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Bethea Family Genealogy Website This is a history of the descendents of an Englishman who crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Great Britain to Virginia about 1700. The Bethea family expanded and grew over the last three hundred years. The Bethea Family in North America 1700 - 2000 |
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8th GENERATION DESCENDANTS
WILLIAM PIERCE BETHEA(8)
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WILLIAM PIERCE BETHEA(8) born Dec 2, 1877, died July 18,
1939. Son of
DIXON PIERCE BETHEA and
Nancy Elizabeth (Plair)Married to Mathilda (Mattie) Taylor (born Oct. 17,
1885, died 1931). Bill served in the Spanish American War, Texas Pvt. 33rd/
U.S. Vol. Infantry. They had eight children:
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"English"
John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2
-> "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea3 ->"Devil
John" Bethea 4
-> William
Bethea5 ->
Tristram
Bethea 6
-> Dixon Pierce Bethea7 ->William Pierce
Bethea8 |
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John
"English John" Bethea b. about 1684
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| 2nd | John
"Virginia John" Bethea
b. about 1704 d. 1779
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| 3rd | William
"Sweat Swamp" Bethea
b. 1726, d. about 1784
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| 4th | Bethea,
John "Devil John" (b. Oct. 1752) m. Mary Henegan (4th)
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| 5th | Bethea,
William (b. 7-23-1775) m. Olivia Pearce , Sarah Hargrove
(5th) |
| 6th | Bethea,
Tristram (b. Dec. 3 , 1802) m. Nancy McLaurin, Sarah Todd (6th) |
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Dixon Pierce Bethea.b. 1843 He married Nancy Elizabeth (Plair)
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WILLIAM PIERCE BETHEA,b.
Dec 2, 1877,d. July 18, 1939. Married Mathilda (Mattie) Taylor |
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THE WESTWARD MOVE |
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Map of Tristram Bethea6's branch movement west starting in Marion Coutry, SC. By the time of the US Census of 1850, they were living in Meriwether County, GA. Tristram's sons Tristram Pinkney7 and Dixon Pierce Bethea7 continued west to Arkansas. |
Copyright 2010 by T. P.
Bethea, Jr., Monroe, Louisiana
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