Descendants of Samuel BETTS

Generation No. 1

1. SAMUEL¹ BETTS was born Abt. 1730 in Ireland?, and died 1809 in Hancock County, Georgia. He married BRIDGET in Ireland?. She died Aft. 1813.

Notes for SAMUEL BETTS:

Source: Mary E. Brantley, " Some Betts Family Records."

Samuel Betts, Sr. is first found in Maryland in 1776 when the resurvey was made which put this section of Maryland in the state of Delaware. He is listed in the revised tax digests which served as the census record for 1790 in Delaware. At that time Samuel was living in Broad Creek Hundred in Sussex County, Delaware. He moved to Georgia about 1795 or 1796.

Samuel Betts, Sr. married to Bridget______. In Georgia they resided in Hancock County, where Samuel died and was buried in 1809.

The children of Samuel and Bridget are those listed in his Will, dated 10 December 1804, It is recorded in the Minutes of Ordinary Court, 1799-1817, page 384, Hancock County, Georgia. He left all his estate to his wife Bridget during her widowhood. At her death everything was to be divided equally amongst his children. His beloved son, Abram, was nominated as sole executor of the Last Will and Testament. The Will was witnessed by Andres Hawkins, John S. Williams and Andrew Collins.

More About SAMUEL BETTS and BRIDGET:

Marriage: Ireland?

Children of SAMUEL BETTS and BRIDGET are:

2. i. JONATHON² BETTS, b. Delaware; d. June 05, 1856, Winder, Barrow Co., GA.

ii. JOHN BETTS.

iii. ELIZABETH BETTS.

3. iv. ABRAHAM BETTS.

v. MARY BETTS.

vi. SARAH BETTS.

4. vii. SAMUEL II BETTS, b. Bet. 1750 - 1755; d. Bet. 1812 - 1817, Hancock Co., GA.

Generation No. 2

2. JONATHON² BETTS (SAMUEL¹) was born in Delaware, and died June 05, 1856 in Winder, Barrow Co., GA. He married ELIZABETH FONDREN July 11, 1802. She was born November 01, 1785, and died March 13, 1856 in Winder, Barrow Co., GA.

More About JONATHON BETTS and ELIZABETH FONDREN:

Marriage: July 11, 1802

Children of JONATHON BETTS and ELIZABETH FONDREN are:

i. MARY³ BETTS, b. September 22, 1804.

5. ii. LOVICK BETTS, b. March 10, 1807, Georgia; d. October 17, 1880, Gwinnett Co., GA.

iii. REDDICK BETTS, b. May 13, 1809.

iv. ZAZA BYRD BETTS, b. November 07, 1811.

v. IRA ELLIS BETTS, b. August 14, 1814.

vi. JONATHAN MARRON BETTS, b. April 07, 1817.

6. vii. ELEANOR "NELLY" GARRISON BETTS, b. July 21, 1819.

viii. DORINDA J. BETTS, b. Aft. 1819.

3. ABRAHAM² BETTS (SAMUEL¹) He married SARAH. She was born Bet. 1750 - 1760.

Notes for ABRAHAM BETTS:

From Jasper County, GA Will Book #7, page 412.

Will of Abram Betts

Wife: Sarah Betts

Children: Sarah, Nancy, Peggy, James and Joseph.

Witnesses: Joseph Betts, Samuel and John Collins

Will dated January 25, 1825; Proved in Court September 4, 1826.

Page 427, November 11, 1826:

" >>> Legatees of the estate of Abraham Betts met and agreed on the sale of Negroes and the division of the proceeds. Signing were Sarah Betts, J. C. Gibson, J. C. Gibson for M. H. Evans as guardian, John Maddux, Joseph Betts, Littleton Thomason, Joseph and James as guardians for ..." (illegible)

More About ABRAHAM BETTS:

Research: Information for family of Abraham and Sarah Betts provided by Don and Linda Essary. Email: dessary@yucca.net. Linda Essary is a great granddaughter of James Hillery Betts.

Children of ABRAHAM BETTS and SARAH are:

i. NANCY³ BETTS, m. (1) JOHN DRISKELL, December 16, 1806, Hancock Co., GA; m. (2) LITTLETON THOMASON, June 27, 1821, Jasper Co., GA.

More About JOHN DRISKELL and NANCY BETTS:

Marriage: December 16, 1806, Hancock Co., GA

More About LITTLETON THOMASON and NANCY BETTS:

Marriage: June 27, 1821, Jasper Co., GA

ii. JANE BETTS, b. November 04, 1784; d. May 25, 1852; m. (1) THOMAS ASBERRY TURNER; m. (2) BENJAMIN EVANS.

