Jean, BETHANY and 'Beaton...Bethune" are different......no connection....sorry... HOWEVER......MARTHA ANGELINA PIERCE is VERY IMPORTANT to me.... Tell me her heritage......I may have something very special for you..... Dave --------- At 05:58 PM 1/21/02 -0500, GJCloke1@cs.com wrote: >Hi Dave, > >You mentioned the "surnames Beaton and Bethune....who were quite prominent >in old Stewart, Humphreys, Houston and Benton Counties........are the >same.....pronounced ...bee-toon'......." Have you ever heard of the surname >BETHANY being an Anglicized version of those names. > >I have a Charles Homer BETHANY who was in Benton Co., TN from the mid-1840's >to the mid-1860's. He migrated from Lincoln Co., TN or possibly AL. His >wife, Margaret Couch Williams, died about 1860 in Benton Co. and he married >Martha Angelina Pierce in Henry Co. July 8, 1861. I have records of >BETHANY's in AL, GA, MS, SC, & NC from the 1730s to the present and all >during that period. But I cannot find any documented connections between >them & C. H. Any thoughts on whether this could be a distant relative of >your Beatons or Bethunes? It is believed that the BETHANYs were also of >Scottish descent. > >Thanks, >Jean Cloke > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! >