Have a note on this marriage from a visit to the Fluvanna County Courthouse years ago. William Pace m. Mattie Bethel May 12, 1873 Book 2, Page 19 here is a Bethel family on the 1870 census Palmyra, Fluvanna ,Virginia Post Office-Chapel Hill Elvira Bethal age 51 Martha Jane Bethel age 17 George E. Bethel age 16 Carlot Bethel age 13 Albert Bethel age 11 Robert Howard age 22 Mary Jane Howard age 22 Could this be the Mattie Bethel who married William Pace-Which William Pace?