More About JANE BETTS:

Burial: Center Star Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS

7. iii. SARAH BETTS, b. 1787; d. 1872.

iv. MARGARET KENNON BETTS, b. August 07, 1792; d. December 28, 1849, Jasper Co., GA; m. JOHN COURTNEY GIBSON, June 04, 1811, Jasper Co., GA.

More About JOHN GIBSON and MARGARET BETTS:

Marriage: June 04, 1811, Jasper Co., GA

8. v. JAMES BETTS, b. October 23, 1796, Hancock Co., GA; d. November 13, 1883, Pontotoc, Mississsippi.

vi. JOSEPH BETTS, b. June 09, 1799, Georgia; d. November 11, 1878, Pontotoc Co., MS; m. WINNEY JACKSON, October 14, 1819, Jasper Co., GA.

More About JOSEPH BETTS and WINNEY JACKSON:

Marriage: October 14, 1819, Jasper Co., GA

4. SAMUEL II² BETTS (SAMUEL¹) was born Bet. 1750 - 1755, and died Bet. 1812 - 1817 in Hancock Co., GA. He married ISABEL 'IBBY' JONES.

Notes for SAMUEL II BETTS:

Samuel Betts was found living in Maryland in 1776 along with his father and two brothers. In a short while this part of Maryland became part of Delaware. The family moved to Georgia in 1796. There are a number of deed records in Georgia showing the purchase and transfer of land from time to time. At one time Samuel owned 100 acres on Fulsome Creek adjacent to Thomas Trammell and Joel Moody.

Source of information for listed children: Bible of Jonathon Betts in possession of Lela and Claude Coker of Winder, Barrow Co., GA in 1940. Copied by Mrs. Boonie McCOY Dugat of Mission, Texas.

Notes for ISABEL 'IBBY' JONES:

Ibby Jones Betts was a sister to James Jones, who married Mary Whaley (1771-1847) according to information sent to Mary Brantley by Mrs. Virginia Wilson of Hialeah, Florida.

Children of SAMUEL BETTS and ISABEL JONES are:

9. i. NANCY³ BETTS, b. July 06, 1775; d. October 04, 1865, Conecuh Co., AL.

10. ii. JOSHUA BETTS, b. December 14, 1777, Delaware; d. Abt. 1856, Wilcox Co., AL.

11. iii. MARY 'POLLY' BETTS, b. July 06, 1780; d. April 14, 1857.

iv. RACHEL BETTS, b. December 27, 1782; d. July 13, 1823; m. REDMAN HUTCHENS, December 31, 1806, Jackson Co., GA.

More About REDMAN HUTCHENS and RACHEL BETTS:

Marriage: December 31, 1806, Jackson Co., GA

v. JONATHON BETTS, b. March 15, 1785; d. June 05, 1856.

vi. JANE 'JENEY' BETTS, b. February 11, 1788.

vii. SAMUEL III BETTS, b. April 15, 1790.

viii. ISABEL BETTS, b. March 15, 1792.

ix. ISAAC BETTS, b. August 16, 1794; d. April 03, 1863.

x. JACOB BETTS, b. April 15, 1797.

xi. SARA BETTS, b. December 06, 1799.

xii. ELIZABETH BETTS, b. April 29, 1802.

Generation No. 3

5. LOVICK³ BETTS (JONATHON², SAMUEL¹) was born March 10, 1807 in Georgia, and died October 17, 1880 in Gwinnett Co., GA. He married MARY CLACK Bef. 1830 in Gwinnett County, Georgia. She was born August 28, 1813 in Georgia, and died May 22, 1895 in Gwinnett Co., GA.

Notes for LOVICK BETTS:

Bettstown

Excerpts taken from The History of Auburn and Carl, by Myldred Flanigan Hutchins.

The Appalachee was a big river in the early 1800s, when land was easily obtained and roads were Indian trails or paths. Settlers knew it was necessary to be near water, and along Betts Creek, which runs into the Appalachee River, not far from Auburn and Carl was a community called Bettstown.

At least five families figure in the history of this settlement.

Traveling along Old Lawrenceville Road to where Betts Creek crosses, is near the area where a store and post office, two houses and a barn once stood, and about two hundred yards from the road was a mill. The store, two houses and barn disappeared in quicksand between 1881 and 1903. Mr. Jack Knight of Carl now owns this land.

Mr. Loy Etheridge of Winder tells of an experience that he had when he was seven or eight years old. This was about 1902 or 1903. He, Tom (his brother) and cousin Claude Etheridge went to Bettstown to 'look around.' The gable of one of the houses was still at ground level. He decided to crawl through the window in the gable and take a look. What he saw was the 'biggest snake I had ever seen! He got out of the old house as fast as he could.

Loy Etheridge knew his grandfather, Manley Etheridge, had worked at the mill before he went to the Civil War. Manley did not return from the war, but his wife continued to live on the farm and she raised her children there. Loy said that from his grandfather's place, he would have had to walk about a quarter mile through the woods to get to the mill. He remembers that the Maughon and Allgood families lived near his grandfather, and that they all farmed and exchanged work. He also remembers that Mr. Jesse Peppers of Auburn grew up in the Allgood family home.

When a settlement came into existence a store, a church, a school, and often a mill or gin would soon follow. The community churches were Old Corinth Methodist Church and Midway Methodist Church was not far distant. The Midway deeds date back to 1846, but Almon Chandler (whose name is almost synonymous with Midway Church) says he has always been told that the church was established in 1836. Mr. Chandler thinks that Old Corinth Church was destroyed by fire or storm and was never rebuilt.

There was a school which Mr. Manley Etheridge built across the road from his home. The building still stands and is now used as a corn crib or storage room. One of the teachers there was Judge Galuam T. Rakestraw (died in 1878), who was the brother of Mrs. Manley Etheridge.

The problem of quicksand that was to devour Bettstown probably occurred over a period of years before the seriousness of the matter became evident. Efforts would certainly have been made to add additional supports to the foundations of the houses, although that would not have lasted for long. Eventually the buildings would have to be abandoned. Since the store, post office, and adjacent buildings were the ones affected, the center of commerce moved away from the community. With Auburn and Carl beginning to grow, and the railroad soon to be built, there was little incentive to rebuild in the immediate area of Bettstown. The community around Betts Creek simply disappeared in the quicksand.

Families of Bettstown

The Nathan Clark family came to Bettstown in the 1830s. Sarah Brown Clark was the wife of Nathan Clark and their second child, named Margaret 'Peggy', and was born in 1833. The Clarks had fifteen children, some of whom are buried in the Clark family cemetery. Information about the Clark family is found, in part, from Mrs. Beula Melton of Dacula, and the R. A. Etheridge family Bible.

The John Brown family also lived in the area. John and his wife are buried at the Clark family cemetery. Her marker is missing, but his still stands and is barely readable. John Brown was born in 1807 and died in 1873.

It is quite likely that John Brown was the Uncle of Mrs. Nathan Clark, since both of her parents were born in Ireland as was John Brown. Nathan Clark's daughter, Peggy, first married William Kircus, who died during the Civil War. She then married John Wages. Peggy told her grandchildren that her grandparents, Matthew and Peggy McGowen Brown, were born in Ireland. It appears likely that the Brown family accompanied the Clark family to Bettstown.

Loy Etheridge says that five Etheridge brothers came from South Carolina and settled on both sides of the Appalachee River. They were James, who never married, moved to Arkansas and later was killed at Gettysburg;

Manley had six children;

William first married Caroline Willard and had one child. His second marriage was to Polly Hutchins;

Sampson married Nancy Bird Betts and had eleven children; Robert Jr. married Polly Bowen and had five children;

The father of these five brothers was Robert Etheridge of South Carolina. Robert Etheridge's brother, Shepherd Etheridge, was born in 1790, settled in the Ben Smith' s District. This area was part of Gwinnett County, but was lost to Barrow County in 1914. He was married three times and had fifteen children.

It is likely that the Etheridges lived in and around Bettstown. Also likely is that William Kircus, who married Nathan Clark's daughter Peggy, lived in Bettstown, since he, his father and brothers were millwrights by trade and would have been needed at the mill.

Lovick 0. Betts was born in 1807. As the 1870 Census shows, he was a farmer with some 1,000 acres of land and personal property valued at $ 550. The 1880 Census showed him operating a grist mill and living in his house were his wife and two sons, Henry T., age 32, and Maty J., age 30. Lovick Betts also had a store and post office.

Mrs. Sabra Farr Etheridge's (Leonard) father was named for Lovick Betts, who was his great-uncle, and they also lived in Bettstown.

