Below is from The History of Bell County by George Tyler. George talks about" beats" . Does anyone know more about this? It looks my ggggrandfather Alonzo Beeman andAbner Kuykendall were on BEAT 1. History of Bell Co. by George Tyler page 230. On Sept 22,1863 the Commissiioners' Court Subdivided the County into 10 commissary beats, for better suppling the needs of the families of the Soldiers in the Confederate Army and appointed superintendents in each beat as follows Beat 1-Abner Kuykendall and Alonzo Beeman Vickie