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About Abraham Becraft
From "Descendants of George Becraft Sr." by Robert J. Becraft (Castle Wrks at AOL):
7. Abraham Becraft [87] (George Sr 1) was born circa 1750 in Frederick Co, MD and died in 1811 in Bath Co, KY at age 61. The cause of his death was Murdered by James Anderson.
Medical Notes: Harry Enoch's "In Search of Morgan's Station":
"Abraham Becraft, the father, settled in the Bath County area and was killed in 1811. A grand jury returned an indictment for murder against one James Anderson, but he was never arrested or brought to trial".
Noted events in his life were:
- He was involved in a court case about stealing hogs on 18 Mar 1763 in Frederick Co, MD. Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1761-1769. 233
- His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the following Petition of Abraham Becraft of Frederick County.
- To His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esqr Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
- The Humble Petition of Abraham Becraft of Frederick County most humbly sheweth, That your Petitioner was at a County Court held for Frederick County in the Month of March last, Indicted, tried, and found Guilty of a Felony in Stealing some Hogs, the property of a certain Conrad Dutterer, That your Petitioner was so unhappy as to be found Guilty by the Jury, yet your Petitioner begs leave to assure your Excellency, that he was found Guilty of a Felony on very weak and doubtful Testimony, that he was wholly innocent of Theft, or the least Intention to Steal the Hogs of the said Conrad Dutterer. Your Petitioner begs leave further to State to Your Excellency the Fact which happened in the following manner Viz. That Your Petitioners Father, George Becraft having lost some Hogs for a Considerable time, and being informed by a certain Joseph Gorling that he had seen them in the Woods, went with your Petitioner into the Woods, and having found some Hogs, which your Petitioner, and his Father, then thought was the Property of your Petitioners Father, drove them into the Inclosures of the said George Becraft, That your Petitioner never claimed any of the said Hogs as his Property, nor in any manner whatsoever Acted otherwise than is above set forth, That the said Conrad Dutterer brought a Suit against Your Petitioners Father for the taking of the said Hogs, and was satisfied by him for the same, That your Petitioner humbly apprehends that any Act done by him, and proved to the Jury, could only amount to a Trespass. He also humbly apprehends that the Jury, from an Error in Judgment only, Mistook the Trespass af d for Felony. Your Petitioner therefore prays your Excellency to grant him a Pardon. And your Petitioner as in Duty bound will ever pray &c.
- March 18th 1768. Abraham Becraft.
- Lib. C. B. No. 20
- We the Subscribers recommend the within named Abraham Becraft as a Person worthy of Your Excellency's Favour.
- Signed by Sixty eight of his Neighbours.
- On Consideration of the Premisses, It is Ordered by his Excellency the Governor, with the Advice of this Board, that a Pardon issue to the said Abraham Becraft, which issued accordingly.
- p. 18
- Event: Grand Jury, 1811-1812, Bath Co, KY. Briefs from History of Bath Co.., KY 1876 by William M. Talley
- First grand Jury, Sennett Young (foreman) Robert Hopkins, Thomas Welch, Isaac Butcher,John McILhenny, John Cushow, Wm. Hamilton, John Boyd, Rowland Burbridge,David Bratton, Moses Hendrix, Mourning Vice, James Hopkins, Benonie Cushow, John Colglazure, Richard Stone, Daniel Young, Thos. Sinclair, and Wm. Grimes.
- They returned an indictment against James Anderson for the murder of Abraham Becraft.
- Event: 1791, Morgan's Station, KY. Moved to Morgan's Station.
- Abraham married Abigail Rachel Shipley [234] [MRIN: 79] on 25 Feb 1777 in Middletown Evangelical Luthern Church.13 Abigail was born on 25 Feb 1757,14 died on 1 Apr 1793 in Morgan's Station, KY at age 36, and was buried in Slate Creek, No Markers, With Kids.. The cause of her death was Killed in indian raid on Morgan's Station, KY.
- His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the following Petition of Abraham Becraft of Frederick County.
Noted events in her life were:
- Event: 2 Apr 1793. Sometimes the clues of wildfires come from the most tragic accounts of the early Kentucky pioneers. The rescue party searching for the victims of the 1793 Easter Sunday attack on Morgan's Station for example, noted that two of the victims had been forced to march through a recently burned section of the woods. James Wade recounts that on April 2nd
- “…just above the head of Little Slate we found Mrs. Becraft and her suckling child 'six or eight months old' lying tomahawked. It was a very plain case. They had marched her that far in her shift, as was visible from the scratches and marks on it from a burnt wood they had passed through. And there she had given out” (Hogan 1991:24-25). This location is very near a large rockshelter known as Newt Cash Shelter, which would later provide the first archaeological evidence of prehistoric anthropogenic use of fire.
