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John Bettis, Sr

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bertie Precinct, North Carolina, Colonial America
Death: before April 28, 1784
Ninety Six District, SC, United States
Place of Burial: Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Francis Bettis, Sr. and Mary Bettis
Husband of Mary Bettis
Father of Stephen Bettis, Sr.; Jane Jenny Lott; Mary Kirkland; Sarah Swearingen; Matthew S. Bettis and 4 others
Brother of Judith Bettes Avera; Mary Avera; Elisha Bettis; Francis Bettis, Jr. and Janet Bettis

DAR: Ancestor #: A009766
Managed by: Martin Severin Eriksen
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About John Bettis, Sr

A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA (SOLDIER). DAR Ancestor #: A009766

John BETTIS was born about 1738 in Edgecombe Co., NC. He died d. pre. 1784 in Edgefield Co., S.C.. He was buried in Old Horne Creek Baptist Churchyard. A United States War Department marker is in Bettis Square in Ebenezer Cemetery in Trenton, South Carolina. John served in the South Carolina Brigade, Revolutionary Army. There is a United States War Department Revolutionary marker erected to his service record in Bettis Square in Ebenezer Cemetery in Trenton, S.C.

http://barbqr.tripod.com/d650.htm#P83

He was married to Mary WILSON (daughter of John WILSON and Mary RUSSELL) in 1760. Mary WILSON was born about 1740 in Cumberland Co., N.C.. She died in 1827 in Amite Co., Miss.. She was buried in 1827 in Old Zion Hill Baptist Churchyard. John BETTIS and Mary WILSON had the following children:

child+20 i. Stephen BETTIS Sr..
child+21 ii. Jane BETTIS.
child+22 iii. John BETTIS Jr..
child+23 iv. Matthew BETTIS.
child+24 v. Mary BETTIS.
child+25 vi. Francis BETTIS.
child+26 vii. Sarah BETTIS.
child+27 viii. Margaret (Peggy) BETTIS.

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John Bettis, Sr's Timeline

1738
1738
Bertie Precinct, North Carolina, Colonial America
1761
1761
Edgefield Co., South Carolina, United States
1762
1762
Cumberland Co., North Carolina, United States
1765
September 22, 1765
North Carolina, United States
1768
1768
Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
1771
August 22, 1771
Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
1771
Cumberland, North Carolina, United States
1775
March 3, 1775
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
1775
Tennessee, United States