Cousins, The following message was posted today on the BEATTY 2000 List. You will note that it includes reference to a SHUMAN line. Can anyone help the original sender of the message? JS Attempting to find out who is related to the following two (2) Beattys: 1) W. C. Beatty who died in Charlotte, Meckenburg Couty in 1860 listed children as Henry L.; Margaret Catherine Beatty Shuman (Mrs. William H. Shuman), and William Franklin Beatty. I'm not certain but it appears there were other children in the 1850 census: John A., James, Marshall, Moses L., and Susan Beatty. There are so many William Beattys it is hard to distinquise whos who. 2) William Beatty who died in Mecklenburg County, NC in 1867. Names mentioned inthe will papers are: Margaret Dunn, James, Martha J., John W., Sarah who is a minor with guardian in Gaston County and an Elizabeth Beatty who lives in Mecklenburg County who is a minor without a guardian. If anyone is connected to either one of these Beatty gentlemen, please contact me. Judi (L1021) <tara13@gateway.net>