William
"Sweat Swamp Will"
Bethea
Born in Nansemond County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of John Bethea
and Sarah (Darby) Bishop
Brother of
John Bethea [half], Mary (Bethea) Stackhouse, Deborah Lydia (Bethea) Lowry, John Bethea and Anna (Bethea) Rogers
Husband of
Sarah (Goodman) Bethea
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 59
in Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Aug 2011
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Biography
William was born in c1725. William Bethea ... [1]
William Bethea was the son of "Virginia" John Bethea2 and settled on Sweat Swamp and owned 1500 acres. He had a brother, "Buckswamp" John Bethea, and at least 2 sisters, Anna Bethea (Rogers)3 and Mary Bethea (Rogers). William Bethea married Sara Goodman and had four sons and two daughters.,
- "Devil" John Bethea, b.1752 married Mary Henagan
- Goodman Bethea , b. 10-1759 S.C. m- Mary Council
- Philip Bethea, b.1761, d.1814, Col in Revolution, m. Anna Bethea, born c 1766, dau of Jesse born 1736 , i.e. second cousin to Philip
- Jesse Bethea, b. 8-27-1763 m. Celia Harrelson
- Martha Bethea b. ca 1765 & d. aft. 1807, she mar. Othneil Trawick[2]
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about William Bethea
- Name: William Bethea
- SAR Membership: 90010
- Birth Date: 1726
- Birth Place: Chowan, North Carolina
- Death Date: 25 Jan 1785
- Death Place: Dillon, South Carolina
- Father:
- Spouse: Sarah Goodman
- Children: John Bethea
Military Service: BETHEA, WILLIAM Ancestor #: A009740 Notice: Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 11- -1725 NANSEMOND CO VIRGINIA Deat. 1776
File Format: jpg. USFlag_13Stars1776 Format: jpg. John Bethea.
Sources
- Sellers, W. W. 1818-1902. The Bethea Family of Marion County, South Carolina, From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901. archive.org.stream Added 09 June 2017, amb
- William Bethea, 3rd Generation Broken link
- ↑ Entered by Chérie Woodlief, Aug 20, 2011
- ↑
- Charity Bethea, b Dec 1772, married unknown-first-name Lee , died MS near Columbus
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Charles Keys
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M081952 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bob Askins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A017849 [compare], Ancestry member rfaskins
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Karen (Ramsey) Fontenot :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Wayne Baggett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wbaggett175
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~0.39%
Dub Darville :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dub_darville
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Aaron Bethea
William would have been around 50 when he took up arms fighting in the Revolutionary War with his Sons John and Goodman of the South Carolina Troops by his side. They may have crossed paths and fought with the infamous Francis Marion “The Swamp Fox”fighting Guerrilla warfare tactics through the swamps of SC. A prominent figure Mel Gibson’s film The Patriot would take after.
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by Aaron Bethea
Aaron Bethea
According to family story passed through Dr. Alfred Bethea, “Sweatswamp” was tortured by a gang after he fought in the revolutionary war. They poured hot tar on him and burnt him with irons. His son “Devil” John would find 1 of those responsible which is how he earned his nickname. Story goes he didn’t have a rope long enough to hang the guy so he broke the man’s legs to make due.
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Paula (Cullen) Staunton
Bethea-81 and Bethea-18 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife and death date
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by Paula (Cullen) Staunton
William is 18 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 21 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 20 degrees from Maggie Beer, 44 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 27 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 24 degrees from Michael Chow, 20 degrees from Ree Drummond, 24 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 22 degrees from Matty Matheson, 23 degrees from Martha Stewart, 30 degrees from Danny Trejo and 27 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.