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Michael J. “Ranger Mike” Beem

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Michael J. “Ranger Mike” Beem

Birth
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Death
24 Jun 1856 (aged 70)
Medora, Jackson County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Medora, Jackson County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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S/O Daniel Beem & Mary Neely

H/O Mary Ann Lockman


http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~williamshistory/genealogy/capt_isaac6.html

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MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS BY CITIZENS

OF THE TERRITORY

(HF: 14 Cong.: 1 sess.: DS)

Jan16, 1816

To the Honerable, The senet & House of representatives of the U, in Congress Assembled

The Memorial of a few under signed Citizens of the Indiana Territory Humbly sheweth that we are Some of those that have servived the Wreck of ware In the New purchase of this territory -- that we have confrunted the danger of the ruthless savage with Intagerty & success Except the loss of property & friends We have allso once yea twice pationed your Honorable Body to grant us A preference to the land we are on at the publick price with out success We still have hopes that surely the Guardians of our Liberties & rights will not suffer farmes we have Made at such greate inconveniancyes & riskes to bee Exposed to publick Sail & the profits thereoff Redownd to A welthy Republick -- we therefore still requeste your Honerable Body to pass a law Giveing us A preference to our lands with liberty to enter the same before the office is opened for the Sail of the publick land or if that cannot bee grantd And our lands is taken away from us by dint of oppulance after We have been ready & willing to pay the pub-lick price For the same we hope your Honors will at least Pass a law to make such purchaser pay us the full Value of our Improvements tak­ing special notice &t The Inconveniance in which they are made & --We subscribe our selves your fellow Citizens & Humble petitioners --

&c Deasember

Daniel Beam Jacob Flinn William Flinn Seign John Hoover MICHEAL BEAM John Flinn Joseph Glover Peter Hoover Nela Beam Martin Flinn William Glover Jamason Hamilto Richard Beam Matthew Flinn Daniel Guthory Junr Marcus Knight William Butler Robert Flinn Daniel Guthory Sgn Thomas Mathes John Creg Thomas Flinn Hugh Guthory Roderick Rawling Robert Daugherty William Flinn John Guthory Stephen Sparks

Aaron Flinn William Flinn Junr William Guthory Isaac Williams

--Territorial Papers: Indiana: VIII, p. 368.


Michael Beem in the U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815

Name: Michael Beem

Company: RANGERS, UNITED STATES VOLUNTTERS.

Rank - Induction: PRIVATE

Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE

Roll Box: 14

Microfilm Publication: M602

Source Information: U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815


Ramey, Timothy. "History of The Indiana Rangers

The Indiana Rangers were a mounted militia formed in 1807 and operated in the early part of the 19th century to defend settlers in Indiana Territory from attacks by Native Americans. The rangers were present at the Battle of Tippecanoe, and served as auxiliaries to the army during the War of 1812. At the peak of their activities they numbered over 400 men.

In 1807, the Larkins family was travelling along the Buffalo Trace when they were attacked by a band of Native Americans. The father was killed, and Mrs. Larkins and her five children were taken into captivity. The incident sparked outcries for better protection along the route, and Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison organized the Rangers to provide a fast response to attacks, primarily as a deterrent to random American Indian raids. The Rangers were modeled on the mounted troops used by General Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. The primary objective of the Rangers was to safeguard the Buffalo Trace, the main transportation route between Louisville, Kentucky and the Indiana Territory's capital of Vincennes, Indiana and Illinois Territory, starting on 20 April 1807.


The first Indiana Rangers who patrolled the road in 1807 did so on foot. The Rangers had three divisions: Captain William Hargrove's 1st Division patrolled from the Wabash River to French Lick. The 2nd Division patrolled from French Lick to the Falls of the Ohio. One of their bases was at the Shaker village of Cuzco, Indiana. The 3rd Division secured an area East along the Ohio River to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on the Ohio border. All Rangers were paid $1 per day, and were required to supply their own horse, ammunition, tomahawk, a large and small knife, and a leather belt.


Although the mounted militia units lacked uniformity, the men, and sometimes women, were well trained. In keeping with their mission, the Indiana Rangers were involved in numerous incidents involving Native Americans. Native Americans and white settlers were considered to be at peace during this time, and the early Rangers were so effective that clashes between Native Americans and white settlers effectively ended. Harrison disbanded the Indiana Rangers in 1809.


As tensions between settlers and Native Americans increased, the Indiana Rangers were reactivated. Two Rangers companies were based out of Vincennes, Indiana. Prior to the War of 1812, Rangers under Captain William Hargrove found a British spy believed to be instigating Indian attacks upon Indiana settlers. Attacks by American Indians became frequent in Indiana Territory. Some, such as the Pigeon Roost Massacre, are still remembered. During the war, the Rangers were used to augment larger armies. Colonel William Russell used the Rangers to supplement his infantry in the 1812 Peoria War, and General Samuel Hopkins utilized the Rangers in his Second Tippecanoe Campaign (1812), where several were killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.


In 1813, the federal government authorized an additional four Ranger companies to secure Indiana Territory. The new companies consisted of 100 men each, and as before, they armed and equipped themselves. The officers of the rangers were paid the same as those regular army officers of the same rank. Those with horses were paid a dollar a day, and those without horses were paid 75 cents a day.


One of the new ranger companies authorized in 1813 was commanded by Captain James Bigger, a veteran of the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, although he later had to go to court for recognition of his services with the Rangers. Another of the new rangers was John Ketcham, who built Ketcham's Fort and would later become a judge.

John Tipton served as a major in command of two companies of rangers at Fort Vallonia during the War of 1812. He would later become a United States senator, and is the namesake of the city Tipton in Tipton County, Indiana.


The Indiana Rangers inspired the creation of the more famous Texas Rangers.

