John Thomas Beard was born in the Valley of Virginia about the year 1775. He was already a grown young man when his parents moved to Kentucky about 1800, and he was the John Beard mentioned in the 1802 record "Peter Buckingham is aptd Captain of the patrollers and John Beard, son of Samuel and John Beard, son of Hugh be made assistants." He married and had children born between 1811 and 1814, but then we think that his first wife died and he married again. His second wife was named Jemima, but we unfortunately do not know her maiden name yet. She was born about 1797 in Kentucky and she was much younger than John, too young to have been the mother of his first few children. In 1810, he seems to be the John Beard listed on the Adair County census on page three; his father was listed on page two. He was aged 26-45, wife was the same, he had a male child under ten and two females under ten and two females 10-16. We do not know the names of any of these possible children, as the first son we list was born in 1811. In 1820, there are two John Beards listed in Adair County
. he is buried in the Beard Family cemetery in Portland, only a creek rock as a marker
. he is buried in the Beard Family cemetery in Portland, only a creek rock as a marker
John Thomas Beard was born in the Valley of Virginia about the year 1775. He was already a grown young man when his parents moved to Kentucky about 1800, and he was the John Beard mentioned in the 1802 record "Peter Buckingham is aptd Captain of the patrollers and John Beard, son of Samuel and John Beard, son of Hugh be made assistants." He married and had children born between 1811 and 1814, but then we think that his first wife died and he married again. His second wife was named Jemima, but we unfortunately do not know her maiden name yet. She was born about 1797 in Kentucky and she was much younger than John, too young to have been the mother of his first few children. In 1810, he seems to be the John Beard listed on the Adair County census on page three; his father was listed on page two. He was aged 26-45, wife was the same, he had a male child under ten and two females under ten and two females 10-16. We do not know the names of any of these possible children, as the first son we list was born in 1811. In 1820, there are two John Beards listed in Adair County
. he is buried in the Beard Family cemetery in Portland, only a creek rock as a marker
. he is buried in the Beard Family cemetery in Portland, only a creek rock as a marker
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