>From Thomas E. Partlow's WILSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, CHANCERY COURT RECORDS, 1842-1892, comes the following entry: Petition of William D. Beaty, administrator of Joseph Beaty, and Thomas Beaty of Rutherford County; Smith M. Elrod and wife Mary E., formerly Mary E. Beaty, and Martha H. Beaty of Cannon County, Ezekiel Beaty of Illinois; and John S. Beaty of Wilson County; and William D. Beaty in his own right; and Ann Beaty, widow of Joseph Beaty against Franklin Beaty, Martha Northcutt and husband, and Margaret Beaty of Texas; Archibald N. Beaty, Joseph W. Beaty, Lucy Beaty, John N. Beaty, and Tabitha E. Beaty, all minor children of Nathaniel Beaty deceased, a son of Joseph Beaty deceased, all residents of Texas; and America K. Martin, Parthenia Martin, Jacob Martin, Jane Martin, Martha E. Martin, George Martin, Amos Martin, and Mary S. Martin, minor children of Susannah Martin deceased, wife of Caleb Martin; Susannah of Susannah Martin deceased, wife of Caleb Martin; Susannah Beaty, daughter of Joseph Beaty deceased, all citizens of Gibson County. Petition to sell land. 24 September 1857 (Chancery Court 1855-1861, Pp 616-620) Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie Jennings <debbiej@iquest.net> To: <TNWILSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 5:01 AM Subject: [TNWILSON] James and Joseph BATEY > Does anyone know if the father of: > James BATEY b.1835 in Wilson county TN > is the son of the: > Joseph BATEY listed in the 1850 Wilson county census as being age 75 and > having > two children named James age 15 and Sarah age 21 both born in TN > > Thanks for any help > > Debbie Jennings > debbiej@iquest.net > "Following the footprints through time" > Researching in IN,KY,TN,NC,PA,NJ,VT,NY,MA,MD, > VA,CAN,GER,ENG > > ______________________________