The 151st Infantry Regiment traces its heritage to the pre-statehood Indiana Rangers. The motto of the regiment, "Wide Awake - Wide Awake!" was earned at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Delta Company (Ranger) was the only National Guard Infantry unit to serve intact in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and called itself the Indiana Rangers.


https://researchindiana.iara.in.gov/DigitalRecords/Detail.html?WORK_FILENAME=NDX00116&WORK_RECORD_ID=14649

MICHAEL BEEM

Type: Military

Sub-Type: Early Commissions

Agency: ISM

Last Name: BEEM

First Name: MICHAEL

Rank: Captain

Commission Date: 1827/06/14

Regiment: 17th Regiment

Introduction: The Early Military Records index is a compilation of records of the Indiana Territorial Militia and the Indiana State Militia. Also known as Indiana Rangers, Indiana Militia, and the Indiana Legion, the organization would finally become known as the Indiana National Guard. The index contains the names of early Hoosier soldiers who participated in the Battle of Tippecanoe, the War of 1812, and the Black Hawk War. Officers appointed to the Indiana State Militia during times of peace are also listed throughhout the early part of the 19th century, and frequently mirror those found in the Mexican War and Civil War indexes.


THE BEEM CEMETERY-PIONEER BEEM FAMILY HISTORY

'' CAME TO JACKSON COUNTY IN ABOUT 1811, MICHAEL BEEM (RANGER) B. 1790 IN KENTUCKY D 6-2-1856''


SOURCE-THE HOOSIER JOURNAL OF ANCESTRY-JACKSON COUNTY SPECIAL #2 "Both Richard and Michael Beem were distinguished for their bravery in the war with the Indians, both were participants in the battle of Tippecanoe, and both fought with Gen. Tipton in the battle of Tipton's Island."


SOURCE--HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, INDIANA by B. H. Burrell--Marriages, Etc. "The first marriage license was that issued on the 22nd day of January, 1816, Neely Beem and Leah Storms. MICHAEL BEEM and MARY LOCKMAN were married on the 11th day of March, 1816, Stephen Cox and Sarah Hare were married July 2, 1816; Samuel Stanfield to Lydia Cox October 13, 1819; William H. Ewing, Sr., to Lucinda Crenshaw April 2, 1819."


U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

Name: Michael Beem

Issue Date: 2 Jul 1829

State of Record: Indiana

Acres: 80

Accession Number: IN0230__.051

Metes and Bounds: No

Land Office: Jeffersonville

Canceled: No

US Reservations: No

Mineral Reservations: No

Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Document Number: 1563

Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties

24 5-N 3-E 2nd PM Jackson


and


U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

Name: Michael Beem

Issue Date: 8 Oct 1834

State of Record: Indiana

Acres: 40

Accession Number: IN0280__.396

Metes and Bounds: No

Land Office: Jeffersonville

Canceled: No

US Reservations: No

Mineral Reservations: No

Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Document Number: 4411

Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties

24 5-N 3-E 2nd PM Jackson

Source Information:

Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.

Description: This database contains land patents from 1796-1907 for 13 U.S. states. Information recorded in land patents includes: name of patentee, issue date, state of patent, acres of land, legal land description, authority under which the land was acquired, and other details relating to the land given.


U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820

Name: Michael Beem

Gender: M (Male)

State: Indiana

Locality: Indiana Territory

County: Harrison County

Town: Driftwood

Residence Year: 1810

Household Remarks: Name on petition, 25 May 1813, to Congress by settlers on Driftwood who are 25 miles from any mill. They are asking for a grant of land (to Stephen Sparks on NW 1/4, Section 29, Range 3 East, Township

Source Citation: Document: Territorial Papers of the US; ; Volume Number: Vol 8; Page Number: 259; Family Number: 7


Name: Michael Beem Junior

Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Jackson, Indiana

Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1

Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1

Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1

Free White Persons - Under 16: 4

Free White Persons - Over 25: 3

Total Free White Persons: 8

Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8

Source Citation: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: , Jackson, Indiana; Page: 267; NARA Roll: M33_13; Image: 288.


1830 United States Federal Census 1830 United States Federal Census

Name: Michael Beem

Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Brownstown, Jackson, Indiana

Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 3

Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1

Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1

Free White Persons - Under 20: 8

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2

Total Free White Persons: 10

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 10

Source Citation: 1830 U S Census; Census Place: Brownstown, Jackson, Indiana; Page: 238; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 29; Family History Film: 0007718.


1850 United States Federal Census 1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Michael Beem

Age: 70

Birth Year: abt 1780

Birthplace: North Carolina

Home in 1850: Brownstown, Jackson, Indiana

Gender: Male

Family Number: 624


S/O Daniel Beem & Mary Neely

H/O Mary Ann Lockman

Family links:

Parents:

Daniel Beem (1754 - 1819)

Mary Neely Beem (1788 - 1845)

Spouse:

Mary Ann Lockman Beem (1791 - 1873)

Children:

Angeline Beem Gallion (1820 - 1884)

Bernetta Beem Early (1830 - 1860)

Burial:

Heighton Hill Cemetery

Medora

Jackson County

Indiana, USA

Created by: Steve Dudley

Record added: Dec 20, 2006

Find A Grave Memorial# 17093471


From the internet 03/21/2012

"The following came from the Listbot on Beam. I thought it was interesting, and want to pass it along to you Beem/Beam researchers.


Beam Genealogy Source: "A History of the Beam Family", by Prof. Jacob L. Beam of Princeton. The paper was published in 1919.

" The name Beam is the English spelling of the German Boehm. Boehm is German for "a or the Bohemian" "For the origin of the name, Bohman, and, consequently, of this family name by derivation of it, we must go back to the fourth century before Christ. There was, at that time, a tribe of Celtic people in the north of Italy called Boii. About the second century before Christ the Boii moved to the northeast and the place settled was called in Latin, Boiohaemum, or home of the Boii. Later the Boii moved south through what is now Bavaria, and their home in Bohemia became, about 600 A.D., the home of the Czechs, then as now, the most highly civilized and advanced of all the Slavic peoples. They still inhabit Bohemia. Though the inhabitants changed when the Boii left, the name they gave to the country remained the same. All through the middle ages the land was called Beheim or Boeheim, even into the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth century the present form of the name in German, Bohmen, crowded the older one out. The English name Bohemia is the same as the later Latin name. A native of the country was, in Latin, Bohemus, in German Bohm or Bohme. When the German name began to be applied to the people they were, as they still are, Czechs. The very name, therefore, shows racial origin. The Beams are Slavic Czechs by race, but long residence in Germany or German-Switzerland has given rise to the belief that the family is German. Of course it must be admitted that intermarriage with Germans has actually brought German blood into predominance. The name began to be used as a family name in Germany in such was as this: A wanderer from Bohemia, with an unpronounceable Czech name, came over the border into Germany and was commonly and conveniently called "ein Bohm" (a Bohemian) or "der Bohm, der Bohme" (the Bohemian). Then later the real name, if ever known at all by the neighbors, was neglected or forgotten by them and soon the bearors of the name preferred to be known by the new one in order to avoid explanations and confusion..........We must remember that it was not only one Bohemian but a large number of them who came into Germany in this way; hence the name is so common there that claims of relationship cannot be based on it alone. The name was and is very common in Switzerland too.


