Robert Beatty may have been one of the members of the Beatty family that married into the Ewing family. A Robert Beatty was the brother of Richard Beatty whose children married into the Ewing family:

• Celina Beatty married Samuel Ewing, son of Joshua Ewing (who may have been listed in the Russell and Lee County Tax Lists).

• Robert Burgoyne Beatty married Letita Ewing, daughter of William Ewing and Elizabeth Saunders.

• John Morton Beatty married Sarah Ewing, parents unknown.