John Beatty Sr. (1763 - 1840)

Born 12 Aug 1763 in Donegal, Ireland

Descendants

Died 27 Jun 1840 at age 76 in Armagh Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States

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John Beatty Sr. is buried in The Milroy PresbyterianCemetery.

Biography

John Beatty Sr. served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

John BEATTY was born in 1763, in Donegal, Donegal, Ireland, to possibly Stephen Beatty and Christiana Duncan. There are no records yet of that parentage, though many ancestry profiles do assign Stephen as father to John. In the 1790 Census, Stephen Beatty is one line up from John, making it more likely he is the parent.

John Beatty joined the Pennsylvania Militia as a private in the American Revolution. Date unknown. There is also a John Beatty, Colonel, in the Continental Army who was captured and was a prisoner of the British. Military date: 18 Mar 1780 Rank: Col & Com Gen Pris ^[1]

He received a pension from the Pennsylvania Militia for his service in the American Revolution: ^[2]

Name: John Beatty

Rank: Private

Birth Date: 1763

When placed on the pension roll: 15 Jan 1834

Age:71

County Mifflin Commencement of pension: 4 Mar 1831

Annual Allowance:30.00

Sums received: 90.00

Description of service: Pennsylvania militia

He married Nancy GLASS around 1786 in Pennsylvania. They had 9 children:

Elizabeth 1787

Nancy 1794

Mary 1795

William 1796

James 1796

John 1800

Jane 1802

Margaret 1807

Sarah 1807

In each of the following Census' the dates of each child match up. By 1820, Elizabeth and Nancy are probably married. In 1830, the only odd one is a male under 10, but might be one of their grand-children.

In the 1790 US Census he is living with 3 females. Likely, his wife Nancy and daughter Elizabeth and an unknown 3rd female.

In the 1800 US Census he is living with 3 males under 10; 2 females under 10; 1 male 26-44; 1 female 26-44; 1 female 10-15.

In the 1820 US Census he is living with 3 males 16-25; 2 females 10-15; 2 females 16-25; 1female 26-44; 1 male and 1 female 45 and over.

In the 1830 US Census he and Nancy are living with 1 male under 10; 1 female 15-19; 2 females 20-29; and 1 male 30-40.

John Beatty died on June 27, 1840, in Armagh, Pennsylvania, and was buried in the Milroy Presbyterian Cemetery in Milroy, Pennsylvania, the only Revolutionary grave in the cemetery.

Story

Posted by Elizabeth Ann Walters-Wilenius on Geni.com:

"I was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1763 and when I was two, we came to America and Armagh Township, Pennsylvania. My father left me a third ownership of their farm when he died and my brother William and his wife lived there. The Beatty's Knob school house was built in the year 1840 in Mifflin County, It was located on the northwest corner of the property of my wife and I. This house was a frame one with a shingle roof and weather boardings put on in the rough. The inside had long desks along three sides of the house facing the wall. The first teacher was George Ehrenfeld and last was William C McClenahan. I wrote my will April 1840. I died in Armagh Twp, Mifflin County in Pennsylvania on April 27, 1840 and am buried next to my wife Nancy in Milroy Cemetery in Armagh Cemetery." [[2]]^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Military:"U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783"
   National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; Record Group Title: War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records; Record Group Number: 93; Series Number: M881; NARA Roll Number: 154
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1309 #16927 (accessed 19 February 2022)
   Name: John Beatty; Military Date: 18 Mar 1780; Military Place: USA; Rank: Col & Com Gen Pris; Military Unit: Miscellaneous; Notes: Continental.
2. ↑ Military:"U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872"
   The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 4
   Ancestry Record 1116 #150369 (accessed 19 February 2022)
   Name: John Beatty; Year range: 1833-1848; Pension Office Place: Pennsylvania, USA.
3. ↑ Beatty's Knob School House, 1886, Pennsylvania History of that Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys ..., Volume 1 p. 567 [[1]]

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7318607/person/6930923994/facts
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39357839/john-beatty
• Year: 1790; Census Place: Mifflin, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 118; Image: 317; Family History Library Film: 0568149 (Stephen Beatty is just above him with 2 males 16 and over; 3 females; 1 male 16 and under)
• Year: 1800; Census Place: Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania; Series: M32; Roll: 37; Page: 490; Image: 21; Family History Library Film: 363340
• 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania; Page: 349; NARA Roll: M33_102; Image: 210
• 1830; Census Place: Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania; Series: M19; Roll: 147; Page: 450; Family History Library Film: 0020621
• Will Books, 1804-1916 ; Index to Wills, 1800-1971; Author: Butler County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Butler, Pennsylvania

See also::

• Material in Veterans' Affairs Office entitled "Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Mifflin County as copied from DAR records May 31, 1937."
• Frysinger Memorial Volume in Mifflin County Historical Society library
• data from 1976-77 Cemetery Survey of Mifflin County: Milroy Presbyterian Cemetery. To the right of church. Only Revolutionary grave in this cemetery. (VA Office)
• Beatty's Knob School House, 1886, Pennsylvania from the History of that Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys ..., Volume 1 p. 567