Erkuries Beatty (1759-1823)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-00134
Given Name
Erkuries
Family Name
Beatty
Birth Date
October 9, 1759
Death Date
February 3, 1823
Sex
Male
Occupation
Military and Militia
Landowning
Government
Biographical Description
Colonel Erkuries Beatty (1759-1823) was an enslaver most closely associated with Princeton, NJ. He served in the Revolutionary War and then purchased the Castle Howard Farm near Princeton after the war. He used enslaved labor to develop and cultivate his farm. He served as the mayor of Princeton in the 1810s.

For more about Beatty and additional archival sources related to his involvement in slavery, see the Princeton & Slavery Project website.
Keywords
white person
enslaver
executor or administrator for estate of enslaver
Places
West Windsor
Montgomery
Princeton
Enslaver of
Bristol (b. 1774)
Mary (b. 1782)
Spouse of
Susanna Ewing Ferguson Beatty
References

Biehl, Andre Fernando. "Colonel Erkuries Beatty and the Business of Slavery in Princeton, New Jersey." Princeton & Slavery Project. https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/erkuries-beatty.

Yannielli, Joseph. "Escape from Princeton." Princeton & Slavery Project. https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/escape.

This person is represented on the following page(s):
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18819020
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65366577
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Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
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