Sarah Wilks, 1798–1885 (aged 86 years)
- Name
- Sarah /Wilks/
- Given names
- Sarah
- Surname
- Wilks
- Nickname
- Sally
- Married name
- Sarah /Beard/
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Birth
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Citation details: Memorial# 47298417. Added 29 JAN 2010 by Ed Beard |
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Birth of a brother
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Birth of a brother
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3rd President of the United States
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Birth of a brother
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Death of a paternal grandmother
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Number of children
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Marriage of a brother
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Marriage of a brother
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Note: Feb. 23, 1806; Benjamin Wilks & Polly Foster; Asa Wilson, Surety; Married by Elijah Hurt, Feb. 24, 1806. [License issued 23 FEB 1806; married 24 FEB 1806] |
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Death of a maternal grandfather
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Death of a paternal grandfather
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Marriage
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Note: "___ --, ----; Jabes Beard & Sally Wilkes; Married by Peyton Welch." |
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British King
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4th President of the United States
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Marriage of a sister
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Note: "Dec. 25, 1809; Abner Dobyns & Elizabeth Wilks; Samuel Wilkes, Surety; Married by William Leftwich, Dec. 28, 1809." |
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Marriage of a brother
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Note: "Jan. 5, 1811; Thomas Wilks & Betsy Morris, dt John; Zachariah Harrison, Surety." |
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Marriage of a brother
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Note: "jan. 18, 1815; John Wilks & Susanna Rider, dt John; Jacob Woodford, Surety; Married by Payton Welch, Jan. 22, 1815." |
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Death of a maternal grandmother
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5th President of the United States
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Marriage of a brother
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Citation details: Book 22, Page 20 Note: Oct. 5, 1818; Francis Wilks & Lucy Dobyns, dt Sarah; Abner Dobyns, Surety. Bedford County Marriage Bonds |
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Death of a brother
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Burial of a brother
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Cemetery: Red Mills Cemetery
Address: It is on the West Side of Highway 31-W and just north of the Nolin River, about six miles south of Elizabethtown in Hardin County and not far from the Eagle Mills section of Larue County. |
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Marriage of a brother
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Source: Bedford County Marriage Bonds
Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940
Citation details: Indexing Project# M00005-6, Film# 30591, Reference # page 82 Text: listed as Judy Dowdy Note: "May 24, 1824; Henry Wilks & Judah Dowdy; William Dowdy, Surety; Married by William Harris, May 26, 1824." |
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Marriage of a brother
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Note: "Oct. 8, 1824; Samuel N. Wilks & Emily Newman, dt Catherine Elet; Gilbert Crum, Surety; Married by James Scott, Oct. 8, 1824." |
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6th President of the United States
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Death of a brother
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Death of a mother
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Marriage of a parent
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Note: ceremony performed by William Leftwich, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Joseph Crouch as surety on bond.
Note: "Oct. 6, 1826; Samuel Wilks & Margaret Witt; Joseph Crouch, Surety; Married by William Leftwich, Oct. 11, 1826."[License issued 6 OCT 1826; married 11 OCT 1826] |
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British King
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7th President of the United States
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Immigration
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Death of a brother
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Note: apparently after one census and before the next when Lucinda Wilks was head of family, must be his widow |
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Marriage of a brother
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Note: "Jul. 26, 1830; Samuel W. Wilks & Matilda Woodford; Wm. Woodford, Surety; Married by H. Alley." |
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Marriage of a brother
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Citation details: Book 3, page 90 Note: listed as: Wilks, Samuel L. - Killough, Cynthia - 3 Sep 1835 - Ganard, H. MG |
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British King
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8th President of the United States
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Death of a father
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Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Wills
Citation details: Book 9, pages 381, 384; Book 10, page 322 Note: his property was appraised by administrators Henry Wilks and Thomas Rider, and the last of sale buyer s included Samuel Norman Wilks (a grandson, Ben's son Samuel Norman) |
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Family census
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Quality of data: census image Text: Enumerator: Philips Huggins Citation details: pages 80a and 80b Note: listed as J. Beard with 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60; 2 females 0-5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 50-20, 1 female 40-50 with 1 in agriculture. |
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9th President of the United States
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10th President of the United States
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Death of a brother
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11th President of the United States
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12th President of the United States
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13th President of the United States
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Family census
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Address: District 1 Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: Sheet 240A, Page 478 Text: Enumerator: M. J. Wilson Quality of data: census image Note: in hh 127 121 as Jabus Beard, Age: 55, Male, Farmer, Bts., $2000, VA; Sarah, Age: 45, Female, VA; Henry, Age: 23, Male, Wagon masonry, VA; Benjamin, Age: 26, Male, Physician, VA; Mary, Age: 18, Female, VA; Sarah, Age: 17, Female, VA; Sophia, Age: 15, Female, VA, Martha, Age: 12, Female, VA; Emily, Age: 11, Female, VA. |
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14th President of the United States
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Death of a husband
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Citation details: Memorial# 47298278. Added 29 JAN 2010 by Ed Beard. |
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Burial of a husband
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Cemetery: Beard Family Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.97020, Longitude: -87.72729. Farm east side of County Road 11 at intersection with 139 in the woods behind the farm house Note: Beard Graveyard located on the Jabez & Sally (Wilkes) Beard farm homesteaded in the early 1830's in Lauderdale County, Alabama near Cloverdale and Florence. Grave is difficult to find across an open field about 1/4 mile behind the farmhouse and into the woods a few hundred feet.
