Re: Jacob Beeler, land ownership
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Re: Jacob Beeler, land ownership
Kenneth Parker 8/13/14
My post was not about proving a brother relationship of any kind.It was about listing the land that Jacob Beeler (1750-1843) purchased and owned from 1792 until he died in 1843.You stated emphatically that this older Jacob never owned land in Sullivan County.Then you expanded your contention and stated that he never owned land in Tennessee.Well, you are wrong on both counts, and the deed books of Sullivan County, Claiborne County, and Hawkins/Anderson/Union County contain records that prove you are wrong.
I reiterate that Jacob Beeler (1750-1843) purchased 85 acres in 1792 and 135 acres in 1794.He owned those two tracts until he died, and then left them to his daughter, Anna, in his will that he made in 1837.This will does not survive but it is referenced in other documents.Anna lived on the land until she was an old woman.She never married.In 1878 she transferred her inherited land to a nephew, Elcaney Boling.The metes & bounds for the 85 acre and 135 acre tracts described in that deed transfer match the metes & bounds of the two tracts that Jacob Bealor purchased in 1792 and 1794.A spring called “Locust Springs” is described as being on both of the 135 acre tracts.The transfer deed says at the end that she acquired the land through the will of her father.
JacobBealor/Beelar was a living, breathing human being who came to Sullivan County, married, had children, purchased land in Sullivan County and the other counties mentioned.True, he never applied for, or received a North Carolina land grant.But he purchased this land outright for cash.That fact is stated in each deed that is registered in the county deed books.
As to Benjamin A. Beeler, I have zero interest in him or in being related to him.However, he is listed in the court cases involving the 300 acres in Anderson/Union County, purchased by Jacob Bealor and there are references to that land being given to Ben by his “father.”The date of 1843 is given in one of the court cases as the date of the father’s death.The father’s death was important because that was when Benjamin A. Beeler was supposed to pay Catherine Beeler Smith $200 as her share of her father’s estate.So this would confirm that Jacob Bealor, 1750-1843, was the person who bought the land, and who left instructions about the land in his will of 1837.(The date of the will is also mentioned in the court document.)There is another reference to Benjamin Beeler’s father having given him control of the 300 acres in his own lawsuit against Daniel Beeler.These court cases are transcribed and included in the notes provided by David Cosper in his book, “Ulrich Buhler (Beeler) of Shenandoah County, Virginia and His Descendants.”
You have never posted the proof you claim to have that Benjamin is the grandson of John Valentine Beeler.I suggest that you read the court case transcriptions, and then provide the proof of your claim if you want me, or anyone else, to believe you.The language in the lawsuits is pretty clear.As I said, I really don’t care about Benjamin A. Beeler.But you made a claim that does not seem to be supported by statements in the lawsuits.I also fail to see why Jacob Bealor would give him the 300 acres if Ben was not his son.
I deliberately have not answered your continued rants about the Bible pages because there is nothing more to say about them.You have stated your opinion that they are of no use in proving anything.But that is your opinion, and I don’t completely share it.I believe they are a valuable resource although, you are probably right, they don’t—by themselves— prove that he was a son of Ulrich.But he existed; he came to Sullivan County.He had children and grandchildren—lots of grandchildren.I continue to research his family because I am a part of it.I am allowed to do this.And since this is a “Beeler Genforum” I am allowed to post information about anyone named Beeler.
But I will not discuss the Bible pages with you again.Everyone can make up their own mind as to how valuable they are.
About your 5th point, you are correct.But I fail to see what that has to do with anything.If Jacob Bealor, 1750-1843, purchased land in 1792 and 1794, he owned at least 220 acres of land on which Sullivan county should tax him.I maintain that he is the Jacob Bealor on the 1796-1797 Sullivan County Tax Lists where he is taxed for 720 acres.I cannot account for the extra 500 acres except to suggest that he may have rented that land.
I have no knowledge of where Jacob Beeler, 1761-1842, might have been at that time or whether he owned land.There are one or two deed records for a Jacob Bealor that I did not claim because I did not think I could prove that the older Jacob purchased that land.
Again, with the 1837 Sullivan County Tax List where Jacob Bealor is taxed for 396 acres, I have proven that Jacob, 1750-1843, owned just over 400 acres of land at that time.He still owned the 220 (or 223) acres that he had purchased in 1792 and 1794.He had also purchased 191+ acres from John Bealor (Ulrick Bealor’s son) in 1820.It is logical to assume that he was the Jacob Bealor on that 1837 Tax List.He owned more than enough land to cover acreage shown by his name.And Sullivan County should tax him for that land.
Again, I don’t know where the younger Jacob was at that time.But it is clear that you wanted the older Jacob to be gone from Sullivan County so that you could claim any and all records for the younger Jacob.You created a “story” that Jacob Bealor (1750-1843) was gone by 1831, living somewhere with one of his children.But a man of his age cannot be found in the household of any of the possible children in 1840.And the deed records show that he owned over 400 acres of land until he died.This can be proven by the fact that he willed 220 acres of it to Anna.
A man of his age is found on the 1840 census living with a woman aged 30-40 and a young man aged 20-30.The woman could be Anna since she was 37 years old that year.And this could be why he left her so much land.
Jacob Bealor/Beelar is not responsible for the “illegal” V. A. marker that was placed on his grave.You can thank the well-meaning lady who lives in Bristol and who probably wanted the Patriots in the Beeler Cemetery to have markers on their graves.But, I will remind you that you no longer consider your ancestors to be related to that Jacob, so you have no authority as a family member to do anything about it.
Your story about the Jacob Beeler rifle and the Beeler display in the King’s Mountain National Military Park Visitor’s Center is charming.I am glad you uncovered it and cleared up any misunderstanding about that display.But it has nothing to do with the land that Jacob Bealor, 1750-1843, owned in Sullivan County, Claiborne County, and Anderson/Union County.I don’t even know why you brought it up when you were supposedly responding to my post.
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