19 May 1996   



TABLE OF CONTENTS


I.   Introduction

     Owen County Indiana Beamans

II.  Continental Line Myth Disproved

III. The Parents

     a.   Father - early mention
     b.   Joining Quakers
     c.   Children in Northampton
     d.   Move to Wayne - Quakers
     e.   Land purchases and sales in Mill Marsh
     f.   Federal census - Wayne 1790
     g.   Move to Randolph

IV.  Children

     a.   Francis, Abraham, Nathan

     b.   The middle ones

     c.   Josiah, Cornelius, Polly

The following has not been completed yet.

V.   Nearby North Carolina Beamans

VI.  Discussion and hypotheses

     a. Speculation - Points to ponder

     b. Inconsistencies


VII. Conclusion



FOREWORD

     I am descended from Francis Beaman and his son, Samuel, who
settled in Owen County, Indiana in 1824.  Although everyone else
sanctioned him as the father of my Francis, I resisted accepting
without question Francis the Quaker.  Not because he was of the
Quaker faith, but because of the bounty land warrant, which was
written to the heirs of Francis.  Until it could be proven that
both Francis Beamans were alive in 1790 and later, the implica-
tion was that one man was dead.  It was generally believed that
the father was dead, but the records refuted that point.  He was
still very much alive until 1802, if not after that.

     This study was begun in an attempt to define relationships
between the Francis Beaman who went to Indiana and others with
whom he was associated in North Carolina.  And it was an effort
to disassociate my Francis from the Quaker Francis.  But as more
facts were pieced together, the more intertwined their lives
appeared.  This is a factual account of the movement and growth
of the family.  In this short paper outlining the facts and
stating theories based on the preponderance of evidence and
inferences, much of the narrative may be familiar, but I hope
with a slightly new perspective.

     Except for census information and a few other items, this
essay has been prepared from published materials.  It is sug-
gested that the reader compare this with original sources, e.g.,
deed books, original documents in loose papers, etc.  I have not
constructed or construed years of birth other than from census
information, or if a person signed a petition.  Any suppositions
or hypotheses will be indicated as such.  Words such as probably
or possibly are used to indicate that proof is needed for a
particular statement.

     Of course, a genealogical piece such as this is never so
thoroughly detailed that nothing remains to be added.  New
findings are constantly being made, new evidence turned up, new
conclusions arrived at.  I hope that as the years go by, more
information will come to light.  Feedback, corrections and
additions will be most welcomed.


INTRODUCTION

     Indiana Territory opened to settlement in 1800, and Indiana
became a state in 1816.  About the year 1824 Francis Beaman and
his son Samuel made the bold move to homestead in the Indiana
wilderness, along with several others of the immediate family.
The new home of Francis and Samuel was in Morgan Township, Owen
County (Blanchard, 785).  Even today the area they settled seems
remote to some.

     Eli Beaman, son of Briant, recorded in his Bible that he had
moved to Indiana with his father in the year 1823 (Chester Bea-
man).  Another account, by James K. Polk Stephens, relates that
Isaac and his family also came from North Carolina in 1823.  The
county history tells that Francis and Samuel arrived in 1824.
Owen County tax lists, 1825 through 1828, record Samuel and
Briant, and Abraham's sons, Isaac, Jacob and David, as well as a
William Beeman.

     The Federal census of 1830 enumerated the following families
in Owen County:  Jacob Beamon, Isaac Beamorn, Briant Beman,
Samuel Boommin, Zachariah Beamon, Jacob Hicks, Rhubrin Jordan,
John Halton, Henry Halton, Noah Randles.

     Francis Beaman was born by 1755, so by 1824 he was at least
69 years old, a very old man for those times.  "One of the first
persons who died in Morgan Township, if not the first, was
Francis Beaman .....  Mr. Beaman departed this life as early as
the year 1827, and was buried in the northern part of the
township on the farm owned at the present time by Mr. Plummer
(Blanchard, 791)."  William Plummer owned land in section 13,
near Jordan Village (see appendix, Burial Site).  Francis was
married to Susannah by 1778, and had a son, Samuel, who
accompanied him to Owen County.  Briant Beaman may also have been
a child of Francis, as well as Catherine who married James
Langdon.  One account tells that Francis also had a son, John.

     By 1824 Sam and Sally (Langdon) Beaman had been married
thirteen years and had five children, James, Elizabeth, Alvin,
Samuel, and Mary.  There was a five-year interval between the
fifth child, born in North Carolina, and Sarah, the sixth, born
in Indiana, so they may have lost some on the trek northwest, or
the move may have discouraged conception during this period.
Sam's children, James, Samuel, Alvin and Elizabeth were
identified in the county history (Blanchard, 785 & 790).  In an
affidavit, Mary Parrish stated that she was Samuel's sister.

     The family lived only a few years in Morgan Township before
they relocated to Jackson Township "as early as 1829" (Blanchard,
801).  John Carter purchased Sam's claim in Morgan Township in
1829 and patented it in 1830 (Blanchard, 786).  John Carter
entered a claim for the west half of the southeast quarter of
Section 31 in Township 11 north, Range 4 west on 6 March 1830
(Vincennes Land Office, Cash Book G, final cert #1984).  Sam
[senior] was on the Owen County tax lists in 1825, 1827 and 1828
(Franklin, 3), and both Samuels, father and son, were on the
Jackson Township tax lists in 1843.

     Samuel Beaman secured land during the years 1838-1839 in
Jennings Township (Blanchard, 808).  He entered a claim for forty
acres in Jennings Township, NE, SE quarter of Section 9, T11N,
R4W on 10 November 1835 (Vincennes Land Office, Cash Book G,
final cert #8,577), which Sam and Sarah then deeded to son Samuel
Beaman in February 1840 (Owen County Deed Book 7, page 30).  He
also entered a claim for forty acres in Jackson Township, SE, SW
quarter of Section 5, T11N, R4W on 24 August 1836 (Vincennes Land
Office, Cash Book G, final cert #15,064), which Sam and Sarah
then deeded to son-in-law, George W. Helm in February 1837 (Owen
County Deed Book 6, page 542).  In the 1840 and 1850 Federal
censuses Sam and Sarah were in Jackson Township (1850 - family
#678).  The agricultural census reported they had 20 improved and
20 unimproved acres valued at $250, livestock of one horse, one
milk cow, eight sheep and two hundred eighty swine.

     James Beaman lived in Section 3 (Blanchard, 806), Jennings
Township.  He entered claims for NW, NW of Section 4 in July 1835
and NE, NW of Section 4 in February 1836; patents for these
entries were dated March 1837 and August 1837 respectively.
James married Lydia Helm on 27 October 1831 (Owen County
Marriages). In the 1850 Federal census James and Lydia were in
Jennings Township (family #701).  They divorced in 1856 and soon
after he married second, Jincy Ann Stevens.  His third wife was
Mary Palmer Maze, whom he married in 1881 after Jincy died.
(see "The Beaman Story" by Alvin M. Randles, 1991)

     Alvin Beaman married his first cousin, Winnie Langdon on 16
October 1834 in Owen County.  They remained in Owen County their
entire lives, living in Jackson and Jennings Townships (see
appendix, Alvin Beaman).