This spread of the name Bohm through Germany and Switzerland, is, beyond doubt, connected with the beginning of the reformation. The religious history of English Protestantism goes back to Wycliffe, whom we call the morning star of the Reformation; but Wycliffe himself had received the impulse and inspiration from abroad, from the distant Bohemian nation. A Queen of England, the wife of Richard II, had come from Bohemia and with her came the knowledge of the teachings of John Huss, the very first of the Protestants. Huss was also a great patriot. The religious movement he led was only a part of the great national movement for establishing the full freedom of the Czech nation. This was a whole century before Germany hailed Luther as its great teacher, reformer, and patriot. Huss was burned at the stake in 1415, and a death similar to his befell also the Bohemian nation. More than two centuries later, in the great war that was fought on the soil of Europe for religious liberty---the Thirty Years War--the first blow was directed by the Austrian Catholics against the people of Bohemia. The Bohemians were defeated and crushed, many of them were driven out to be wanderers on the face of the earth, and from tha time the name and the nation of the Bohemians---or as they called themselves, the Czechs----were wiped out as it seemed forever, from the map of Europe. Last year, 1918, it was reconstituted, and this year recognized as a part of the new nation of Czechoslovakia. Among these Bohemians who were driven from home and country before and after the Reformation were the Beam ancestors. It is no wonder that the name is common in Switzerland which had thrown off the yoke of the Austrians in the century before Huss and where the Austrians were long after hated. In their new home in Switzerland, our ancestors, for a while, lived and throve. But not for long were they left in peace, at least some of them. When in Switzerland. ???te church fell into conflict with those who believed and worshipped other-??se, the descendents of the Bohemian wanderers were again found on the side of those who strove for religious freedom and suffered for it. They were among the persecuted Mennonites who went over into Swabia and the Palatinate in the seventeenth century, and with the Palatinates they came, after centuries of wandering, into rest and safety in Pennsylvania which Penn had founded for such as they}


" No lineage, however illustrious, can give dignity and honor to a worthless character, and no ancestry, however base, can destroy true worth and merit." ~~David Beem 1917


http: //grandmaslyesoap.com/genealogy/index.html

http://grandmaslyesoap.com/genealogy/Beem/MichaelBeem.htm#Descendants%20of%20Michael%20Beem


From "Early History of Jackson County as taken from Files of the Banner" 1877 and republished 1928, p22:


" There were two of the Beems - Old Ranger Mike and his brother, Dick. I remember Ranger Mike well as he was when I was quite a young man. He was then stricken in years, but not infirm. Time had wrought a few wrinkles on his brow and to me he was the embodiment of manly strength and beauty -tall, strong and sinewy. He was just the kind of man which my youth's fancy imagined the pioneer should be. Long since he slept in his grave on Heighten's hill. Quite a number of his sons and one daughter still live in the full enjoyment of that Government which the father in his youth helped so much to defend and maintain."



There seems to be quite a bit of information on this family, which I (http://grandmaslyesoap.com/genealogy/Beem/off%20web/Origin.htm) haven't obtained as yet, but I'm going to type in what was written from the page sent me by another researcher from the "History of Jackson County Indiana. From the Earliest Time to Present." Chicago: Brant & Fuller 1886 pub: P680 (or 630, I can't tell)


" Vincent L. Beem was born September 14, 1827, in Carr Township, Jackson Co. Ind. about one mile from Medora, where he now lives. He is the sixth of a family of ten children born to Michael and Mary (Lockman) Beem, who were among the early pioneers of Jackson County, having come to Indiana Territory, then a wilderness, in 1811 and 1813, respectively. Michael Beem was one of the leaders of the new settlers in their defense against the depredations of the vicious red man. They fought the Indians, hunted the game and cleared away the dense forest for our present farmers. Vincent L. was born and raised on a farm, and when he began life for himself he adopted farming as his occupation, which he had followed until 1875 or 1876, when he moved to Medora. He there engaged in the hardware and hotel business, which he still follows successfully. He has been justice of the peace four years since he lived in Medora, whice (typo??) office he filled with satisfaction. He is owner and proprietor of the "Beem House," the leading house in the place. In 1852 he was married to Tabitha A. Muden, of Salem, Washington Co. Ind., and is now in his 57th year. To them have been born six children; Mary F.,Surrin D., Maud O., Willard B., Vivian and one dying in infancy. Mr. Beem has always been enterprising and interested in the society in which he has lived. He has been a member of the Christian Church sixteen years. He is also a Democrat in politics.


George W. Beem was born in Brownstone Township, December 17, 1816, and is the eldest child of Michael and Polly (Lockman) Beem, who came to Jackson County in 1811 and 1813, respectively. They came from Kentucky, and cast their lot in the then new county, where George W. has lived all his life, and is now among the leading men, socially and otherwise, in Jackson county. He has devoted his time to farming and stock raising, and now owns 198 acres of land in the White River bottoms, in Carr Township, most of which is under improvement. He was married November 8, 1838, to Polly Goss, daughter of Joseph Goss, of Owen Township, one of the early settlers in that township. They have had born to them nine children: Michael (deceased), Joseph, Caroline (deceased), Dorkes, Sarah (deceased), Jonas, William, Ida and Dilla. Mr. Beem is a Democrat in "(page ends) .


