Reverend Samuel Joseph “Squire Sam” BETHEA, Sr.

1808 - 1877  (69 years)

• Name	Samuel Joseph “Squire Sam” BETHEA  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Reverend
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	22 Oct 1808	South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	a Methodist minister (for more than fourty years) and trial justice  [5, 6]
  _UID	5B95B1035A5A4473B04F8B6941042A81F2E6
  Death	24 Oct 1877  [2, 3]
  Person ID	I22444	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	James BETHEA, Sr.,   b. 25 Jun 1774, Marion (now Dillon) County, South Carolina d. 8 May 1834, South Carolina (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Margaret COCHRAN,   b. 10 Sep 1782, Marlboro County, South Carolina d. 26 Jan 1849, South Carolina (Age 66 years)
  _UID	D8CDAFBE37324ADEACA400100921634CDCEC
  _UID	D8CDAFBE37324ADEACA400100921634CDCEC
  Family ID	F15713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary ROGERS,   b. 28 Dec 1808   d. 16 Oct 1852 (Age 43 years)
  _UID	BED66B9A060C4AFE8A54151EE59043702C9E
  _UID	BED66B9A060C4AFE8A54151EE59043702C9E
  Children	1. Dr. Andrew Jackson BETHEA, Sr.,   b. 8 May 1837   d. 29 Jul 1881 (Age 44 years)   2. David N. BETHEA,   b. 19 Mar 1845   d. 12 Feb 1901 (Age 55 years)   3. James BETHEA   4. Sarah BETHEA   5. Margaret BETHEA   d. Bef 1901   6. Harriet BETHEA,   b. Abt 1840   7. Flora J. BETHEA   d. Bef 1901   8. Louisa BETHEA   d. Bef 1901   9. Lucinda BETHEA   10. Charlotte BETHEA   11. Cattie BETHEA
  Family ID	F15826	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth BASS
  _UID	30026DC7D6384F208DD01A5AABE7551CB772
  _UID	30026DC7D6384F208DD01A5AABE7551CB772
  Children	1. Samuel Joseph BETHEA, Jr.
  Family ID	F110317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S415] Philip Y. Bethea and Power W. Bethea, (The State Company Columbia, SC 1926), Page 7. [S5643] . [S172] W. W. Sellers, (Southern Historical Press, Inc. P.O. Box 1267 375 West Broad Street Greenville, S. C. 29602-1267), page 399. [S22833] . [S3685] Herbert Ravenel Sass, page 874. [S172] W. W. Sellers, (Southern Historical Press, Inc. P.O. Box 1267 375 West Broad Street Greenville, S. C. 29602-1267), page 399, 400.