Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Bethea, Reedy Creek PO # 102/106
Josh Summerford 35 Farm Laborer $-/- SC
Sally 30 " "
Alfred 9 " "
Mary 7 " "
Clarisa 4 " "
Shade 10 " "
Henderson Bethea 34 Farm Laborer
Andrew 30 W* Physician $2800/225
Ann M. 25 Domestic
W. J. George 36 Farmer $368/-
Sarah 23 Keeping House**
* Everyone listed as "B" before Andrew, though that might be a census error as this census was pretty sloppy. It is also possible all of these weren't actually in same household.
** Elizabeth Blackman, Sarah George's mother, next door.;



!DEATH & OCCUPATION: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. 199-206
...
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:1850 Marlboro Dist., SC # 721/721
Joel Allen 35 Farmer $3000 SC
Martha A. 33
James W. 8
Anna M. 7
Wm B. 5
John Sturges 16 Laborer;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC # 1508
Joel ALLEN, 45, Baptist Minister
Nancy, 43
James W., 18
Anna M., 16
William B., 14
Joel J. 9
David E., 8
Franklin M., 5
Mary A., 2
Celia E. 7/12;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Bethea, Reedy Creek PO # 102/106
Josh Summerford 35 Farm Laborer $-/- SC
Sally 30 " "
Alfred 9 " "
Mary 7 " "
Clarisa 4 " "
Shade 10 " "
Henderson Bethea 34 Farm Laborer
Andrew 30 W* Physician $2800/225
Ann M. 25 Domestic
W. J. George 36 Farmer $368/-
Sarah 23 Keeping House**
* Everyone listed as "B" before Andrew, though that might be a census error as this census was pretty sloppy. It is also possible all of these weren't actually in same household.
** Elizabeth Blackman, Sarah George's mother, next door.;


!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
...
Nancy, the second daughter, married Rev. Joel Allen; they raised a large family of sons and daughters; the sons were James (killed in the war), William, Joel I., David E. and Frank ; the daughters were Annie, Maria, Eugenia and Alice.
...
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. ;