MICHAEL BEEM was born Abt. 1792 in NC, and died in Medora, Jackson Cty., IN. He married MARY "POLLY" LOCKMAN, daughter of VINCENT LOCKMAN and ANNE KIRKLAND. She was born 1793 in KY, and died in Jackson Cty., IN.


Descendants of Michael Beem

Generation No. 1

1. MICHAEL1 BEEM was born Abt. 1792 in NC, and died in Prob Jackson Cty., IN. He married MARY

"POLLY" LOCKMAN, daughter of VINCENT LOCKMAN and ANNE KIRKLAND.


Children of MICHAEL BEEM and MARY LOCKMAN are:

2. i. GEORGE WASHINGTON BEEM, b. December 17, 1816, IN.

3. ii. JACOB T. BEEM, b. 1823, IN.

iii. ELIZABETH BEEM, b. Abt. 1824, IN; m. JOHN S. HOLMES, June 18, 18434.

iv. WILLIAM J. BEEM, b. 1826, IN; m. AMANDA ELIZABETH HEACOCK, March 27, 1851.

v. VINCENT LOCKMAN BEEM, b. September 14, 1827, IN; m. TABETHA MUDEN, Abt. 1852.

4. vi. ANGELINE BEEM, b. 1828, IN.

vii. MICHAEL WESLEY BEEM, b. 1829, IN; m. LYDIA MARGARET HOLMES, Abt. 1851.

viii. BURNETTA BEEM, b. Abt. 1831, Prob Jackson Cty., IN; m. EARLY ST. CLAIR, March 02, 1849,

Jackson County, IN.

5. ix. MARY ELLEN BEEM, b. Abt. 1835, IN; d. Prob. bef. 1913, prob Camden Cty., MO.

x. RICHARD NEWTON BEEM, b. 1835, IN; m. ELSIE NEWKIRK, Aft. 1850.


Generation No. 2


2. GEORGE WASHINGTON BEEM (MICHAEL1) was born December 17, 1816 in IN. He married

MARY (POLLY) ANN GOSS November 07, 1838 in IN.


Children of GEORGE BEEM and MARY GOSS are:

i. MICHAEL T. BEEM, b. September 15, 1839, IN; m. RHODA ANN TRUEBLOOD.

ii. ELIZABETH CAROLINE BEEM, b. January 01, 1842, IN; m. JIM HUBBARD, Abt. 1860, Prob Jackson

Cty., IN.

iii. JOSEPH C.OR A. BEEM, b. January 24, 1843, IN; m. KATE PHEIFFER, March 26, 1865.

iv. SARAH D. BEEM, b. January 21, 1845; d. March 10, 1865.

v. BRUNETTA E. BEEM, b. 1849.

vi. JONAS A. BEEM, b. February 28, 1851.

vii. IDA CLEO BEEM, b. August 14, 1853; d. August 13, 1900; m. JOHN W. GOEN.

viii. WILLIAM JEFFERSON BEEM, b. December 24, 1855, IN?; m. BELLE BYERLY, December 26, 1878,

prob IN.

ix. DILLA BEEM, b. December 28, 1861, IN?; m. GEORGE BEEZLEY, August 17, 1884, IN?.

x. DARKES BEEM, b. Unknown.


3. JACOB T.2 BEEM (MICHAEL1)15 was born 1823 in IN. He married ELIZABETH WELLS February

20, 1845 in Jackson County, IN.


Children of JACOB BEEM and ELIZABETH WELLS are:

i. WILLIAM J.3 BEEM, b. 1855.

ii. SAMUEL T. BEEM, b. 1857.

iii. CORNELIUS BEEM, b. 1860.


4. ANGELINE2 BEEM (MICHAEL1) was born 1828 in IN. She married GEORGE C. ( OR A) GALLION.


Children of ANGELINE BEEM and GEORGE GALLION are:

i. MARY A.3 GALLION, b. 1852.

ii. JACOB T. GALLION, b. 1855.


5. MARY ELLEN2 BEEM (MICHAEL1) was born Abt. 1835 in IN, and died Bef. 1913 in prob Camden Cty.,

MO. She married GEORGE WASHINGTON ROBERTSON April 15, 1855 in Jackson County, IN, son of

WILLIAM ROBERTSON and (POSS) MEIXEL.


Children of MARY BEEM and GEORGE ROBERTSON are:

i. FLORA A. ROBERTSON, b. 1856, IN; m. (1) ALBERT ASH; m. (2) ? SHOULTZ, Abt. 1875, prob

Camden Cty., MO.

ii. BERNETTA ISABELLA ROBERTSON, b. October 16, 1857, Jackson or Green county, IN; d. March 29,

1909, Wetumka, Hughes Cty., OK; m. EDWARD (EDMUND) THOMAS WILKERSON.

iii. SINCLAIR E. ROBERTSON, b. 1860, IN; d. Aft. 1910; m. ROSA, Prob Camden Cty., MO.

iv. IDA ROBERTSON, b. December 23, 1864, IN; d. January 12, 1958, Lincoln Cty, OK; m. (1)

ZACHARIAH WILKERSON, Abt. 1880, MO; m. (2) WILEY (OR RILEY) BURKE, Aft. 1900.

v. MARGARET ELLEN ROBERTSON, b. May 25, 1865, IN; d. November 10, 1951, Norman, Cleveland

County, OK; m. ALBERT PALMER (ROWLAND) ROLLINS, Abt. 1885, Camden County, MO.

vi. MARY (MOLLIE?) ROBERTSON, b. 1871, MO.

vii. (CHARLES) FRANK ROBERTSON, b. 1873, MO; d. Abt. 1955, (Probably Meeker) OK; "


Excerpts From History of Jackson Co 1886, Jackson County, Indiana

From papers found in the library at Spencer, Owen Co, Indiana in 2009; History of Jackson County

" Ranger Michael Beem came to Jackson County in 1811. One of a party of 6 who went in search of horses stolen by the Indians from Mr. Lindsay. Pursued Indians to 10 miles north of Indianapolis. Got back to Sand Creek in January 1812 - page 36"

" Michael Beem and Mary Lockman married at Old Block House, Fort Vallonia, Jackson County"

