Elizabeth
(Betsy)
Linebarger
formerly Bess aka Best
Born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jacob L. Best
and Catherine (Rudisill) Best
Wife of
John (Linebarger) Lineberger
— married
11 Aug 1809 in Lincoln, North Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Died
at about age 70
in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Elizabeth "Betsy" Best was born about 1790 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.[1]
11 August 1817, John Linebarger executed a Lincoln County marriage bond naming his intended bride as Betsy Best. His bondsman was John Rhyne. The bond was issued and witnessed by Clerk of County Court Danl M Forney.[2]
Gaston County, North Carolina was created 1846 from Lincoln County."[3]
1850 U.S. Census, Gaston County, North Carolina, p. 427, dwelling/family 545[4]
John Lineberger Age 62 [born circa 1788]
Elizabeth Lineberger Age 60 [born circa 1790]
Alfred Lineberger Age 38
John Lineberger Age 18
Federck Lineberger Age 85
Caleb Lineberger Age 32
Lucinda Lineberger Age 8
John M Lineberger age 5
1860 U.S. Census, Gaston County, North Carolina, p. 124 (penned), dwelling 957, family 877, Elizabeth Linebarger age 65 [sic] is enumerated in household of J. Laban Linebarger; digital image, Ancestry; citing NARA microfilm publication M653.
Elizabeth (Best) Linebarger passed away during 1860 at age 70. She is buried at the John Linebarger Cemetery (a.k.a. Lutheran Chapel Cemetery) in Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA.[5]
Research Notes
- This profile has not yet been checked with Jerry's Notes and is included in Category: Cox-5399 jcoxffGED until it has been checked.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44573772 memorial page for Elizabeth Bess Lineberger (1790–1860) with tombstone image; citing Lutheran Chapel Cemetery (a.k.a. John Linebarger Cemetery), present-day Gaston County, North Carolina, USA; maintained by Mike Huffstetler (contributor 47163991).
- ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979," digital images, FamilySearch accessed 4 November 2017, John Linebarger and Betsy Best (11 Aug 1809); FHL microfilm 4,364,817, image 629; citing Lincoln County marriage bonds, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
- ↑ David Leroy Corbitt, The formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943 (Raleigh: North Carolina. State Archives, 1975), pp. 103-105.
- ↑ 1850 U.S. Census, Gaston County, North Carolina digital image, Ancestry; citing FamilySearch accessed 23 December 2020; citing National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm publication M432, roll 630.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44573772 memorial page for Elizabeth Bess Lineberger (1790–1860) with tombstone image; citing Lutheran Chapel Cemetery, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA; memorial page maintained by Mike Huffstetler (contributor 47163991).
- Helbron, J. William "Bill"; Helbron Genealogy Homepage including the Helbron, Heil, Smrekar/Smreker, Beske, Best, Jones, Herndon, Riley and Selected Related Families Generation 3: daughter of 26. Jacob (1774-1825): 115 Elizabeth (1790-unknown) (last updated 9 October 2018; last accessed 2 November 2018).
Acknowledgments
- Bess-73 was created by Jerry Cox through the import of jcoxff.ged on Oct 15, 2013. NOTE: Imported GEDCOM includes Jerry's notes containing parts of his years of family history research.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betsy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Betsy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betsy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Betsy:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
S Galliher 
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Robert Owens :
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~0.78%
David Sloat :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T721545 [compare], FTDNA kit #483404
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~0.78%
Charlie Witherspoon :
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~0.78%
Hershel Parker :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M006194 [compare], Ancestry member 11costner
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Barry Smith :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Archie Anderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T819710 [compare], FTDNA kit #352451
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~0.39%
Shannon (Hulsey) Sansom :
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11 August 1809, Lincoln County, North Carolina, marriage bond, John Linebarger-Betsy Best. Bondsman: John Rhyne. Bond witnessed by Danl M. Forney, J.P. Curtis Bynum, Marriage Bonds of Tryon and Lincoln Counties, North Carolina [1769-1867] (1929; reprints, Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1982, 1991), 70.