Family tradition says Bettie was born on the Cherokee Reservation in Cherokee, North Carolina. Census records indicate she was born in Tennessee. (Coley-65/7 Aug 2011; edits: ~ Jones-39993 19:27, 11 December 2022 (UTC)).
Marriage License (1st marriage): Bettie Renigen. (Coley-65/9 Aug 2014; edits: ~ Jones-39993 19:27, 11 December 2022 (UTC)).
Birth surname has not been established. ~ Jones-39993 23:23, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Based on census and birth records, Bettie had at least 9 children: at least 6 children by her 1st spouse and at least 3 by her 2nd spouse. ~ Jones-39993 19:50, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6Y-DLP : 4 December 2014), High Carroll [Hiram Hugh McCarroll] and Bettie Reniger (Unknown), 02 Jan 1887; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 294, Roane, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCP-9V2 : 9 March 2022), Bettie McCarroll in entry for Hugh McCarroll, 1900. (notes: 5 children indicated) .
"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNX6-JBJ : 4 December 2014), John Hatfield and Bettie Carroll, 23 Nov 1907; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 74, Roane, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGXF-85M : accessed 16 July 2021), Bettie Hatfield in household of John Hatfield, Civil District 11, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 57, sheet 10B, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1514; FHL microfilm 1,375,527. (notes: 7 children indicated: at least 1 of youngest 2 children was born to 1st husband, while other child may have been born to 2nd/current spouse.) .
"Tennessee Births and Christenings, 1828-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6LB-M9L : 27 January 2020), Bettie Hatfield in entry for John F. Hatfield, 1910.
"Tennessee Births and Christenings, 1828-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6LB-95N : 27 January 2020), Bettie Hatfield in entry for Mary A. Hatfield, 1912.
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JM-R2X : 9 March 2021), Betty Renegar in entry for William G Hornbostel and Roberta Lucille Daugherty, 05 Nov 1930; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,880.
Ancestry.com:
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35371923/bettie-carroll-hatfield: accessed 11 December 2022), memorial page for Bettie Carroll Hatfield (13 Feb 1874–27 May 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35371923, citing Lane Cemetery, Annadel, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by J (contributor 47089209).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bettie 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 Bettie: