American Civil War Soldiers
Name: H Beam
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Arkansas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal.
Enlisted in Company E, 20th Infantry Regiment Arkansas.
20th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
20th Infantry Regiment, formerly G. W. King's 22nd Regiment, was organized during the spring of 1862. The unit moved east of the Mississippi River and at the Battles of Corinth and Hatchie Bridge reported 92 casualties. Later it was assigned to General M. E. Green's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and after fighting at Big Black River Bridge was captured at Vicksburg in July, 1863. Exchanged, reorganized, and mounted, the 20th was attached to Dockery's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department and was prominent at Marks' Mills and Jenkins' Ferry. During the end of 1864 it disbanded. Its commanders were Colonels H. P. Johnson and D. W. Jones; Lieutenant Colonels J. H. Fletcher, W. R. Kelley, and H. G. Robertson; and Majors W. S. Haven and J. W. Long.
Also in this unit:
David Beam
Regiment Name 20th Arkansas Infantry
Side Confederate
Company E
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name David/Bean
Film Number M376 roll 2
Unproven on-line genealogy indicates:
Hiram Kyles Beam
Born: 1844 Cherokee, Alabama
Died: 24 Oct 1896 Scott, Arkansas
[son of Ezekiel Beam 1796-1879 and Rosannah Green 1813-1894]
Marriage: Nov 1869 in Scott, Arkansas
Marion Anne Keen
Born: 1853 in Illinois
Died: 1883 in Scott, Arkansas
[daughter of Mitchell Abner Keen 1829-1898 and Nancy Travis 1828-1870]
Children Sex Birth
Robert E Beam M 22 Nov 1870 in Scott, Arkansas
John Whitfield Beam M 4 Sep 1873 in Scott, Arkansas
Peter Kyle Beam M 15 Mar 1874 in Scott, Arkansas
Charles W Beam M 1876 in Scott, Arkansas
Julie A Beam F 1879 in Scott, Arkansas
James H Beam M Jan 1880 in Arkansas
Judge Neal Beam M 2 Dec 1882 in Scott, Arkansas
Marriage: 18 Aug 1885 in Scott, Arkansas
Manerva Smith
Born: 1861
Died:
Children Sex Birth
Hiram K Beam M 1890 in Arkansas
Presley Mack Beam M 21 Jun 1892
Mary Magdelin Beam F 1894
Arkansas Land Records
Name: Hiram K Beam
Land Office: DARDANELLE
Document Number: 196
Total Acres: 158.38
Misc. Doc. Nr.: 7153
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original
Land Description:
1 N½NE 5TH PM No 3N 30W 3
2 SESE 5TH PM No 4N 30W 34
3 SWSW 5TH PM No 4N 30W 35
U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Hiram K Beam
Issue Date: 10 Nov 1882
State of Record: Arkansas
Acres: 158.38
Accession Number: AR1980__.044
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Dardanelle
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat. 392)
Document Number: 1960
Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
3 3-N 30-W 5th PM Scott
34 4-N 30-W 5th PM Scott
35 4-N 30-W 5th PM Scott
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