Pvt Thomas K. Beaty, Co. A,
First Virginia Cavalryb. ca. 1841 (age 24 at parole in 1865)
m. ?? (check 1st Va. records
d. Dec 20, 1916, Warren County, VAThomas Beaty (also listed as Batey) is listed on the January-February 1863 muster rolls of the 1st Virginia Cavalry as "detailed to Cpt. Mosby".
Although he does not appear in the list of the original fifteen men detailed from the 1st VA to Mosby on January 18 which James J. WIlliamson provides in his 1896 book, Mosby researchers Hugh Keen and Horace Mewborn have identified him as one of these men. In addition to the First Virginia records which show him as detailed to Mosby, he appears on Federal records as being one of three members of the 1st Virginia captured on January 27 in Middleburg.
On this date, Mosby's memoirs note that Fount Beattie and two other men from the detachment were captured.
He was paroled the following month and returned to the 1st Virginia, and in Janaury - February of the following year was detailed to the teamsters at brigade headquarters.
He remained with the 1st Va for the duration of the War and was paroled at Winchester ten days after Appomattox. He is listed as being age 24, 5'7" tall, dark complexion, black hair, black eyes and as being from Middletown. After the War (1870) he lived in Front Royal.
He died on December 20, 1916 and is buried in the Reliance Methodist Church Cemetery in Warren County.
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