     Samuel Beaman [junior] married Lucinda Rogers on 6 July
1837.  In December 1836 he had entered a claim for 40 acres
located in Morgan Township, the NE4, NE4 of Section 16, T11N, R4W
(Original Tract Book, Owen County), for which he never received a
patent. Between 1837 and 1847 Sam acquired and sold six parcels
of land in Owen County; by 1850 he owned none (see appendix, Land
Transactions).  In the 1850 Federal census, Sam and Lucinda were
in Jennings Township (family #748).  The agricultural census
reported that they had 20 improved and 60 unimproved acres valued
at $400, livestock of one horse, one milk cow, twelve sheep and
twenty swine.

     The Helm family arrived in Owen County by 1830, as one of
the first marriages in Morgan Township was Samuel Beaman's
daughter, Elizabeth to George Hellum on August 8 that year
(Blanchard, 790; Owen County Marriages).  The following year, on
October 27, their daughter, Lydia Helm married James Beaman, son
of Samuel (Burnett, 166; Owen County Marriages).  Family
tradition was that Lydia Helm and James Beaman were first
cousins; that their mother was a Beaman.  This has not been
proven; the Helm children were all born in Kentucky (see
appendix, Helm Family).

     Jacob Beaman, born circa 1780, was the son of Abraham and
Elizabeth (Dage/D'Auge) Beaman.  He married Winifred Langdon in
1800 in Johnston County.  The family settled in Morgan Township
(Blanchard, 787).  His son, (Haltom, 9) Zachariah Beaman (b:
circa 1810), married Catharine Randol in March 1830 in Owen
County. Zach and Catherine were received at Vernal Baptist Church
in Monroe County in November 1849 (Indiana Source Book II, page
271); he was in Warren County, Iowa by 1870.  Jacob's daughter,
(Haltom, 8) Rachel (born 1818 or earlier), married Elias Hicks in
1831.  Jacob, Winnie and Rachel were enumerated in the 1850
Federal census with son, Jacob L. who had married Linna Lucas in
May 1840.  Jacob died between 1852 and 1860, possibly in Warren
County, Iowa where Jacob L. had migrated by 1852.  Winnie was
enumerated in the 1860 census with Jacob L. in Panora Twsp,
Guthrie County, Iowa.

     Isaac, born about 1775, was another son of Abraham and
Elizabeth (Dage/D'Auge) Beaman.  He married Ellender Haislip by
1800 and many years later they moved to Owen County with seven of
their children.  His will dated 20 Nov 1840, was probated 4
August 1841 (Owen County Will Book 1, page 46), and names only
his wife and son Abraham, probably the youngest son, as was the
custom in those days.  A deed was executed in October 1852 and
signed by all the heirs of Isaac (Owen County Deed Book 12:347)
selling real estate in Morgan Township (Section 19, SW, SE), land
patented to Isaac in 1838.

     Isaac and sons, Isaac, Laban, and Abraham settled in Morgan
Township by 1827 (Blanchard, 786).  Isaac's daughter, Anna
married Jacob Hicks, possibly in Raleigh, Wake County, North
Carolina on 28 Oct 1824, and migrated to Jackson Township, Owen
County in 1825 (Blanchard, 848).  Jacob Hicks made the burial
case for Francis.

     David (born circa 1775-1784) was another son of Abraham and
Elizabeth (Dage/D'Auge) Beaman.  He made a brief appearance in
Owen County in 1828 (tax list collected 1827), but was gone by
1830. He may have left some children in Putnam and Clay Counties,
as he had two sons and a daughter by 1810.  He may have been the
Beaman reported in Cass Township, Clay County History by
Blanchard (see beaman57.fac).  His wife, Sylvia, was still living
during the 1850's, location unknown.

     Briant Beaman was born circa 1785-1788 in North Carolina.
He married Mary Langdon in North Carolina by 1813, and died in
Owen County on 3 January 1836 (or 1839), probably in Morgan or
Jackson Township.  In the 1830 Federal census, Samuel and Briant
were neighbors, and in 1840 Samuel was living near the widow Mary
Beaman in Jackson Township.  Mary "Polly" and Noah Randall were
married in Owen County on 6 December 1840 and enumerated in the
1850 Federal census in Morgan Township, followed by Briant's
youngest children and Briant jr (see appendix, Briant Beaman's
Younger Children).  Mary died 3 November 1873, probably in Warren
County, Iowa where she lived in 1870 with her daughter, Catherine
Clinkenbeard.

     In October 1848 Bryant Beaman, a son, deeded to Samuel
Beaman, the youngest son (Owen County Deed Book 10, page 217) 40
acres near Atkinsville, the SE, NE of Sec 21, T11N, R4W, in
Morgan Township where they lived in 1850.  This land had been
acquired from Noah Randle, who purchased it from Willis and Nancy
Reynolds in 1846.  Samuel sold the land to Abraham Coffman in
March 1852.   Eli, their eldest son, born 1813, was a prominent
Baptist minister in his community.  In 1850 Eli and Samuel
[senior] lived next door to each other in Jackson Township
(family #677 & #678).  In September 1836 Eli acquired 40 acres in
Jackson Township, the SW, SW of Section 9, T11N, R4W (Owen County
Deed Book 5, page 258), and later, in January 1849, Eli acquired
the NW, NW of Section 9 from Alvin Beaman.  This land is on the
township line.

    According to the county history, Samuel and his nephew, Levi
Beaman relocated to Jackson Township (near the Morgan Township
line) by 1829 .... became prominent citizens.  Levi was a minis-
ter of the Baptist Church (Blanchard, 801).  Nephew -- was the
term used loosely or was Levi really the son of Samuel's brother?
Did the writers of the history have only a dim recollection of
this person, and really mean Eli, since the two names resemble
each other in a phonetic manner?  Was there a "Levi"?  Levi does
not appear in any official records, church or census records.

     Many of the family members joined in worship with others
from North Carolina in a group known as "Little Flock Baptist
Church."  They organized formally in November 1842 as the New
Union Baptist Church (commonly called Carolina) in the northern
part of Morgan Township.  Sam's wife, Sarah (Sary) was a charter
member.  Other charter members were Jacob Beaman, Elijah Beaman,
Winna Beaman (wife of Jacob), Polly Beaman, Catherine Beaman
(wife of Zachariah), Mary Beaman, Penelope Beaman, Rachel Hicks
(daughter of Jacob Beaman), Elizabeth Haltom (daughter of Isaac
Beaman), Sarah (Beaman) Hicks.  Of the seventeen charter members,
eleven were Beamans.  Of the next six persons joining, five were
Beamans. Although not amongst the charter members, Eli Beaman was
ordained a deacon on 22 January 1843 (Haltom, 1).  Samuel Beaman
senior and junior were early members. (see beaman43.fac)

     Several accounts of the family in Indiana may be found at
the Owen County (Indiana) Public Library.  The present discussion
will not enlarge upon those descriptions, for this is meant to be
a study of the origins of these North Carolina Beamans.

