John Thomas Beard
John Thomas Beard was born in the Valley of Virginia about the year 1775. He was already a grown young man when his parents moved to Kentucky about 1800, and he was the John Beard mentioned in the 1802 record "Peter Buckingham is aptd Captain of the patrollers and John Beard, son of Samuel and John Beard, son of Hugh be made assistants." He married and had children born between 1811 and 1814, but then we think that his first wife died and he married again. His second wife was named Jemima, but we unfortunately do not know her maiden name yet. She was born about 1797 in Kentucky and she was much younger than John, too young to have been the mother of his first few children. In 1810, he seems to be the John Beard listed on the Adair County census on page three; his father was listed on page two. He was aged 26-45, wife was the same, he had a male child under ten and two females under ten and two females 10-16. We do not know the names of any of these possible children, as the first son we list was born in 1811. In 1820, there are two John Beards listed in Adair County.
The one most likely to be John Thomas, son of Hugh, was listed aged 26-45 (as was the other John, as well), a possible wife listed 16-26, which would fit Jemima, two males under ten which fits Reason and Hugh, one female under ten, which fits Margaret. We believe that John has remarried and perhaps had three young children when he did. In 1830, this John Beard was 40-50, wife was 20-30, one male under ten, two males 5-10, and one female 10-15. In 1840, John was 60-70, Jemima was 50-60, and they were listed next to his brother Charles in Adair County. Their son in law George Stults, married to daughter Margaret, was also listed on this page. In 1850 in Adair County, John was 76, Jemima was 53, and their granddaughter Jemima Stults lived with them at age twelve. They were still listed next to Charles Beard, John's brother. John died before the next census in 1860, no doubt in Adair County, and he was buried at the Beard Family Cemetery in Portland, Adair County, Kentucky. We do not know when Jemima died, but she is not listed in the 1860 census of Adair County. We have records of only four of the children of John Thomas Beard, and it is not clear who their mothers were.
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