Overview

Location

Dickson Co., TN

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1820

Associated Surnames

Beck, Stockton, Washington

Historical notes

William Beck and his father Jesse Beck moved from Amherst Co. VA to Dickson Co. TN

about 1820.

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

• Jesse J. Beck (b.1795-d.1858) - owner
• Judith Tucker Thurmond Beck (b.1796-d.1887) - wife of Jesse J. Beck (m.1815)
• William Jesse Beck (b.1816-d.1854) - son of Jesse J. and Judith T.T. Beck
• Lucy Ann Beck (b.1819-d.1880) - daughter of Jesse J. and Judith T.T. Beck
• Pauline Beck (b.1823-d.1863) - daughter of Jesse J. and Judith T.T. Beck
• Martha Jane Beck (b.1824-d.?) - daughter of Jesse J. and Judith T.T. Beck
• Jesse W. Beck (b.1829-d.?) - son of Jesse J. and Judith T.T. Beck
• David Crawford Beck (b.1831-d.1878) - son of Jesse J. and Judith T.T. Beck
• Andrew J. Beck (b.1833-d.1857) - son of Jesse J. and Judith T.T. Beck
• John T. Beck (b.1837-d.1916) - son of Jesse J. and Judith T.T. Beck

Associated Enslaved Persons

Slaves at Beck Plantation

From the Beck Family Bible, submitted by The USF Africana Heritage Project

• Albert & James Henry (Twins)
• Alexander
• Althea
• Andrew
• Ann
• Charles
• Ellen
• Joe
• Joel
• Johnson
• Mary Ann
• Eliza Washington
• James Stockton

Slaves of Jesse J. Beck

From the Will of Jesse J. Beck

• Fanny - To my son David C. Beck I leave my negro girl Fanny to be delivered to him at my death if not previously done by myself. For which he is to be charged four-hundred dollars; which is to come in as a portion of his legacy of my estate.

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• Beck Family Bible. In possession of Roger Landers of Brooksville, Fl., a descendant of William Beck. USF Africana Heritage Project.
• Rootsweb World Connect Project - North to South - Our Family Surnames and many more

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