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Adam Beard
1787 - 1872

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• Birth	11 Nov 1787	Bedford Co., VA
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Mar 1872	Mason Co., WV
  Buried	Viers Chapel Cemetery, Mason County, WV
  Person ID	I084	Ancestors of Sarah Mouchet
  Last Modified	09 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	David Beard,   b. 1743, Bedford Co., VA ,   d. 16 Jan 1815
  Mother	Isabella Carson,   b. 16 Jan 1745/46,   d. 13 Nov 1812, Near Gallatin, Sumner, Tn
  Married	Abt 1765
  Family ID	F061	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Margaret Ennis,   b. 12 Aug 1793, Bedford Co., VA ,   d. 29 Oct 1870, Mason Co., WV
  Married	8 Mar 1814
  Children	1. Lucy Caroline Beard,   b. 12 Jan 1827, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia ,   d. 15 Oct 1915, Mason City, Custer, Nebraska   2. Sarah Beard   3. Martha Beard   4. John Allen Beard   5. Margaret Beard   6. Floyd Murton Beard   7. Rosetta Caroline Beard   8. Laura Beard   9. James Martin Beard   10. Almyra Ersula Beard   11. Nellie Beard   12. William Daniel Beard   13. Francis Adam Beard
  Family ID	F059	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Adam Beard was born November 11, 1787 in Bedford County, Virginia. (Some think the location was Pilot Knob, Virginia.) Not too much is known of his earl life. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He enlisted in Bedford County, Virginia and served as a private in Captain John Hewitt's company, Second Regiment of Virginia Militia, from September 1, 1814 to November 26, 1814. He married Margaret Ennis, March 8, 1814. All their children were born in Virginia. In 1833, he left Bedford county and emigrated with his family to Coal's Mouth, Virginia, on coal River, where the town of St. Albans, W. Va., is situated today. In 1845 he left Coals Mouth and moved to what is now Mason County, W. Va. To of his sons stayed at Coal's Mouth and reared their families in the vicinity. Adam beard established a home and spent the rest of his life in Mason County. He first lived on a plot of ground on the Pond Branch Road, Southside, W. Va., on the land where Mason County 4-H camp is situated today. After living there several years, he bought a tract of land on Shady Fork Branch of Little Sixteen Creek. He built a log home on this land and lived there the remainder of his days. The farm was bought from his heirs by the Viers family and Susan Viers Fisher lives today in the house that he built. His wife preceded him in death August 29, 1870, and he died March 30, 1872. both he and his wife were laid to rest in the Viers Chapel Cemetery that was located on their farm. Adam Beard was industrious and worked hard to make a living for his family. He was respected highly by all his family and neighbors. These sterling qualities of manhood were handed down to his children and their descendants. Some of his children stayed and reared their families in a radius of 50 miles from Southside, W. Va, but others moved away and the family has been scattered all over these United States. (Source: "The History of Adam Beard and His Descendants" by Irene Beard, 1952)