Ninian Beall (abt. 1763 - 1836)

Born about 3 Jun 1763 in Frederick, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Christena (Stull) Beall — married 25 Jul 1790 in Frederick County, Maryland

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1836 at about age 73 in Elrod, Ripley, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Ninian Beall served with 3rd Continental Light Dragoons, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Ninian "Ning" Beall^[1][2][3][4]

He was born on Jun 3 1763 in the portion of Frederick County, Maryland which became Montgomery County, Maryland in 1776.^[1][2][3]

Ninian Beall was a Revolutionary War Veteran. He enlisted at Frederick Town in the State of Maryland in the month of April of 1778 on the Continental establishment for the term of three years. He served as a Private and was assigned to a Regiment commanded by Colonel William Washington in the Company commanded by Captain Cadwallader Jones, being the third Regiment of Continental Dragoons in the Virginia line. While in this service he was in the battles of Bacon's Bridge, Monck's Corner on April 14, 1780, Santee River, Cowpens on January 17, 1781, and Petersburg on April 25, 1781. At the expiration of the term of his enlistment, he was discharged near Charles Town in the State of South Carolina. ^[5]

Ninian married Christina / Christena Stoll / Stull / Shull on Jul 25 1790 at German Reformed Church, Frederick, Maryland, USA. ^{[5] [6]}

They had the following children:^[3]

• William Beall b. 1 Oct 1790
• Ninian Beall Jr. b. 27 Oct 1792
• Zephaniah Addison Beall
• Ruth Beall
• John Beall
• Joseph Fleet Beall
• Margaret Beall b. abt 1808
• James C Beall
• Sarah Beall b. abt 1813

He stated his occupation was that of a wheelwright when filing for his military pension and Ninian was also a farmer. His family removed to Butler County, Ohio where he requested a transfer of his pension in 1821. Some time later, having stated he'd owned no land in Ohio and finding land inexpensive in Indiana, he again requested a transfer of his pension to Ripley County, Indiana in the year 1835. ^[5]

He, Christena, and their children were living in Jackson Township, Ripley Count, Indiana when he died Jun 13 1836. He is buried in the Old Washington Baptist Church Cemetery near Elrod, Ripley, Indiana. ^[7][3][8]

Directory of Bealls named Ninian

• Beall-75 Col. Ninian Beall, b. Scotland 1625. Immigrant to Maryland 1652. 1668 m. Ruth Moore, lived to age 92. Had son Ninian Jr, b. 1669.
• Beall-374 Ninian Beall, b. 1653. Said to be son of Margaret Ramsay, b. 1630, and brother of William and Andrew.
• Beall-451 Ninian Beall, b. 1672. Said to be son of Thomas Beall and Elizabeth Lee.
• Beall-280 Ninian Beall II / Jr., b. 1669 Son of Ninian Beall-75 & Ruth.
• Beall-427 Ninian Beall, b. 1686
• Beall-312 Ninian Beall, b. 1761 in now Montgomery County, d.6/13/1836.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Source: #S12
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: #S97
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Source: #S143
4. ↑ Source: #S175 Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/14872176/family
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Pension application of Ninian (Ning) Beall (Bell) W9722 Christina Beall: f72MD VA Transcribed by Will Graves
6. ↑ In Pension application, Affidavit given by Daniel Zacharias , pastor of the German Evangelical Reformed Church in the city of Frederick in the County of Frederick State of Maryland regarding the marriage of Ninian Beall to Christina Stoll [or Stull] on July 25th 1790 by the Rev. William Runkle.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 30 March 2019), memorial page for Ninian Beall (28 May 1761–13 Jun 1836), Find A Grave: Memorial #7704999, citing Old Washington Church Cemetery, Elrod, Ripley County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Indianaslone (contributor 46560423) .
8. ↑ Unknown Cemetery in Elrod

• Source: S12 Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea;
• Source: S143 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.;
• Source: S175 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Source: S97 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Maryland Revolutionary War Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data - Newman, Harry Wright. Maryland Revolutionary Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Maryland Archives, 1938.Original data: Newman, Harry Wright. Maryland Revolutionary Records. Ba;

• Family History, Death Notice from Newspaper in Macon Co. Missouri

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Adam Dunn for creating WikiTree profile Beall-312 through the import of Clauder-Nov 2013_penny 7u&1d.ged on Nov 6, 2013.
• Record added by Susannah Rolfes by 29 Jan 2019.