Capt.
David
Beard
Born in Brunswick, Virginia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Isabel (Carson) Beard
— married
after 1765 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Adam Beard, Elizabeth (Beard) Allen, David Beard, Ann (Beard) Foster and Sarah C. (Beard) Payne
Died
at age 70
in Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Dec 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
- David was born about 1745. He was the son of Adam Beard of Bedford County, Virginia.
Marriage
- Husband of Isabella Carson. Date of marriage or location unknown
Children
- John Beard
- Polly Beard
- Adam Beard
- Elizabeth "Betsey" Beard
- David Beard
- Samuel Beard
- Ann "Fanny" Beard is believed to have married a Rev. David Foster
- Thomas Carson Beard
- Sarah "Sally" Beard
Residence
- Captain David Beard moved with his family to Tennessee about 1796 and settled on the headwaters of de Sha's Creek in Summer County.
Occupation
- Captain David Beard was a Revolutionary War soldier in the Battle of Gulford County House, North Carolina. He commanded a company in Colonel Lynch's regiment under George Washington and was present at the siege of Yorktown, York County, Virginia, when the British surrendered on October 16, 1781.
Death
- David Beard passed away in 1815. [1]
Burial
- He is buried in the Drane Cemetery, Bushs Lane, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, United States[1]
Will
- Captain Beard's will is recorded in the Sumner County Court House, Gallatin, Tennessee.
Research Note
- FAG has information on descendants in a message left by a 7th generation Grandson
- There is an entry for a David Beard in the Virginia colonial militia, 1651-1776 in the section of Surrey County 1687 He is listed under the heading Foot. https://archive.org/stream/virginiacolonial00croz#page/100/mode/2up/search/David+Beard. While this is not this profile it may be connected to an ancestor.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave: Memorial #14765974
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Resa Hennings for creating] this profile on 26 Dec 2013.
- family history
Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Resa and others.
- Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association Research Library. Personal page - 207.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
William Schwetke 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch T031502 [compare]
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~1.56%
Resa (Nichols) Hennings :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A792043 [compare], FTDNA kit #N101304
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Tami Ryals :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XU5798196 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H473959 [compare], yourDNAportal TAM656aa4b1
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