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Hello,
I came across your query regarding Francis Beaman (1725-1801) who died in Randolph County, NC. I have that he was born about 1730 in Nanesmond, NC, but he did die in 1810 in Randolph Co., NC.
I also know that Francis fought for the Revolutionary War in the NC Continental Line; He fought for 84 months and his family recieved a land grant in August, 1785. He is listed in the Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the Rev. War, page 273, and is also listed in the Vol. D. page 143, Rev. War Accounts, NC Dept. Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. He has been accepted as a Patriot by the NSDAR. He also appears in the Daughters of the American Revolution Index, which was compiled in 1990, Vol. I, Page 199. You should check out the book, Duplin/Sampson Co., NC Revolutionary War Records by Oscar Finzell on page 18. This book was published in part by the Sampson Co., NC Historical Society.
BEAMAN'S CROSSROADS, by Jerome Tew
In June of 1998 I wrote a story on Beaman's Crossroads, the location and its people. Today, for the most part, this is about the Beaman family who crossed many crossroads.
Francis Beaman married unknown 1st in 1750 and 2nd Mary about 1775 and was listed as a chain bearer for surveyors by 1756. The following children are listed by researchers. 1-James Beaman born about 1751. 2-Abraham Beaman born 1753, 3-Ozias Beaman born 1754, 4-Francis Beaman Jr., born 1757, 5-Martha Beaman born 1759, 6-Keziah Beaman born 1761, 7-Polly Beaman born 1763, 8-David Beaman born 1765, 9-Nathan Beaman born 1767, 10-Josiah Beaman born 1769, and 11-Cornelius Beaman born 1772. Francis Beaman died c1802 in Sampson. He is believed to be buried at the Ozias Beaman old home place, near Beaman's Crossroads, Sampson County, NC. That cemetery existed until about 1950. The children of Mary Beaman cannot be fully identified. Likely Symth Beaman 1775 and Sarah Jane Beaman were her children.
ABRAHAM BEAMAN: Son of Francis Sr., had sons Jacob Beaman, Isaac Beaman, William Beaman, and David Beaman. Abraham married Elizabeth Dage. Most of the families of Abraham and Francis Beaman Jr. moved to Indiana. I do not believe that Abraham 1753 moved to Indiana, but his children did. In 1810, he was 57 years old in Montgomery Co. NC and likely died before the move to Indiana. In 1820 I did not locate him. His son Abram had several children in 1810.
OZIAS BEAMAN: Ozias married Rebecca Colston and moved from Dobbs to Wayne to Hertford and to Sampson County by 1792. The father of Ozias Beaman was Francis Beaman and was a Quaker and also a Patriot in the Revolutionary War. Both were probably born in Nansemond County, Va. Francis was born about 1726 and died about 1791 in Wayne County, NC or soon after that in Sampson.
Ozias died about 1802 in Sampson Co. NC. Ozias had two children, John Beaman and Martha Beaman. Martha Beaman married George T. Draughon in 1799 and died in 1844.
John married Colen Carraway and owned a store at Beaman Crossroads near the present day old Herring High School in Sampson Co. NC. The store was on the Fayetteville-Goldsboro road. John Beaman was born in 1775 and died in 1820. John Beaman's children were Mary Jane Beaman 30 Oct. 1808, John Robert Beaman 17 March 1813, William T. Beaman 27 Dec 1815, and Mariah Rhodes Beaman on 16 Mar 1819. John Robert Beaman was a Sampson Clerk of Court for many years. In 1820 when John Beaman died of thyroid fever, his store clerk Kenneth McIntosh also died. Perhaps some traveler left the typhoid fever sickness as he passed through Beaman's Crossroad and stopped at their store.
