John George Beck

Notes:

[From "Beck and Tittle Footprints" by Nell Truitt prepared
01.October.1998]:
George Beck, Sr. brought his family from North Carolina in
1807, staying a short time in Bear Grass, which is now
Louisville, Kentucky. George and his two older sons, John,
age 23 and George, Jr. age 16, while out scouting in
December 1807, located organ Spring along Mill creek and
built a grist-mill ther. The spring was dammed and provided
a gallon of water per minute at 60 degree temperature. The
first grist mill was a log structure fifteen feet square.

Within a short time, Beck's Hill, as the settlement was
known, became a social center as families from a thirty
mile radius brought their corn to Beck's Mill to be ground
into cornmeal. Sometimes it took two or three days as they
waited their turns, so games were played outdoors with the
young Beck boys. In the summer of 1825, a frame building,
twenty by thirty feet square replaced the first mill
structure. Two years later, a lean-to was bult and a
carding machine was put in operation. A commodious,
two-story frame structure for the mill was built in 1864,
and the carding machinery was placed in the second story.
The structure still stands in 1998.

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John married Elizabeth Claver. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
George and Elizabeth left Rowan (now Davidson) County,
North Carolina in 1807 and settled in Indiana Territory and
with their older sons, John Jacob, George Jr., and Andrew
M., they build Becks Mill south of Salem, Washington
County, Indiana. The old mill, rebuilt in 1864, still
stands at the mill stream near Becks Hill, and was the
first grist mill in the 30-50 mile area. This is still
printed on some maps and atlases. -JNT email
04.October.1998 at 14:48.

Many stories of the Beck's are written in the Washington
County, Indiana history. [Beck & Tittle Footprints; John
Charles Beck biography prepared 19981001].

1. John Jacob Beck was born Abt 1784; died Yes, date unknown.
2. George Beck was born Abt 1791; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Andrew M. Beck was born 5 Jul 1795, Rowan County, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 19 Aug 1875; was buried , College Mound Cemetery, Kaufman County, Texas U.S.A..

Notes:

Johann came from Germany in 1750 aboard the ship Phoenix
with his parents. The ship arrived in Philadelphia. Moved
with his father, wife, and son to Rowan (now Davidson)
County between 1766 and 1768. [JNT email; 02.November.1998]

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Johann married Anna Catherine Crouse. [Group Sheet]

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Brought his young family from Germany in 1750 aboard the
ship Phoenix, arriving in Philadelphia. The family lived in
Berks County, Pennsylvania. They moved to Rowan (now
Davidson) County, North Carolina where Davault paid taxes
in 1768. [JNT email; 02.November.1998]

Davault Beck witnessed the baptism of his grandson John
Philip Beck, Jr. on 02.February.1766 at Zion's Lutheran
Church in what is now Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. [JNT
email; 02.November.1998]

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