George Beeler

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A131546

Note: Some of the information below may vary from the DAR public database. (FD)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10931433/george_beeler

Note that the Find A Grave profile has all the children assigned incorrectly to his 2nd wife, Jane Helm (widow LaRoe). * Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 8 2022, 21:57:42 UTC

https://www.wvgenweb.org/marshall/beeler-gen.htm

COL. GEORGE BEELER

    born ca 1755-56 in Frederick County, VA, s/o of Frederick Beeler and Judy__.

    died May 1798 in Ohio County, VA (now Marshall Co., WVA).

    married 1) Elizabeth Vestal, eighth month, third day, 1772 (Quaker calendar).

    married 2) Jane Helm Larue.

1800 Oct 7. Ohio County Guardianship bonds were issued in the court for the minor children of George Beeler. Jacob Wetzel and William Dumont became the guardians for Fanny Beelor, Mary Beelor, Lucretia Beelor, George Beelor Joseph Beelor, Thomas Beelor and Charles Beelor, all orphans of George Beelor, deceased. 7 Carolyn Pappas also found guardian appointments for Mary, Lucretia, George and Joseph in 1807 in Frederick County, VA with accounts in 1810.14

After this, numerous deeds appeared in the settling of his estate. There were further deeds when some of the heirs sold their part of the estate. The first deed on 4 March 1800 listed the heirs of George Beeler: "Nancy Bean wife of Jesse Bean, Elisabeth Bean wife of Mordecai Bean, Frederick Beelor, Mary Buler, Fanny Buler, Lucretia Buler, Thomas Buler, Charles Buler, George Buler, Margaret Buler and Joseph Buler, heirs at law of George Buler, deceased." 26.4

By 1812 the land was being divided up among the heirs. In 1819 the titles to the land were being proven in the court. Most of the heirs were married by this time and the names of spouses appeared in the records.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE BEELER and ELIZABETH VESTAL:

1. Nancy Beeler, b 18 Aug 1775 in Berkeley County, VA (part of Frederick County before 1772), d 4 Sept 1856, age 81 yrs. 16 days in Marshall County, WVA, m 16 Aug 1798 to Jesse Bane, brother to Mordecai Bane who married her sister Elizabeth, 9 children: Elizabeth, Amy, Absalom, Jesse, Ellis, Nancy, Frederick, George, Nimrod.8, 14, 16
2. Margaret “Peggy” Beeler, b about 1777 in Frederick/Berkeley County, VA, d 8 Jan 1861 in Illinois, m Joseph Hollingsworth, reported to have moved to Shelby, KY: one child Charles, maybe more. 14, 16

3. Frederick Beeler, b 7 Aug 1777-8 in Frederick/Berkeley County, VA, d 19 Sept 1853 in Morgan County, IN, m 21 Sept 1802 Anna Jones, daughter of Morgan Jones, 7 children. In the 1850 census Frederick’s age was 72: daughter, Ruth, Frederick, Ester, daughter, George, Jones Vestal.4, 14,16

4. Elizabeth "Betsy" Beeler, b 25 Nov 1779 in Berkeley County, VA, d 12 July 1839 in Ohio County, now Marshall County WVA; m Mordecai Bane, 7 children: George, Rachel, Mary, Frederick, Jesse, Joseph, Mordecai 14, 16

CHILDREN OF GEORGE BEELER AND JANE HELM:

5. Thomas Beeler, b about 1781 14 or 1783 16 in Berkeley County, VA, d 19 Feb 1830 in Morgan County, IN; m Hannah H. Drybread, 10 children: Israel, Jane, Mary, Charles General Jackson “Jack”, George Washington, Susan, William, Minerva, Boliver, Frances.16
6. Charles Beeler, b 1785 in Berkeley County, VA, d 11 Mar 1862 (tombstone), age 77, Rochester Township, Andrew County, Missouri; m 1) Martha _?_, 9 children, George W., John R., Jane T., Noah H., Lucinda, Sinia, Eleanor, Sara, Greenfield F.; m 2) Martha Lee, 2 children, Charles Noble, Jacob Franklin, m 3) Martha Arbgass.16

“Charles Beeler, born in Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia) came to Morgan County, Indiana, in 1820 and to Decatur Township in 1822, and settled on the SE 1/4 Sec 7, twp 14, range 2, it being land which he bought at the government land sales at Brookville. He sold his property in Decatur and removed in 1831 to Shelby Co., Illinois. Afterwards he moved to the state of Missouri thence to California, and from there back to Missouri and died near St. Joseph in that state about the year 1867, at the age of 84 years.” (Note: This is different from the information on his tombstone.) 19

