dication of the Argument a priori in Proof of the Being and Attributes of God, from the Objection of Dr. Waterland " (1825); "Review of Brown's Philosophy of the Human Mind" (1825); "A Vindication of the Fundamental Principles of Truth and Order in the Church of Christ," a reply to the views of Dr. Manning (1830); "An Examination of No. 90 of the Tracts for the Times " (1841). He also contributed to periodical literature on moral and metaphysical sciences.
BEASELEY, Nathaniel, pioneer, b. in 1751; d.
in Knox co., Ohio, 27 March, 1835. He was a large and powerful man, a noted Indian fighter, and performed valuable services in the St. Clair and Wayne campaigns. He afterward settled in
Chillicothe, Ohio, was a member of the general assembly in 1819-20 from Adams co., and senator from Brown in 1820-'2. He was also canal commissioner and major-general of militia.
BEATTY, Charles, clergyman, b. in county
Antrim, Ireland, about 1715; d. in Bridgeton, Barbadoes,
13 Aug., 1772. While very young he sailed for America, and, with other passengers, was landed on Cape Cod in a nearly famished condition,
the ship having run short of provisions. Making his way to the neighborhood of Philadelphia, he began peddling in the vicinity. On one of his excursions, he stopped at the “Log College” near
Neshaminy, and fell into conversation with its
founder, the Rev. William Tennent, who discovering
that the young peddler had a classical education,
and possessed the true missionary spirit, persuaded
him to study for the ministery, and he was
ordained on 13 Oct., 1742. He became pastor of
the Presbyterian church at the forks of Neshaminy,
Pa., 26 May, 1743. The Presbyterians
were at that time divided into two factions, the
“Strict” or “Old Side” and the “New Side,” and
Mr. Beatty joined the former. He was associated
with David Brainerd in some of his missionary
labors among the Indians, and accompanied Franklin
as chaplain on a military expedition to establish
frontier posts in the northwest, in 1755.
Franklin relates, in his account of the expedition,
that, noting the punctual attendance of the soldiers
when the daily allowance of grog was served out,
and contrasting it with their dilatory attendance
at the regular religious services, he suggested to
the chaplain the expediency of serving this popular
ration immediately after prayers. The chaplain
thought the idea good, accepted the task, and,
adds Franklin, “never were prayers more generally
and punctually attended, so that I think this method
preferable to punishment inflicted by severe
military laws for non-attendance on divine services.”
In 1766 Mr. Beatty made a prolonged missionary
tour through the frontier settlements of
Pennsylvania. Some of his sermons were printed,
and he published the “Journal of a Two Months'
Tour among the Frontier Inhabitants of Pennsylvania”
(London, 1768), also a letter to the Rev.
John Erskine, advocating the theory that the American
Indians are the descendants of the lost Hebrew
tribes. He was much interested in raising money
for the struggling college of New Jersey (Princeton),
and died of yellow fever while on a visit to
Barbados with this object in view.
BEATTY, or BEATTIE, Erkuries, soldier, b.
9 Oct., 1759; d. in Princeton, N.J., 23 Feb., 1823. He was the son of Charles Beatty, chaplain, to
whom he owed his singular name, compounded from the Greek (Ε and κυρίος “from the Lord”). He was apprenticed to a resident of Elizabethtown,
N.J., when the war for independence began, and
enlisted at once. He served at the battle of Long
Island under Lord Stirling, was acting sergeant at
White Plains, and ensign of the 4th regiment of
Pennsylvania line, 3 Jan., 1777. He was promoted
1st lieutenant 2 May, and was in battles
of Brandywine, Germantown (where he was wounded),
Monmouth, and Newtown, besides participating
in the hardships of Valley Forge and the
campaigns of Van Schaick and Sullivan. When
the Pennsylvania line was reorganized after the
mutiny of 1781, he went south with Gen.
Wayne,
joined Lafayette on the Rappahannock, fought at
Jamestown (6 July, 1781), and was present at Yorktown
and the surrender of Cornwalis. Until 3
Nov., 1783, he was on duty guarding prisoners at
Lancaster, Pa., and was then mustered out of the service.
After serving for a time as clerk in the war
department, he was appointed 1st lieutenant in
the regular army, 24 July, 1784. From 1786 until
1788 he was acting paymaster of the western army,
and during the two years succeeding was in command
at Fort St. Vincent (now Vincennes, Ind.).
He was a major under Gen. St. Clair, but escaped the defeat of that officer 4 Nov., 1791, having been sent to Fort Jefferson with a detachment. He resigned from the army during Wayne's western campaign in 1793, and went to Princeton, N.J.
His journal as paymaster of the western army was
published in the “Magazine of American History,”
vol. i., from the original manuscript in the possession
of the New York Historical Society. Maj.
Beatty had three brothers, all of whom were officers
in the revolutionary army. - His son Charles Clinton Beatty, D.D., was the founder of the Steubenville, Ohio, female seminary, and president of
the board of trustees of the Western Theological
Seminary of Allegheny, Pa.
BEATTY, John, physician, b. in Bucks co.,
Pa., 19 Dec., 1749; d. in Trenton, N.J., 30 April,
1826. He was a son of Charles Beatty, was graduated
at Princeton in 1769, studied medicine with
the celebrated Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia, joined
the army early in the war for independence, and in
September, 1776, held the rank of lieutenant-colonel
in the Pennsylvania contingent. He was taken
prisoner by the British at the capture of Fort
Washington, N.Y., 17 Nov., 1776, and during his
confinement suffered greatly in health, owing to
harsh treatment. Having been exchanged early
in 1778, he was appointed , 28 May, commissary-general
of prisoners, with the rank of colonel,
On 31 March, 1780, he resigned and settled as a
physician at Princeton, N.J. He was a delegate
to the continental congress in 1783-'5, served in
both branches of the state legislature, was a
delegate to the constitutional convention, and a
member of congress in 1793-'5. From 1795 till 1805
he was secretary of state for New Jersey, and he
was president of the Trenton bank in 1815-'26.
BEATTY, John, soldier, b. near Sandusky, Ohio, 16 Sept., 1828. He received a common-school education and entered on a business career in a banking-house at an early age. He took an active part in public affairs, and was identified with the free-soil party until it was merged with the republicans. In 1860 he was a republican presidential elector. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the 3d Ohio infantry, and was appointed successively captain and lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the
early western Virginia campaigns, became colonel in 1862, and commanded a brigade in the three days' fight at Stone river, 31 Dec., 1862, to 2 Jan., 1863. In 1863 he was commissioned brigadier-general and served through the Tennessee and Chattanooga campaigns. He was elected to the fortieth congress for the unexpired term of a de-
