George Beall

George Beall (February 26, 1729 – October 15, 1807)[1] was a wealthy landowner in Maryland and Georgetown in what is now Washington, D.C., the fifth son of Col. Ninian Beall and Ruth Moore.[2] George Beall married Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Thomas Brooke III of Brookefield and Lucy Smith.[2]

For the U.S. attorney, see George Beall (attorney).

George and his wife were both parts of leading political families in Maryland. Elizabeth's grandfather was Acting Governor Thomas Brooke Jr., and her great-great grandfather was Acting Governor Robert Brooke.[3] George's father, Ninian Beall, among other political and military service, was a member of the Grand Committee of Twenty at the Protestant Associators' Convention of 1689-1692, the executive council of the colony during the absence of control by the Calvert Family.[4]

Beall's Levels and Rock of Dumbarton, part of his landholdings, were surveyed in 1752 as a possible site for George Town (now Georgetown). Maryland offered Beall two lots in the town, along with the "price of condemnation" (remuneration). Beall protested the proceedings, though ended up accepting two lots. Maryland paid a total of 280 pounds to acquire the land from Beall, along with land owned by George Gordon.[5]

Beall died on October 15, 1807 and was originally buried in a burial site alongside their home on N Street (at 31st Street). Around 1870, he was moved to the Presbyterian Burying Ground in Georgetown.[6][7]

References
  1. Balch 1899, p. 37.
  2. Papenfuse, Edward; Day, Alan; Jordan, David; Stiverson, Gregory (1979). A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature:, 1635 - 1789. 1. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 122. ISBN 0801819954.
  3. Papenfuse, Edward; Day, Alan; Jordan, David; Stiverson, Gregory (1979). A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1634 - 1789. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 170–173. ISBN 0801819954.
  4. Papenfuse, Edward; Day, Alan; Jordan, David; Stiverson, Gregory (1979). A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1634 - 1789. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 31, 122. ISBN 0801819954.
  5. Ecker, Grace Dunlop (1933). A Portrait of Old Georgetown. Garrett & Massie, Inc. pp. 1–6.
  6. Balch, Thomas Willing (1897). "Notes and Queries". Pennsylvania Magazine. Vol. XXI. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. p. 507.
  7. Proctor, John Clagett (March 27, 1932). "Old Georgetown in History of District". The Sunday Star. p. 67.

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