Display Patriot - P-115984 - Thomas BEALS Sr

Thomas BEALS Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-115984

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A007925

Birth: 1719 Nottingham / Chester / PA
Death: 29 Aug 1801 / Ross / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

He served as a NC Quaker Minister who provided patriotic service by preaching at a VA frontier fort during the Revolutionary War.


Additional References:
  1. Ross County Families, Volume Ill, pg 57
  2. Cemetery Inscriptions of Highland County, Ohio, pg 117; DAR Patriot Index, Part l, pg 198
  3. First Friends in the Northwest Territory: Veterans Grave Registration, pg 74

Spouse: Sarah Antrim/Ankram
Children: Elizabeth; Daniel; William; John; Mary; Sarah; Thomas; Patience; Margaret; Rachel; Jacob;
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Burial:
Beals Cemetery (C-0371636)
Location:
Richmond Dale / Ross / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
39793
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
37815236
Marker Type:
Cenotaph and DAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • graves report submitted by Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR - Aug 2018
  • Old original Cenotaph and DAR marker


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
orn on January 16, 1719 in Chester County, Pennsylvania to parents John (1765-1745) and Sarah Bowater (1688-1765) Beals. He served as a North Carolina Quaker Minister who provided patriotic service by preaching at a Virginia frontier fort during the Revolutionary War. He married Sarah Antrim (1724-1813) on December 7, 1741 in Prince Georges County, Maryland, Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Antrim and Sarah Zelly; children: Mary b. 1743, Sarah b. 1745, Thomas b. 1745, Patience b. 1747, Wil1iam b. 1750, Elizabeth b. 1755, Margaret b. 1757, Daniel b. 1758, Hannah b. 1759, Rachel b. 1763, John b. 1763 and Jacob b. 1768. He died on August 29, 1801 in Ross County, OH and buried at Beals Cemetery, Richmond Dale, Ross County, OH at 34207 Route 35 just west of Richmondale. To commemorate his service, in 1962 a modern headstone was placed in the Londonderry Cemetery on US Route 50 even though the DAR continues to maintain his marker in the BEALS Cemetery. His wife. Sarah died 6 Jul 1813 and was buried at the Fairfield Quaker Cemetery, south of Leesburg. Ohio. Cemetery Inscriptions of Highland County, Ohio, p 117; DAR Patriot Index, Part l, p 198; Ross County Families, Vol. Ill, p 57; First Friends in the Northwest Territory: Veterans Grave Registration, p 74. SAR Old original Cenotaph and DAR marker.
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The addition of the Birth Location and Death County, the addition of Children and the State of Service and Service Description comes from research performed by the Hocking Valley Chapter of the OHSSAR - Apr 2024



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