"Territorial Papers, Carter v. 8"

"Memorial to Congress by Citizens of the Territory, January 16, 1816"

S/O Daniel Beem & Mary Neely

H/O Mary Ann Lockman


http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~williamshistory/genealogy/capt_isaac6.html

(Unedited)

MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS BY CITIZENS

OF THE TERRITORY

(HF: 14 Cong.: 1 sess.: DS)

Jan16, 1816

To the Honerable, The senet & House of representatives of the U, in Congress Assembled

The Memorial of a few under signed Citizens of the Indiana Territory Humbly sheweth that we are Some of those that have servived the Wreck of ware In the New purchase of this territory -- that we have confrunted the danger of the ruthless savage with Intagerty & success Except the loss of property & friends We have allso once yea twice pationed your Honorable Body to grant us A preference to the land we are on at the publick price with out success We still have hopes that surely the Guardians of our Liberties & rights will not suffer farmes we have Made at such greate inconveniancyes & riskes to bee Exposed to publick Sail & the profits thereoff Redownd to A welthy Republick -- we therefore still requeste your Honerable Body to pass a law Giveing us A preference to our lands with liberty to enter the same before the office is opened for the Sail of the publick land or if that cannot bee grantd And our lands is taken away from us by dint of oppulance after We have been ready & willing to pay the pub-lick price For the same we hope your Honors will at least Pass a law to make such purchaser pay us the full Value of our Improvements tak­ing special notice &t The Inconveniance in which they are made & --We subscribe our selves your fellow Citizens & Humble petitioners --

&c Deasember

Daniel Beam Jacob Flinn William Flinn Seign John Hoover MICHEAL BEAM John Flinn Joseph Glover Peter Hoover Nela Beam Martin Flinn William Glover Jamason Hamilto Richard Beam Matthew Flinn Daniel Guthory Junr Marcus Knight William Butler Robert Flinn Daniel Guthory Sgn Thomas Mathes John Creg Thomas Flinn Hugh Guthory Roderick Rawling Robert Daugherty William Flinn John Guthory Stephen Sparks

Aaron Flinn William Flinn Junr William Guthory Isaac Williams

--Territorial Papers: Indiana: VIII, p. 368.


Michael Beem in the U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815

Name: Michael Beem

Company: RANGERS, UNITED STATES VOLUNTTERS.

Rank - Induction: PRIVATE

Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE

Roll Box: 14

Microfilm Publication: M602

Source Information: U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815


Ramey, Timothy. "History of The Indiana Rangers

The Indiana Rangers were a mounted militia formed in 1807 and operated in the early part of the 19th century to defend settlers in Indiana Territory from attacks by Native Americans. The rangers were present at the Battle of Tippecanoe, and served as auxiliaries to the army during the War of 1812. At the peak of their activities they numbered over 400 men.

In 1807, the Larkins family was travelling along the Buffalo Trace when they were attacked by a band of Native Americans. The father was killed, and Mrs. Larkins and her five children were taken into captivity. The incident sparked outcries for better protection along the route, and Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison organized the Rangers to provide a fast response to attacks, primarily as a deterrent to random American Indian raids. The Rangers were modeled on the mounted troops used by General Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. The primary objective of the Rangers was to safeguard the Buffalo Trace, the main transportation route between Louisville, Kentucky and the Indiana Territory's capital of Vincennes, Indiana and Illinois Territory, starting on 20 April 1807.


The first Indiana Rangers who patrolled the road in 1807 did so on foot. The Rangers had three divisions: Captain William Hargrove's 1st Division patrolled from the Wabash River to French Lick. The 2nd Division patrolled from French Lick to the Falls of the Ohio. One of their bases was at the Shaker village of Cuzco, Indiana. The 3rd Division secured an area East along the Ohio River to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on the Ohio border. All Rangers were paid $1 per day, and were required to supply their own horse, ammunition, tomahawk, a large and small knife, and a leather belt.


Although the mounted militia units lacked uniformity, the men, and sometimes women, were well trained. In keeping with their mission, the Indiana Rangers were involved in numerous incidents involving Native Americans. Native Americans and white settlers were considered to be at peace during this time, and the early Rangers were so effective that clashes between Native Americans and white settlers effectively ended. Harrison disbanded the Indiana Rangers in 1809.


As tensions between settlers and Native Americans increased, the Indiana Rangers were reactivated. Two Rangers companies were based out of Vincennes, Indiana. Prior to the War of 1812, Rangers under Captain William Hargrove found a British spy believed to be instigating Indian attacks upon Indiana settlers. Attacks by American Indians became frequent in Indiana Territory. Some, such as the Pigeon Roost Massacre, are still remembered. During the war, the Rangers were used to augment larger armies. Colonel William Russell used the Rangers to supplement his infantry in the 1812 Peoria War, and General Samuel Hopkins utilized the Rangers in his Second Tippecanoe Campaign (1812), where several were killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.


In 1813, the federal government authorized an additional four Ranger companies to secure Indiana Territory. The new companies consisted of 100 men each, and as before, they armed and equipped themselves. The officers of the rangers were paid the same as those regular army officers of the same rank. Those with horses were paid a dollar a day, and those without horses were paid 75 cents a day.


One of the new ranger companies authorized in 1813 was commanded by Captain James Bigger, a veteran of the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, although he later had to go to court for recognition of his services with the Rangers. Another of the new rangers was John Ketcham, who built Ketcham's Fort and would later become a judge.

John Tipton served as a major in command of two companies of rangers at Fort Vallonia during the War of 1812. He would later become a United States senator, and is the namesake of the city Tipton in Tipton County, Indiana.


The Indiana Rangers inspired the creation of the more famous Texas Rangers.

