Person:Edward Beard (3)

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Edward Beard
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  1. Edward Beard1716 - 1806
  2. James Beard, of Rockingham Cty, VAEst 1725 - Bef 1791
  • HEdward Beard1716 - 1806
  • WMary Bell1726 - 1805
m. Abt 1751
  1. William Beard1754 - 1834
  2. Elizabeth Beard1756 - 1828
  3. David Beard1758 - 1805
  4. Charles Beard1760 - 1833
  5. Samuel Beard1762 -
  6. Mary Beard1764 - 1831
  7. John Beard1766 - 1840
Facts and Events
Name Edward Beard
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1716 Ireland/Scotland
Marriage Contract 15 Apr 1751 Augusta County, Virginiato Mary Bell
Marriage Abt 1751 Augusta County, Virginiato Mary Bell
Death[1] 27 Apr 1806 Augusta County, Virginia

Edward Beard was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Land Grant Surveys in Virginia:

  • Page 116. Edward Beard, 50 acres, North River of the Shenandoah. Adjoining David Laird, Joseph Dickinson, Hugh Donoho. May 7, 1768. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 42].

Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

  • Page 38. day —. 1760. Edward Beard and Mary ( ) to James Beard, £30, 36 acres on North River of Shanandoe, part of 400 acres patented to Samuel Lockhart, 10th April, 1751; also 20 acres, part of 179 acres patented to Samuel Lockhart, 30th August, 1748, adjoining above. Teste: Robert Homes, Joseph ( ) Homes.

Will Abstract

From Chalkley's:

  • Page 52 - - 13th January, 1806. Edward Beard's will - - To son, William; son, Charles; son, Samuel; son, John; to daughter, Elizabeth Craige (of Kentucky); daughter, Mary Henderson (of Kentucky); grandson, James Beard, son to son William; son Charles (of Rockingham). Executor, son William. Teste: James Rankin, Thos. Givens, John Wade, Alex. Gardner. Proved, 23rd June, 1806. Executor qualified.

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

  • Vol. 1 - MAY, 1753. - Square and Compass vs. Pill and Bolus.--(Really Edward Beard against John Flood.)
  • Volume I, AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS., ORDER BOOK No. XV, AUGUST 23, 1773 - (197) Charles and David Beard, sons of Edward Beard, who fails to bring them up in a Christianlike manner, to be bound to James Allen, Jr., to learn trade of carpenter and wheelwright.
  • Land Grant Survey; Page O43. David Laird, 147 acres, some branches of North River. Adjoining Phillip Keplinger, James Beard, Edward Beard. Bell. April 18, 1785. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 112].
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Web Site - http://www.outfitters.com/~chelle/html/d0007/g0000652.htm.