Frances Griffin Cooper

Birth: 1747 South Carolina, USA Death: 1799 Greenwood County South Carolina, USA

Frances 'Fanny' BEAL [variant spelling: BEAL, BEALLE, BEALE] was daughter of William BEAL (BEALE) Revolutionary War Soldier.

Captain William BEAL served as a Continental Soldier in the 3rd Regiment commanded by Colonel William THOMSON and for that he was entitled to two hundred acres of land. He also supplied 20 bushels of corn for militia use in 1781 and in 1782, he lost a horse in public service. Stories about encounters between Captain BEAL and the Tory, "Bloody Bill Cunningham" are given in the books, "Greenwood County Sketches" and also "History of the Upper County of South Carolina".

Frances 'Fanny' BEAL [BEAL, BEALLE, BEALE] born circa 1747 at South Carolina died at Abbeville, Greenwood County, South Carolina in 1799.

Frances 'Fanny' BEAL married before 1763 at the 96th District, South Carolina, James GRIFFIN, born 1731, Virginia died at Newberry County, S.C. November 14, 1782, at the Fall of Charleston.

Frances 'Fanny' BEAL GRIFFIN had Revolutionary Service as a wagon driver and patriot in the 96th District, South Carolina, "Mrs. Fanny GRIFFIN, widow, 18 July 1785, paid one hundred and twenty pounds and six pence three farthing sterling for her account of driving wagon and provisions on militia account in 1779." Photograph of Fanny GRIFFIN's military papers from the South Carolina Archives. Sub-entries to Indents Issued in Payment of Claims Against South Carolina Growing Out of the Revolution, Vol. 4, P:91. Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby Gilmer MOSS, Gen. Pub. Co, Inc. 1983. Copy of the Original Index Showing the Revolutionary Claims filed in South Carolina between 20 August 1783 and 31 August 1786, kept by James McCALL, Auditor General. Copied by Janie Revell, Gen. Pub. Co., 1969, P137, Abstracts of Early Records of Laurens' District, S.C. 1785-1820 by Sara M. NASH, P:570.

Widow, Frances 'Fanny' BEAL GRIFFIN, 1747-1799, married second Charles Astley COOPER, 1755-1820.

Children known of her marriage to James GRIFFIN include:

son, William GRIFFIN, 1774 (1776) - 1812; md. Rebecca

daughter, Mary GRIFFIN, 1758 -1794;

son, ARW Veteran Charles GRIFFIN, 1763-1820;

son, ARW Veteran Pvt. Joseph GRIFFIN, 1763-1850;

son, ARW Veteran S.C. Militia, John GRIFFIN, 1764-1805;

son, Vincent GRIFFIN, 1779-1846;

son, James L. GRIFFIN, 1782-1855;

Children known of her marriage to Charles Astley COOPER include:

daughter, Tabitha COOPER, 1786 - ;

son, Reuben COOPER, 1787-1874;

son, Charles Howard COOPER, 1789 - ;

son, John B. COOPER, 1791 - ;

daughter, Lucretia COOPER, 1793- ;

daughter, Frances COOPER, 1795 - ;

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Spouses:

 James I Griffin (1731 - 1782)

 Charles Astley Cooper (1755 - 1820)*

Children:

 William Griffin (____ - 1812)*

 Mary Griffin Leavell (1758 - 1794)*

 Charles Griffin (1763 - 1820)*

 John B. Griffin (1764 - 1807)*

 Vincent Griffin (1779 - 1846)*

 James Griffin (1782 - 1855)*

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Burial: James Griffin Family Cemetery Kinards Newberry County South Carolina, USA

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