The 151st Infantry Regiment traces its heritage to the pre-statehood Indiana Rangers. The motto of the regiment, "Wide Awake - Wide Awake!" was earned at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Delta Company (Ranger) was the only National Guard Infantry unit to serve intact in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and called itself the Indiana Rangers.


https://researchindiana.iara.in.gov/DigitalRecords/Detail.html?WORK_FILENAME=NDX00116&WORK_RECORD_ID=14649

MICHAEL BEEM

Type: Military

Sub-Type: Early Commissions

Agency: ISM

Last Name: BEEM

First Name: MICHAEL

Rank: Captain

Commission Date: 1827/06/14

Regiment: 17th Regiment

Introduction: The Early Military Records index is a compilation of records of the Indiana Territorial Militia and the Indiana State Militia. Also known as Indiana Rangers, Indiana Militia, and the Indiana Legion, the organization would finally become known as the Indiana National Guard. The index contains the names of early Hoosier soldiers who participated in the Battle of Tippecanoe, the War of 1812, and the Black Hawk War. Officers appointed to the Indiana State Militia during times of peace are also listed throughhout the early part of the 19th century, and frequently mirror those found in the Mexican War and Civil War indexes.


THE BEEM CEMETERY-PIONEER BEEM FAMILY HISTORY

'' CAME TO JACKSON COUNTY IN ABOUT 1811, MICHAEL BEEM (RANGER) B. 1790 IN KENTUCKY D 6-2-1856''


SOURCE-THE HOOSIER JOURNAL OF ANCESTRY-JACKSON COUNTY SPECIAL #2 "Both Richard and Michael Beem were distinguished for their bravery in the war with the Indians, both were participants in the battle of Tippecanoe, and both fought with Gen. Tipton in the battle of Tipton's Island."


SOURCE--HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, INDIANA by B. H. Burrell--Marriages, Etc. "The first marriage license was that issued on the 22nd day of January, 1816, Neely Beem and Leah Storms. MICHAEL BEEM and MARY LOCKMAN were married on the 11th day of March, 1816, Stephen Cox and Sarah Hare were married July 2, 1816; Samuel Stanfield to Lydia Cox October 13, 1819; William H. Ewing, Sr., to Lucinda Crenshaw April 2, 1819."


U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

Name: Michael Beem

Issue Date: 2 Jul 1829

State of Record: Indiana

Acres: 80

Accession Number: IN0230__.051

Metes and Bounds: No

Land Office: Jeffersonville

Canceled: No

US Reservations: No

Mineral Reservations: No

Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Document Number: 1563

Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties

24 5-N 3-E 2nd PM Jackson


and


U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

Name: Michael Beem

Issue Date: 8 Oct 1834

State of Record: Indiana

Acres: 40

Accession Number: IN0280__.396

Metes and Bounds: No

Land Office: Jeffersonville

Canceled: No

US Reservations: No

Mineral Reservations: No

Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Document Number: 4411

Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties

24 5-N 3-E 2nd PM Jackson

Source Information:

Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.

Description: This database contains land patents from 1796-1907 for 13 U.S. states. Information recorded in land patents includes: name of patentee, issue date, state of patent, acres of land, legal land description, authority under which the land was acquired, and other details relating to the land given.


U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820

Name: Michael Beem

Gender: M (Male)

State: Indiana

Locality: Indiana Territory

County: Harrison County

Town: Driftwood

Residence Year: 1810

Household Remarks: Name on petition, 25 May 1813, to Congress by settlers on Driftwood who are 25 miles from any mill. They are asking for a grant of land (to Stephen Sparks on NW 1/4, Section 29, Range 3 East, Township

Source Citation: Document: Territorial Papers of the US; ; Volume Number: Vol 8; Page Number: 259; Family Number: 7


Name: Michael Beem Junior

Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Jackson, Indiana

Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1

Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1

Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1

Free White Persons - Under 16: 4

Free White Persons - Over 25: 3

Total Free White Persons: 8

Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8

Source Citation: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: , Jackson, Indiana; Page: 267; NARA Roll: M33_13; Image: 288.


1830 United States Federal Census 1830 United States Federal Census

Name: Michael Beem

Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Brownstown, Jackson, Indiana

Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 3

Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1

Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1

Free White Persons - Under 20: 8

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2

Total Free White Persons: 10

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 10

Source Citation: 1830 U S Census; Census Place: Brownstown, Jackson, Indiana; Page: 238; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 29; Family History Film: 0007718.


1850 United States Federal Census 1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Michael Beem

Age: 70

Birth Year: abt 1780

Birthplace: North Carolina

Home in 1850: Brownstown, Jackson, Indiana

Gender: Male

Family Number: 624


S/O Daniel Beem & Mary Neely

H/O Mary Ann Lockman

Family links:

Parents:

Daniel Beem (1754 - 1819)

Mary Neely Beem (1788 - 1845)

Spouse:

Mary Ann Lockman Beem (1791 - 1873)

Children:

Angeline Beem Gallion (1820 - 1884)

Bernetta Beem Early (1830 - 1860)

Burial:

Heighton Hill Cemetery

Medora

Jackson County

Indiana, USA

Created by: Steve Dudley

Record added: Dec 20, 2006

Find A Grave Memorial# 17093471


From the internet 03/21/2012

"The following came from the Listbot on Beam. I thought it was interesting, and want to pass it along to you Beem/Beam researchers.


Beam Genealogy Source: "A History of the Beam Family", by Prof. Jacob L. Beam of Princeton. The paper was published in 1919.

" The name Beam is the English spelling of the German Boehm. Boehm is German for "a or the Bohemian" "For the origin of the name, Bohman, and, consequently, of this family name by derivation of it, we must go back to the fourth century before Christ. There was, at that time, a tribe of Celtic people in the north of Italy called Boii. About the second century before Christ the Boii moved to the northeast and the place settled was called in Latin, Boiohaemum, or home of the Boii. Later the Boii moved south through what is now Bavaria, and their home in Bohemia became, about 600 A.D., the home of the Czechs, then as now, the most highly civilized and advanced of all the Slavic peoples. They still inhabit Bohemia. Though the inhabitants changed when the Boii left, the name they gave to the country remained the same. All through the middle ages the land was called Beheim or Boeheim, even into the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth century the present form of the name in German, Bohmen, crowded the older one out. The English name Bohemia is the same as the later Latin name. A native of the country was, in Latin, Bohemus, in German Bohm or Bohme. When the German name began to be applied to the people they were, as they still are, Czechs. The very name, therefore, shows racial origin. The Beams are Slavic Czechs by race, but long residence in Germany or German-Switzerland has given rise to the belief that the family is German. Of course it must be admitted that intermarriage with Germans has actually brought German blood into predominance. The name began to be used as a family name in Germany in such was as this: A wanderer from Bohemia, with an unpronounceable Czech name, came over the border into Germany and was commonly and conveniently called "ein Bohm" (a Bohemian) or "der Bohm, der Bohme" (the Bohemian). Then later the real name, if ever known at all by the neighbors, was neglected or forgotten by them and soon the bearors of the name preferred to be known by the new one in order to avoid explanations and confusion..........We must remember that it was not only one Bohemian but a large number of them who came into Germany in this way; hence the name is so common there that claims of relationship cannot be based on it alone. The name was and is very common in Switzerland too.