     A few Beaman families were scattered through North Carolina
during the second half of the 18th century and early part of the
19th century.  In particular, two Francis Beamans resided in
various places around the state over the course of several
decades.  The focus of the rest of this paper will be these two
men named Francis Beaman and their associated families.  In
available records, they were seldom in the same county at the
same time, and seem to be two distinct families.  However, they
were never very far apart; generally they lived in contiguous
counties. The elder Francis first established his family in
Northampton County, and was a Quaker, with a very large family
that scattered as they matured.  Francis the son was rejected by
the sect, lived progressively in Bertie County, Duplin County,
Dobbs (Greene) County, and Montgomery County, and in his elder
years migrated from North Carolina to Indiana.



THE CONTINENTAL LINE MYTH DISPROVED

     It was alleged that Francis Beaman, the Quaker, served in
the North Carolina Continental Line during the American
Revolution.  A military warrant (#1987) supposedly was issued by
the State of North Carolina on 16 August 1785 to the heirs of
Francis Beeman for his service.  In accordance with the law
enacted in 1783, the amount of land awarded was the maximum 640
acres, indicating a full 84 months (7 years) service.  The "heirs
of Francis Beeman" were ONE "Francis Beeman."  The land
eventually selected by the purchaser (Charles Gilmore) was in
Davidson County, TN.

     After the Revolutionary War, western lands were abundant and
fraud was rampant.  The Glasgow Land Frauds scandal in 1798 in
North Carolina culminated in the trial and prosecution of James
Glasgow, Secretary of State, and others in high office.  An index
recently compiled by Dr. A. B. Pruitt has made it easier to
identify fradulant claims.  According to the investigators, a man
named John Price forged a large number of warrants, portraying a
soldier as deceased and his heirs receiving the warrant.  He
perpetrated his particular swindle in this way.  Names were
picked at random.  The soldier named in the warrant was always
presented as deceased, and the claim was based on 84 months
ser-vice in the Continental Line, but none had mustered.  The
heir receiving the warrant was of the same name as the entitled
soldier.  The first assignment was always to John Price.  Francis
Beeman (warrant #1987) was one of those whose name was used.

     The truth has been revealed.  The bounty land warrant in the
name of Francis Beaman was part of the Glasgow land fraud
schemes. Neither father, nor son, Francis Beaman received a
bounty land warrant for service in the Continental Line during
the Revolution. It was quite possible they didn't even know their
name was used, for in all probability they would not have
approved of this unscrupulous activity.

     The search for the truth has taken time and a great deal
effort, but has been worth the trouble.  The evidence suggested
that one man was dead.  As it was highly unlikely that a Quaker,
and a man of advanced years, would have served in the Continental
Line, and the son was alive to sire children and travel to Indi-
na, the claim lacked credibility.  The commander of the local
militia requested from the Rich Square Monthly Meeting a list of
those men to be exempted from military service.  Francis [senior]
and his son, James were on the list in the fifth month, 1775.


THE PARENTS

     Francis Beaman [senior] was in Northampton County, North
Carolina as early as 1751, when he was a sworn chain carrier for
the surveyor, J. Edwards (Hofmann, Lord Granville Patent Book 14,
page 240).  Three other times he is known to have served as a
sworn chair carrier for J. Edwards in Northampton County during
the 1750's, including a survey for John Beaman of Northampton
County (Hofmann, Lord Granville Patent Book 14, page 219), later
of Nansemond County.  Francis was a private on the muster roll of
Captain Samuel Cotten's Company in Northampton County after 1748
(Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, page 650).  He served on
a Coroner's Inquest jury held at the house of John Bass in
Northampton County in October 1758 (Journal of North Carolina
Genealogy, Jan 1975, page 31).

     On 30 October 1760, Francis acquired land (345 acres between
Uraha and Catawisky Swamps) from Thomas and Keziah Willson
(Northampton County Deed Book 3, page 95) "for and in consid-
eration of one half of the expenses and charges of taking up the
land hereinafter mentioned into office of the Earl of Granville".
Francis was the sworn chain carrier for the survey of this grant
done 5 October 1753.  This property was sold to Elijah
Daughtree/Daughtry on 10 March 1777 (Northampton County Deed Book
6, page 170-172).

     Francis Beaman [senior] and his wife Mary were received by
the Friends at Rich Square Monthly Meeting in Northampton County,
North Carolina, in January 1764, having satisfied the preparative
meeting (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 229).  The children were not
mentioned at that time.  It appears that a record of the family
groups was not accomplished by the Rich Square society until the
1790's, so the family is mentioned only in the minutes.  In 1775
Francis was on the list of exemptions prepared by the Monthly
Meeting at the request of Col. Allen Jones of the local militia.

     Francis [senior] and wife, Mary Beaman requested certifi-
cates from Rich Square, and were received by Contentnea Monthly
Meeting in Dobbs (Wayne) County in June 1777 (Hinshaw, Vol. I,
page 229 & 299).  They lived in Dobbs County adjoining Jonathan
Wasden on Mill Marsh.  Francis acquired this land in 1777 from
Benjamin Best and wife (Dobbs County Deed Bk 11, pg 173 [book not
extant], Journal of North Carolina Genealogy, Feb 1996); land
entries of January 1778 mention land on the north side of Mill
Marsh joining Francis Beaman, et al (Dobbs County Land Entries
1778-1790, #44 and #68).  The deeds prior to 1778 are lost, but a
later deed recites "a plantation on the Mill Marsh" originally
granted by patent to Benjamin Best, dated 15 Nov 1762 (Dobbs
County grants).  Francis was on the tax list of Wayne County in
1786, taxed for 250 acres and one poll; he had no slaves (Journal
of North Carolina Genealogy, #32, Vol. VIII, #4, Dec 1962, page
1045).  Wayne County was created from Dobbs and Craven in 1779.
Dobbs County was discontinued in 1791, and became Lenoir and
Glasgow Counties, with Glasgow being renamed to Greene in 1799.

     In the first Federal census of the new United States taken
in 1790, a Francis Beaman with a household of 3 males older than
15 and 4 females lived in Wayne County.  This Francis in Wayne
County was the Quaker.  The three males in household were
probably the elder Francis and his youngest sons, Josiah and
Cornelius.

     On 7 February 1793, Francis & Mary Beaman of Wayne County
deeded their plantation of 250 acres lying on both sides of Mill
Marsh to a neighbor, Jonathan Wasden (Wayne County Deed Book 5,
page 456; witness: David Beaman).  By December 1797, Francis
Beman was "of Randolph County" when he was deeded 240 acres in
Randolph County on Little River from John Graves (Randolph County
Deed Book 8, page 28). The deed was witnessed by his son, Josiah
Beaman.

     Mary Beamon, her son Cornelius Beaman, and her daughter
Polly Pearson, with husband Jesse Pearson, were granted
certificates from the Contentnea Monthly Meeting (Wayne County)
to Back Creek Monthly Meeting (Randolph County) on 8 December
1798 (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 299); they were received 23 Feb 1799
(Hinshaw, Vol I, page 709 & 730).  Contentnea men's records were
lost, so if Francis also requested a transfer it will never be
known; he was not mentioned in the Back Creek records.

