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Descendants of Thomas Beckham

Generation No. 1

1. THOMAS² BECKHAM (DEMPSEY¹) was born 1797 in EDGEFIELD CO. S.C. ?¹, and died Abt. 1875 in WAYNE CO. GA.. He married KESSIAH MANNING 1825 in CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA, daughter of MOSES MANNING and MARTHA. She was born 1789 in SOUTH CAROLINA, and died 1880 in WAYNE CO. GA..

Notes for THOMAS BECKHAM:
BECKHAMS

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER; VOL.
IX; OCTOBER 1766.
READ A PETITION OF SIMON BECKHAM SETTING FORTH THAT HE HAD
BEEN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS IN THE PROVIDENCE HAD NO LAND
GRANTED HIM AND WAS DESIROUS TO OBTAIN LAND HAVING A WIFE
AND THREE CHILDREN. THEREFORE PRAYING FOR TWO HUNDRED ACRES
ON BRIAR CREEK TO BEGIN NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE FIRST GREAT
BRANCH ABOVE ROBERT HOUST'S PLANTATION.

RESOLVED THAT ON CONDITION ONLY THAT THE PETITIONER DOTH
TAKE OUT A GRANT FOR THE SAID LAND WITHIN SEVEN MONTHS FROM
THIS DATE AND THAT HE DOTH ALSO REGISTER THE SAID GRANT IN THE
REGISTER'S OFFICE OF THE SAID PROVIDENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM
THE DATE THEREOF THAT HIS MAJESTY MAY NOT BE DEFRAUDED OF HIS
QUIT RENTS THE PRAYER OF THE SAID PETITION IS GRANTED.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER; VOL.
X, PAGE 285; SEPTEMBER 1767.

READ A PETITION OF JAMES BECKHAM SETTING FORTH THAT HE HAD
BEEN IN THE PROVIDENCE ABOUT SIX MONTHS HAD HAD NO LAND
GRANTED HIM AND WAS DESIROUS TO OBTAIN LAND FOR CULTIVATION
HAVING A WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN. THEREFORE PRAYING FOR FOUR
HUNDRED ACRES ON A BRANCH OF BRUSHY CREEK WITHIN TWO MILES
OF DAVID EMANUEL.

RESOLVED THAT ON CONDITION ONLY THAT THE PETITIONER DOTH
TAKE OUT A GRANT FOR THE SAID LAND WITHIN SEVEN MONTHS FROM
THIS DATE AND THAT HE DOTH ALSO REGISTER THE SAID GRANT IN THE
REGISTER'S OFFICE OF THE SAID PROVIDENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM
THE DATE THEREOF THAT HIS MAJESTY MAY NOT BE DEFRAUDED OF HIS
QUIT RENTS THE PRAYER OF THE SAID PETITION IS GRANTED TO JOIN
LAND THIS DAY ORDERED JOHN WELLS.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER; VOL.
X; PAGE 347; NOVEMBER 1767.

READ A PETITION OF SIMON BECKHAM SETTING FORTH THAT HE HAD
HAD ORDERED HIM TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND IN ST. GEORGE'S
PARISH WHICH HAD BEEN SURVEYED AND RETURNED AND FIAT FOR THE
SAME PASSED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BUT THE TIME WAS ELAPSED
IN WHICH A GRANT OUGHT TO HAVE PASSED. THEREFORE PRAYING
THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE LAPSE OF TIME HE MIGHT BE PERMITTED
TO TAKE OUT HIS MAJESTY'S GRANT FOR THE SAID LAND AND THAT THE
SECRETARY MIGHT BE ORDERED TO PREPARE THE SAME.

RESOLVED: THAT ON CONDITION ONLY THAT THE SAID PETITIONER
DOTH TAKE OUT A GRANT FOR THE SAID LAND WITHIN TWO MONTHS
FROM THIS DATE (AGREEABLE TO AN ORDER OF COUNCIL IN THAT CASE
LATELY MADE) AND THAT HE DOTH ALSO REGISTER THE SAID GRANT IN
THE REGISTER'S OFFICE OF SAID PROVIDENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM
THE DATE THEREOF THAT HIS MAJESTY MAY NOT BE DEFRAUDED HIS
QUIT RENTS THE PRAYER OF SAID PETITION IS GRANTED.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER; VOL.
X; PAGE 473; APRIL 1768.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE FOLLOWING GRANTS:

JAMES BECKHAM 400 HUNDRED ACRES IN ST. GEORGE'S PARISH.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER;
VOL. X; PAGE 529; JULY 1768.