This spread of the name Bohm through Germany and Switzerland, is, beyond doubt, connected with the beginning of the reformation. The religious history of English Protestantism goes back to Wycliffe, whom we call the morning star of the Reformation; but Wycliffe himself had received the impulse and inspiration from abroad, from the distant Bohemian nation. A Queen of England, the wife of Richard II, had come from Bohemia and with her came the knowledge of the teachings of John Huss, the very first of the Protestants. Huss was also a great patriot. The religious movement he led was only a part of the great national movement for establishing the full freedom of the Czech nation. This was a whole century before Germany hailed Luther as its great teacher, reformer, and patriot. Huss was burned at the stake in 1415, and a death similar to his befell also the Bohemian nation. More than two centuries later, in the great war that was fought on the soil of Europe for religious liberty---the Thirty Years War--the first blow was directed by the Austrian Catholics against the people of Bohemia. The Bohemians were defeated and crushed, many of them were driven out to be wanderers on the face of the earth, and from tha time the name and the nation of the Bohemians---or as they called themselves, the Czechs----were wiped out as it seemed forever, from the map of Europe. Last year, 1918, it was reconstituted, and this year recognized as a part of the new nation of Czechoslovakia. Among these Bohemians who were driven from home and country before and after the Reformation were the Beam ancestors. It is no wonder that the name is common in Switzerland which had thrown off the yoke of the Austrians in the century before Huss and where the Austrians were long after hated. In their new home in Switzerland, our ancestors, for a while, lived and throve. But not for long were they left in peace, at least some of them. When in Switzerland. ???te church fell into conflict with those who believed and worshipped other-??se, the descendents of the Bohemian wanderers were again found on the side of those who strove for religious freedom and suffered for it. They were among the persecuted Mennonites who went over into Swabia and the Palatinate in the seventeenth century, and with the Palatinates they came, after centuries of wandering, into rest and safety in Pennsylvania which Penn had founded for such as they}


" No lineage, however illustrious, can give dignity and honor to a worthless character, and no ancestry, however base, can destroy true worth and merit." ~~David Beem 1917


http: //grandmaslyesoap.com/genealogy/index.html

http://grandmaslyesoap.com/genealogy/Beem/MichaelBeem.htm#Descendants%20of%20Michael%20Beem


From "Early History of Jackson County as taken from Files of the Banner" 1877 and republished 1928, p22:


" There were two of the Beems - Old Ranger Mike and his brother, Dick. I remember Ranger Mike well as he was when I was quite a young man. He was then stricken in years, but not infirm. Time had wrought a few wrinkles on his brow and to me he was the embodiment of manly strength and beauty -tall, strong and sinewy. He was just the kind of man which my youth's fancy imagined the pioneer should be. Long since he slept in his grave on Heighten's hill. Quite a number of his sons and one daughter still live in the full enjoyment of that Government which the father in his youth helped so much to defend and maintain."



There seems to be quite a bit of information on this family, which I (http://grandmaslyesoap.com/genealogy/Beem/off%20web/Origin.htm) haven't obtained as yet, but I'm going to type in what was written from the page sent me by another researcher from the "History of Jackson County Indiana. From the Earliest Time to Present." Chicago: Brant & Fuller 1886 pub: P680 (or 630, I can't tell)


" Vincent L. Beem was born September 14, 1827, in Carr Township, Jackson Co. Ind. about one mile from Medora, where he now lives. He is the sixth of a family of ten children born to Michael and Mary (Lockman) Beem, who were among the early pioneers of Jackson County, having come to Indiana Territory, then a wilderness, in 1811 and 1813, respectively. Michael Beem was one of the leaders of the new settlers in their defense against the depredations of the vicious red man. They fought the Indians, hunted the game and cleared away the dense forest for our present farmers. Vincent L. was born and raised on a farm, and when he began life for himself he adopted farming as his occupation, which he had followed until 1875 or 1876, when he moved to Medora. He there engaged in the hardware and hotel business, which he still follows successfully. He has been justice of the peace four years since he lived in Medora, whice (typo??) office he filled with satisfaction. He is owner and proprietor of the "Beem House," the leading house in the place. In 1852 he was married to Tabitha A. Muden, of Salem, Washington Co. Ind., and is now in his 57th year. To them have been born six children; Mary F.,Surrin D., Maud O., Willard B., Vivian and one dying in infancy. Mr. Beem has always been enterprising and interested in the society in which he has lived. He has been a member of the Christian Church sixteen years. He is also a Democrat in politics.


George W. Beem was born in Brownstone Township, December 17, 1816, and is the eldest child of Michael and Polly (Lockman) Beem, who came to Jackson County in 1811 and 1813, respectively. They came from Kentucky, and cast their lot in the then new county, where George W. has lived all his life, and is now among the leading men, socially and otherwise, in Jackson county. He has devoted his time to farming and stock raising, and now owns 198 acres of land in the White River bottoms, in Carr Township, most of which is under improvement. He was married November 8, 1838, to Polly Goss, daughter of Joseph Goss, of Owen Township, one of the early settlers in that township. They have had born to them nine children: Michael (deceased), Joseph, Caroline (deceased), Dorkes, Sarah (deceased), Jonas, William, Ida and Dilla. Mr. Beem is a Democrat in "(page ends) .


MICHAEL BEEM was born Abt. 1792 in NC, and died in Medora, Jackson Cty., IN. He married MARY "POLLY" LOCKMAN, daughter of VINCENT LOCKMAN and ANNE KIRKLAND. She was born 1793 in KY, and died in Jackson Cty., IN.


