John Beeman

The Beemans were one of the central founding families of Dallas. The family originally came from Illinois. They had settled in Bird's Fort, a military camp 22 miles northwest of Dallas. The Beeman clan included four families, nineteen children, and four single men. The Beemans made several contributions to early Dallas. John Neely Bryan (married to Margaret Beeman) is credited with founding Dallas. Bryan borrowed Beeman's wagon so he could get the supplies for the first store in the new town. In 1850, John Beeman began a small money lending business. William Beeman rode 140 miles to secure the official court order for the creation of Dallas County. James Beeman was elected justice of the peace for Dallas County in 1846.

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Birth: Oct. 20, 1799 Murfreesboro Hertford County North Carolina, USA Death: Mar. 12, 1856 Dallas County Texas, USA

Husband of Emily Manly Hunnicutt

This cemetery contains over 100 graves, including a slave of John's by the name of Jack who came to Texas with the Beeman family from Illinois. Seely Mill was built by John Beeman & James Beeman in North Carolina in 1821. They sold the mill to Judge A.S. Seely. John (1799-1856) and Emily Hunnicutt (1806-1892) Beeman brought their family to Texas during its days as a Republic. April 8, 1842, John BEEMAN, brought his family to White Rock Creek; building his cabin and planting the first corn in Dallas County, TX. Records show John Beeman migrated to the Peters Colony with his family prior to July 1, 1844. He was issued a land certificate and patented 640 acres in Dallas County (Nacogdoches Third Class No. 522) according to the colony agent's report for 1844. He was living on White Rock Creek in old Nacogdoches County. He is listed on the Census of 1850 (Dallas County, Family No. 65) Shortly after John BEEMAN settled in Dallas County, he set aside about seven acres of the most beautiful part of his farm for the family cemetery. The settlement of Dallas chose John BEEMAN as their first representative to the first legislature after their annexation to the United States. John Beeman lived at first in a sort of fortified camp, near his future home, on the north side of the road, about a mile beond the State Fair Grounds, where he plowed the first land and raised the first crop in the county. Returning from the colony surveyor's camp on Farmer's Branch, Mr. Beeman, riding one of the horses captured when Denton was killed in 1841 at Village Creek, was chased by Indians from near the site of the Episcopal college to his camp, losing his hat and some letters, which were found the next day. The Indians refused to risk an attack on the camp and retired. Mrs. Beeman, with her daughters, and Mrs. James J. Beeman, was the second white woman to see and to settle in Dallas County. She was born Emily Hunnicut. She lived out her life near her original home. The Pioneer Association at the time of her death decreed that she should be kept on the rolls as "Mother of the Pioneer Association". From the book: History of Dallas County, Texas 1837-1887.(Provided by Sherry)

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Parents:

 James Jackson Beeman (1769 - 1833)

 Nancy Moore Beeman (1769 - 1811)

Spouse:

 Emily Manly Hunnicutt Beeman (1806 - 1892)

Children:

 Elizabeth Beeman Harter Bryan Cumby (1824 - 1886)*

 Margaret Beeman Bryan (1825 - 1919)*

 William Hunnicutt Beeman (1827 - 1905)*

 James H. Beeman (1833 - 1905)*

 Nancy Beeman Hobbs (1839 - 1907)*

 John Scott Winfield Beeman (1841 - 1930)*

 Sarah Ann Beeman Fugate (1843 - 1867)*

 Caroline Beeman Fisher (1846 - 1892)*

Siblings:

 Samuel Sylvester Beeman (1795 - 1877)*

 John Beeman (1799 - 1856)

 Lydia Elizabeth Beeman Walton (1802 - 1871)*

 William B. Beeman (1811 - 1846)*

 James Jackson Beeman (1815 - 1888)**

 Nancy Beeman Lumley (1819 - 1889)**

*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Inscription: Citizen of the Republic of Texas

Burial: Beeman Memorial Cemetery Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA

Created by: Marigay Record added: Aug 10, 2002 Find A Grave Memorial# 6679403