Colonel James R Bethea

1810 - 1878  (68 years)

• Name	James R Bethea
  Prefix	Colonel
  Birth	1809/1810	Marion Dist, SC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	38BE888DD2DAD4118AC44445535400001A37
  Death	23 Sep 1878	Marion Co, SC
  Person ID	I1622	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	Phillip Bethea,   b. 1780/1781, Georgetown Dist, SC d. 1865, Marion Dist, SC (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Rachel Cockrane
  Marriage	1801	Marion Dist, SC
  Family ID	F1288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Catherine McLeod,   b. 1826/1827, Marion Dist, SC d. 21 May 1883, Marion Co, SC (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1846	Marion Dist, SC
  Children	1. Catherine R"Kate" Bethea,   b. 28 Apr 1840, Marion Dist, SC d. 11 Sep 1894, Marion Co, SC (Age 54 years)   2. Phillip Yancey Bethea,   b. Marion Dist, SC   3. James Daniel Bethea,   b. 1846/1847, Marion Dist, SC d. Aft 1880, Marion Co, SC (Age > 34 years)   4. Elisha J Bethea,   b. Marion Dist, SC   5. David McLeod Bethea,   b. Marion Dist, SC   6. Robert L Bethea,   b. Marion Dist, SC   7. Clara Ella Bethea,   b. Marion Dist, SC   8. Isabella M Bethea,   b. Marion Dist, SC
  Family ID	F1287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !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 ... Gibson G. Crawford married a daughter of the late Colonel James R. Bethea ; !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" by W.W. Sellers, Esq. 1902. Pg 142 - 147; REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq. 1902. Pg 395 - 421; !PROBATE:Marion Co, SC Roll # 1262 Vol II page 196;