It is interesting that the work History of Auburn and Carl revealed so little about the Betts family, especially since Bettstown was named for them.

Other known descendents of the Betts family are Monroe Wise, who operates a funeral home in Winder, and James Tuggle of Dacula. The great grandmothers of both these men were daughters of Lovick Betts. Also, the marriage of Elizabeth C. Betts to James Young Stanley includes the Stanley family of Dacula as descendants.

In the City of Winder, Georgia, there is a Betts family

cemetery located at the former site of the Concord Methodist Church that states:

"Concord Methodist Cemetery

In 1836 Byrd Betts (known to be the son of Lovick Betts) Pioneer Steward of the Concord Methodist Church, later to become the First Methodist Church of Winder, gave ten acres of land for the church and cemetery."

Those known to be buried here:

Susan, wife of S. E. Beddingfield, 1829-1851

J. B. Betts, 1847-1886

0. G. Betts, 1844-1884 - CSA

Margaret Betts, died 1872

Lelia and Wade Bush

Malinda F. Coker, 1859-1871

T. C. Hardegree, 1825-1885 - CSA

A. S. Crossley, 1881-1885

C. W. Crossley, 1883-1885

Samuel Harrison, 1809-1886

Peter Kilgore, 1828-1860

William Saunders Kilgore, 1856-1860

John A. Smith, 1861-1887

Dorinda T. Wills, 1824-1885

Maruon C. Wills, 1884-18_

Randolph Wills, 1808-1868 - CSA

Located on the same property, but directly in front of the Monroe Wise funeral home, is another historical marker stating, "The most historical site in Winder", which also lists the name of Byrd Betts as being instrumental in establishing a school at the site.

Searching the Georgia Census records for the name Betts revealed:

During 1820 and 1830, Betts were found in Columbia, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, and Walton counties.

Ira E. Betts Jackson County 1840 & 1850

Jonathon Betts Jackson County 1840 & 1850

Jonathon Betts Walton County 1850

Lovick Betts Jackson County 1840 Gwinnett County 1850

Rev. Redick Betts Walton County 1840 Gwinnett County 1850

Zedick K. Betts Gwinnett County 1840 Jackson County 1850

That the Betts family appeared in the Auburn area at a very early date, and then seemed to disappear within some eighty years is an interesting case. It is usual to find evidence of older Georgia families, such as land that remains in the family or remnants of their achievements. This was not the case for the Lovick Betts family. His last will and testament offers an explanation:

Know all men by these presence that Lovick Betts of the County of Gwinnett and the State of Georgia being of common health, and of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former will be me at any time heretofore made.

And as to my worldly estate, and all property real, personal, or mixed, of which I shall die seized and possessed or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, I devise, bequeath and dispose thereof in the manner following to wit:

First my will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall, by my executors hereinafter named, be paid out of my estate as soon after decease as shall by them be found convenient. I then give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Polly Betts, all the property, both real and personal of which I shall die seized and possessed to have and to hold the same to her, for and during the term of her natural life, after giving my son George W. Betts one hundred dollars and my daughter Susan F. Betts one cow and calf, one bed sted and bed and bedding, one table and four chairs or its equivalent to hold the same to her use and benefit forever.

And it is further my will that as soon as convenient after the decease of my beloved wife, Polly Betts, that all my estate both real and personal, as mixed, of which she shall die seized and possessed, by my executors hereinafter named be sold and the same thereof be equally divided between and among my twelve children, to wit: Forrinda H. Davis, Elizabeth C. Stanley, Martha T. Skelton, Nancy B. Etheridge, Mary C. Farr, George W. Betts, Cynthia A. Rice, Henry T. Betts, William P. Betts, Amanda A. Thomas, Laura R. Moore, and Susan F. Betts.

And lastly I do nominate and appoint William P. Betts and Alfred A. Thomas to be the executors of this my last will and testament.

And it is further my will that William P. Betts and Alfred A. Thomas sell all my estate without letters of administrationship and it is my heart's desire and prayer that you do all in peace.

In testimony whereof, I Lovick Betts have to this my last will and testament subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 16 July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-five.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Lovick Betts,

as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto

Robert P. Martin

W. W. Parks

Lovick Betts

W. P. Cosby, J. P.

Attached are affidavits sworn to by the above witnesses declaring that they were, in fact, witnesses to the Will, and that Lovick Betts did execute that Will voluntarily The attached documents were signed before Cyrus A. Allen, Ordinary, at the time of Lovick Betts' death, November 2nd, 1880.

