2. Martin Beard (1750/51 - 1814/15) He may have been the same Johann Martin, son of Zacharias, born 7 January 1751 and baptized 3 March 1751 in Frederick County, Maryland. He was surely the Martin Barth, age 20, confirmed at St. Paul’s Church on 28 October 1771.[19] He and Christian Beard, along with Christopher Hemp, Simon Harr, and Alexander “Stutzlegar” were listed in the 1775 militia roster of Alexander Machir's company.[20] He appears several times in the St. Paul’s records[21] but seldom in the county records. He was a purchaser at the 1778 estate sale of neighbor Alexander Stockslager[22] but does not again appear until the 1797 deed. However, he appears on the Shenandoah tax lists from the first list in 1783 through at least 1802.[23] He is the same Martin Beard who moved to Washington County, Virginia, by 1805 when he appears on its tax list. (Later records show that this Martin Beard’s son Christian was clearly the one baptized at St. Paul’s in 1795.) In 1807 he bought land in Washington County just north of the Tennessee-North Carolina border, in what is now eastern Washington County.[24] The 1810 census shows him in the same vicinity.[25] His will was dated 13 January 1812 and was proved 21 February 1815 in Washington County. It named his wife Elizabeth, sons John and Jacob, minor son Christian, and daughters Catherine, Elizabeth, Christiana, Susanna, Eve, Rebecca, and Abigail.[26] (Note that five, perhaps six, of these daughters were married at the time of the will but their married names are not mentioned.) His wife was named Elizabeth according to two 1795 St. Paul’s records[27], the 1797 deed, and the will. She is thought by descendants to have been Elizabeth Hemp, sister of the Christopher Hemp who married Margaret Beard. She was still alive when the 1820 census was taken, with the two younger sons and two daughters in the household. The St. Paul’s baptismal records mention only two children: a son, Christian, born 7 January 1795 and a daughter, Appolonia, born in November 1798.[28]
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