Rebel - KGC
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Rebel - KGC said:Look at THIS! Jean Lafitte, Privateer, and the Beale Treasure... (GOOGLE IT!)...
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Franklin said:The Thomas Beale of Kentucky is not the man you are looking for. He lived on the south fork of the Cumberland River near Chief Doublehead of John Swift Treasure legend. This Thomas Beale had a middle initial of "s" I have it's meaning in my research. My great aunt Charlotte Atwell bought property from him in Virginia before he moved to Kentucky. He moved to Kentucky because of his being one of the officers on the HMS Grosvenor that sank off the coast of Africa. The Grosvenor had an enormous treasure on it that has never been found or recovered. The officers and crew could have scuddled the ship after removing the treasure on shore. Some of the passengers of the Grosvenor were found in the area years later. The others that made a long trek to get to safety had to result to cannibalism to survive their long journey. Thomas Beale, 3rd mate was one of the survivors. He went to England, later to Virginia here in Westmoreland County, Charlotte bought the property from him, Beale was named as being from Boone County, State of Kentucky in 1818. I have found about 18 Thomas Beale's of that time period most were too old or died in this area so they could not have been our TJB. The only one that I could find that came from a military family and had kin in Bedford County was the one that moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania that I have on the CD. He was born July 4th, 1776 that is most likely the reason for naming him Thomas Jefferson Beale.
Franklin said:The way the article is written it seems that Thomas Beale had something to do with the article above instead of the wanted poster below or either he worked as a writer for the Register?
bigscoop said:Kentucky Kache said:Do we think it's more likely that Pierre Lafitte simple used the name of a New Orleans acquaintance (Thomas Beale), or that he actually WAS Thomas Beale, using an alias to evade capture? Wasn't both Thomas Beale and Pierre Lafitte arrested/imprisoned in New Orleans? Were they the same person?
This is somewhat interesting, but I can't remember exactly why I thought it was interesting at the time? In my notes, (much of it I've not looked at in a long, long time - years!).....I have a note about Pierre Laffite having a 25'000 acre claim in Texas, and for some reason I also have "Thomas Beale - Kentucky" doodled next to it.However, if I remember right, it had something to do with the claim that a certain Oil Company had spent millions searching for Laffite descendants because they had a very wealthy escrow account that was suppose to have been paid out to these descendants. Not sure why, or how, or even if I suspected a Kentucky connection at that time as I never jotted down my exact reasoning behind the notation.
Maybe I'll run across more later.
bigscoop said:Franklin said:The way the article is written it seems that Thomas Beale had something to do with the article above instead of the wanted poster below or either he worked as a writer for the Register?
I'm going to check a couple things....(if I can find the stuff?)....maybe a court recorder? From what I think I know about this, it was a wanted poster, much like those used today, an individual document. But, maybe not........?This might take a while.
No matter who the character Thomas Beale is based, it all comes back to being dime novel.Just a "Dime Novel" featuring Pierre Lafitte as TJB, eh...?
Which sold for 50 cent a copy...No matter who the character Thomas Beale is based, it all comes back to being dime novel.