Children from this marriage were:
- 1. 55 M i. Josiah Becraft [236] died on 1 Apr 1793 in Morgan's Station, KY. He never married and had no children. Death Notes: killed by indians
- 2. 56 F ii. Betty Becraft [237] was born in Dec 1777 in Frederick Co, MD. Betty married George Owings [367] [MRIN: 118].
- 3. 57 M iii. Benjamin Franklin Becraft [238] was born from 1778 to 1779 and died on 27 Jun 1833 in Bath Co, KY at age 54. The cause of his death was cholera.
- Noted events in his life were: He filed a pension application on 25 Jul 1871 in Bath Co, KY. PENSION APPLICATION FOR WAR OF 1812 SERVICE BECROFT, BENJAMIN - MARY: WC 6008; BLWt. (?) 95235-160-50. Private in Captain I. Gray's Company, Kentucky Militia. Englisted March 29, 1813; discharged October 29, 1813. Length of Service: 215 days. Residence of widow 1859, 1860 Bath County, Kentucky, 1871 Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky. Maid name of Mary Fowler. Date of marriage September or November 1808 at Vincennes, Indiana. Death of soldier: June 27, 1833 Bath County, Kentucky
- David Norris and Albert Norris testified to continued widowhood. Marriage to Benjamin Becroft prior to February 17, 1815, was established by affidavit of Fields Becroft, who testifies that he is sixty-one years of age having been born in the year 1811 as he has always now resides in said county and state (Bath County, Kentucky) and has for more than fifty years last past, that he is the third child of the family of children of the marriage of Benjamin and Mary Becroft. Claimant in her application for Bounty Land alleges marriage in September 1808.
- Admitted to pension of $8.00 per month from February 14, 1871 on March 15, 1874.
- 25 July 1871 Mary Becroft, aged ninety, a resident of Bath County, Kentucky, being duly sworn, declares she is the widow of Benjamin Becroft, who served the full period of six days in the military in Cat. Isaac Gray's Company, Col. Boswell's Regiment, drafted at Jones Springs, Bath County, Kentucky on 29 March 1813 and discharged at Fort Winchester about 20 September 1813. That she was married under the name of Mary Foulger in November 1808 near Vincennes, Indiana; said husband died in Bath County 27 June 1833. Her Post Office: Owingsville Kentucky.
- State of Kentucky, County of Bath. Fields Becroft being duly sworn, declares that he is sixty-one years of age.... that Benjamin and Mary Becroft had a family of nine children, seven of them still living. That his father died in Bath County, Kentucky, in the year 1833 of the cholera; that he was living with them - his father and mother - at the time of his death, that his mother .... is still living, resides with one of her sons Robert Becroft in the said county and state. That her son James Becroft is older than the affiant and resides in Montgomery County, Kentucky. Her other children including affiant, reside in this county and are named Sally Becroft, Nellie Blevins, wife of Danl. Blevins, Betsey Shuttey, wife of O. P. Shuttey, Polly Shuttey, wife of Saml. Shuttey. That he never heard the fact of the marriage of his parents questioned. That he has no interest in this claim other than he would like for his mother to get her pension.
- State of Kentucky, County of Bath. 11 June 1872. Asa Maxey, being duly sworn, says that he was resided in Bath County, that he is now in his 81st year and has been a minister of the Gospel for fifty years; that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Becroft and his widow Mary Becroft, that he has known each since and during the War of 1812, that they lived together as man and wife and reared a family of children, that they were reputed to have been married in the State of Indiana.
- Event: 1791. Later in the same account, it states: "At Wayne's Treaty, they had to go and get him--Ben Becraft--and give him up. He came back with no Indian paint and he was nicely dressed, but soon got back to being a Becraft again.
- Benjamin married Mary Polly Fowler [369] [MRIN: 120] on 18 Nov 1808 in Ft. Vincennes, Knox Co, IN.15 Mary was born circa 1781 in VA and died circa 1890 in Bath Co, KY at age 109. Marriage Notes: by justice of peace
- 4. 58 F iv. Rachel Becraft [239] was born in 1779 in Frederick Co, MD and died on 9 Apr 1827 at age 48. Rachel married Jacob Winans [368] [MRIN: 119] on 27 Jun 1799 in Flemingsburg, Fleming Co, KY.16 Jacob was born in Possibly NJ.
- 5. 59 M v. Abraham Becraft Jr [235] was born in Oct 1792 in Morgans, Clark Co, KY and died on 1 Apr 1793 in Morgan's Station, KY. He never married and had no children. Death Notes: killed by indians
- 6. 60 F vi. Ruth Becraft [240] was born in Oct 1792 in Morgans, Clark Co, KY and died on 1 Apr 1793 in Morgan's Station, KY. She never married and had no children. Death Notes: killed by indians
General Notes: Name from Nancy Stull email.
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Abraham Becraft's Timeline
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1750
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Frederick County, Province of Maryland
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1778
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Fredrick County, Maryland
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1811
Age 61
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Bath County, Kentucky, United States
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