James Henry Moffet Beard
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When the Levels Cavalry under Captain Andrew G. McNeel, 1861, were disbanded, many of its members joined the Bath Cavalry under Captain Archie Richards. April 25, 1862, this company formed into two companies "F" and "G", and was known as the Bath Squadron, attached to the 11th Virginia Cavalry. Dr. A.G. McChesney was Captain of Company F. A C. L. Gatewood, 1st Sergeant, and Edwin S. Beard, 2nd Sergeant. The following persons from Pocahontas County were members of this company: Moffett Beard, W. W. Beard, John G. Beard, John J. Beard, James Burnside, James Callison, Clark Cochran, George B. Cochran, Andrew Edmiston, Richard Edmiston, Matthew Edmiston, John L. Kennison, Davis Kennison, D.B. McElwee, B. D. McElwee, John McCarty, A.G. McNeel, G. H. Moffet. |
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| [Price Sketches of Pocahontas County, pp 584] When the Levels Cavalry under Captain Andrew G. McNeel, 1861, were disbanded, many of its members joined the Bath Cavalry under Captain Archie Richards. April 25, 1862, this company formed into two companies "F" and "G", and was known as the Bath Squadron, attached to the 11th Virginia Cavalry. Dr. A.G. McChesney was Captain of Company F. A C. L. Gatewood, 1st Sergeant, and Edwin S. Beard, 2nd Sergeant. The following persons from Pocahontas County were members of this company: Moffett Beard, W. W. Beard, John G. Beard, John J. Beard, James Burnside, James Callison, Clark Cochran, George B. Cochran, Andrew Edmiston, Richard Edmiston, Matthew Edmiston, John L. Kennison, Davis Kennison, D.B. McElwee, B. D. McElwee, John McCarty, A.G. McNeel, G. H. Moffet. |
| Nancy Estalene Crouch Death Record 1182 |
| Moffet Beard Census Record 1870 |
| CHRONICLES OF THE
Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT
RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. WILL BOOK NO. V. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 142 Page 400.--22d November, 1775. Recorded. John Potter's appraisement by John Kirk, Alex. Kirk, John Beard--"For Sogering money under Capt. Moffett, £6.7.6." |
| CHRONICLES OF THE
Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT
RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 WILL BOOK No. X. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 227 Page 22.--10th February, 1802. John Moffett's will, Sr.--To wife, Jane; son, John; son, William; daughter, Esther Beard, wife of Charles Beard; son, James; daughter, Eleanor Moffett; daughter, Mary Brownlee, widow of John Brownlee; to grandson, Wm. McClenachan, son to daughter Nancy, deceased; granddaughter, Esther McClenachan, daughter to said Nancy; granddaughter, Esther Woods, wife of Michael Woods; son William has but one child and no probability of having more. Executors, sons William, James, John. Proved, 25th November, 1805. |
| Miscellaneous Original Receipts |
| Road Record 1886 : At a (meeting?) held for the County of Pocahontas at the Court House thereof on Jan 2, 1886. Ordained that Moffet Beard to make a change in the road? from Hillsboro to Beard's Mill on Locust Creek at a point in the lands of said Moffet Beard not far from the lands of Isaac McNeel, so as to avoid a steep place of the road. But said change is not to be made at any expense of the County, and the new road must be of the same width as the old. A Copy ?? John J. Beard, Clerk |
| In 1871, James
Henry Moffet Beard along with his brother,
Wallace Warwick Beard and James's
wife, Nannie Crouch Beard,
took
exception to the Pastor of the Oak Grove Church and attempted to remove him
from his office (the
Rev. M. D. Dunlap). The objection had to do with the post-Civil War
"Iron-Clad Oath",
which was eventually abolished in 1871 as unconstitutional, where
M. D. Dunlap took the oath in order to obtain restitution for
properties seized during the war. From the minutes of the Oak
Grove meeting, it is believed that their attempt did not succeed and M. D.
Dunlap continued in his role as Pastor of the Oak Grove Church. However, the incident shows the difficult adjustments after the Civil War, and the effects these adjustments had on the religious affairs of the churches at the time. |
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NAME: Beard, James Henry |