More About LOVICK BETTS and MARY CLACK:

Marriage: Bef. 1830, Gwinnett County, Georgia

Children of LOVICK BETTS and MARY CLACK are:

i. DORINDA⁴ BETTS, b. 1830, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. JOHN K. DAVIS, 1849, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. 1825, Georgia.

More About JOHN DAVIS and DORINDA BETTS:

Marriage: 1849, Gwinnett County, Georgia

ii. ELIZABETH CAROLINE BETTS, b. July 23, 1832, Gwinnett County, Georgia; d. January 26, 1912, Gwinnett County, Georgia; m. JAMES YOUNG STANLEY, 1847, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. November 1823, Gwinnett County, Georgia; d. 1913, Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Notes for JAMES YOUNG STANLEY:

James Young Stanley was born in November 1823 at the home of his father, James Stanley. He lived his entire life in Dacula, Georgia, and died in 1913. He is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Dacula. His date of birth is verified in the listing of 34th Senatorial District Georgia Militia, Enrollment of Present Militia Company, District #407, (Town District) Gwinnett County, Georgia, as required by the Act of December 14, 1863. It lists James Y. Stanley, Farmer, age 40 years 1 month. ( The Heritage, published by the Gwinnett Historical Society, March 1999)

The story is that one day he drove a horse and buggy through Bettstown, near Carl, and saw a beautiful girl milking a cow. He declared then that he wanted that girl for his wife. In 184 6 James Y. Stanley married Elizabeth Caroline Betts, who was then fourteen years old. Caroline was the daughter of Lovick (1807-1880) and Mary (1813-1895) Betts. It is now known that Mary Betts was formerly a Clack. Their burial place at Midway Methodist Church outside Auburn, Georgia.

The story of Bettstown and the Betts family follows this chapter

It is known that he (James Y. Stanley) built a house near his father on now Stanley Road, just west of Dacula, GA. where he raised his family of seven girls and two boys.

The home was built on a forty-acre tract his father bought from John Conine in 1856. Those forty acres was situated on the eastern side of land lot 270 in the Fifth District. The property remained in the family until the death of his daughter, Betty, in 1951. The rest of his land holdings were sold and the proceeds divided among his heirs. Sometime about 1952 the house was destroyed by fire. The records of 1913 indicate that daughters Mary and Betty were the last of the family in possession of the home place.

At his father's death James Y. Stanley came into possession of one hundred acres which was left in life estate to his mother, Elizabeth. The forty-acre tract where his house stood was part of that one hundred acres in land lot 270.

Land deeds at the Gwinnett County courthouse showed that in 1876 the year Elizabeth died - James Y. Stanley became the rightful owner of that property. Also in that year he purchased one and one-half acres from Russell Whaley in land lot 269 to the south of his own property. Then he purchased one hundred fifty acres from John Loveless in land lot 243. Lot 243 borders on the West Side of Lot 270. A 128 acres tract known as the Hogan Place divided his property.

The first record of ownership of the Hogan Place was an 1850 record wherein John Richardson sold it to Alfred Baggett. The next record shows Wiley Hogan borrowing against it from the Georgia Loan and Trust Bank in 1887. Dr. Sam Freeman bought that tract from Wiley Hogan in 1892. Then in 1895 Robert Stanley purchased it. This transaction brought all of Land Lot 270 and one-half of Land Lot 243 into the Stanley family.

James Y. Stanley did leave a Last Will naming Bona Allen as his executor. But in 1913 his heirs joined and agreed that

1. Mary and Betty should retain their ownership of the house, farm tools, all wagons, buggies which was

deeded to them during their father's life. Ownership would pass to the surviving sister, which was Betty.

2. Bona Allen, as agent, should convert all other assets of the estate into cash and divide the proceeds among the children.

Records at the Georgia State Archive:

The State of Georgia raised a Militia in each county, also called the Home Guards. The 1863 Gwinnett Militia Rolls, District 407 - which was the Town District - lists James Y. Stanley.

1860 Georgia Census: James Y. Stanley of Gwinnett County:

James Y. 34

Caroline

Louisa 12

Early 10

Alice 7

Georgia 5

Robert 2

Four of his children were not yet born.

