Item 43

BEATTY FAMILY OF JONESVILLE, VIRGINIA
(Family of Nancy Beatty, 1st. wife of Rev. William Gilmer, of Russell Co. Va.)

RICHARD BEATTY married ELIZA MORTON.  He died in 1845.  Both are buried in cemetary [sic] near their home in Jonesville, Va. – 7-children:

1.- John Beatty married a Ewing,

2.- Nancy Beatty married Rev. William Gilmer III, (8.15.1811-8.21.1883. They went to Kentucky where she died.  He died in Russell County.  There were no children to this union.

3.-Celina Beatty (1801-1852) married Samuel Ewing, son of Joshua and Rachel Craig Ewing – Rachel was the daughter of Capt. Robt. & Margaret Whitehill Craig, and buried at Rose Hill, Va.  The Ewings moved to Missouri in 1836 – their daughter Elizabeth Craig Ewing married Bethel Allen Smith, of Mo., son of Thomas Aubry & Elizabeth Darst Smith.  Again in 1840 they moved to Texas where they both died and buried at Normangee, Texas.

4.- Robert Beatty (1806-1850) Married Lettie Ewing, who died 1852. 7-children:
          (a) – Lizzie Beatty married a Wood,

          (b) – Catherine Beatty (1839-1923) married a Merriman – had a son Beatty Merriman, who in 1937 was living in Jonesville, Va., in a house built by his Uncle and Aunt, Elijah & Elizabeth Beatty Hill.

          (c) John Alexander Beatty (1840-1907), went to Texas, married, had 7- sons and 1- daughter.  No record of these children.

          (d) – Celina Beatty (1842-1884), married a Gibson. 4-children:
                    High Gibson
                    Amelia Gibson
                    Shelby Gibson
                    Robert Gibson III.

          (e) – Mary Jane Beatty married a Haverly,

           (f) – Sarah Beatty (1844-1874). No other record.

           (g) – Narcissa Beatty b. 1846, still living in 1939.  Married a Thompson.

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5.- Eliza Beatty married Elijah Hill.  Both lived and died at Jonesville, Va. (They built the house referred to above) 7-children:

          (a)- Nancy Hill,

          (b)- Celina Hill,

          (c)- Jerome Hill,

          (d)- Eliza Hill married an Edmond,

          (e)- James Hill – went to Mississippi,

          (f)- Burgoyne Hill, went to Lousiana,

          (f)[sic]- Liburn Hill, went to Alabama.

6.- Jane Beatty never married – buried near Jonesville, Va.

There is a tradition in this family that one of the forebears married a daughter of Lord Douglas, of Aberdeen, Scotland, whose daughter, in 1761, at the age of 12, was kidnapped and sold in America to a Quaker man and wife, who having no children brought her up as a daughter.  That there is a castle in Scotland and a legacy, etc., left to the 5th generation by Lord Douglas.

(I got these records for Dr. Bill Sam Gilmer, grandson of William Gilmer III, and though [sic] you might like to have a copy if you do not already have them – if so, just discard this.)