History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 727. [Harrison County] [Claysville Precinct] T. S. BECKETT, farmer, P. O. Claysville, a native of Harrison County, Ky., and son of John and Jane (Fleming) Beckett. He was born 1818. His father was born in Maryland, and removed to Virginia with his parents; afterward removed to Harrison County, Ky., where he died, aged seventy-six years. His mother was born in Virginia. T. S., our subject, is one of Claysville's most respected men; he is a temperate man, and has been a member of the Methodist Church for thirty years. In 1838, he married Miss America Scott. They were the parents of eleven children, viz: Robert, Melissa, Jane, John, Frances, Thomas, Joseph, America, James, Lucy and Mary. He is the owner of 211 acres of land upon which he makes hog raising a specialty. His family are members of the Christian Church. Fleming Scott = VA MD http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/beckett.ts.txt