I have that Richard Beasley's parents were Benjamin Beasley, born Feb. 1760, died Apr. 24, 1841, and Catherine, born about 1775, died after 1850. An article by Ottie Padgett in The Galax Gazette, Aug. 28, 1975, said that Richard Beasley's mother, Catherine, was a full-blooded Cherokee. "Oral history says the Indian woman often treated the ill through her knowledge of herbs and other available medicines of the time." There is some confusion about Richard Beasley's father. Benjamin Beasley had a wife and family in Patrick Co. and I was told by Johnny Alderman that quite possibly Benjamin and Catherine did not marry. There is a Patrick Co. researcher who claims that Richard's father was not Benjamin but was Benjamin's brother. Benjamin Beasley was a veteran who stated on his 1832, Grayson County, Revolutionary War pension application that he was at Yorktown when the British surrendered and that he heard General Washington address the troops and that he also saw Pierre Lafayette. On his application, he listed his place of birth as King and Queen Co., VA, but apparently lived in Stokes Co., NC before returning to live in Virginia. His estate was settled in Patrick Co. According to an another article announcing a Beasley family reunion, "It appears that Richard Beasley, son of Benjamin and Catherine, came to the Snake Creek area of Carroll County about 1820 and married Sarah Hardy. Also it appears that Rachel Beasley, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine, came into the same area and married Sarah's brother Henry two years later. About 10 years later, Benjamin and Catherine migrated to the area also." I descend from Rachel Beasley and Henry J. Hardy, Sr. Their children were double first cousins to the children of Richard Beasley and Sarah Hardy. Another family connection is Richard and Sarah Beasley's daughter, Joannah Beasley, who married Michael Shockley, son of my great-great-great-grandparents, Esau Shockley and Elizabeth Farmer. This is what I have for Richard Beasley's children: Descendants of Richard Beasley 1 Richard BEASLEY b: April 02, 1796 d: March 19, 1881 in Carroll Co., VA Burial: Shockley Cem, Carroll Co., VA . +Sarah HARDY b: November 30, 1803 in NC d: August, 1877 in Carroll Co VA Burial: Shockley Cem., Carroll Co., VA Father: John HARDY, Sr. Mother: UNKNOWN ........ 2 Thomas Christopher "Kit" BEASLEY b: 1820 in Surry Co., NC d: April 16, 1890 in Carroll Co., VA ............ +Jemima ALLEN b: 1829 in Carroll Co., VA d: April 01, 1890 in Carroll Co., VA m: December 12, 1844 in Carroll Co., VA Father: Thomas ALLEN Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN ........ 2 Eliza BEASLEY b: 1820 in Carroll Co., VA ............ +Allen HARDY b: 1823 in Carroll Co., VA m: 1844 in Surry Co., NC Father: John HARDY Mother: Martha ALLEN ........ 2 Nancy BEASLEY b: 1825 in Stokes Co., NC ............ +Gustavus PEAK b: 1825 in Carroll Co., VA m: 1844 in Surry Co., NC Father: Samuel PEAK Mother: Polly UNKNOWN ........ 2 Dansay BEASLEY b: 1829 ........ 2 Robert BEASLEY b: 1832 in VA ............ +Jemmina FRANKLIN b: 1832 m: August 29, 1850 in Carroll Co., VA Father: UNKNOWN Mother: Phebe FRANKLIN ........ 2 Martha Ann BEASLEY b: 1834 in Carroll Co., VA ............ +Josiah WORRELL b: 1827 in Edgecomb Co., NC d: in Carroll Co., VA m: November 16, 1854 in Carroll Co., VA Father: Josiah WORRELL Mother: Mary "Polly" UNKNOWN ........ 2 Richard BEASLEY b: March 27, 1836 in VA d: June 09, 1921 Burial: June 1921 Shockley Cem., Carroll Co., VA ............ +Laura Lucy T. "Lucy" COCHRAN b: January 24, 1845 in Floyd Co, VA d: March 05, 1924 Burial: March 1924 Shockley Cem., Carroll Co., VA m: 1866 Father: Robert Pasley COCHRAN Mother: Francis BRANSCOMB ........ 2 Joannah BEASLEY b: 1840 in Carroll Co., VA d: 1928 in Carroll Co., VA ............ +Michael SHOCKLEY b: 1835 in Grayson Co., VA d: in Civil War m: December 20, 1855 Father: Esau SHOCKLEY Mother: Elizabeth FARMER ........ *2nd Husband of Joannah BEASLEY: ............ +Robert P. COCHRAN m: Abt. 1872 Father: William B. COCHRAN Mother: Rhoda PASLEY ........ 2 David BEASLEY b: 1843 ........ 2 Mary Jane BEASLEY b: 1846 in Carroll Co., VA ............ +George W. DALTON b: 1846 in Carroll Co., VA m: November 01, 1866 in Carroll Co., VA Father: Lemuel DALTON Mother: Agnes SAMPSON darlene spencer bluemoon@pressroom.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam" <family@sprynet.com> To: <VACARROL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 4:52 PM Subject: [VACARROL] Richard Beasley 1795/96 - 1881 > Looking for corrections and/or additions to this family. And does anyone know of any Indian ancestry in the Beasley family? > > > 1 Richard H. Beasley b: Bet. 1795 - 1796 in Patrick County, VA d: March 19, 1881 in Carroll County, VA Burial: Shockley Cemetery, Carroll County, VA > .. +Sarah H. Hardy b: 1803 d: August 26, 1877 in Carroll County, VA > ......... 2 Thomas K. Beasley b: Abt. 1820 d: April 16, 1890 in Carroll County, VA > ............. +Jemiah > ......... 2 Dansey Beasley b: Abt. 1829 > ......... 2 Robert Beasley b: Abt. 1832 > ......... 2 Martha Ann Beasley b: January 02, 1835 in Virginia d: February 15, 1917 in Carroll County, VA Burial: Shockley Cemetery > ............. +Josiah Worrell b: Abt. 1828 > ......... 2 Richard R. Beasley b: Abt. 1836 > ............. +Lucy T. > ......... 2 Johanna Beasley b: Abt. 1840 > ............. +Michael Shockley b: Abt. 1835 > ......... *2nd Husband of Johanna Beasley: > ............. +Cochran > ......... 2 David Beasley b: Abt. 1843 > ......... 2 Mary Jane Beasley b: 1846 in Carroll County, VA d: Aft. 1910 > ............. +George W. Dalton b: Bet. 1846 - 1848 in Carroll County, VA d: Aft. 1910 m: November 01, 1866 in Carroll County, VA > > Thank you in advance. > Pam