This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bethea Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DU.2ADE/469.2 Message Board Post: I checked the Bureau of Land Management's GLORECORDS database for Jesse Bethea and found three records: two in Cahaba County...which later became Bibb County, and one in Wilcox County. Patentee Name, State, County, Issue Date, Land Office, Doc. Nr., Accession/Serial Nr. BETHEA, JESSE C AL Monroe 11/20/1835 Cahaba 19279 AL0510__.470 BETHEA, JESSE C AL Monroe 10/1/1835 Cahaba 19357 AL0520__.052 BETHEA, JESSE C AL Wilcox 4/10/1837 Cahaba 21929 AL0570__.105 To view the records (which provides limited info) go to http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Logon/Logon_Form.asp enter your zip code, then choose Alabama as the state and for the blanks enter "Bethea" and "Jesse".