Son of James Beckham and Hannah Bohon. He was married (1st) on 3 May 1811 in Orange Co, VA to Mary Ann Porter. He was married (2nd) on 23 Mar 1823 in Orange Co, VA to Nancy C Porter.
7 August 1863 - The Charleston Courier "Horrible Affair:
On Monday last, eighteen negro soldiers from Island No. 10, went to the house of Mr.Beckham, at Compromise Landing, on the river, at the dividing line of Kentucky and Tennessee, and murdered old Mr. Beckham, age 70, Mr. Frank Beckham, and four of his children. The two men were shot and thrown into the river; two of the girls, aged 10 and 7 years, were tied together and thrown into the river, and beat over the head until they sunk; the boy, aged two years, was thrown into the river, and lastly, the oldest girl, aged 14, having been reserved a while, was treated in the same way.
Mrs. Beckham, and three children, were away from home. The supposed cause of the murder is that Mrs. Beckham had a negro girl who refused to run away, but whose mother was at Island No 10, and some time ago several soldiers went from the Island to Beckham's to get the girl, but were driven off by Beckham". (3 of the 18 soldiers were sentenced to death for the murders in October 1863, but had their sentences commuted to 5 years imprisonment. A grim story, but there it is.)
7 August 1863 - The Charleston Courier "Horrible Affair:
On Monday last, eighteen negro soldiers from Island No. 10, went to the house of Mr.Beckham, at Compromise Landing, on the river, at the dividing line of Kentucky and Tennessee, and murdered old Mr. Beckham, age 70, Mr. Frank Beckham, and four of his children. The two men were shot and thrown into the river; two of the girls, aged 10 and 7 years, were tied together and thrown into the river, and beat over the head until they sunk; the boy, aged two years, was thrown into the river, and lastly, the oldest girl, aged 14, having been reserved a while, was treated in the same way.
Mrs. Beckham, and three children, were away from home. The supposed cause of the murder is that Mrs. Beckham had a negro girl who refused to run away, but whose mother was at Island No 10, and some time ago several soldiers went from the Island to Beckham's to get the girl, but were driven off by Beckham". (3 of the 18 soldiers were sentenced to death for the murders in October 1863, but had their sentences commuted to 5 years imprisonment. A grim story, but there it is.)
Son of James Beckham and Hannah Bohon. He was married (1st) on 3 May 1811 in Orange Co, VA to Mary Ann Porter. He was married (2nd) on 23 Mar 1823 in Orange Co, VA to Nancy C Porter.
7 August 1863 - The Charleston Courier "Horrible Affair:
On Monday last, eighteen negro soldiers from Island No. 10, went to the house of Mr.Beckham, at Compromise Landing, on the river, at the dividing line of Kentucky and Tennessee, and murdered old Mr. Beckham, age 70, Mr. Frank Beckham, and four of his children. The two men were shot and thrown into the river; two of the girls, aged 10 and 7 years, were tied together and thrown into the river, and beat over the head until they sunk; the boy, aged two years, was thrown into the river, and lastly, the oldest girl, aged 14, having been reserved a while, was treated in the same way.
Mrs. Beckham, and three children, were away from home. The supposed cause of the murder is that Mrs. Beckham had a negro girl who refused to run away, but whose mother was at Island No 10, and some time ago several soldiers went from the Island to Beckham's to get the girl, but were driven off by Beckham". (3 of the 18 soldiers were sentenced to death for the murders in October 1863, but had their sentences commuted to 5 years imprisonment. A grim story, but there it is.)
7 August 1863 - The Charleston Courier "Horrible Affair:
On Monday last, eighteen negro soldiers from Island No. 10, went to the house of Mr.Beckham, at Compromise Landing, on the river, at the dividing line of Kentucky and Tennessee, and murdered old Mr. Beckham, age 70, Mr. Frank Beckham, and four of his children. The two men were shot and thrown into the river; two of the girls, aged 10 and 7 years, were tied together and thrown into the river, and beat over the head until they sunk; the boy, aged two years, was thrown into the river, and lastly, the oldest girl, aged 14, having been reserved a while, was treated in the same way.
Mrs. Beckham, and three children, were away from home. The supposed cause of the murder is that Mrs. Beckham had a negro girl who refused to run away, but whose mother was at Island No 10, and some time ago several soldiers went from the Island to Beckham's to get the girl, but were driven off by Beckham". (3 of the 18 soldiers were sentenced to death for the murders in October 1863, but had their sentences commuted to 5 years imprisonment. A grim story, but there it is.)
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