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 1762 - 1824 (62 years)
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| Name |
John Beck |
| Title |
Capt. |
| Birth |
04 Feb 1762 |
Albermarle County/VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
11 Jul 1824 |
Cold Water Creek-Ruckersville/Elbert/GA |
| Burial |
Cold Water Creek-Ruckersville/Elbert/GA |
| Person ID |
I225 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2015 |
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| Headstones |
 | Beck, John
637 ft elevation. N34 deg 12.664 minutes. W82 degrees 48.159 minutes |
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| Notes |
- s/o William Beck & Lucy Clark. At 15 enlisted as Sgt . Benjamin Harrison 9th Av. 1778. Lieutenant fought under George Washington. He retired with the rank of Captain on January 1, 1783.
- Before 1797 sold Virginia land, came to Ga. with Geo. Mathews in a wagon train, moved to Elbert Co. and settled in Edinbrough, also called Alexander, on a 110 ac. plantation called Woodlawn, at the mouth of Coldwater.
By 1818 had mercantile business. Had one of first cotton gins in the state.
- Married Sarah Wansley Beck Abt 1763. Wife was the daughter of Pvt. John Wansley buried in the same cemetery as Capt. Beck.
After Capt. Beck died, she traveled with son to Murray County. She died in the 1860's and is buried in Chatsworth, GA
- Pension R 692, filed in 1856 Georgia (Murray County).
Pension was denied?she did not recall proof required?
- Reference - FROM ROME TO RUCKERSVILLE-OUR WANSLEY HISTORY
- Grave Marked by the Samuel Elbert Chapter GA Society SAR on October 11, 2014
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