Revolutionary War Series: Remembering Andrew Beatty
By Waw-wil-a-way DAR Chapter and
Southern Ohio Genealogical Society
Andrew Beatty was born 1753 in Rye Township, Cumberland County, Pa. (now Perry County), the son of John and Margaret Beatty. Andrew was the eldest of nine children, all boys, except one girl, Elizabeth.
On Dec. 1, 1780, records show that Andrew Beatty was serving as a private in Capt. Matthew McCoy's Company of the Pennsylvania State Militia during the American Revolution.
Beatty was 41 years old when he married in Cumberland County, 16-year-old Judith Carter, the day before her 17th birthday on Sept. 20, 1794. Judith was born in Cumberland County Sept. 21, 1777.
By the year 1801, Beatty had moved his family to Mason County, Ky., where his daughter, Anna was born on Dec. 9.
Sometime before 1817, Beatty removed his family from Mason County, Ky., to Liberty Township, Highland County.
On Oct. 13, 1817, Beatty purchased 104 and three-fourth acres of land from William and Lydia Daugherty for $300, Highland County, Ohio, Original Deed Book 2, Page 130. The land was located next to Ezekial Kelley's farm along Rocky Fork Creek.
Beatty is listed in the Liberty Township, 1820 census of Highland County and also the tax records. In 1820, there were 11 in the household, one male over the age of 45 years (Andrew), five females under 10 years, two females 10-15 years, two females 16-25 years, and one female 26-44 years (Judith).
Andrew and Judith were the parents of nine known children, all girls and all except Julia were married in Highland County, Ohio. Anna born Dec. 9, 1801 married her neighbor, James Kelley, in 1824, the son of Ezekiel Kelley and his wife, Catherine Speck. Ruth married Rolly Richards in 1826, Dotia married Samuel Weaver in 1828, Harriett married Madison H. Garner in 1832, Eliza married Peter Royal in 1834, Mary Jane married Isaac Vanpelt in 1841. Sarah C. married Charles Cline in 1838. Julia married Col. John Pummill, 1839, Ross County. Catherine, the youngest daughter, was born Oct. 6, 1823, shortly after the death of her father, Andrew. She married Henry Cox in 1846, and sometime after that they moved to Des Moines, Iowa. On Dec. 2, 1907, Catherine Beatty Cox joined the Abigail Adams Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in Des Moines, as a Real Daughter of a Revolutionary Soldier, not just a descendant.
Andrew Beatty died Oct. 1823, and was buried in the Kelley Family Cemetery, no stone found. After the death of Andrew, the farm became the property of his heirs and in 1833 the land was acquired by James Stanforth. Judith lived 37 years after the death of her husband, passing away on Sept. 15, 1861. Family tradition believes that Judith may have gone west with some of her children and died there. Daughter Anna and her husband, James Kelley, have numerous descendants living in southern Ohio.
Compiled by Betty F. Crum and Pat Young, Waw-wil-a-way Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, America 250 project.