READ A PETITION OF SIMON BECKHAM SETTING FORTH THAT HE HAD
ORDERED HIM TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND IN ST. PAUL'S PARISH
WHICH HAD BEEN SURVEYED AND RETURNED AND A FIAT FOR THE SAME
PASSED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BUT THE TIME WAS ELAPSED IN
WHICH THE GRANT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT. THEREFORE
PRAYING THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE LAPSE OF TIME HE MIGHT BE
PERMITTED TO TAKE OUT HIS MAJESTY'S GRANT FOR THE SAID LAND
AND THAT THE SECRETARY MIGHT BE ORDERED TO PREPARE THE SAME.

RESOLVED: THAT ON CONDITION ONLY THAT THE PETITIONER DOTH
TAKE OUT A GRANT FOR THE SAID LAND WITHIN TWO MONTHS FROM
THIS DATE AND THAT HE DOTH ALSO REGISTER THE SAID GRANT IN THE
REGISTER'S OFFICE OF THIS PROVIDENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE
DATE THEREOF THAT HIS MAJESTY MAY NOT BE DEFRAUDED OF HIS QUIT
RENTS THE PRAYER OF THE SAID PETITION IS GRANTED.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER; VOL.
X; PAGE 608; OCTOBER 1768.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE FOLLOWING GRANTS:

SIMON BECKHAM 200 ACRES IN ST. GEORGE'S PARISH.

REGISTER OF DEATHS, SAVANNAH ,GA. 1818-1832;

DIED OCTOBER 3, 1818 DEMSEY BECKHAM; AGE 51 YEARS OLD;
NATIVITY GEORGIA; OCCUPATION OVERSEER. DIED AT COLONEL
MARTIAL PLANTATION.

GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE; VOL. # 10; OCTOBER 1963; PAGE 618.

DEED BOOK "H" PAGE 446. THOMAS BECKHAM OF WAYNE COUNTY
GEORGIA, TO STEPHEN C. KING OF WAYNE COUNTY GEORGIA DEED
DATED JANUARY 1, 1829 FOR 200 ACRES ON COLLEGE SWAMP GRANTED
GRANTOR JANUARY 28, 1826.

GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE; VOL. # 36, SPRING 1970 PAGE 184.

CHESTER COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA WILLS.

APT. 5, BOX 91: WILL OF BENJAMIN BECKHAM, SR. OF CHESTER
DISTRICT. DATED AUGUST 24, 1817.

"BEING VERY SICK.....BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED WIFE MILLY BECKHAM
ALL MY ESTATE REAL AND PERSONAL DURING HER WIDOWHOOD AND
LIFETIME.. AND AS MY CHILDREN COME TO THE YEARS OF MATURITY
FOR HER TO GIVE EACH OF THEM WHAT PART OF THE ESTATE SHE SEES
CAUSE TO GIVE THEM.. AND AT HER DEATH ALL MY ESTATE REAL AND
PERSONAL BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMOUNG MY CHILDREN.. IF WIFE
MARRIES AGAIN SHE IS TO HAVE AN EQUAL PART WITH ONE OF THE
CHILDREN.. AND SHOULD ANY OF THE CHILDREN SUFFER ANY
AFFLICTION SO AS TO DEPRIVE THEM OF FULL USE OF THEMSELVES, IT IS
MY DESIRE FOR PROVISION BE MADE FOR THEM AT DISCRETION OF MY
EXECUTORS.... AND AS MY SON JAMES APPEARS TO BE A SICKLY CHILD IT
IS MY DESIRE FOR HIM TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BY MY WIFE
AND SOME PROVISION BE MADE FOR HIM MORE THAN THE REST SHOULD
HE CONTINUE IN THAT STATE OF WEAKNESS.. APPOINTS WIFE EXETRIX
AND MY BROTHER SIMON BECKHAM WITH JOHN GUNTHORP SENR.
EXECUTORS. SIGNED: BENJAMIN (111) BECKHAM, WITNESSES: WILLIAM
NEAL; SIMON (X) BECKHAM, JOHN GUNTHORP, WILLIAM NEAL SENR.
SWORE TO THE SIGNING OF WILL BEFORE E. LYLES, O.C.D. ON NOVEMBER
4, 1817.

CHECK WILLS OF EDGEFIELD COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. THOMAS
BECKHAM; WIFE: MARY; SONS: DEMSEY, YOUNG, THOMAS AND
RUSSELL; EXECUTORS: SONS, THOMAS AND RUSSELL; WITNESSES:
WILSON RUSSELL, EDMUND WHATLEY, DANIEL MARQUIS, THOMAS
PALMER. PAGE 95; /S/ /P/ JANUARY TERM 1796.

1805 LAND LOTTERY OF GEORGIA. DEMSEY, YOUNG, AND RUSSELL
BECKHAM.

DEMPSEY AND YOUNG ARE ALSO IN SUBSTITUTES FOR THE GEORGIA
71790 CENSUS IN CAPT. FOSTER'S CO. MARCH 1793 CHATHAM COUNTY
GEORGIA.

SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES; JOHN BENNETT BODDIE; VOL. 1;
GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING CO. 1966. PAGE 61

WILLIAM BECKHAM CAME TO SOUTH CAROLINA AT AN EARLY DATE,
BRINGING PRACTICALLY ALL HIS FAMILY. SOME OF HIS SONS SETTLED IN
CHESTER COUNTY. HIS DAUGHTER, BETSY, WHO HAD MARRIED REUBEN
BENNETT, IN WARREN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA ON MAY 26, 1786,
FOLLOWED WITH HER FAMILY. BOTH WILLIAM AND HIS SON WILLIAM
JR. HAD SERVED IN THE GRANVILLE COUNTY MILITIA OF 1754, UNDER
THE COMMAND OF COL. WILLIAM EATON. FROM THIS WE CONCLUDE
THAT WILLIAM SR. WAS A PATRIOT IN THE REVOLUTION, THOUGH HIS
SERVICE RECORD HAS NOT BEEN CHECKED. IN THE KERSHAW COUNTY
COURT HOUSE WE FIND THE WILL OF WILLIAM BECKHAM IN 1796,
NAMING FIVE BOYS AND FOUR GIRLS AS FOLLOWS: JAMES BECKHAM,
SIMON BECKHAM, PHILEMON BECKHAM, BENJAMIN BECKHAM AND
WILLIAM BECKHAM JR. ELIZABETH BENNETT, CATY GARDNER,
MOLLY BECKHAM, AND NANCY BECKHAM.

ABSTRACTS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA WILLS PAGE 54.

JUNE 4, 1776 PROVED NOVEMBER 1777. WILLIAM BECKHAM WILLS TO
MY WIFE PHILLIS BECKHAM, AS LONG AS SHE LIVES, ALL MY NEGROS
(4IN NUMBER), ALSO ALL LIVESTOCK, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, AND AT HER
DEATH TO GO TO MY SON JOHN BECKHAM; ALSO SON JOHN BECKHAM
PAY TO HIS BROTHER AND SISTERS, TO EACH OF THEM 5 POUNDS; AFTER
WIFE PHILLIS DIES; THE ESTATE SOLD AND DIVIDED TO MY CHILDREN:
THOMAS, WILLIAM, SIMON, PHILLIS, MARY BECKHAM. EXR: WIFE
PHILLIS BECKHAM. WITNESSES R. PYLES, ESSE PYLES. PROVED
NOVEMBER 1777 AND FOR WANT OF EXECUTRIX, THOMAS BECKHAM
QUALIFIED.

GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE VOL. 52 REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION
APPLICATIONS PAGE 164.

ABNER BECKHAM (S30274)

ON JULY 31, 1832, ABNER BICKHAM (BECKHAM), AGED 72 YEARS,
APPEARED BEFORE THE PARISH COURT, WASHINGTON PARISH ,
LOUISIANA, AND MADE HIS DECLARATION UNDER OATH IN ORDER TO
OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. HE STATED SUBSTANTIALLY
THE FOLLOWING IN RESPONSE TO THE INTERROGATORIES REQUIRED BY
THE ACT:
1. HE WAS BORN JULY 26, 1755 IN NORTH CAROLINA.
2. HE HAS A RECORD OF HIS BIRTH.
3. HE RESIDED IN BURKE COUNTY GEORGIA DURING THE TIME OF HIS
SERVICE AND REMAINED IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA UNTIL 1797 WHEN HE
REMOVED TO NATCHEZ, MISS. TERRITORY WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL
1807, WHEN HE REMOVED TO WEST FLORIDA, NOW WASHINGTON PARISH,
LOUISIANA.
4. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR ALL TOURS OF DUTY.
5. HE FIRST ENTERED THE ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL
JOHN JONES AND COLONEL JOHN HOUSTON IN 1778 AS A MILITIAMAN.
VOLUNTEERED THE SECOND TIME UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL
JOHN TWIGGS AS A MILITIAMAN. CONTINUED IN SERVICE UNTIL THE END
OF THE WAR UNDER VARIOUS COMMANDERS. WAS AT THE BATTLES OF
LONG LANE AND TYGER RIVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. BELIEVES SUMTER
WAS PRESENT, BUT DOES NOT RECALL IF HE WAS IN OVERALL
COMMAND. WAS AT THE BATTLE OF THE COWPENS UNDER GENERAL
MORGAN AND COLONEL WASHINGTON. WAS AT THE FIRST SIEGE OF
AUGUSTA UNDER COLONEL CLARK AND ALSO IN SEVERAL OTHER SMALL
FIGHTS AND SCOUTING PARTIES, BUT DOES NOT RECALL THE
PARTICULARS.
6. RECEIVED A COMMISSION AS CAPTAIN OF MILITIA IN 1779 SIGNED BY
JOHN HOUSTON, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. ACTED UNDER SAID
COMMISSION AS THE COMMANDER OF A MILITIA COMPANY FROM 1779
UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN 1783. DOES NOT KNOW WHAT BECAME OF
SAID COMMISSION, BUT KNOWS HE HAD IT FOR YEARS AFTER THE WAR.
IT WAS WORNOUT, LOST, OR MISLAID.
7. WILLIAM FUZZELL, SARAH SLOCUMB, AND THOMAS BICKHAM, SENR.
CAN CERTIFY AS TO HIS CHARACTER FOR VERACITY AND THEIR BELIEF
OF HIS SERVICE AS A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER.

