Marty and Karla Grant

!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. 142-147
...
Crawford. - James Crawford, the grand-father of the late Chapman Crawford, had a son named James, the father of Chapman; whether there were other sons or not, is not now known ; there were daughters - the wife of old Osborne Lane was one; the first wife of old William Bethea was another, who was the mother of the late John C. Bethea; another daughter married a man by the name of Porter ; she was the grand-mother of Robert P. Porter, now living at Marion. ;



!CENSUS:1800 Marion Dist, SC pg 785 w/William BETHEA age 0-9 (1790/1800);

!CENSUS:1810 Marion Dist, SC pg 86B w/William BETHEA age 10-15 (1794/1800);

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 162 Marion Co., SC James Crawford, Sr. 1817
Will dated 16 Sep 1816 (see full transcript in James Crawford's notes)
Proved by John Finklea 11 Nov 1817. James Crawford qualified as Executor 11 Nov 1817.
... (Sales, appraisements, etc. in file, I did not abstract) ...
Account Current 1818 and 1819, James Crawford, Exec.
...
Paid John Tart heir to said estate
Paid: (not listed as heirs, but some are heirs)
B. Moody
Jas Stackhouse
John Gasque
John Bethea
John K. Windham
Abijah Porter
John Jones
Jesse Moody
Levi Blackman
Osburn Lane
John Davis
John Bridges
Hugh Crawford
John Gibson
Proved 31 Mar 1820 Thomas Harllee, Ordy...
* From "Marion County Probate Records" Volume 1, Lucille Utley, Danny Smith. Three Rivers Historical Society. 1985.;


!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist, SC pg x w/William BETHEA Jr age 16-25 (1794/1804);

!CENSUS:1830 * Marion Dist, SC pg 3 w/William BETHEA age 40-49 (1780/90);

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 148 John C. BETHEA age 30-39 (1800/10) "000001-0";

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist, SC # 1302 John C. BETHEA, 51 (1798/99) born Marion;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC # 766
John C. BETHEA, 62,
Sarah A., 42
E. A. (m), 17;

!REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq. 1902. Pg 395 - 421;

!NOTE:See Equity Roll # 284 for details of this family;

!CENSUS:1840;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist, SC # 1302 Sarah BETHEA, 31 (1818/19) born Marion;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC # 766
John C. BETHEA, 62,
Sarah A., 42
E. A. (m), 17;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co, SC Bethea # 15
Sarah BETHEA, 50 SC
John, 10;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Bethea # 1
Sarah A. BETHEA, 62, widowed
John C., 19, son;

!REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq. 1902. Pg 395 - 421;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co, SC Bethea # 15
Sarah BETHEA, 50 SC
John, 10;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Bethea # 1
Sarah A. BETHEA, 62, widowed
John C., 19, son;