Sarah Beattie1

FatherJohn Beattie2,1 d. 1790
MotherElinor Gilmore3
Marriage Sarah Beattie married first Robert Gilmore.4 
Widowed  Robert is reported to have been killed by Indians on Nov. 10, 1777.5 
Tax1778  The following year Sarah Gilmore was included on a list of tithables for Rockbridge County, Virginia.6 
Court Record2 Feb 1779  And in Feb. 1779 Sarah Gilmore, James Gilmore Sr., James Gilmore Jr. and John Gilmore posted bond for $10,000 in conjunction with the settlement of Robert Gilmore's estate.7 
Marr Bond6 Jun 1780 Sarah Gilmore and James Logan were issued a marriage bond on 6 Jun 1780 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Sarah was noted to be a widow.8,9 
Migration  Sarah and James moved to Kentucky.10 
  They had several children, including a son Beaty. Sarah's daughters Eleanor Gilmore and Martha Gilmore married in Kentucky. James Logan was associated with those records, either as surety on the marriage bond or by attesting to the bride's age. 

Family

Robert Gilmore
Children
  • Ellinor Gilmore11
  • Martha Gilmore11
  • James Gilmore12 ( - 1803)
Last Edited13 Nov 2013

Citations

  1. [S10] "Journal of Mary Jane Beaty (Davis) Moffett", p. 1.
  2. [S957] John Beatie will (recorded Sept 1790), Washington Co., Virginia Will Bk 1: 160. John's will, written 18 Aug. 1790 was recorded at the Sept. court session in 1790. John's will named his sons David and William, and sons-in-law David Sawyer, James Logan, James Dysart and Mathew Ryburn.
  3. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 102-6.
  4. [S3288] "John and Agnes Gilmore", Jerry & Joanne's Southern Connections, website maintained by Joanne Merrill Kartak (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qvarizona/… : viewed Nov. 2013), Research on entry #12 (Robert Gilmore) is credited to Joann Tortarolo, Freda Strampe [dec'd], Connie Allen and Joanne Kartak (April 2001). The group noted the death of Robert Gilmore on Nov. 10, 1777 by Indians on the Kanawha River (Thwaites & Kellogg's Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, p. 158 and Dr. George Dielh's Defender of Cornstalk, Ch III, p. 217) and the subsuquent Feb. 2, 1779 mention of Sarah Gilmore in Robert Gilmore's estate papers (Rockbridge Co., VA WB 1:43). They also note the June 1780 Rockbridge Co. marriage bond of Sarah Gilmore, widow, to marry James Logan with James Hall listed as surety (James Hall was the husband of Martha Gilmore).
  5. [S3288] "John and Agnes Gilmore", Jerry & Joanne's Southern Connections, website maintained by Joanne Merrill Kartak (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qvarizona/… : viewed Nov. 2013), Research on entry #12 (Robert Gilmore) is credited to Joann Tortarolo, Freda Strampe [dec'd], Connie Allen and Joanne Kartak (April 2001). The group noted the death of Robert Gilmore on Nov. 10, 1777 by Indians on the Kanawha River (Thwaites & Kellogg's Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, p. 158 and Dr. George Dielh's Defender of Cornstalk, Ch III, p. 217).
  6. [S3288] "John and Agnes Gilmore", Jerry & Joanne's Southern Connections, website maintained by Joanne Merrill Kartak (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qvarizona/… : viewed Nov. 2013), Research on entry #12 (Robert Gilmore) is credited to Joann Tortarolo, Freda Strampe [dec'd], Connie Allen and Joanne Kartak (April 2001). The group cited Morton's History of Rockbridge Co., VA.
  7. [S3288] "John and Agnes Gilmore", Jerry & Joanne's Southern Connections, website maintained by Joanne Merrill Kartak (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qvarizona/… : viewed Nov. 2013), Research on entry #12 (Robert Gilmore) is credited to Joann Tortarolo, Freda Strampe [dec'd], Connie Allen and Joanne Kartak (April 2001). The group cited Rockbridge Co. Will Bk 1: 43.
  8. [S962] "Rockbridge Co., Virginia Marriage Bonds 1778-1801", USGenweb Archives: Virginia, Rockbridge County (http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/rockbridge/marinx.html). James Logan and James Hall posted bond in the sum of 50 pounds on 6 June 1780 for the intended marriage of James Logan and Sarah Gilmore (a widow). The document bears the original signatures of James Logan and James Hall.
  9. [S10] "Journal of Mary Jane Beaty (Davis) Moffett", p. 1. The journal states that Sarah married James Logan.
  10. [S140] "Ryburn History," compiled by P. Shugart, p. 33. Peggie cites an interview conducted in 1948 with Margaret Breckenridge Ryburn, a great granddaughter of John Beattie and Ellen Gilmore.
  11. [S957] John Beatie will (recorded Sept 1790), Washington Co., Virginia Will Bk 1: 160. John's will, written 18 Aug. 1790 was recorded at the Sept. court session in 1790.
  12. [S3288] "John and Agnes Gilmore", Jerry & Joanne's Southern Connections, website maintained by Joanne Merrill Kartak (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qvarizona/… : viewed Nov. 2013), Research on entry #12 (Robert Gilmore) is credited to Joann Tortarolo, Freda Strampe [dec'd], Connie Allen and Joanne Kartak (April 2001). The group noted the Lincoln Co., KY will of James Gilmore (1803) naming his half-brother Robert Logan; also sisters Martha and Eleanor.