     The 1800 Federal census places Francis Beaman in Randolph
County (page 3), with a household of one male older than 44, two
females older than 44, and one female 26-44.  This resembles the
1790 household of Francis Beaman in Wayne County.  Cornelius and
Josiah Beaman and Jesse Parson (sic) were also in the Randolph
County 1800 Federal census.

     On 8 January 1802, Francis Beman of Randolph County deeded
the 240 acres in Randolph County on Little River back to John
Graves (Randolph County Deed Book 9, page 474).  Mary was not
mentioned in the deed, so she may have been deceased by then.
She was not mentioned in Quaker records after 1799, but did not
die before the 1800 census.  There is no known will or estate
settlement for Francis or Mary in Randolph County or elsewhere.

     Children of Francis [senior] and Mary Beaman who were
mentioned in Quaker minutes were Francis, Ozias, Abraham, James,
David, Martha, Keziah, Josiah, Polly and Cornelius.


FRANCIS, ABRAHAM AND NATHAN

     In 1772 a complaint was exhibited against Francis Beeman
junior at the Rich Square Monthly Meeting for having a base
begoten child layd to his charge and sworn to him (Hinshaw, Vol
I, page 229).  It is not known if he married the mother of this
child.  He was not mentioned again in Quaker records.  Francis
was married to Susanna by 1778.

     In September 1777 Francis Beman of Northampton County
purchased 100 acres on Wattom Swamp in Bertie County from Samuel
and Mary Deens.  Francis and his wife, Susanner sold this land in
January 1778 to John Jones (Bertie County Deed Bk M, pg 366).

     Francis Beaman junior was #71 on the 1780 tax list of Dobbs
County, in District #8 west of Contentnea Creek in the western
part of (Greene) county, adjacent Wayne County.  His property was
valued at 36 pounds (Creech, History of Greene County).  A deed
dated November 1786 in which he received 200 acres from Ezekiel
Smith described Francis as "of Dobbs County" (Wayne County Deed
Book 4, page 520).  He sold the 200 acres a year later to William
Daniel for a profit of ten pounds (Wayne County Deed Book 4, page
87).  Abraham Beaman witnessed both transactions.  By 1787 dower
rights were no longer exercised, so his wife was not required to
sign the sale deed.

     In July 1790 Francis was ordered to work the road in Wayne
County (Wayne County Minutes: Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions, 1787-1794, page 238).  In the Federal census for the
year 1790 in Duplin County we find Francis [junior] and Abraham
enumerated, and also in Duplin County, the death of a third party
named Nathan, who had infant children.  Their parallel activities
and residences suggest that Francis, Abraham [senior], and Nathan
were brothers, or otherwise very closely related.  Nathan was
never mentioned in the Quaker records.

     Francis first appeared in Duplin County in 1788 on the
Southerland District tax list as Francis Beeman, one free poll,
owning no property (NC Archives, CR #35.508.2, loose originals).
A profile of the members in Francis' household in the Federal
census of 1790 in Duplin County indicates a fairly large house-
hold, with some possible children.  Whether or not the young
males (i.e., < 16) in his household were actually his children is
another question.  Possibly some of the people in his household
were Nathan's family.

     Francis Beaman of the Montgomery County 1800 Federal census
(page 475) was born by 1755.  It was still a fairly large house-
hold, with young males and females ages 16-25, and two boys under
ten years.  It was an error by an indexer that placed them in
Mecklenburg County in 1800.  His son, Samuel, was born in North
Carolina circa 1793-1794.  Evidence that Francis [senior] and
Abraham moved during the late 1790's would hint that Francis
[junior] probably followed their example, and that his son Samuel
was born before they left Duplin County.

     Francis Beaman [junior] was enumerated in Montgomery County
in the 1810 Federal census (page 570).  His wife was not in the
household, so probably Susanna had died before the census.
Francis was mentioned in Josiah's estate settlement in October
1811.  Nowhere is there any indication that Francis owned land
after he left Wayne County.  He owned two parcels of land, both
of which he held less than a year.  So they appear to have moved
a lot until they settled in Montgomery County.  It is believed
that Francis resided in Montgomery County until he migrated to
Owen County, Indiana (more than twenty years).

     The 1820 Federal census is not extant for Randolph or
Montgomery Counties.  Montgomery County Courthouse burned in
1842, and there are no extant records prior to 1843.  With the
paucity of information, we are obliged to infer events of the
intervening years.

     Nathan Beeman died intestate in Duplin County in 1790; he
had "wife and children" who were not referred to by name in his
estate file.  Abraham Beeman was appointed administrator in
October 1790 (Duplin County Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions, 1788- 1791, page 46).  Francis owed a cash debt to
Nathan; buyers of the estate items included Abraham and Francis
(Duplin County Estate Records, CR #35.508.2, NC Archives, loose
originals); the proceeds from the sale of his estate were
L51.6.7.  Although "children" were mentioned, no guardian papers
have been found.

     That it was the same Abraham who resided in Johnston (later
in Montgomery) County is attested to in the court minutes by the
petition against Abraham by Nathan's guardian, John Davis.  In
November 1806, Nathan Beaman sued Abraham in Johnston County
Court, possibly for his inheritance, as on coming of age a person
might petition the court to receive his estate.  He was awarded
169 pounds and court costs (Johnston County Court Minutes, 1805-
1811, page 149).  Nathan was born circa 1785-1790 and married
Betsy Wright in Johnston County in July 1810 (North Carolina
marriage bond #66980), but he is not found by name in any Federal
census.  He may have been living with Abraham [junior] in 1800 in
Johnston County and in 1810 in Montgomery County.  Nathan served
from Wayne County as a private in the War of 1812, 2d Regiment,
North Carolina Militia (Detached), Tisdale's, which was organized
in August 1814 (Records of the Adjutant General's Office, War of
1812, North Carolina).  There is no indication where he went
after the war.  He signed an affidavit on 6 August 1816 at
Raleigh for pay while with Tisdale's Company (Nat'l Archives
pension files).

      Abraham Beaman was born by 1755.  He married Elizabeth
Dage/D'Auge, and their first son, Abraham, was born by 1774.
Abraham was witness to a deed for his brother Osias in Wayne
County in February 1780 (Wayne County Deed Book 1, page 20), and
for his brother Francis in 1786 (Wayne County Deed Book 4, page
520).  He was on the 1786 tax list in Wayne County, taxed for 200
acres and one free poll (Journal of North Carolina Genealogy,
page 1045), and had two free polls on a 1788 tax list of
Insolvents in Captain Hamm's District in Wayne County (Wayne
County Tax Records, CR #103.703.4, NC Archives).  He was under
the care of the Contentnea Monthly Meeting until February 1787
(Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 299).  His household in 1790 included two
males age sixteen and older, three males under age sixteen, and
two females.

