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William Bean | |
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 Tennessee Historical Commission marker placed near the William Bean Cabin site in present-day Johnson City | |
| Born | William Bean Jr. December 9, 1721 |
| Died | May 1782 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Longhunter, soldier, pioneer, politician |
| Known for | being the reported first European-American settler, and founding the first permanent European-American settlement of Tennessee[1] |
| Title | Commissioner, Watauga Association[2] |
| Term | 1772-April 1775 |
| Predecessor | Office established |
| Successor | Office dissolved |
| Spouse |
Lydia Russell
(m. 1744; died 1788) |
| Children | 6 |
| Parents |
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William Bean (December 9, 1721-May 1782) was a Trans-Appalachian pioneer; longhunter; and Commissioner of the Watauga Association. He was one of the first permanent European settlers of what is now Tennessee.[3]
Biography
William Bean was born December 9, 1721 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia of William Bean Sr. and Margaret Hatton Bean.[4] In 1744, Bean would marry Lydia Russell of Northumberland County (b. September 29, 1726).[5] William was of Scottish descent, and Lydia was of English descent.[6]
Frontier settler
Bean was an associate of Daniel Boone and a fellow longhunter. In 1769, he built a cabin close to the junction of Boone's Creek and the Watauga River, near present-day Johnson City. Bean may have visited the site with Boone, or Boone and a friend, Richard Callaway, while exploring on behalf o Richard Henderson, a land speculator who later played an important role in the early settlement of Tennessee.[7][8]
Later that year, the first child of permanent European-American settlers born in Tennessee, Russell Bean, was born there.[9]
Later life
After its formation in 1776, Bean was named a Commissioner of North Carolina's Washington District.[5]
Death
Bean died in May 1782 in Washington County, North Carolina (now Grainger County, Tennessee).[10]
Namesake
Later descendents of Bean established what became the city of Bean Station, in present-day Grainger County, Tennessee.[11]
References
- ^ Clouse, Allie (May 27, 2021). "From Davy to Dolly: 225 years (and more) of Tennessee's storied history". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ Tuller, Roberta (2020). "William Bean". An American Family History. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ Lambert, A.J. "WILLIAM BEAN, REV'L WAR" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "William Bean". Find a Grave. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ a b Larry Kraus. "Children of William Bean (c 1700 – 1780) | William Bean I Genealogy". larkcom.us. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ Grady, J.A. (1973). William Bean, Pioneer of Tennessee, and His Descendants. Grady. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ Ramsey, The Annals of Tennessee, 66-69.
- ^ Hamer, Tennessee: A History, 64.
- ^ "William Bean's Cabin - 1A5 | Tennessee Historical sign". waymarking.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ name="wbean died may 1782 washington district north carolina
- ^ Bean Station history
Further reading
- Carolyn Sakowski; Touring the East Tennessee Backroads; J.F. Blair, pub.; Winston-Salem, N.C.; 1993; pp. 86–87.