7. Fanny Beeler, b ca 1785, d 1819.14,16

8. Lucretia Helm Beeler, b 25 Jan 1791 in Ohio County, VA, d 8 April 1847 in Truro Twp, Franklin County, Ohio, m Jonathan McCombs, 11 children: George, Evelyn, Elizabeth, Lavinia, Sarah, William Helm, Rebecca , John Jay, Ezra, Margaret, Jonathan. 14. 16

9. Mary Jane "Polly" Beeler, b 1792 in Ohio County, VA, d 1 May 1860 in Marshall County, WV, m Samuel Manning, 7 children: Lydia, Wilfred, Benjamin, Lavina, Lucretia, George Beeler, Millison Jane 16 (information from a direct descendant)

10. George Helm Beeler, b 15 Mar 1796 in Ohio County, VA, d 20 July 1861 in Dallas, TX, m Sarah Cutler, 5 children: Zariah, George, Niles, Sarah, Franklin.16

11. Joseph Beeler, b 4 April 1798 in Ohio County, VA, d 12 July 1851 in Marion County, IN, m Hannah Matthews, 12 children: Thomas, Fielding, Albert, Oliver, Emily, Frances Elizabeth, Milton, Melissa, Newton, Louisa, George Mathews, Harriet.14, 16

The following information was retrieved December 18, 2007 from a posting at Genealogy.com by Julie Beeler Schmees at http://genforum.genealogy.com/beeler/messages/880.html: “Jane Helm (daughter of Thomas Helm & Margaret Neill) was first married to Samuel Larue (son of Isaac Larue & Phebe Carmen)about 1777. They had a daughter Phebe Larue, born about 1778 who married Thomas Neill on Aug 20, 1795 in Frederick Co., VA. Samuel Larue died about 1781. Jane Helm Larue married second George Beeler about 1782.

“Both Jane and George Beeler gave separate depositions in 1798 in Ohio Co., VA. The deposition of George Beeler taken on March 22, 1798 states in part ...‘some time in the year 1784 that he this deponent in company with his wife on their way from Opechon (where we had went to pay her brother a visit) coming home called at Isaac Larue Senr (who was grandfather to the present Plaintiffs wife) some conversation immediately took place with respecting to our moving to the western country.’

“The deposition of Jane Beeler, taken on September 17, 1798 states in part:... ‘some time in the year 1784 when this deponent with her husband George Beeler was about to move their family from Berkley County over the Alegeney (sic) mountains to the western country they called at the house of Isaac Larue father of her first husband Samuel Larue by whom she had one daughter Phebe who was then at the said Isaac Larues her grandfathers - this deponent & her husband George Beeler then asked the said Isaac Larue & Phebe his wife if they would let them take away her daughter Phebe with them to the western country the old lady answered if they took her away it would break her heart.’

“A Chancery lawsuit was filed in Frederick Co. VA by Thomas Neill & his wife Phebe vs. James & Jabez Larue, Admr of Phebe Larue in 1798, settling in favor of Plaintiffs in 1804. Isaac Larue, Sr. became guardian of Phebe Larue and managed the estate of her deceased father until she came of age. For the span of 9 years, he received rent and monies from the crop produced on Phebe’s 2/3 portion of the land.

“Depositions were also taken of William Buzan and George Rust of Hardin Co., KY, Cyrus Saunders, John Lindsay, James Stuart, Gerard Alexander, Ephraim Garrison, William Frost, James McCormick and Peter Rust of Frederick Co., VA.

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Surname has also been reported to be Bealor.

Title has also been reported to be Colonel.

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

• 1749 at Ryerson Station, Marshall County, Virginia (now West Virginia) (attested at his Find A Grave memorial, conflicts with his DAR ancestor record)
• circa 1752 at Beeler Station, Marshall County, Virginia (now West Virginia) (unattested, conflicts with his DAR ancestor record)

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

• February 1798 at Cameron, Marshall County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States (attested at his Find A Grave memorial, conflicts with his DAR ancestor record)
• May 1798 at Beeler Station, Marshall County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States (unattested, conflicts with his Find A Grave memorial)

sources

• Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA - LVA microfilm reel # 181, Index # 1804-032