      While Francis [senior] relocated to Randolph County by 1797
and Francis [junior] to Montgomery County before 1800, Abraham
Beaman and his sons migrated to Johnston County by 1799.  He was
deeded 100 acres by William Messer in March 1799 (Johnston County
Deed Book Y1, page 45), and was of Johnston County at that time.
An Abraham appeared consistently in the records of Johnston
County during the following decade.  Abraham [senior]
(specifically) first appears on that County's tax list in 1802
with 296 acres and one poll (note: 100 acres, Messer & 196 acres,
Fish), and Abraham [junior] with 300 acres.  They lived on the
south side of McCullers (Colours) Branch near Black Creek (near
the Cumberland County line).  He and his sons, David, Jacob,
Abraham, and Isaac were enumerated in the 1800 Federal census in
Johnston County (pages 765, 766, 767, 772, 773 respectively).
His son, Jacob, had married James Langdon's daughter in Johnston
County that year (North Carolina Marriage Bond #66981).

     Having moved before 1810, an Abraham (probably the son)
appeared on the 1810 tax list in Johnston County owning 300
acres, but with no polls.  Abraham and his sons, Jacob, David,
Isaac and Abraham, and his son-in-law Zachariah Collins were
enumerated in the 1810 Federal census in Montgomery County with
Francis Beaman [junior] in their midst (page 570).  The following
year, Samuel, son of Francis of Montgomery County, returned to
Johnston County for his bride, another daughter of James Langdon
(North Carolina marriage bond #66982).  Presumably Abraham
[senior] died near Troy in Montgomery County after the 1810
census.  His sons Abraham [junior] and David served in the
Montgomery County militia under Captain Harris during the War of
1812 (Muster Rolls of Soldiers in War of 1812, Adjutant General,
NC).  Sons Isaac, David and Jacob migrated to Owen County,
Indiana circa 1823-1824.

     Abraham [junior] married Rhoda Godwin by 1795 and removed
after March 1819 to Pike County, Alabama, where he died in 1848
(Pike County, AL Will Book A, page 25, will dated 29 Aug 1844;
proven 19 Oct 1848), while his son Briant remained in Montgomery
County. Abraham entered his claim for 20 acres on both sides of
Dumas (Doomas) Creek in Montgomery County in March 1819; grant
#2687 was issued December 1821, from entry #8158 (Book 135, page
264, file #2359).  Doomas Creek is northwest of Troy; a
descendant, Lillie Beaman, lived near there until she died in
1992.  Sons of, the elder Abraham, Isaac, David and Jacob had
land on Little River, east of Troy, before they went to Indiana
(David, warrant #7987, Isaac, grant #2340, and Jacob, warrant
#7478 & 7985).


THE MIDDLE ONES

     David Beaman married contrary to the order of Friends, and
in March 1787 was denied by the Contentnea Monthly Meeting
(original book, Guilford College).  David was born by 1763 and
died between 16 April and August 1805 in Wayne County, leaving
his wife Phoebe (Phoeby), son Culling, and two minor sons, John
and Arthur (Wayne County Deed Book 8, page 444); his will, dated
16 April 1805, probated in Wayne County, was not recorded (North
Carolina State Archives, loose original wills #119).  David's
family was enumerated in Newbern Distrist, Wayne County in the
1790 Federal census and in addition to himself, included one male
under 16 and two females.

     The 1800 Federal census places David still in Wayne County,
with three males under 10 years of age.  David signed a petition
for the courthouse site in Wayne County in March 1784 (Spiron,
Old Dobbs County Records, Section VII), and was witness to a deed
for Abraham dated 13 March 1785 (Wayne County Deed Book 2, page
51) and his parents' deed in February 1793 (Wayne County Deed
Book 5, page 456).  He was appointed overseer of the road from
Colonel Moring's to Harrison's old place in January 1793 (Ham,
Wayne County Minutes: Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
1787-1794, page 97).  Son John died in Wayne County in 1821
(North Carolina Estate Records, loose originals).  Son Arthur was
in Sampson County in October 1823 when he executed a deed of
trust to John Smith (Watson, Kinfolks, page 181; Deed Book 12,
page 424).

    James Beaman was born before 1756.  His request to marry Mary
Perkins was dated the 18th of the second month 1775 in the Rich
Square Monthly Meeting (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 229).  According to
the Rich Square records, in the 5th month 1775 James was on the
list of exemptions from the militia of Northampton County
requested by Colonel Allen Jones.  James and Mary moved to Dobbs
County, and in March 1777 requested a certificate to Contentnea
Monthly Meeting (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 229).  James Beaman was
#54 on the 1780 tax list of Dobbs County, in District #8 west of
Contentnea Creek in the western part of (Greene) county, adjacent
Wayne County.  His property was valued at 42 pounds (Creech,
History of Greene County).  In February 1788 James, of Wayne
County, was deeded 200 acres on the west side of Oldfield Branch
in Wayne County (Wayne County Deed Book 4, page 121), which he
sold in December 1791.  James was on the 1786 tax list for Wayne
County, taxed for one free poll and 200 acres (Journal of North
Carolina Genealogy, page 1045).  His family was enumerated in
Newbern Distrist, Wayne County in 1790 Federal census; one male
over 15 years in addition to head of household and one female.

     By the 1800 Federal census James was in Franklin County
(page 493) without a wife and with one male under ten years, and
was still there in 1810 (page 788).  In November 1809 James
Beeman of Franklin County bought 196 acres in Johnston County
(near James Langdon) "on the south side of Black Creek, including
the plantation where old Beaman youst to live," from Joseph John
Fish; the deed was witnessed by Isaac Beaman (Deed Book F2, page
103). (note: a warrant was issued to John Fish for a claim
entered March 1804 for 196 acres on the south side of Black Creek
adjacent the plantation "where old Mr. Beaman now lives"
(Johnston County Land Entries, page 267, #42).)  James was on the
1809 Johnston County tax list with 196 acres, but no polls,
indicating he was not a resident in the county.  There is no deed
disposing of his land in the name Beaman.  James was mentioned in
Josiah's estate settlement in October 1811.  There is no known
will in Franklin County for James and his name is not in the
index for the 1820 Federal census.

     Keziah Beaman requested a certificate from Rich Square
Monthly Meeting in June 1777, and was received by Contentnea in
August (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 229 & 299).  She witnessed her
sister Polly's marriage in 1789.

    Martha Beaman requested a certificate from Rich Square
Monthly Meeting in June 1777, and was received by Contentnea in
August (ibid.).  She married George Cato/Catoe contrary to the
order of Friends, and in April 1787 was disowned (Hinshaw, Vol.
I, page 299).  A George Cato was in the Wayne County 1786 tax
list with 350 acres and three slaves, but no polls (Journal of
North Carolina Genealogy, page 1045), and in the 1790 Federal
census. Martha is mentioned in George Catoe's will in Wayne
County dated 3 December 1794 and proven in October court 1795
(Wayne Co wills, 1793-95, pg 645-47).  She received land in
Sampson County on 7 Miles Swamp, originally patented by Nathan
Godwin, and on Cowhary Dismal Swamp, originally patented by
Richard Godwin.  Her brother, David, was a witness to the will.
The only children mentioned were George's children by his first
wife, John and Molly, wife of James Handley.

