•BIRTH: 1728-1740 •DEATH: Ashville NC
Revolutionary War Veteran
There is no concrete information on John Been's wife or wives.
1.Robert BEAN
2.Edmund BEAN
3.Jessie BEAN
4.John Hogan BEAN (Been) (most probably a son of John Bean, but some say he was a son or grandson of William Bean b: 1721)
5.William Jacob BEAN
Notes on John Been b: 1728-1740
Homestead located at mouth of Boone's creek - across from Brother William Bean's. Family legend states he built a cabin on Boone's Creek in 1761, bro. William moved into it with his family in 1769; when John moved his family in 1772, built cabin across the creek.
From Moses Fisk 1816: "But part of the Cherokees notwithstanding Cameron's zeal, expressed a desire that the trespassers might be permitted to remain, provided they would make no further encroachments. This favorable symptom was not long neglected. Robertson and John Bean were by these tenants at will in 1771 [1772] sent to treat with their landlords, and agree upon articles of accommodation and friendship. The attempt succeeded."
Served in Capt. William Russell's unit during Dunmore's War (1774) (Records Library of VA)
According to Sequatche (sic)? by J. Leonard Raulston and JW Livingood, He and his brother Capt. William scattered a band of Tories and hung 9 of them at King's Mountain.
"Tories .. reinforced Indian attacks... Tories concealed themselves high in the mountains. Capt Bean and his Whig comrades, including his son George, his brother John, and John's son, Edmund, ferreted them out, and fired upon and wounded their leader, Capt. Henry Grimes. ("In the Sweet By and By," by Mary Coghlan White.)
"Colonel Sever (Sevier?) waited at the French Board .... "At daybreak John Bean was dispatched with 5 scouts to see it there was any trace of Indians. He killed one and brought his head to the camp (Brown, page 160).
In 1784, Washington, Sullivan, and Gilbert counties formed the independent State of Franklin... John Bean was a delegate from Washington Co." ("In the Sweet By and By," by Mary Coghlan White).
Most of the information above on this page comes from Jean McSpadden's web site: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~iadt1jm/D0001/I220.html, her note is below: These gedcoms are works in process. Much of the data reflects family history that has been given to me by others who have worked on these lines and has not yet been verified. Please send suggestions and corrections to Jean McSpadden, jean@joplin.oit.gatech.edu.
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