In this 1860 Census, James Y. reported land holdings of $1,000

The Pleasant Hill Methodist Church was located on James Waiter's property, behind what later became the Robert Stanley home place. That cemetery is final resting-place for much of the family beginning with James Young Stanley and his wife Caroline Betts. In 1857, James Waiter initiated the original deed for that tract of land as follows:

Georgia Gwinnett County

This indenture made this ___day of November in the year of our lord Eighteen hundred and fifty-seven

James Waiters of the one part and Samuel A. Edmunds, Harrison Freeman, Washington Allen, John L. Hinton trustees and their successors in officers for use of the Methodist Episcopal Church Pleasant Hill, a certain tract or parcel of land commencing at the Long Branch where the road crosses said branch going to Lawrenceville it being part of Lot number 271 in the Fifth District of said county going west to a hickory corner thence south to a chestnut corner thence east to a redoake corner near the branch - thence up the branch to the beginning corner containing five acres more or less so long as the church remains at the same place and if the church should dissolve then the said primes to the said James Waiters or his heirs it being a deed gift from the said James Waiters to the said church the Receipt is hereby acknowledged, Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in present of the Day date above written

James Waiters W. B. Waiters

Elias Green

More About JAMES YOUNG STANLEY:

Burial: Pleasant Hill Centery in Dacula, GA

More About JAMES STANLEY and ELIZABETH BETTS:

Marriage: 1847, Gwinnett County, Georgia

iii. MARTHA J. BETTS, b. 1834, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. Aft. October 12, 1899, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. W. J. D. SKELTON, 1854, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. Abt. 1828.

More About W. SKELTON and MARTHA BETTS:

Marriage: 1854, Gwinnett County, Georgia

iv. NANCY BYRD BETTS, b. January 22, 1836, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. February 27, 1901, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. SAMPSON ETHERIDGE, 1853, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. 1827, South Carolina; d. 1901, Gwinnett Co., GA.

More About SAMPSON ETHERIDGE and NANCY BETTS:

Marriage: 1853, Gwinnett County, Georgia

v. MARY C. BETTS, b. 1839, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. October 14, 1913, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. JAMES J. FARR, 1866, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. September 15, 1843, Georgia; d. September 29, 1927, Gwinnett Co., GA.

More About JAMES FARR and MARY BETTS:

Marriage: 1866, Gwinnett County, Georgia

vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON BETTS, b. January 22, 1840, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. September 1899, Gonzales, Texas; m. EMMA J. DARST, 1871, Texas; b. 1848, Texas.

More About GEORGE BETTS and EMMA DARST:

Marriage: 1871, Texas

vii. IRA BETTS, b. 1842; d. 1865.

viii. CYNTHIA ANN BETTS, b. July 26, 1842, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. September 23, 1926, Coweta, Co., GA; m. JOHN T. RICE, February 23, 1866, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. November 24, 1842, Georgia; d. April 23, 1926, Coweta, Co., GA.

More About JOHN RICE and CYNTHIA BETTS:

Marriage: February 23, 1866, Gwinnett County, Georgia

ix. HENRY T. BETTS, b. 1847, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. Aft. 1900; m. MARY J. HILL, 1880, Gwinnett County, Georgia.

More About HENRY BETTS and MARY HILL:

Marriage: 1880, Gwinnett County, Georgia

x. WILLIAM PARKS BETTS, b. May 10, 1850, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. April 13, 1911, Clarke Co., GA; m. THIRZA ELIZABETH THOMAS, October 1869, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. September 03, 1852, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. October 04, 1910, Clarke Co., GA.

More About WILLIAM BETTS and THIRZA THOMAS:

Marriage: October 1869, Gwinnett County, Georgia

xi. AMANDA ANGELINE BETTS, b. December 1852, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. January 1944, Tahoka, Texas; m. ALFRED NEWTON THOMAS, December 12, 1868, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. October 13, 1847, Gwinnett Co., GA; d. December 08, 1926, Ennis, Texas.

More About ALFRED THOMAS and AMANDA BETTS:

Marriage: December 12, 1868, Gwinnett County, Georgia

xii. LAURA BETTS, b. February 12, 1856, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. THOMAS JEFFERSON MOORE, 1875, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. Gwinnett Co., GA.

More About THOMAS MOORE and LAURA BETTS:

Marriage: 1875, Gwinnett County, Georgia

xiii. SUSAN FRANCES BETTS, b. June 03, 1860, Gwinnett Co., GA; m. WILLIAM T. BLAKEY, April 20, 1879, Gwinnett County, Georgia; b. 1858, Gwinnett Co., GA.

