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Jeremiah Beasley (abt. 1750)

Jeremiah Beasley
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JEREMIAH4 BEASLEY/BEAZLEY the son of Bennet Beasley and Ann (___), was born probably in Caroline County, Virginia, say 1750. He married his likely first cousin SARAH BEAZLEY. Proof of their marriage can be found when he challenged the will of his father-in-law in Orange County on 5 June 1804, but his suit was unsuccessful.[1]

Jeremiah lived in Orange County, Virginia, for a number of years after his father’s death. He sold to John Page a tract of 90 acres on Swift Run Pass in Orange County on 26 February 1767.[2] Sarah was not listed as releasing her dower, however. On 25 July 1770, Jeremiah and Sarah together sold 380 acres near the Blue Ridge formerly granted to Benjamin Porter.[3] Both appeared again on another deed to John Page for 122 acres in the “Spurs of the great mountains joyning Page’s land.”[4]

About 1778, Jeremiah moved to Rockingham County, where he was a captain in the Revolutionary War. Martin Petry, a son of Matthew Peatross, served for a time in his company. He was a purchaser at the estate sale of Simon Powell in Orange County on 11 November 1772.[5] In 1790, Jeremiah and Sarah Beasley of Rockingham County sold to John McMullan (his brother-in-law) of Orange County 310 acres on Swift Run in Orange County.[6] On 12 November 1801, he purchased from William and Elizabeth Davis of Stokes County, North Carolina a tract of 585 acres lying partly in Rockingham and partly in Orange.[7] Jeremiah’s land was still mentioned in Orange County in the vicinity of Great Mountain on 24 November 1802.[8]

Sources

  1. ↑ Sparacio, Will Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia (1778-1821), 76.
  2. ↑ Sparacio, Deed Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia (1759-1778), 72, citing Deed Book 14: 131-132.
  3. ↑ Sparacio, Deed Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia (1759-1778), 116, citing Deed Book 15: 225-227.
  4. ↑ Sparacio, Deed Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia (1759-1778), 154, citing Deed Book 16: 85-88.
  5. ↑ Sparacio, Will Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia (1778-1821), 97.
  6. ↑ Sparacio, Virginia County Court Records: Deed Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia, 1791-1795, 52, citing Deed Book 20: 441-442.
  7. ↑ Sparacio, Virginia County Court Records: Deed Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia, 1800-1802, 100, citing Deed Book 1798-1803: 351-353.
  8. ↑ Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio, Will Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia (1821-1838) (McLean, Virginia: Sparacio, 1986), 167.

Orange County Will Book 2 p. 277. Will of Bennet Beasley. "Orange, Virginia, United States Records, August 5, 2018," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?rmsId=TH-1971-48134-6884-13&imageIndex=343&singleView=true : March 28, 2020), image 344 of 474; Virginia. County Court (Orange County).





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Kleine-49 Honi Kleine
Given the time period of when the "subject matter" of this chancery suit occurred between 1773 & 1778, I'd say this is Jeremiah Beasley being deposed 24 June 1820 in Rockingham County as a witness for the Plaintiffs, sons of Reuben Clark vs. Widow & Heirs of James Collins. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=113-1820-013#img
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Beezley-12 Douglas Beezley
Please clarify. I'm not seeing the connection. There isn't much to see at the link.

Doug

posted by Douglas Beezley
Kleine-49 Honi Kleine
Hi Doug, sorry to not have given more detail and the suit documentation is a long read. This land dispute was regarding a title bond dated 1773. The depositions being gathered were all in regards to how that land changed hands. More specifically, had John Offill ever paid for it to be able to convey it to another in 1775. Jeremiah Beasley is the only one I know who could give first-hand knowledge of the transaction, being then in the vicinity of Culpeper/Orange between 1773 & 1778, and who's deposition they would be seeking in Rockingham so many years later in 1820. Here is that original bond. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=113-1820-013#img There are multiple conveyances of this land among different parties on the reverse side of the document between 1775 to 1778. The land was originally part of the patent of Francis Kirtley, likely bequeathed by him to his son-in-law, James Collins, who had sold it in 1773 by giving a title bond to John Offill, who had 4 February 1775 assigned it to Reuben Underwood, who 16 December 1775 sold it to William Sims, who had 17 July 1778, sold the same to Reuben Clark, the last owner who's family farmed it some 40 years. The latter bequeathed it to his son many years later and the son wanted a deed. The Collins heirs claimed ignorance to the land having ever been sold so, the son sued and had to prove what had transpired 12 July 1773. It appears he thought old Jeremiah Beasley would know.
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Beezley-12 Douglas Beezley
At first I only saw a single cover page, but now see a link to download the whole thing, 63 pdf pages. That's a bit much for me to go through.

It sounds like you are suggesting Jerimiah was involved in the transaction. I'm not sure I understand how you come to that conclusion. But the more important question for me is what is the upshot of how this might add or revise what we have learned about Jerimiah?

d

posted by Douglas Beezley

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