      Ozias Beaman was condemed for his loose company in March
1776 by the Rich Square Monthly Meeting (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page
229). In May 1777 he requested a certificate to Contentnea, but
was removed and disowned instead (Hinshaw, Vol. 1, page 299).  He
repented, and was reinstated at Contentnea in December 1781.  But
by 1787 a complaint was again exhibited with the Friends.  Oziah
Beamand voted in the March 1779 election held at the courthouse
in Dobbs County (Journal of North Carolina Genealogy, #48, Vol.
XII, #4, Winter 1966, page 1792) and was on the 1779 tax lists in
Dobbs County.  He married Rebecca Colston by 1780 (DAR National
#516934), and acquired 200 acres on both sides of Brierry Branch
in February 1780 (Wayne County Deed Book 1, page 20).

     Uzias (sic) signed a petition in Wayne County in April 1784,
and was on the Wayne County tax list in 1786, 200 acres and one
free poll (Journal of North Carolina Genealogy, page 1045).  He
was appointed overseer of the road in April 1789 in Wayne County
(Wayne County, North Carolina Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions, page 55).  Uzias' family was enumerated in Newbern
Distrist, Wayne County, in 1790 Federal census; included one male
under 16 years, and three females.  In 1799 he received land
grants from the state for 150 acres (grant #795, entry #303) and
200 acres (grant #809, entry #40) in Sampson County.  By 1800
Federal census, Osias was at least 45 years old, and had a 16-25
year old male in the household in Sampson County (page 510).
John, living nearby, was also 16-25, and married by then to Colen
Carraway (Dr Wallace R. Draughon).  Ozias and Rebecca had a
daughter Martha who married George Draughon around 1799.  Ozias
died circa 1802 in Sampson County (DAR National #516934).  John
Beaman was in Sampson County in 1810 (Federal census page 474)
and died there in September 1820 (DAR National #516934).


JOSIAH, CORNELIUS AND POLLY

     As with the brothers, Francis and Abraham, whose families
appeared to maintain a close tie and settled in the same
geographic areas, the younger children, Cornelius, Josiah and
Polly lived parallel lives in North Carolina and Indiana.  In the
late 1790's they moved to Randolph County with their parents, and
were there together for the 1800 Federal census (page 3).  They
were neighbors in Captain Millers's District in Randolph County
(1803 tax list, Genealogical Journal, Randolph County).  A few
years after Josiah died, except for his widow, the rest of the
family moved to east central Indiana.

     Josiah Beaman was born by 1763, and died in Randolph County
by February 1808 when Letters of Administration were granted to
his wife, Sally Beaman, and Robert Arnold (Randolph County Court
Minutes, February term 1808).  The inventory and amount of sales
(value L47.11.11) were exhibited at May Term 1808 court (Randolph
County Will Book C, page 98, May term 1808).  His estate
settlement, then valued at L64.9.4, was filed October 1811 in
Randolph County (Randolph County Will Book C, page 316).  He may
have married Sarah Pearson (born circa 1766-70), who was disowned
by Contentnea Monthly Meeting on 12 November 1791 because she
married out of unity to a Beaman (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 299 &
314).  Josiah signed a petition for the courthouse site in Wayne
County in March 1784 (original petition) and was witness for
Abraham to a deed in Wayne County dated 13 March 1785 (Wayne
County Deed Book 2, page 51).  He also was witness for his
father's deed in December 1797 in Randolph County.  The 1800
Federal census locates Josiah in Randolph County (page 3) with
four children under ten years, one male and three females.

     Sarah Beman appeared in Randolph County in the 1810 Federal
census (page 6), with a male aged under 10 and two females.  In
November 1810 Sarah Beaman, murderer, was held in the constable's
home until she could travel to the county gaol (Randolph County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, November 1810 Court, page
205).  In February 1811 the coroner was paid for holding a jury
of inquest over the body of Sarah Beaman's deceased infant.

     A few years after Josiah died, several Beaman boys were
apprenticed in Randolph County.  In May 1811 Jesse Beamon, aged
ten years, was bound out to Jesse Pearson to learn the coopers
trade (loose originals, North Carolina State Archives).  In
February 1812 Benjamin Beaman, "six years old last April", was
bound out to Jesse Harvey "who agrees to learn him the art of
farming." (Randolph County Court Minutes, February term 1812)
If Jesse went to Indiana with the Pearsons, then he probably
married in Wayne County in August 1822 to Letty Crampton (Wayne
County Marriage Records - Indiana Source Book III, page 323), and
was living in Randolph County, Indiana in 1840 and in Boone
County, Indiana in 1860.

     Likewise, Benjamin married Mary Busey in Washington County
in March 1825 (Washington County Marriage Records - Indiana
Source Book II, page 227), and was living in Boone County,
Indiana by 1840 census, and still there in 1850 and 1860.  In
November 1836 he helped organize Pleasant View Church in the
northeast part of Jefferson Township, and served it 21 years.
He died 24 July 1875 near Sangemon, Indiana (Beaman Museum)

     Mary Beamon married Samuel Newby (?junior) in Randolph
County in August 1808 (North Carolina marriage bond #113614).
Later, in 1818 Sarah Beeman was a witness for the will of Samuel
Newby senior (Randolph County Will Book 4, page 737), and David
Beaman was mentioned as his apprentice boy.  If David went to
Indiana with the Newbys and the Pearsons, then he probably
married in Washington County in March 1824 to Camilla Wood/Wade
(Washington County Marriage Records - Indiana Source Book II,
page 227).  (See Newbys, Appendix VIII)

     Cornelius Beaman was born circa 1761-1770.  He was received
from Contentnea by Back Creek Monthly Meeting, Randolph County,
on 23 March 1799 (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 709).  But he was
disowned on 29 September when he married out of unity (ibid.).
The 1800 Federal census finds Cornelias in Randolph County (page
3) with two males under 15 years.  In 1801 Cornelius was
mentioned in court martial proceedings on Captain Miller's return
of delinquents to be fined (Genealogical Journal, Randolph County
need vol, pg, etc).  He acquired property in Montgomery County in
October 1804, which deed was witnessed by Francis Beaman
(probably the brother, not the father) (Montgomery County
Earliest Extant Deeds, page 13).  He was mentioned in Josiah's
estate settlement in October 1811.

     Cornelius must have been reinstated, because in October 1814
he requested a certificate to White Water Monthly Meeting, Wayne
County, Indiana, (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 709) and was received
there 27 May 1815 (Heiss, Vol. 1, page 74).  He lived in the area
which became West Grove Monthly Meeting in 1818.  In August 1819
Cornelius was granted a certificate to Blue River Monthly Meeting
(Washington County, Indiana) (Heiss, Vol. 4, page 15).  He
returned to West Grove in Wayne County in 1822 (ibid.), and
later, in 1825, he removed to Milford Monthly Meeting.