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Marriage: April 20, 1879, Gwinnett County, Georgia

6. ELEANOR "NELLY" GARRISON³ BETTS (JONATHON², SAMUEL¹) was born July 21, 1819. She married LEVI MARTIN January 1841 in Jackson Co., GA.

More About ELEANOR "NELLY" GARRISON BETTS:

Burial: Lebanon Cemetery in Jackson Co., GA

More About LEVI MARTIN:

Burial: Lebanon Cemetery in Jackson Co., GA

More About LEVI MARTIN and ELEANOR BETTS:

Marriage: January 1841, Jackson Co., GA

Child of ELEANOR BETTS and LEVI MARTIN is:

i. JONATHAN⁴ MARTIN.

7. SARAH³ BETTS (ABRAHAM², SAMUEL¹) was born 1787, and died 1872. She married JOHN MADDUX.

Children of SARAH BETTS and JOHN MADDUX are:

i. EMORY⁴ MADDUX.

ii. DR. WILLIAM D. MADDUX.

iii. SIMEON MADDUX.

iv. COMFORT MADDUX.

v. SARAH J. MADDUX.

vi. AMELIA ANNIE MADDUX.

vii. NANCY MADDUX.

viii. WILEY MADDUX.

ix. JOHN D. MADDUX.

x. ABRAHAM BETTS MADDUX.

xi. JAMES L. MADDUX, b. Abt. 1813, Hancock Co., GA; d. May 25, 1853, Georgia; m. LUCY ANN BROADDUS, November 26, 1839, Jasper Co., GA.

More About JAMES L. MADDUX:

Residence: 1895, Flovilla, Georgia

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Marriage: November 26, 1839, Jasper Co., GA

8. JAMES³ BETTS (ABRAHAM², SAMUEL¹) was born October 23, 1796 in Hancock Co., GA, and died November 13, 1883 in Pontotoc, Mississsippi. He married (1) NANCY JACKSON January 23, 1816 in Jasper Co., GA. He married (2) NANCY E. HEARSTON May 24, 1855 in Pontotoc, MS.

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Burial: Betts Cemetery in Pontotoc, MS

Property: James Betts owned property in Itawamba (became Lee Co in 1866), Pontotoc and Chickasaw counties in Mississippi.

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Marriage: January 23, 1816, Jasper Co., GA

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Marriage: May 24, 1855, Pontotoc, MS

Children of JAMES BETTS and NANCY JACKSON are:

i. PROB. MALE⁴ BETTS, b. Bet. 1816 - 1820, Deduced from Jasper Co., GA Census.

ii. LOUISA BETTS, b. October 19, 1819, Jasper Co., GA; d. February 27, 1854, Itawamba Co., MS; m. BLUFORD PRICE.

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Burial: Clayton-Price Cemetery

iii. CAROLINE W. BETTS, b. April 17, 1822; d. August 03, 1847, Itawamba Co., MS; m. JAMES CALVIN GILSTRAP, November 15, 1839, Jasper Co., GA.

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Burial: Center Star Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS

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Marriage: November 15, 1839, Jasper Co., GA

iv. MARGARET JANE BETTS, b. September 24, 1827; d. July 11, 1913, Pontotoc Co., MS; m. WILLIAM DANIEL CUMMINGS, September 26, 1844, Itawamba Co., MS.

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Burial: Old Harmony Cemetery

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Marriage: September 26, 1844, Itawamba Co., MS

v. PURLINA E. BETTS, b. November 15, 1828, Georgia; d. December 10, 1911, Pontotoc Co., MS; m. (1) JAMES DUNLAP; m. (2) W. C. MARTIN.

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Burial: Betts Cemetery

vi. JAMES HILLERY BETTS, b. September 05, 1830, Georgia; d. February 02, 1863, Cattanooga, Hamilton CO., TN; m. MARGARET LEANORA LOCKARD, September 06, 1855, Pontotoc Co., MS.

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Burial: Betts Cemetery, Pontotoc Co., MS

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Marriage: September 06, 1855, Pontotoc Co., MS

vii. STEPHEN WYLIE BETTS, b. January 28, 1832, Jasper Co., GA; d. June 01, 1889, Pontotoc Co., MS; m. AMANDA HUBBARD.

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Burial: Betts Cemetery

viii. FRANCIS MARION 'TOBE' BETTS, b. Abt. 1834, Georgia; d. Abt. 1919, Pontotoc Co., MS; m. (1) MARY E. HAMILTON; m. (2) MELISSA ROBINSON.

