Will - Person Sheet
Will - Person Sheet
NameBEAN, Captain William 
, 10G Grandfather
, 10G GrandfatherBirth Date9 Dec 1702
Birth PlaceSt. Stephens, Northumberland County, Virginia
Death Date1782 Age: 79
Death PlaceGerman Creek, Washington County, Tennessee
FatherBEAN, John (1675-1755)
MotherHATTON, Lydia (~1679-~1755)
Misc. Notes
William Bean (December 9, 1721 – May 1782) was a Trans-Appalachian pioneer; longhunter; and Commissioner of North Carolina's Washington District.
William Bean was born December 9, 1721 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia. In 1741 he married Lydia Russell (b. September 29, 1726). They were to become the future Tennessee area's first permanent European-American settlers; and were both of Scottish descent.
Bean was an associate of Daniel Boone's and a fellow longhunter. In 1769, he built a cabin close to the junction of Boone's Creek and Watauga Creek, near what is today Johnson City, Tennessee. It is said that either Bean visited the site with Boone, or Boone and a friend, Richard Callaway, visited it when exploring as agents for Richard Henderson, a land speculator who later played an important role in the early settlement of Tennessee.
Later that year, the first child of permanent European-American settlers born in Tennessee, Russell Bean, was born there.
Bean's cabin soon attracted other pioneer families, who participated in the formation of the Watauga Association, a semi-autonomous colony.
After its formation in 1776, Bean was named a Commissioner of North Carolina's Washington District.
Bean died in May 1782 at German Creek, Washington County, North Carolina (now Grainger County, Tennessee).
William Bean was born December 9, 1721 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia. In 1741 he married Lydia Russell (b. September 29, 1726). They were to become the future Tennessee area's first permanent European-American settlers; and were both of Scottish descent.
Bean was an associate of Daniel Boone's and a fellow longhunter. In 1769, he built a cabin close to the junction of Boone's Creek and Watauga Creek, near what is today Johnson City, Tennessee. It is said that either Bean visited the site with Boone, or Boone and a friend, Richard Callaway, visited it when exploring as agents for Richard Henderson, a land speculator who later played an important role in the early settlement of Tennessee.
Later that year, the first child of permanent European-American settlers born in Tennessee, Russell Bean, was born there.
Bean's cabin soon attracted other pioneer families, who participated in the formation of the Watauga Association, a semi-autonomous colony.
After its formation in 1776, Bean was named a Commissioner of North Carolina's Washington District.
Bean died in May 1782 at German Creek, Washington County, North Carolina (now Grainger County, Tennessee).
Spouses
1HATTON, Elizabeth Margaret , 10G Grandmother
, 10G GrandmotherBirth Dateabt 1700
Birth PlaceSt. Stephens, Northumberland County, Virginia
Death Dateabt 1737 Age: 37
Death PlaceWashington County, Tennessee
Marr Dateabt 1720
Marr PlaceVirginia