Note: "Tombstone is badly damaged and broken. The name "Jabez" can just be made out just above the break at the bottom of the stone. Stone once read "In Memory of Jabez Beard--Born in Bedford Co., Va. May 17, 1790--Died Oct. 7, 1854, " Ed Beard. |
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15th President of the United States
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Census
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Address: District 2 Post Office: Florence Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: page 23 Note: in hh 145 145 as Sally Beard, Age: 63, Female, Farmer, VA; Abner, Age: 40, Male, Booker, VA; James N., Age: 15, Male, AL. |
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Death of a brother
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16th President of the United States
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17th President of the United States
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18th President of the United States
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Census
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Address: Township 1, Range 13W Post Office: Florence Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: Sheet 67, Page 471 Text: Enumerator: B. F. Chisholms Note: in hh 489 475 as Beard, Sallie, Age: 74, Female, White, Keeping house, $2,500/$500, VA; Grisham, Ben, Age: 12, Male White, AL, Attended school. Next door in hh 488 474 was her daughter Emily's family, married to Henry Darby. |
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19th President of the United States
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Death of a brother
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Census
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Address: Township 1 Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Citation details: page 86B Note: Sallie Wilks Beard was living with her daughter Martha Wilks Johnson's family. They were listed as G. A. Johnson, Self, Widower, Male, White, Age: 45, AL, Farmer, SC SC; Icipline, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 19, AL, Keeping house, AL AL; Mary, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 16, AL, At home, AL AL; Francise, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 14, AL, At home, AL AL; Caroline, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 8, AL AL AL; Sallie Beard, Mother-in-law, Widow, Female, White, Age: 83, VA VA VA |
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British Queen
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20th President of the United States
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21st President of the United States
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22nd President of the United States
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Death
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Citation details: Memorial# 47298417. Added 29 JAN 2010 by Ed Beard |
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Burial
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Cemetery: Beard Family Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.97020, Longitude: -87.72729. Farm east side of County Road 11 at intersection with 139 in the woods behind the farm house. Note: Beard Graveyard located on the Jabez & Sally (Wilkes) Beard farm homesteaded in the early 1830's in Lauderdale County, Alabama near Cloverdale and Florence. Grave is difficult to find across an open field about 1/4 mile behind the farmhouse and into the woods a few hundred feet.
Note: transcription of tombstone inscription: "Sally Beard--Born in Bedford, Co., Va June 30, 1798. Died Apr. 24, 1885." "I have found the shores of everlasting rest". |
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1764–1837
Birth: October 24, 1764
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— Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: July 1, 1837 — Bedford, Virginia, USA |
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| mother |
1765–1826
Birth: about 1765
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— Dunmore (later Shenandoah), Virginia, USA Death: before October 1826 — Bedford, Virginia, USA |
| Marriage | Marriage — July 9, 1783 — Bedford, Virginia, USA |
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14 months
elder brother |
1784–1824
Birth: August 30, 1784
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— Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: March 4, 1824 — Hardin, Kentucky, USA |
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3 years
elder brother |
1787–1843
Birth: December 16, 1787
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— Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: September 1843 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA |
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2 years
elder sister |
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11 years
brother |
1794–1840
Birth: between 1794 and 1800
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— Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: between 1830 and 1840 — Mason, Virginia (later WV), USA |
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2 years
elder brother |
1795–1878
Birth: 1795
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— Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: 1878 — Bedford, Virginia, USA |
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2 years
elder brother |
1796–1826
Birth: about 1796
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— Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: 1826 — Bedford, Virginia, USA |
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3 years
brother |
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6 months
herself |
1798–1885
Birth: June 30, 1798
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— Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: April 24, 1885 — Cloverdale, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA |
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5 years
younger brother |
1803–1861
Birth: May 13, 1803
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— Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: after February 28, 1861 — Red River, Texas, USA |
| father |
1764–1837
Birth: October 24, 1764
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— Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: July 1, 1837 — Bedford, Virginia, USA |
