Andrew Decatur Beaty (1816 - 1884)

Born 3 Sep 1816 in Pulaski County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Jane (Bembry) Beaty — married 5 May 1839 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1884 at age 67 in Madison, Madison County, Florida, USA

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Biography

Andrew Decatur and his younger brother, Thomas Jefferson Beaty were living in Hawkinsville, Pulaski Co, Ga. in approximately 1825, as orphans...Later Court records name a man by the name of Darling Jones as guardian of the Beaty children, Thomas J. and Andrew Decatur Beaty....A book, "The Ancestors of The Beaty & Simpson Families" shows the parents of Thomas J. & Andrew D. as Thomas Beaty who died before 6 Jul 1824 in Pulaski Co, Ga. and Nancy Brantley… She married as her 2nd husband, Darling Jones…. A copy of this book may be found at the Huxford Genealogical Library in Homerville, Ga.

Andrew married Margaret Bembry, May 5, 1839 by D.B. Halstead, J.I.C. In the 1880 census Andrew and family live next door to Henry Walker and Sarah Marina Beaty.

He served in Bostwick's Company of Georgia Volunteers during the Creek War.^[1]

Andrew Decatur Beaty is the administrator for William J. Beaty, the husband to Nancy Bembry Beaty, Andrews' wife Margaret Jane Bembrey Beaty, sister. The ads appeared in the Thomasville, Georgia's Southern Enterprise from September to December 1866. William and Nancy's children were raised by their Bembry grandmother.

Buried across the road from the Walker Cemetery, Madison County, Florida.^[2]

1850 Pulaski GA

1860 Hamilton, FL

1870 Lowndes, GA

1880 Mosely Hall, Madison, FL

Sources

1. ↑ *"United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G1WK-73F?cc=1979427&wc=M61R-F38%3A321972001 : 22 May 2014), Aa - Bent > image 3105 of 3536; citing NARA microfilm publication T318 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 April 2021), memorial page for Andrew Decatur Beaty (3 Sep 1816–2 Sep 1884), Find A Grave: Memorial #44151151, citing Henderson Cemetery, Madison County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Jim In Washington (contributor 47142497).

• 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1840; Census Place: Captain Power's District, Pulaski, Georgia; Roll: 49; Page: 161; Family History Library Film: 0007046
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #1832052 (accessed 16 March 2023)
  A Baty in Captain Power's District, Pulaski, Georgia.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYC-HWB : 19 December 2020), A D Baity, Pulaski, Georgia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBT-3R3?cc=1473181&wc=7QCB-V94%3A1589423167%2C1589423456%2C1589422206 : 24 March 2017), Florida > Hamilton > Not Stated > image 31 of 72; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1870; Census Place: Lowndes, Georgia; Roll: M593_163; Page: 382B
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #5957188 (accessed 16 March 2023)
  Andrew D Baty (54), Farmer, in Lowndes, Georgia. Born in Georgia.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZW-D6T : 19 February 2021), A D Beaty, Mosely Hall, Madison, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district ED 100, sheet 563C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,130.
• 1850-1885 Census: "U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885"
  National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Schedules of the Florida State Census of 1885; Archive Collection: M845; Archive Roll Number: 8; Census Year: 1885; Census Place: Tuten, Madison, Florida; Line: 13
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8756 #2562444 (accessed 16 March 2023)
  A D Beaty (68), married. Born in Georgia.
• 1864 Census: "Georgia, U.S., Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia, 1864"
  Cornell, Nancy J. 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3007 #22407 (accessed 16 March 2023)
  Andrew D Baily (48) in Lowndes. Born in Georgia.
• Return of Qualified Voters: "Georgia, U.S., Returns of Qualified Voters and Reconstruction Oath Books, 1867-1869"
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1857 #1027678 (accessed 16 March 2023)
  Name: Andrew D Beaty; Registry Date: 21 Jun 1867; Location: Lowndes; Color: White; Record Type: Return of Qualified Voters; Election District: 6.
• "Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892"
  Militia District Number: 663
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1729 #7935712 (accessed 16 March 2023)
  Name: Andrew D Beaty; Year: 1871-1877; District: Valdosta; District Number: 663; Place: Lowndes, Georgia, USA.
• 1860 Census: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
  The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #4071093 (accessed 16 March 2023)
  Unknown (39) in Hamilton, Florida, USA.
• https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/65403370/person/30135198321/media/4c67f0f7-fcce-4de5-b812-486edf69ecc5?_phsrc=uIy5269&_phstart=successSource
• https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/65403370/person/30135198321/media/19c70fe8-7073-40d6-99b5-3d7426a51ae7?_phsrc=uIy5271&_phstart=successSource

• Pulaski County Marriage Records