty, R. S. Beatty, J. C. and several others, are traceable from Capt. Henry Beattie who has been mentioned in these pages as an officer in the Revolutionary War and other war periods.---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------Col. Henry Beattie died in 1840, eighty years old. He was in command of a VA Regiment at Crainey Island in 1813. He had a son Dr. Stephen Rittenhouse Beatty, and a daughter Juliet who married John Shipe. Their tombs are in Mr. Hebron. Three brothers of this name came from Ireland when young, and settled East of the Blue Ridge. Two of these are found in the regiments during the Indian Wars. They secured land inFrederick County, near where Front Roal now stands; and their descendants are found in Warren County now, on part of the same land. The large family mentione, living in Frederick County, are chiefly the children of Rober Beatty who died in 1888, aged 88. The Beatty Family article mentions Henry C. Beatty's children are: J. C., Minnie, Frank and David. R. S. Beatty's children are: James R., John S., Harry E., Chas. C., Lloyd W., Atwell S., Guy T., Ida B., wife of Wm. Lewin, and Flora B. wife of A. R. Woods. Samuel W. Beatty, at Strasburg, sons: Howard, Frank and Roy. Irvin Beatty has sons at Pittsburg. Four of Rober'ts sons were Confedrat soldiers. Samuel Beatty, abrothe of Robert, lived in Ohio for years, with a large family.