John Beard, the son of John
John was born between 1770 and 1780, most probably in Virginia. He would have grown to young manhood in Eastern Tennessee. Around 1798, he moved with his family to Adair County, Kentucky. He married a bride named Jenny, but we do not have a date of marriage. We think that Jenny may have been a nickname for "Jane". In 1817 in Adair County, Kentucky, John and Jenny Beard bought a hundred acres on the Green River from Bernard Moore. In 1819, John and Jenny Beard sold land to Bernard Moore in Adair County. On the 1820 Adair County, Kentucky census, John Beard was listed with a wife over 45, a male under ten, three males 10-14, and a male 16-26. John himself was checked as age 26-46, but judging from the age of his wife, he was probably close to 45. This census merits study as to the sons of John. Old John, his father, died in Adair County about 1818. Did he leave two sons, Oliver and Sevier, who were then in the household of their older brother John in 1820? Sevier almost has to be the male age 16-26 in John Jr's home as we know he was in Adair County and by process of elimination, this is the only Beard male that would fit Sevier's age and location. Oliver Beard fits one of the three males aged 10-14. We are going to list both Sevier and Oliver Beard as sons of John, Jr. until proven otherwise. The name Sevier would seem to fit with the naming habit of John, Jr and his wife, as last names of patriots became first names of their sons.
We have not found John Beard Jr on the 1830 census in Adair County.
In 1840 in Adair County, John Beard, aged 60-70, is listed alone in his household. He is two homes away from Jefferson Beard's home. There is one other John Beard of the right age in Adair County, but he is surely the father of Charles Beard, as he lived next door to him. That would mean that that particular John was the son of Old Hugh Beard. Since we find John Beard Jr (the son of John) on no further records, we assume he probably died in Adair County before 1850.
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