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Burial: Betts Cemetery in unmarked grave

9. NANCY³ BETTS (SAMUEL II², SAMUEL¹) was born July 06, 1775, and died October 04, 1865 in Conecuh Co., AL. She married JAMES GRACE.

Notes for JAMES GRACE:

Source: Bible of Joshua Grace, son of Nancy and James Grace, in possession of the Chestnuts of Wilcox Co., AL and Baton Rouge, LA.

According to the Territorial Census record of Monroe Co. in 1816, there were eleven children in the household of James Grace.

The Grace-Salter connections have been researched by J. Vernon Brantley (deceased) and all records may be found in the Special Collections department of the Samford University Library, Birmingham. AL.

Children of NANCY BETTS and JAMES GRACE are:

i. ELIZABETH⁴ GRACE, m. JONATHAN WRIGHT.

ii. MARTHA GRACE, m. WILLIAM STUCKEY.

iii. THOMAS GRACE.

iv. LAURA GRACE, m. REV. JOSHUA CALLOWAY.

v. SAMUEL GRACE, b. 1795, Georgia; d. August 04, 1882, Alabama.

vi. JOSHUA BETTS GRACE, b. May 09, 1802, Georgia; d. July 12, 1875, Alabama.

vii. AGRIPPA A. GRACE, b. Abt. 1818; m. ELIZABETH DAVISON, December 23, 1841; b. May 31, 1822; d. March 16, 1910.

Notes for AGRIPPA A. GRACE:

Marie Palmer [qrm@pacbell.net].

marriage to Elizabeth Davison as his death date. I

don't have his death but Elizabeth Davison b. 31 May 1822 d. 16 March

1910. Agrippa still living in 1880.

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Marriage: December 23, 1841

10. JOSHUA³ BETTS (SAMUEL II², SAMUEL¹) was born December 14, 1777 in Delaware, and died Abt. 1856 in Wilcox Co., AL. He married (1) UNKNOWN. He married (2) JEMIMA ' JENCY'. She was born 1792.

Notes for JOSHUA BETTS:

Source: 1850 Census of Wilcox Co., AL.; Will of Joshua Betts, Probate Office in Camden AL

According to the Sussex Co., Delaware Census, Cannon and Wingate were surnames of neighbors of the Betts family.

Notes for JEMIMA ' JENCY':

At time of marriage she brought along her furniture and made a load to her husband which was repaid at the time of his death. See Will in Probate Office in Camden, AL.

Children of JOSHUA BETTS and JEMIMA JENCY' are:

i. NANCY⁴ BETTS, d. Bef. 1854; m. MR. PARHAM.

ii. CANNON BETTS, m. ELIZA SALTER, January 19, 1835, Monroe Co., AL.

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Marriage: January 19, 1835, Monroe Co., AL

iii. ISAAC H. BETTS, m. AMANDA ANDERSON, December 16, 1840, Monroe Co., AL.

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Marriage: December 16, 1840, Monroe Co., AL

iv. POLLY BETTS, m. MR. LAMKINS.

v. JOSHUA SAUL BETTS.

vi. WINGATE BETTS.

Notes for WINGATE BETTS:

His name is possible George Wingate Betts. A George Betts was a bondsman for a marriage license.

vii. MARTHA ANN BETTS, b. 1812, Georgia; m. ROBERT L. BOGGAN.

viii. THOMAS J. BETTS, b. 1812; m. FRANCES CLARISSA MCDANIELS, 1832, Wilcox Co., AL.

Notes for THOMAS J. BETTS:

Family moved to Texas where Thomas died of consumption in 1849.

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Marriage: 1832, Wilcox Co., AL

11. MARY 'POLLY'³ BETTS (SAMUEL II², SAMUEL¹) was born July 06, 1780, and died April 14, 1857. She married THOMAS PALMER JONES. He was born July 04, 1773 in Delaware, and died January 02, 1852 in Alabama.

Notes for THOMAS PALMER JONES:

Thomas and Mary are buried at the John Green Cemetery located about a mile east of Burnt Corn.

Child of MARY BETTS and THOMAS JONES is:

i. NANCY BETTS⁴ JONES, b. March 18, 1800, Delaware; d. December 27, 1881, Alabama; m. JOHN GREEN; b. March 08, 1790, South Carolina; d. July 07, 1882, Alabama.

Notes for JOHN GREEN:

A complete history of the Green family compiled by Mrs. Lauretta Russell may be found in the State Archive in Montgomery, AL.