     Cornelius' wife and children were never specifically
mentioned in the Quaker records.  (She could have been the Mary
mentioned as "removed" from Rich Square in 1816.)  Cornelius
probably was living with his son, John in Henry County in 1830,
and died there sometime afterward.  He may have had the following
sons: John, born 1800 in North Carolina, who married Elizabeth
Pearson by civil ceremony in November 1823 in Henry County and
patented 80 acres in Wayne County in 1821 and 304 acres in Henry
County in 1831 (Brookville-Indianapolis District Records ?pg) and
(David) Needham, born circa 1805 in North Carolina, who married
first Sally Smith in October 1829, also in Henry County (Henry
County Marriage Records - Indiana Source Book I, page 52).
Needham married three more times.  Another child might have been
Anna (born circa 1801-10) who married Nehemiah Bell in Wayne
County on 27 January 1825.  Nehemiah Bell may have been in Henry
County in 1840 and 1850; Anna died by 1845.

     John and Needham were in the 1830 Federal census in Henry
County (page 75), Indiana near the Pearsons; Needham was still in
Henry County (Prairie Township) in 1840.  In 1850 John was in
Wabash County (page 376), Indiana, and Needham was in Grant
County, Indiana in 1850 (page 167) and 1860 (page 60).  Did
Cornelius marry a Needham girl?  There were many of that surname
in the neighborhood of Josiah's widow in 1810.

     Mary "Polly" Beaman was born circa 1761-1770 and married
Jesse Pearson on 15 October 1789 at the house of Thomas Hollowell
in Wayne County (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 299).  In December 1798,
Polly and Jesse, and their daughters, Ann, Polly and Sarah, were
granted a certificate from Contentnea, and were received in
February 1799 at Back Creek Monthly Meeting, Randolph County,
North Carolina (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page 730).  Jesse Person was on
the Randolph County tax list in 1799 in Captain Haman Miller's
District.  The 1800 Federal census finds Jesse in Randolph County
(page 3) with five children under 10 years, one son and four
daughters, but they are not found in North Carolina in 1810.
They requested a certificate to White Water Monthly Meeting,
Wayne County, Indiana in October 1814 (Hinshaw, Vol. I, page
730), and were received 27 May 1815, with children Jonathan,
Jesse, Sarah, Rachel, Elisabeth, Susanna and Rebecca (Heiss, Vol.
1, page 153).  The family lived in the area that in 1818 became
West Grove Monthly Meeting (Heiss, Vol. 4, page 28).

     In February 1819 the family requested a certificate to Blue
River Monthly Meeting (Washington County, Indiana) and stayed
until December 1824, when they moved to Milford Monthly Meeting
(Wayne County, Indiana) (Heiss, Vol. 5, page 110).  In May 1832,
Jesse, wife Polly, Rebecca, Jesse Jr. and James were granted a
certificate to Duck Creek Monthly Meeting in Henry County, Indi-
ana (Heiss, Vol. 4, page 84), where they were enumerated in the
1830 Federal census (page 74).  Daughter Ann "Nancy" married
James Dunbar in April 1811 in Randolph County, North Carolina
(Genealogical Journal of Randolph County, Vol VI, #1, winter
1982, page 26), and they were living next to her parents in Henry
County, Indiana in 1830 (Federal census page 75).

     Daughter Elisabeth "Betty" was censured by the Friends in
September 1824 for marrying in a civil ceremony (Heiss, Vol. 4,
page 58) (a.k.a. Betsy, born 1802, married John Beeman in Henry
County, Indiana in November 1823, and named third child Jesse)
(Pat Mackie, B'man Newsletter 10-80).  John may have been the son
of Cornelius.  Daughter Mary (Polly) Pierson was also censured
(August 1825) (Heiss, Vol. 4, page 110) for marrying Samuel Jones
in a civil ceremony in Wayne County on 27 January 1823 (LDS IGI),
where they still lived (in Center Township) in 1830 (page 163).
Daughter Susanna married Thomas Newby of Milford in August 1827
at Milford Monthly Meeting (Newbys, Pearsons and Beamans had
intermarried in North Carolina).  Jesse Jr married Ann
Meek/Meleks in Henry County by civil ceremony in March 1826 and
was discontinued in 1836 by the Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Henry
County, Indiana (Heiss, Vol. 4, page 198).


BEAMANS IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES IN EARLY RECORDS

     John Beaman (planter) of Northampton County received a land
grant of 622 acres in Northampton County in the Parish of
Northwest from the Earl of Granville in August 1756 (Hofmann,
Patent Book 14, page 264; also Northampton County Deeds, 1741-
1759, Book 2, page 354, Feb Ct 1757), and sold 575 acres of the
grant to Thomas Knox in January 1757 (John then recorded as "of
Nansemond County, Virginia") (Northampton County Deed Book 2,
page 347).  John of Hartford County sold the rest of the land in
Northampton County in October 1760 to John Duke; had wife Rachel
(Northampton County Deed Book 3, page 52 - November Ct).  Francis
was the sworn chain carrier for John's survey in 1755 and for
John Duke in 1759.

     In July 1756 Ozias Beaman bought 100 acres in Bertie County
on the west side of the road that led to Mt. Sion store (Bertie
County Deed Book H, page 338-39).  Edmond Beeman witnessed a deed
for Edward Skull in September 1757 in Bertie County (Bertie
County Deed Book H, page 465).  The 1757 list of taxables for
Bertie County included Edward Skull paying Edmund Beaman's poll
tax (taken by John Brickell) and Ozias Beeman paying one poll
(taken by Henry Hunter) (Journal of North Carolina Genealogy,
#16, Vol. IV, #4, Dec 1958, page 488 and 490 respectively).  In
December 1759 Edmond and Ozias of Northampton County and John of
Bertie County signed petitions for the formation of Hertford
County from parts of Bertie, Chowan and Northampton (Journal of
North Carolina Genealogy, #55, Vol. XIV, #3, pages 2165 (Edmond),
2166 (Ozias) and 2167 (John).  (The southern third of Hertford
came from Bertie County in 1759.)  In 1777 John Beaman witnessed
a deed for Edward Scull in Bertie County.

     The Hertford County 1779 tax list included Ozias Beaman in
District #3 with 100 acres (page 41) and in District #4, Edmund
Beaman with 50 acres (page 76) and John Beaman with 320 acres
(page 74).  In 1782, the tax list for Hertford County listed
Ozias Beaman in District 3 with 100 acres and John Beaman in
District 4 with 320 acres.  But Edmund was conspicuously absent
in 1782.  On the 1784 Hertford County tax list Ozias was in CPT
Job Yeates's Company with 100 acres and one poll; John was in CPT
Nathan Harrell's Company, with 320 acres, but no polls (North
Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Vol. 9, #3, Aug 1983,
pages 132 and 136), possibly indicating non-residency or past the
age of owing poll taxes (ck bracket for 1784 poll taxes).  (Did
Ozias die by 1790?  scan Hertford.  Ozias paid poll 1784, so
younger than John, i.e. b:> 1723)  

     About 1777 Francis [senior] moved to Wayne County.  In
neighboring Dobbs County the 1790 Federal census included Edmond
whose household comprised two males age sixteen and older, one
male under sixteen, and four females, and Jeremiah with three
males under sixteen and two females.  Edmund, Jeremiah and Noah
Beaman voted in the August 1793 election, County of Glasgow, at
Snow Hill (Creech, History of Greene County).  By 1800 in Greene
County (Federal census page 587) (formerly Dobbs), Edmond was
over 44 years old and apparently the elder Beaman in the county,
Edmond's teenager was 16-25, Noah had married, and Jeremiah had
several more children.

