John
"Ground Hog"
Beard
Born in Greenbrier, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Rynech Beard
and Margaret (McNeel) Beard
Brother of
Margaret Beard, Abraham Beard, Samuel Beard, Thomas Beard, Mary A Beard, Rebecca Ann Banks Beard, Sarah Jean (Beard) Handley and Josiah Christopher Beard
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 70
in Falling Spring, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Aug 2019
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Biography
John was born in 1817. He was the son of William Beard and Peggy McNeel. He passed away in 1888.
Slaves
In the 1860 census:
UNKNOWN Female 56
UNKNOWN Male 26
UNKNOWN Female 21
UNKNOWN Female 19
UNKNOWN Male 17
UNKNOWN Male 0 [1]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W2XK-G8ZM : 16 October 2019), John Beard, 1860.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 August 2019), memorial page for John Ground Beard (22 Nov 1817–11 Oct 1888), Find A Grave: Memorial #57467645, citing Mountain Gate Cemetery, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by James Nathan Williams (contributor 47279652) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Jeff Mansfield
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YC4487123 [compare], Ancestry member jeffreydmansfield
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~0.78%
Margaret (Mason) Engelhardt :
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
Mary (Brown) Haak :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NC4775246 [compare], Ancestry member orleanva
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Categories: Greenbrier County, Virginia, Slave Owners