Descendants of Michael Beem

Generation No. 1

1. MICHAEL1 BEEM was born Abt. 1792 in NC, and died in Prob Jackson Cty., IN. He married MARY

"POLLY" LOCKMAN, daughter of VINCENT LOCKMAN and ANNE KIRKLAND.


Children of MICHAEL BEEM and MARY LOCKMAN are:

2. i. GEORGE WASHINGTON BEEM, b. December 17, 1816, IN.

3. ii. JACOB T. BEEM, b. 1823, IN.

iii. ELIZABETH BEEM, b. Abt. 1824, IN; m. JOHN S. HOLMES, June 18, 18434.

iv. WILLIAM J. BEEM, b. 1826, IN; m. AMANDA ELIZABETH HEACOCK, March 27, 1851.

v. VINCENT LOCKMAN BEEM, b. September 14, 1827, IN; m. TABETHA MUDEN, Abt. 1852.

4. vi. ANGELINE BEEM, b. 1828, IN.

vii. MICHAEL WESLEY BEEM, b. 1829, IN; m. LYDIA MARGARET HOLMES, Abt. 1851.

viii. BURNETTA BEEM, b. Abt. 1831, Prob Jackson Cty., IN; m. EARLY ST. CLAIR, March 02, 1849,

Jackson County, IN.

5. ix. MARY ELLEN BEEM, b. Abt. 1835, IN; d. Prob. bef. 1913, prob Camden Cty., MO.

x. RICHARD NEWTON BEEM, b. 1835, IN; m. ELSIE NEWKIRK, Aft. 1850.


Generation No. 2


2. GEORGE WASHINGTON BEEM (MICHAEL1) was born December 17, 1816 in IN. He married

MARY (POLLY) ANN GOSS November 07, 1838 in IN.


Children of GEORGE BEEM and MARY GOSS are:

i. MICHAEL T. BEEM, b. September 15, 1839, IN; m. RHODA ANN TRUEBLOOD.

ii. ELIZABETH CAROLINE BEEM, b. January 01, 1842, IN; m. JIM HUBBARD, Abt. 1860, Prob Jackson

Cty., IN.

iii. JOSEPH C.OR A. BEEM, b. January 24, 1843, IN; m. KATE PHEIFFER, March 26, 1865.

iv. SARAH D. BEEM, b. January 21, 1845; d. March 10, 1865.

v. BRUNETTA E. BEEM, b. 1849.

vi. JONAS A. BEEM, b. February 28, 1851.

vii. IDA CLEO BEEM, b. August 14, 1853; d. August 13, 1900; m. JOHN W. GOEN.

viii. WILLIAM JEFFERSON BEEM, b. December 24, 1855, IN?; m. BELLE BYERLY, December 26, 1878,

prob IN.

ix. DILLA BEEM, b. December 28, 1861, IN?; m. GEORGE BEEZLEY, August 17, 1884, IN?.

x. DARKES BEEM, b. Unknown.


3. JACOB T.2 BEEM (MICHAEL1)15 was born 1823 in IN. He married ELIZABETH WELLS February

20, 1845 in Jackson County, IN.


Children of JACOB BEEM and ELIZABETH WELLS are:

i. WILLIAM J.3 BEEM, b. 1855.

ii. SAMUEL T. BEEM, b. 1857.

iii. CORNELIUS BEEM, b. 1860.


4. ANGELINE2 BEEM (MICHAEL1) was born 1828 in IN. She married GEORGE C. ( OR A) GALLION.


Children of ANGELINE BEEM and GEORGE GALLION are:

i. MARY A.3 GALLION, b. 1852.

ii. JACOB T. GALLION, b. 1855.


5. MARY ELLEN2 BEEM (MICHAEL1) was born Abt. 1835 in IN, and died Bef. 1913 in prob Camden Cty.,

MO. She married GEORGE WASHINGTON ROBERTSON April 15, 1855 in Jackson County, IN, son of

WILLIAM ROBERTSON and (POSS) MEIXEL.


Children of MARY BEEM and GEORGE ROBERTSON are:

i. FLORA A. ROBERTSON, b. 1856, IN; m. (1) ALBERT ASH; m. (2) ? SHOULTZ, Abt. 1875, prob

Camden Cty., MO.

ii. BERNETTA ISABELLA ROBERTSON, b. October 16, 1857, Jackson or Green county, IN; d. March 29,

1909, Wetumka, Hughes Cty., OK; m. EDWARD (EDMUND) THOMAS WILKERSON.

iii. SINCLAIR E. ROBERTSON, b. 1860, IN; d. Aft. 1910; m. ROSA, Prob Camden Cty., MO.

iv. IDA ROBERTSON, b. December 23, 1864, IN; d. January 12, 1958, Lincoln Cty, OK; m. (1)

ZACHARIAH WILKERSON, Abt. 1880, MO; m. (2) WILEY (OR RILEY) BURKE, Aft. 1900.

v. MARGARET ELLEN ROBERTSON, b. May 25, 1865, IN; d. November 10, 1951, Norman, Cleveland

County, OK; m. ALBERT PALMER (ROWLAND) ROLLINS, Abt. 1885, Camden County, MO.

vi. MARY (MOLLIE?) ROBERTSON, b. 1871, MO.

vii. (CHARLES) FRANK ROBERTSON, b. 1873, MO; d. Abt. 1955, (Probably Meeker) OK; "


Excerpts From History of Jackson Co 1886, Jackson County, Indiana

From papers found in the library at Spencer, Owen Co, Indiana in 2009; History of Jackson County

" Ranger Michael Beem came to Jackson County in 1811. One of a party of 6 who went in search of horses stolen by the Indians from Mr. Lindsay. Pursued Indians to 10 miles north of Indianapolis. Got back to Sand Creek in January 1812 - page 36"

" Michael Beem and Mary Lockman married at Old Block House, Fort Vallonia, Jackson County"

"Territorial Papers, Carter v. 8"

"Memorial to Congress by Citizens of the Territory, January 16, 1816"



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