FRANCIS BEAMAN JR.: Francis Jr. was born in Northampton Co. NC and died in Morgan Township, Owen Co. Indiana in 1827. He had lived in Dobbs, Wayne, Duplin, and Montgomery Co. NC in 1810. Francis married Susannah by 1778 and several children were born. Samuel Beaman was one identified and Mary Parrish was a daughter. Bryant Beaman may have been a son and also Catherine Langston may have been a daughter of Francis Jr. He had about eight children. He was the first Beaman to die in Indiana. The first Beamans to move to Indiana got there about 1823. Samuel Beaman born 1793 in North Carolina. Samuel Beaman married Sarah Langdon on July 31, 1811. Samuel died March 22, 1857
Francis is said to have broken from his Quaker roots and moved off to Bertie
County, North Carolina. As his parents gradually moved westward, their movements
mirrored each other, staying about a county away, which took Francis through
Duplin, Dobbs (Greene), and then to Montgomery County, North Carolina in the
1790's. About this time, Francis' parents moved to neighboring Randolph County.
Francis' brother, Abraham, followed him to Montgomery County in the 1800's where
they lived next to each other by 1810.
In 1823 and 1824, Francis, his children, and three of his nephews (Isaac, Jacob,
and David), moved their families west to Owen County, Indiana, first settling in
Morgan Township.
Francis died in Morgan Township in 1827 and was buried in the northern part of
the township, probably in Section 13, near Jordan Village.
1C. Abraham BEAMAN was born about 1754 in North Carolina and married Elizabeth
DAGE. They had as many as five children:
1C1.Abraham BEAMAN
1C2.Isaac BEAMAN, Sr.Abt 1775Abt Aug 1841
1C3.David BEAMAN1775-1784
1C4.Jacob BEAMANAbt 17801852-1860
1C5.Welthy BEAMAN
Abraham's family lived in Johnston County, North Carolina until the 1800's when
they followed brother, Francis, west to Montgomery County, North Carolina where
he lived next to Francis by 1810.
Abraham and Elizabeth are believed to have died not long after their arrival in
Montgomery County.
1D. Ozias BEAMAN was born about 1755 in North Carolina. He married Rebecca
COLSTON about 1785 in North Carolina and had two children:
1D1.John BEAMAN
1D2.Martha BEAMAN
Ozias lived more than 20 years in Wayne County, North Carolina but moved to
Sampson County, North Carolina just before his death in 1802.
1E. James BEAMAN was born about 1756 in North Carolina. He married Mary PERKINS
at Rich Square Monthly Meeting, Northampton County, North Carolina in 1775. By
1809 they had relocated to Franklin County.
James BEAMAN died in October 1811 in North Carolina.
1F. Martha BEAMAN was born about 1757 in North Carolina. She married out of
unity to George CATO in 1787 in North Carolina. George died in 1795 and left her
land in Sampson County, North Carolina.
1G. Keziah BEAMAN was born about 1760 in North Carolina. Little is known about
her but she is mentioned in records of the Rich Square Monthly Meeting in
Northampton County North Carolina and last mentioned in records of the
Contentnea Monthly Meeting (in Wayne County, North Carolina) as late as 1789.
1I. David BEAMAN was born by 1763 in North Carolina. He married out of unity to
Phoebe in 1787 in North Carolina. They had three sons:
1I1.Culling BEAMAN
1I2.John BEAMAN1821
1I3.Arthur BEAMAN
David BEAMAN died by August 1805 in Wayne County.
1J. Josiah BEAMAN was probably born in North Carolina. He married Sally PEARSON
and had four children:
1J1.Mary BEAMAN
1J2.Jesse BEAMAN
1J3.David BEAMAN
1J4.Benjamin BEAMAN
Josiah and his two younger siblings moved with their parents to Randolph County,
North Carolina by 1800 where they appear with their families and parents living
as neighbors.
Josiah died in Randolph County in 1808. Some of Josiah's children eventually
moved with his brother, Cornelius, and sister, Polly, to White Water Monthly
Meeting, Wayne County, Indiana around 1814.
1K. Polly BEAMAN was probably born in North Carolina. She married Jesse PEARSON
in 1789 in North Carolina. She, her family, brother, Cornelius, and some her
nephews and nieces from brother, Josiah, moved to White Water Monthly Meeting,
Wayne County, Indiana about 1814.
1L. Cornelius BEAMAN was probably born in North Carolina. He moved his family to
White Water Monthly Meeting, Wayne County, Indiana about 1814 along with his
sister, Polly, and some his nephews and nieces from brother, Josiah.
Francis Senior, is buried in Clinton, North Carolina.
Hopes this helps you!
Bryson
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