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Facts and Events
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Web Site - http://www.outfitters.com/~chelle/html/d0007/g0000652.htm.
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