HE RELINQUISHES EVERY CLAIM WHATEVER TO A PENSION OR ANNUITY
EXCEPT THE PRESENT AND DECLARES THAT HIS NAME IS NOT ON THE
PENSION ROLL OF THE AGENCY OF ANY STATE. SIGNED ABNER BICKHAM.

ON THE SAME DATE, WILLIAM FUZZELL APPEARED IN COURT AND
STATED UNDER OATH SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING: HE KNEW
ABNER BICKHAM WAS IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A
MILITIAMAN DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE SERVED WITH HIM
IN 1778 IN THE FLORIDA EXPEDITION AND ALSO DURING A PART OF 1779.
THEY WERE NEIGHBORS IN GEORGIA AFTER PEACE WAS DECLARED. IN
1811, AFFIANT MOVED TO WASHINGTON PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND HAS
BEEN A NEIGHBOR OF CAPTAIN ABNER BICKHAM EVER SINCE. HE
CONSIDER HIM TO BE A MAN OF VERACITY AND BELIEVES THE ABOVE
DECLARATION OF SAID ABNER BICKHAM. SIGNED WM. FUZZELL.

ON THE SAME DATE, SARAH SLOCUMB APPEARED IN COURT AND STATED
UNDER OATH SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING: SHE KNOWS ABNER
BICKHAM SERVED IN THE LATTER END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HER BROTHER, WILLIAM YOUNG, WAS A LIEUTENANT IN CAPTAIN ABNER
BICKHAM'S COMPANY. SHE WAS BOUT 12 YEARS OLD WHEN PEACE WAS
MADE. WELL RECOLLECTS THAT HE WAS CALLED CAPTAIN BICKHAM
AND SAW HIM COMMANDING A COMPANY. HAS LIVED AS A NEIGHBOR
TO ABNER BICKHAM MANY YEARS AND BELIEVES HIM TO BE A MAN OF
VERACITY AND THAT HIS DECLARATION IS TRUE. SIGNED SARAH (X)
SLOCUMB.

ON THE SAME DATE, THOMAS BICKHAM APPEARED AND STATED UNDER
OATH SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING: THAT HE WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS
OF AGE AT THE .... OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND KNOWS THAT
ABNER BICKHAM SERVED IN SAID WAR AS A MILITIA CAPTAIN FROM THE
YEAR 1778 UNTIL PEACE WAS DECLARED, MOST OF SAID TIME AS A
CAPTAIN. HAS KNOWN ABNER BICKHAM EVER SINCE AND BELIEVES HIS
DECLARATION TO BE TRUE. SIGNED THOMAS BICKHAM.

ON MAY 8, 1833, ABNER BICKHAM, APPEARED IN PARISH COURT,
WASHINGTON PARISH, LOUISIANA AND MADE AN AMENDMENT TO HIS
ORIGINAL DECLARATION OF JULY 31, 1832. HE STATED UNDER OATH
SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING:

THAT BY REASON OF OLD AGE AND THE CONSEQUENT LOSS OF MEMORY
HE CANNOT SWEAR POSITIVELY TO THE PRECISE LENGTH OF HIS
SERVICE, BUT ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF HIS RECOLLECTION HE
SERVED NOT LESS THAN THE PERIODS MENTIONED BELOW AND IN THE
FOLLOWING GRADES:

