"The Beals of Hawkins County, Tennessee and Related Lines of Bertram (Portrum), Bogar, Booth, Kuefer (Kiefer) and Lilburn"
In this manuscript, Dixie Lee McCrary enumerates some of John Nicholas Beal's descendants, focusing primarily on Beal's son, also named John, who settled in Hawkins County, Tennessee in the early 1900s. McCrary draws on public and church records from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee and includes photocopies of some of these documents in her final work. This manuscript was later published as The Beals of Hawkins County.
Dates
- 1972
Language of Materials
English.
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
In this manuscript, Dixie Lee McCrary enumerates some of John Nicholas Beal's descendants, focusing primarily on Beal's son, also named John, who settled in Hawkins County, Tennessee in the early 1900s. McCrary draws on public and church records from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee and includes photocopies of some of these documents in her final work. This manuscript was later published as The Beals of Hawkins County.
Biographical/Historical Note
Dixie Lee McCrary was born on October 4, 1895. She was a genealogist of some note, and published two books on that subject: Robert Steele of the New River Valley in Virginia: with some descendents and allied lines (1976) and The Ellis line from Surry - Sussex in Virginia (1978). She died in February of 1986.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This manuscript is the property of the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository