Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-31
DED|CATEDTO
COL. BEALl'S MEMORY
Society of Colonial Wars Re.
calls Services of Maryland
Provincial Commander.

With impressive services, the Society of
the Colonial Wars yesterday dedicated q
rock and tablet to the memory Of Col.
Ninian Beall, patentee Of the Rock of
Dumbarton, the old site of Georgetown.
The memorial bowlder occupies a place
on the lawn Of St. Johns Episcopal
Church, 33d and o streets northwest.
Bishop Harding presided at the cere-
monies. and was assisted by Rev. DR..
Roland Cotton Smith, chaplain of the
society; Rev. DR.. F. B. Howden and a
number of visiting clergymen. Caleb c.
Magruder, historian Of the society, gave
an account of the life of Col Beall, say
ing in part:
Career Of Col. Beall.
''Ninian Beall was born in Scotland in
1925. Under the banner of Leslie he was
routed by Cromwell and Monk at the bat
tie Of Dunbar in 1850. Taken a prisoner
there, he was transported to Barbados
and thence to Maryland, where he settled
in Calvert county. about 1855.
when Francis Nicholson became gov
ernor, he issued proclamation July q,
1894. continuing in service all officers
holding commissions under his predeces-
sor. Maj. Beall had been made colonel
and commander-in-chief Of all his maj
esty's forces In Calvert county
''Col. Beall and Maj. William Barton,
having been elected to the house Of bur-
gesses, they were indicted into office
May IL, 1896. In 1897 he was one OF a
committee to secure peaceful assurances
from the Nanticokes and Piscataways..
''As Georgetownians your greatest ini-
terest probably .centers in the fact that
Col. Beall was the patentee of the Rock
Of Dumbarton under date Of November
IS, 1903 1t was in possession Of his son,
Col. George Beall. and became part of
the site of the town when the original
survey and plat were completed, Febru-
airy q, 1872
The pews on the right side Of the church
were reserved for the descendants of Col.
Beall and those on the gleft aisle were re-
served for members of The society. A cir
clet of palms bearing a cross OF ST.
George yelled the memorial
The Bowlder Unveiled.
At the close of the religious exercises
the bowlder was unveiled by the follow
ing descendants of Col. Beall: William M.
Beall, j. Malcolm Henry, J. William
Henry. Thomas Hyde, Caleb c. Magru-
der. jr.: Dr. Stewart B. Muncaster. DIR.
Henderson Suter and DR.. Walter A..
Wells.
The rock weighs several tons and the
bronze tablet bears the following inscrip-
ton:
COLONEL NINIAN BEALL
Born, Scotland. 1925. Died, Maryland 1711.
Patcntee of Rock Of Dumbarton.
Member Of the House Of Burgess.
Commander-in-chief Of the Provincial Forces OF
Maryland.
In grateful recognition of his services upon all
incursions and disturbances Of neighboring In
dams, the Maryland assembly of 1859 passed
an act OF gratuity.
J. B. Millner, who obtained and cut the
stone, had a hole drilled In 1t, and placed
therein a photograph of the Curtiss BIZ
plane, an editorial on aviation clipped
from. a Washington newspaper and a
program of the memorial exercises. He
is an aviation enthusiast and predicts
that at some time in the far distant flu
ture the rock will fall apart and future
generations will read with wonder Of the
beginnings of flying.
Music was by the vested choir of ST.
Johns Church.