William States BELSER^[1]

1806 - 1852  (46 years)

• Name	William States BELSER  [2]
  Birth	1806
  Gender	Male
  HIST	Aquired a plantation and moved to Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina.
  _UID	ACF68AF67475430AB3C2AA76426998DE0E24
  Death	Jun 1852  [3]
  Person ID	I4276	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2007

  
  

  Father	Jacob BELSER, Sr.,   b. 1781   d. 1833 or 16 Apr 1855 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Martha CLARK,   b. 1783   d. Abt 1855 (Age 72 years)
  _UID	45E6E3B9114C435C9F27A1BFC4E072767517
  _UID	45E6E3B9114C435C9F27A1BFC4E072767517
  Family ID	F1525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Jane MATTHEWS,   b. 1809   d. 22 Feb 1833, Bloomhill Graveyard in the Belser family plot (Age 24 years)
  _UID	E93BF4AA6852430CB9765E3438F49858A8ED
  _UID	E93BF4AA6852430CB9765E3438F49858A8ED
  Children	1. William Matthews BELSER,   b. Abt 1833   d. 9 May 1859 (Age 26 years)   2. Harriet C. Louisa BELSER,   b. 1831   d. 1852 (Age 21 years)   3. Hellen BELSER,   b. 1829   d. 1832 (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F1542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Caroline Matilda GORDON,   b. 1804, Charleston, South Carolina d. 14 Mar 1869 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1833
  _UID	6C2F1DFB6DF44E61A8CA0760AF6578365EC4
  _UID	6C2F1DFB6DF44E61A8CA0760AF6578365EC4
  Children	1. Floride BELSER,   b. 1834   d. 4 Apr 1892 (Age 58 years)   2. William Edward Gordon BELSER,   b. 1836   d. 1861 (Age 25 years)   3. Jacob Christian BELSER,   b. 1840   d. 18 Jan 1862 (Age 22 years)   4. Junius Lawrence BELSER   d. 1861   5. James Edwin BELSER,   b. 1843   d. 1861 (Age 18 years)   6. Arthur Wigfall BELSER,   b. Abt 1845   d. 3 Oct 1856 (Age 11 years)   7. Ritchie Hugh BELSER, Sr.,   b. 29 Feb 1848, probably Woodside Plantation, South Carolina d. 26 Dec 1896, Woodside Plantation or Summerton, South Carolina (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F1536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  According to Roll 253 William S. and Caroline M. Belser’s children were William M., G. Gordon, Flordia, Lawrence, Jacob C., James, THomas R., the last three were minors. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Hugh Charles Haynsworth, (Osteen Publishing Company, Sumter, SC). [S51] page 497. [S30] Roll 253.