Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 184 Samuel J. BETHEA age 30-39 (1800/10) "200001-210101";

!CENSUS:1850;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC # 955
Samuel J. BETHEA, 51 SC
E. A. (f) 40
H. (f) 18
F. J. (f) 17
L. (f) 16
Lucinda, 15
D. W. (m) 14
J. (f) 11
S. J. (m) 3;

!PROBATE:Marion Co, SC Roll # 1260 Vol II page 196;

!DEATH:From the Marion Star - "Genealogical Abstracts from Marion, South Carolina Newspapers 1858-1886" Abstracted by Gloria Calhoun, Pee Dee Chapter SCGS, Marion, SC 1999;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 178-183
...
the second [daughter of Timothy Rogers], Mary, married the late Rev. Samuel J. Bethea, and is dead;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 193-197

Tart ...
James, the older brother, was a very respectable man and good citizen ; he married Miss Julia Ann Smith, and raised a large family of sons and daughters, all of whom are now dead, except the youngest son, Enos Murchison Tart, who married in Columbus County, N. C, where he settled and now resides. John W. Tart, the oldest son of James, married a daughter of Rev. Samuel J. Bethea, raised a large family of sons and daughters, who are now among us as citizens of the county ; he died on April 14th, 1875, of a cancer on the tongue. A daughter of James Tart, Amelia, married the late John C. Campbell, near Ebenezer Church, where he and she both died a few years ago; they raised a large family of sons, and two daughters, perhaps eight or ten sons. Some of the sons, two or three, are dead, leaving no family, and one of the daughters is also dead, unmarried; the others are among us, and are respectable citizens. James Tart died during the war, on the place near Moody's Mill, now owned by the estate of the late Governor Ellerbe. ;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 199-206
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Of the daughters of the Rev. Joel Allen, Annie Maria, the oldest, married Dr. Andrew J. Bethea, son of Rev. S. J. Bethea; he died in 1881, and left three sons and two daughters ; the sons are Herbert, Percy and Andrew, and are all young men of fine character. Andrew is now in Wake Forrest College, N. C. ; all unmarried.* [*Herbert Bethea has recently married Miss Eva Manning, daughter of the late Houston Manning. ;

!CENSUS:1810;

!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist, SC pg x w/Joseph BASS age 0-9 (1810/20);

!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist, SC pg 5 w/Joseph BASS age 10-14 (1815/20);

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 184 w/Samuel J. BETHEA age 30-39 (1800/10);

!REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq. 1902. Pg 225 - 232;