IN 1777 AN 1778, SERVED REGULARLY AND FAITHFULLY FOR SIX MONTHS
AS A VOLUNTEER PRIVATE IN CAPTAIN MOSES DAVIS' COMPANY,
COLONEL JOHN JONES' REGIMENT, GEORGIA MILITIA. IN 1778
VOLUNTEERED AS A PRIVATE MILITIAMAN AND SERVED CONSTANTLY
AND FAITHFULLY FOR EIGHT MONTHS IN CAPTAIN JOHN WHITAKER'S
COMPANY, COLONEL JOHN TWIGG'S REGIMENT. SERVED PART OF THIS
TIME IN GEORGIA AND PART IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IN 1779, WAS
APPOINTED TO COMMAND A MILITIA COMPANY AND WAS ACCORDINGLY
COMMISSIONED BY JOHN HOUSTON, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. SERVED
REGULARLY AND FAITHFULLY AS A CAPTAIN DURING A PART OF THE
YEAR 1779 AND A PART OF 1780 UNDER COLONEL ELIJAH CLARK, FOR A
PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS. IN 1781 AND UNTIL PEACE WAS MADE IN
1783, SERVED CONSTANTLY AND FAITHFULLY FOR TWO YEARS AS A
CAPTAIN IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. SERVED FIRST UNDER GENERAL
JOHN TWIGGS OF THE MILITIA, AND THEN UNDER GENERAL ANTHONY
WAYNE OF THE CONTINENTAL LINE. SERVED AS A PRIVATE ONE YEAR
AND TWO MONTHS, AND AS A CAPTAIN THREE YEARS, FOR WHICH
SERVICES HE CLAIMS A PENSION. SERVED FAITHFULLY DURING THE
DIFFERENT PERIODS AND PLACES MENTIONED WITH EMBODIED CORPS
CALLED INTO SERVICE BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY. WAS CONSTANTLY
IN THE FIELD DURING HIS SERVICES MENTIONED IN THE FOREGOING
DECLARATION, AND WAS NOT EMPLOYED IN ANY CIVIL PURSUIT. SIGNED
ABNER BICKHAM.

ON APRIL 19, 1834, MRS. DICY BICKHAM, THE SURVIVING WIFE OF ABNER
BICKHAM ESQUIRE, LATE OF WASHINGTON PARISH, LOUISIANA
APPEARED BEFORE THE PARISH COURT, WASHINGTON PARISH, AND
APPOINTED HER SON THOMAS BICKHAM JR. A CITIZEN OF SAID PARISH,
HER OFFICIAL ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE AND RECEIPT FOR A PENSION DUE
BY THE GOVERNMENT TO HER DECEASED HUSBAND FOR HIS SERVICES
AS A CAPTAIN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. SIGNED DICY (X) BICKHAM.

ON THE SAME DATE, MAJOR THOMAS BICKHAM AND WILLIAM HAYES
APPEARED AND STATED UNDER OATH THAT CAPTAIN ABNER BICKHAM,
ESQUIRE, FORMERLY A CITIZEN OF SAID PARISH DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY 29, 1834, BEING THE 78TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. SIGNED WILLIAM
HAYS AND THOMAS BICKHAM.

RECEIPT; BRANCH BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, NEW ORLEANS, APRIL
23, 1834. RECEIVED FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THIS OFFICE, AGENT FOR
PAYING PENSIONS, $1392.25, BEING AMOUNT OF PENSION DUE ABNER
BICKHAM AS OF JANUARY 29, 1834. SIGNED THOMAS BICKHAM, AGENT
FOR MRS. DICY BICKHAM.

ENTERED ON ROLL OF LOUISIANA AT THE RATE OF $480.00 PER ANNUM,
TO COMMENCE MARCH 4, 1831. CERTIFICATE OF PENSION ISSUED MARCH
6, 1834. FILE COVER ANNOTATED, " WIDOW DIED IN 1834".

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES:

GEORGIA'S ROSTER OF THE REVOLUTION, WHICH MUST BE USED WITH
CARE AS A BASIC SOURCE, INDICATES THAT ABNER BICKHAM RECEIVED
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE AS A REFUGEE SOLDIER FROM GENERAL JOHN
TWIGGS ON MARCH 4, 1784, WHICH ENTITLES HIM TO A 287 1/2 ACRE
BOUNTY. SURVEYOR GENERAL BOOK "I", PAGE 95, ALLEGEDLY
INDICATES THAT ABNER BICKHAM RECEIVED 287 1/2 ACRES IN BURKE
COUNTY, BOUNDED NORTH BY DAVID LEWIS, AND OTHER SIDES
VACANT, SURVEY 203, JULY 24, 1786. ABNER BICKHAM WAS SERVING AS A
MILITIA CAPTAIN, SECOND REGIMENT, BURKE COUNTY MILITIA, BURKE
COUNTY, GEORGIA AS LATE AS 1793. IN A QUERY REGARDING THE
YOUNG FAMILY WHICH APPEARED IN THE GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL
MAGAZINE, JULY 1965, NUMBER 17, PAGES 1126-1127, MRS. JOHN C. COPES,
2750 McCONNEL DRIVE, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 79809 STATED IN
EFFECT THAT DICY YOUNG AND SARAH YOUNG MARRIED RESPECTIVELY
ABNER BICKHAM AND SAMUEL SLOCUMB AND MOVED FROM BURKE
COUNTY, GEORGIA TO LOUISIANA. I HAVE SEEN AS UNCERTIFIED
PAYROLL WHICH PURPORTS TO BE THAT OF THE COMPANY COMMANDED
BY CAPTAIN ABNER BECKHAM FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 15, 1781 TO
FEBRUARY 1, 1782. THE PAYROLL CONTAINS THE NAMES OF WILLIAM
YOUNG, FIRST LIEUTENANT, AND JAMES, JACOB, AND PIER.....YOUNG,
PRIVATES. THE DAR PATRIOT INDEX, 1966 LISTS ABNER BICKHAM, BORN
JULY 26, 1755, DIED JANUARY 29, 1834, MARRIED DICEY E. ________,
CAPTAIN, GEORGIA SERVICE.