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1788–1858
Birth: 1788
— Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: February 12, 1858 — Bedford, Virginia, USA |
| Marriage | Marriage — October 11, 1826 — Bedford, Virginia, USA |
| husband |
1790–1854
Birth: May 17, 1790
— Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: October 7, 1854 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA |
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| herself |
1798–1885
Birth: June 30, 1798
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— Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: April 24, 1885 — Cloverdale, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA |
| Marriage | Marriage — December 25, 1809 — Bedford, Virginia, USA |
| Birth |
Citation details: Memorial# 47298417. Added 29 JAN 2010 by Ed Beard |
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| Marriage |
Source: Bedford County Marriage Bonds
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| Immigration |
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| Family census |
Quality of data: census image Text: Enumerator: Philips Huggins Citation details: pages 80a and 80b |
| Family census |
Citation details: Sheet 240A, Page 478 Text: Enumerator: M. J. Wilson Quality of data: census image |
| Census |
Citation details: page 23 |
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Citation details: Sheet 67, Page 471 Text: Enumerator: B. F. Chisholms |
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Citation details: page 86B |
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| Death |
Citation details: Memorial# 47298417. Added 29 JAN 2010 by Ed Beard |
| Note |
Citation details: Wife of Jabez Beard, Daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth (Newman) Wilkes. Mother of Abner Hamilton Beard, Sr., James Abner Beard, Margaret Beard, Adam Beard, Sophia Beard, Martha Beard, Emily Beard, Elizabeth Beard, Mary Beard, Henry Beard, Benjamin Beard, Pink Beard, Sarah Beard. |
| Marriage |
"___ --, ----; Jabes Beard & Sally Wilkes; Married by Peyton Welch." |
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| Family census |
listed as J. Beard with 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60; 2 females 0-5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 50-20, 1 female 40-50 with 1 in agriculture. |
| Family census |
in hh 127 121 as Jabus Beard, Age: 55, Male, Farmer, Bts., $2000, VA; Sarah, Age: 45, Female, VA; Henry, Age: 23, Male, Wagon masonry, VA; Benjamin, Age: 26, Male, Physician, VA; Mary, Age: 18, Female, VA; Sarah, Age: 17, Female, VA; Sophia, Age: 15, Female, VA, Martha, Age: 12, Female, VA; Emily, Age: 11, Female, VA. |
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in hh 145 145 as Sally Beard, Age: 63, Female, Farmer, VA; Abner, Age: 40, Male, Booker, VA; James N., Age: 15, Male, AL. |
| Census |
in hh 489 475 as Beard, Sallie, Age: 74, Female, White, Keeping house, $2,500/$500, VA; Grisham, Ben, Age: 12, Male White, AL, Attended school. Next door in hh 488 474 was her daughter Emily's family, married to Henry Darby. |
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Sallie Wilks Beard was living with her daughter Martha Wilks Johnson's family. They were listed as G. A. Johnson, Self, Widower, Male, White, Age: 45, AL, Farmer, SC SC; Icipline, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 19, AL, Keeping house, AL AL; Mary, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 16, AL, At home, AL AL; Francise, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 14, AL, At home, AL AL; Caroline, Daughter, Single, Female, White, Age: 8, AL AL AL; Sallie Beard, Mother-in-law, Widow, Female, White, Age: 83, VA VA VA |
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Beard Graveyard located on the Jabez & Sally (Wilkes) Beard farm homesteaded in the early 1830's in Lauderdale County, Alabama near Cloverdale and Florence. Grave is difficult to find across an open field about 1/4 mile behind the farmhouse and into the woods a few hundred feet. transcription of tombstone inscription: "Sally Beard--Born in Bedford, Co., Va June 30, 1798. Died Apr. 24, 1885." "I have found the shores of everlasting rest". |
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Note
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"She and Jabez Beard sold land to Benjamin Wilks, before going to Alabama where they were mentioned in the old letters in 1832 at Bedford County, Virginia. She and Jabez Beard immigrated circa 1833? to Lauderdale County, Alabama. They appeared on the census of 1840 at Lauderdale County, Alabama; the census of 30 Oct 1850 at Lauderdale County, Alamaba; she and Abner Hamilton Beard Sr. appeared on the census of 1860 at Lauderdale County, Alabama. She appeared on the census of 1870 at Lauderdale County, Alabama, and died on 24 Apr 1885 at Cloverdale, Lauderdale County, Alabama, at age 86. Her husband died 17 Oct 1854. Both are buried burial in Beard Cemetery on L. R. Olive farm, Jim Olive Road., between Florence and Cloverdale, Alabama," Doris Ross Johnston. |
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Note
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"Wife of Jabez Beard, Daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth (Newman) Wilkes. Mother of Abner Hamilton Beard, Sr., James Abner Beard, Margaret Beard, Adam Beard, Sophia Beard, Martha Beard, Emily Beard, Elizabeth Beard, Mary Beard, Henry Beard, Benjamin Beard, Pink Beard, Sarah Beard," by Ed Beard. Citation details: Wife of Jabez Beard, Daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth (Newman) Wilkes. Mother of Abner Hamilton Beard, Sr., James Abner Beard, Margaret Beard, Adam Beard, Sophia Beard, Martha Beard, Emily Beard, Elizabeth Beard, Mary Beard, Henry Beard, Benjamin Beard, Pink Beard, Sarah Beard. |
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Media object
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Note: "Photo of Sally Sarah (Wilkes) Beard taken just before her death in 1880," by Ed Beard. |
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Media object
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Note: "The home of John Wilks's 1st cousin Sally Wilks and husband Jabez Beard in Lauderdale Co., built in 1830s, was probably similar to John and Barby's, his brother Amos's, and their nephews who lived there," Doris Ross Johnston. |
