Brigadier General Rezin Beall (1723–1809)[3][self-published source] was appointed commander of Maryland's Flying Camp militia by the United States Congress.
[4][5] On 17 July 1776, Captain Beall was wounded in action on St. George Island, Maryland in a battle resisting efforts of British forces under the command of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore to land on the mainland in Maryland.
[6] He is buried at St. John's Episcopal Church in Beltsville, Maryland.