      Back in Hertford in the 1790 Federal census John Beaman
reported two males over 15 years of age and two females, Cullen
had no children, and Morning had a male under 16, but no adult
male in the household. (Isn't Mourning a female name?)  By 1800
(Federal census page 709) John was over 44 years old, and had
many young females in his household.  Was this the same John of
the 1750's?  Probably not.  Why not?

     William Beaman witnessed deeds in Pitt County circa October
1763 for Joseph Jolley senior (Book B, page 418) and in November
1773 for Robert Hodges (Book L, page 36).  He was on the 1762
list of taxables for Pitt County, reported one white poll and no
blacks (Journal of North Carolina Genealogy, #56, Vol. XIV, #4,
Winter 1968, page 2212).  He was still in Pitt County in 1786, on
the tax list in Captain Robert Hodges' District (page 2), one
adult male age 16-60 and one female over 60 years (Register,
State Census of North Carolina, page 137).  William Bumam (sic)
was enumerated in the 1786 state census in Duplin County in
Captain Bowden's District (page 3), with eleven free white
individuals in his household.  His name which looks like Bumam on
the original tax list, has been transcribed as Beeman.  Whether
William was related to the other three Beaman men in the county
is a matter of conjecture.  (Where did he go later; incl as one
of 3 bros)


Other facts and unused notes

     Thomas Beeman witnessed a deed in Chowan County in April
1723 (Chowan Co, NC Abstract of Conveyances, Vol. II, page 295).

     Charles Beman, Johnston County, 1817, CPT Willie Atkinson's
District, no land, one poll.  Is he related to our boys?

     Euriah Beman and Bryant Beman, sons of Abraham and Rhoda,
were chain carriers for Isaac Beman's survey between 1804 and
1815 in Montgomery County, on northeast side of Duncan's Fork of
Little River (NC Land Grants, Entry #7174, grant #2340, Book
#129, page #399).  Who is Euriah?

     Welthy Beaman, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Dage)
Beaman, married Zachariah Collins in Johnston County, on 8 Oct
1802 (North Carolina Marriage Bond #67411).  Did they go to
Indiana?

     Look for Bryant relationships:  David Beaman witness for
deed, Sarah Bryant Head of Wayne County.  Joel Bryant attended
Polly and Jesse Pearson marriage.  Arthur Bryant listed next to
Francis on muster roll (Clark, Colonial soldiers).  William,
George and James Jr also on muster roll.

     The Vestry Book of the Upper Parish, Nansemond County,
Virginia, page 192, records lands processioned for Francis Beamon
on 30 Dec 1767.  (The parish was responsible for processioning,
i.e., checking the boundary markers of people's land.)

     Who was Levi Beaman in the 1810 Federal census in Randolph
County?  How old was he?  Where did he go?

     Parks Beaman b:ca 1762, d:1850; m: by 1784, wf Elizabeth

   This represents Beaman families in North Carolina Federal
censuses, comparing Francis' children's households with other
Beamans.


Appendix 

                Statistics -- 1790 - 1800 - 1810
[the columns in this are not straight, but I think when printed
it will be okay.]  [if not, let me know and I will redo.]

                      1790             1800             1810
County           Francis  Other   Francis  Other   Francis  Other

Duplin              2
Wayne               4                1
Hertford                    3                3
Dobbs                       2
Rowan                       2                2                2
Beaufort                    1
Montgomery                           1                6
Randolph                             3                1
Johnston                             5
Sampson                              2                1
Franklin                             1       1        1
Greene                                       3
Gates                                        2
Craven                                       1
Edgecomb                                     1
Northampton                                                   1
Anson                                                         1

Totals              6       8       13      13       13       4



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Beaman monograph procedures

     After collecting bits and pieces about the Beaman family for
eight years, a research paper incorporating all the data and
weaving the family members into a meaningful progression across
the State of North Carolina and into Indiana was drafted.  It may
run to forty pages, including references and appendices.  The
winter of 1991 was spent in this effort.  Collecting copies of
the original records mentioned in various abstracts has made the
job more extensive and time consuming.  Still, many loose ends
need to be tied up and references verified.  Much of the Indiana
data for other than direct line has come from information
provided by individuals, as well as actual courthouse work.

     The Beaman family in North Carolina was studied using
information from the censuses, tax lists, deeds, etc., to trace
Francis (the Quaker) and his children from county to county.
After it was delineated it was possible to observe that many of
the Beamans in North Carolina in 1800 (50 percent) were related
to Francis and Mary, the Quakers.

     Census information was collected for the Beamans of Owen
County, Indiana in order to gain some perspective about possible
family groups and relationships.  Lists were compiled for the
"big 4" patriarchs: Samuel, Briant, Isaac and Jacob, tabulating
possible children and the pages on which their households
appeared in the 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 Federal censuses,
in both Owen County and new locations in western states.

     Beginning with lists of the family groups from Chester
Beaman (Briant's), Roger Peterson (Samuel's), and Diane B. Beaman
(Isaac's), and then using census records, the county history and
the Carolina church records, the families were realigned and
pieced together.  Some judgments were based on the theory that
children would generally live next door to their parents, or were
reported as separate households even if living with parents in
1830 census.  Assessing the census, there seemed to be too many
girls born 1803- 1806 in Isaac's family, but Nancy, Elizabeth,
Mary and Anna definitely belong based on a quit claim deed filed
in Owen County.  Jacob had girls born in that time period which
are not conclusively identified.

     Abraham and Elizabeth (Dage/D'Auge) Beaman had four sons:
Abraham, David, Isaac and Jacob.  Abraham went to Pike County,
Alabama, while Isaac, Jacob and David moved to Owen County.
David served in the War of 1812; he was in the Owen County 1828
tax list.

    There are a few Beamans who do not fit into the "big 4" fam-
ilies.  Could they be David's children?  Loss of the 1820 Federal
census for Montgomery and Randolph Counties, North Carolina
certainly reduces the chance of judging family size and ages.

     Research in North Carolina in the summer of 1990 confirmed
the suspicion that Francis Beaman did not serve in the Continen-
tal Line or receive a bounty land warrant.  His warrant was part
of a fraud perpetrated by a man named John Price.  John Price was
not too smart; he not only used the same modus operandi through-
out his scheme, but he used duplicate numbers.  A valid warrant
was issued in the number 1987 to another person.  So the major
impediment to linking Francis junior to Francis the Quaker, the
question of military service and his early death, has been
eliminated.


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