CEMETERIES IN LANCASTER COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA.

LANCASTER FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OLD CEMETERY;

BECKHAM (HOLY BIBLE) / OUR MOTHER / JANE E. I./ WIFE OF SIMON
BECKHAM/ BORN JANUARY 29, 1812/ DIED NOVEMBER 21, 1885.

BECKHAM IN MEMORY OF / S. BECKHAM/ AGED 45 YEARS/ 3 MONTHS/ 24
DAYS/ "CALM ON THE BOSOM OF THY GOD/ FAIR SPIRIT, REST THEE NOW/
E'EN WHILE ON EARTH THY FOOTSTEPS TROD/ HIS SEAL WAS ON THY
BROW/ DUST TO ITS NARROW HOUSE BENEATH/ SOUL TO ITS PLACE ON
HIGH/ THEY THAT HAVE SEEN THY LOOK IN DEATH/ NO MORE MY FEAR
TO DIE." (SIMON BECKHAM DIED APRIL 25, 1852.

BECKHAM INFANT /DAUGHTER OF / S.&J. BECKHAM/ DEAD BORN/
NOVEMBER 15, 1844.

BECKHAM JOHN BECKHAM/ DIED/ SEPTEMBER 15, 1844/ AGED 15 YEARS
AND 3 DAYS.

BECKHAM INFANT/ SON OF S.& J. BECKHAM/ DEAD BORN/ JULY 23 1843.

BECKHAM JANE L. BECKHAM/ DIED FEBRUARY 11, 1840/ AGED 14 YEARS 2
MONTHS AND 12 DAYS.

BECKHAM INFANT/ DAUGHTER OF S. & J. BECKHAM/ DIED/ MARCH 21,
1842 / AGED 17 DAYS.

INDEX TO WAR OF 1812 SERVICE RECORDS FOR VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS
FROM GEORGIA:

BECKEM, JOHN S., 2, JENKINS', GA. VOL. AND MIL., PVT. ORIG. FILE UNDER
BECKUM, JOHN S.

BECKHAM, ABEL, 1, CHAMBERS', PVT.

ROSTER OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS IN GEORGIA COMPILED BY MRS.
HOWARD M. McCALL;
THE GRAVES OF THE FOLLOWING REV. SOL. IN GA. HAVE BEEN LOCATED
BY THE GA. SOC. DAUG. OF THE AMER. REV.
LABAN BECKHAM PIKE COUNTY GEORGIA
SAMUEL BECKHAM BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA.

GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE VOL. # 47, WINTER 1973; PAGE 72;
UNION COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA, DEED BOOK "A" ;

PAGES 424-426; DATED JUNE 12, 1787 SAMUEL FEEMSTER AND
MARGARET , HIS WIFE, OF CHESTER COUNTY CAMDEN DISTRICT SOUTH
CAROLINA TO WILLIAM BECKHAM OF UNION COUNTY 96 DISTRICT
SOUTH CAROLINA FOR 150 POUNDS STERLING, 150 ACRES IN UNION
COUNTY ON SOUTH SIDE OF BROAD RIVER ABOVE THE FISHDAM FORD.
BOUND BY WILLIAM LOVE. THE UPPER PART OF A TRACT ORIGINALLY
GRANTED BY LETTERS PATENT BY THE GOV. OF NORTH CAROLINA TO
JOHN CLARK, CONVEYED BY CLARK TO JOHN FEEMSTER, BY JOHN
FEEMSTER TO HIS MOTHER , MARY FEEMSTER, "MENTIONED IN HIS THE
SAID JOHN FEEMSTER LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT" (SEE DEED ON PG.
318-319, DEED BOOK A.), CONVEYED BY SAID MARY FEEMSTER ON
MARCH 12, 1770 TO SAID SAMUEL FEEMSTER. ALSO CONVEYED BY
WILLIAM FEEMSTER "SON AND HEIR AT LAW OF THE SAID JOHN
FEEMSTER, DECEASED" ON JULY 29, 1784 TO THE SAID SAMUEL FEEMSTER
(TO CLEAR TITLE). WITNESSES WILLIAM FARR, BENJA. JOHNSON.
RECORDED JUNE 26, 1787.

IBID: PAGES 539-543: DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 1787.. DEED WITNESSED BY
WILLIAM BECKHAM.

IBID: PAGE 16: DEED WITNESSED BY WILLIAM BECKHAM DATED
JANUARY 19, 1787. RECORDED MARCH 27, 1787.

GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE VOL. #9 ; 1963 PAGE 516.

WASHINGTON COUNTY GRAND JURORS MARCH TERM 1799 SUPERIOR
COURT; LABAN BECKHAM.

IBID: COLUMBIA COUNTY GRAND JURORS, JUNE TERM 1799 SUPERIOR
COURT WILLIAM BECKHAM.

DAUG. OF AMER. REV. APPL. OF MRS. ANNA SELLS PRITCHETT; PERRY GA.
DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL SELLS AND WILLIE CUDDIE PATRICK MOBLEY;
WILLIE CUDDIE PATRICK WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ERNEST LINWOOD
PATRICK OF UPSON COUNTY GA. AND EDITH CILLIER; ERNEST LINWOOD
PATRICK WAS THE SON OF ROBERT AUGUSTUS PATRICK OF UPSON CO.
GA. AND AMANDA JANE BECKHAM OF PIKE CO. GA.; AMANDA JANE
BECKHAM WAS BORN OCTOBER 14, 1856 IN PIKE CO. GA. SHE WAS THE
DAUGHTER OF RUSSELL BECKHAM AND ADELPHIA CARRIKER; RUSSELL
BECKHAM WAS BORN AUGUST 29, 1814 AT WASHINGTON CO. GA.(CENSUS
RECORDS SHOW AGE AS 35 IN 1850, AGE 45 IN 1860 AND 66 IN 1880)
RUSSELL BECKHAM'S WILL DATED DECEMBER 18, 1880, DIED IN PIKE CO.
GA. MARCH 22, 1881. HE WAS THE SON OF DANIEL BECKHAM AND
FRANCES (FANNIE) HAWKINS; DANIEL BECKHAM WAS BORN BETWEEN
1780-1785 IN SOUTH CAROLINA, ( AGE 40-50 YEARS ON 1830 CENSUS), DIED
IN PIKE CO. GA. PRIOR TO MARCH OF 1840 ( ADMIN. OF ESTATE APPOINTED
MARCH 1840). DANIEL BECKHAM WAS THE SON OF RUSSELL BECKHAM
AND ELIZABETH (MARCUS). RUSSELL BECKHAM WAS BORN CIRCA 1760
IN NORTH CAROLINA (WAS LEGAL AGE BEFORE 1784, BORN BEFORE 1763,
HAD 8 CHILDREN IN 1790 CENSUS) DIED BEFORE 1820 IN WASHINGTON CO.
GA. (LIVING IN 1805). RUSSELL BECKHAM WAS THE SON OF THOMAS
BECKHAM AND MARY ______. THOMAS BECKHAM WAS BORN PRIOR TO
1730 BIRTHPLACE UNKNOWN. (HE HAD TWO SONS BORN BEFORE 1763
RUSSELL AND THOMAS JR.) WILL DATED OCTOBER 10, 1780 AND
PROBATED JANUARY 1796 IN EDGEFIELD SOUTH CAROLINA. THOMAS
BECKHAM WAS THE CHILD OF WILLIAM BECKHAM AND PHYLLIS________.;
WILLIAM BECKHAM WAS BORN POSSIBLY GRANVILLE (BUTE) CO. NORTH
CAROLINA. AND DIED AFTER 1796.

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THOMAS BECKHAM ( FILE # CFNT-ZR)
BORN 1798; SAVANNAH CHATHAM CO. GA.; DIED 1880, GARDI , WAYNE CO.
GA.; BURIED BETHEL CEMETERY WAYNE CO. GA.; MARRIED 1825
SAVANNAH CHATHAM CO. GA.

WIFE KEZIAH MANNING ( FILE # CFNV-OW)
BORN 1800 CHATHAM CO. GA.; DIED 1880 GARDI, WAYNE CO. GA.; FATHER
MOSES MANNING (FILE # C63R-Z8) MOTHER FAITH SARAH REEDY (FILE #
JJ84-WN)

CHILDREN:
MATHIAS BECKHAM B. 1826 CREEK INDIAN LAND GA. D. 1888 WAYNE CO.
GA.

DEMCY BECKHAM B. 1828 SAV. CHAT. CO. GA.; D. 1919 WAYNE CO. GA.

JOHN A. BECKHAM B. 1830 WAYNE CO. GA.; D. 1917 WAYNE CO. GA.
MARRIED MARTHA JOHNSON. MAR. 1869 JESUP WAYNE CO. GA.

ELIZA BECKHAM B. 1835 CREEK INDIAN LANDS, GA. D. 1926 ADAMS, MISS.

FRANCES BECKHAM B. 1837 WAYNE CO. GA. D. 1864 WAYNE CO. GA.

JOSEPH BECKHAM B. 1839 D. 1920 GARDI WAYNE CO. GA.

