Re: three wives of Zachariah Beckham Wayne Co TN
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Re: three wives of Zachariah Beckham Wayne Co TN
susie reynolds 9/13/04
Susie
I am not sure.I am currenly following up a Reeaves familiy that moved from Virginia to Wayne Co, TN in the early days.Since the marriage records of Wayne Co, TN were destroyed in a fire in 1972 and previously many records was destroyed due to water damage at the court house during the Civil War, I don't think we will ever be able to vertify Jack Zachariah's first two wives.His first wife was a Lynn according to a letter written by his son Amos Beckham in the early 1900s.Since the Will and estate records of William Beckham who married Rebecca Swinney and died in 1863 were destroyed, proof of the names of his children can only be quess at.The other Beckham family in Wayne Co, TN stem from Nathaniel Green Beckham and his will is recorded in Hardin Co, TN and therefore was preserved.This will and estate record proves the names of his children which does not include a son named Green Beckham.My wife's Green Berry Beckham always lived within a few houses of Zachariah Beckham throughout all of the census records upto and includeding 1860.We know from family tradition that Green Berry Beckham's father was William Beckham.He named his eldest son William Green Berry Beckham.Stephen Dow Beckham a professor of history at Lewis and Clark University, Coos Bay, OR has proof of the children of Nathaniel Green Beckham and his wife Martha Hetty Proctor.He is a descendent of Joshua Mayberry Beckham the eldest son of Nathaniel Green Beckham.I do have a picture of the gravestone of Zachariah Beckham if you are interested.let me know and I can E-mail it to you.
James E Heidlebaugh