DANIEL MARKASON BECKHAM B. 1842 D. 1926 GARDI WAYNE CO. GA. ;
MARRIED SARAH ANN STRICKLAND.

THOMAS BECKHAM IS LISTED ON THE 1820 CENSUS OF GLYNN CO. GA.
THOMAS BECKHAM THEN IS LISTED ON THE CENSUS OF WAYNE COUNTY
GA. FROM 1830-1870.
ON JAN. 22, 1848 THOMAS BECKHAM WAS SHERIFF OF WAYNE CO. GA.
THOMAS BECKHAM WAS JUSTICE OF INFERIOR COURT FROM MARCH 10,
1845 TO JAN. 22, 1848.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS BECKHAM KNOWN FROM CENSUS RECORDS ARE:

MATHIAS BECKHAM B. 1826
DEMCY BECKHAM B. 1828
MARTHA ELIZABETH BECKHAM B. 1835 MAR. DAVID PHILLIPS
JOHN A.J. BECKHAM B. APR. 1835 MAR. MARTHA ____________
FRANCES BECKHAM B. 1837 MAR. BRYANT S. WOLLARD DEC.3,1859
JOSEPH BECKHAM B. 1839
DANIEL M. BECKHAM B. 1840 MAR. SARAH A. _________.

ON THE 1860 CENSUS OF WAYNE COUNTY THERE ARE TWO SMALL
CHILDREN LIVING IN THE HOUSE HOLD WITH THOMAS BECKHAM. THEY
ARE DEMPSEY AND ABNER BECKHAM. TWO MALES WHO ARE 4 AND 1
YEAR OLD RESPECTIVELY. THOMAS BECKHAM GIVES BIRTHPLACE AS
SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1796 OR 1797.

PENSION RECORDS OF JOHN A.J. BECKHAM

JOHN A.J. BECKHAM SERVED DURING THE CONFEDERATE WAR . HIS
COMPANY WAS THE 4TH GA. CAV. (CLINCH'S) REGIMENT.

ACCORDING TO PENSION APPLICATION HE WAS BORN IN 1833 IN WAYNE
CO. GA.
HE GIVES HIS FULL NAME AS JOHN ANDREW JACKSON BECKHAM.
ENLISTED IN THE SPRING OF 1862. WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLE OF
ATLANTA WHEN SHERMAN DESTROYED THE CITY. HIS HORSE WAS
KILLED IN THIS BATTLE AND HE WAS ASSIGNED TO A WAGON DETAIL.

WILLIAM D. BECKHAM SERVED WITH CO. B. 4TH (CLINCH'S) GA. CAV.
PRIVATE. ENLISTED AUG. 14, 1861. WITHOUT HORSE SINCE SEPT. 10, 1863,
TRANSFERRED TO ARTILLERY.

JOSEPH BECKHAM PRIVATE CO. A 26 REG. GA.IN HOSPITAL IN RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA MARCH 12, 1863. TO RETURN TO DUTY ON APRIL 12, 1863.

DANIEL M. BECKHAM PRIVATE CO. A 4TH (CLINCH'S) GA. CAV. ENLISTED
AUGUST 7, 1861. APPEARS ON A REGISTER OF FLOYD HOUSE AND
OCMULGEE HOSPITAL MACON, GA. AUG. 12, 1864. CHRONIC BRONCHITIUS
AND GENERAL DEBILITY. BECKHAMS

More About THOMAS BECKHAM:
BURIAL PLACE: BETHEL CEM WAYNE CO. GA.

Children of THOMAS BECKHAM and KESSIAH MANNING are:

2.	i.	MARTHA ELIZABETH³ BECKHAM, b. 1825, WAYNE CO. GA.; d. Unknown.
	ii.	MATHIAS BECKHAM, b. 1826; d. 1888, WAYNE CO. GA..
	iii.	DEMCY BECKHAM, b. 1828; d. 1919, Wayne Co. Ga..
	iv.	ELIZABETH BECKHAM, b. 1835, Creek Indian Lands, Georgia ²; d. 1926, Adams, Mississippi; m. JOHN ROOKS, November 15, 1866, Wayne Co. Ga.; d. Unknown.
3.	v.	JOHN A. JAMES BECKHAM, b. April 1835, WAYNE CO. GA.; d. Aft. 1910, CAMDEN COUNTY, GEORGIA.
4.	vi.	FRANCES BETHEL BECKHAM, b. 1837; d. Unknown.
	vii.	JOSEPH BECKHAM, b. 1839; d. 1920, Gardi, Wayne County Georgia.
5.	viii.	DANIEL MARKASON BECKHAM, b. 1840, GEORGIA; d. 1926, GARDI, WAYNE COUNTY, GA..
	ix.	DEMPSEY BECKHAM, b. 1856; d. Unknown; Adopted child.
6.	x.	ABNER BECKHAM, b. March 1860; d. Unknown; Adopted child.

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