Bethia Grier, daughter of Elizabeth Alexander and Thomas Grier, was named for her mother’s mother, Bethia Castellaw Alexander. Unfortunately, her name has been reported in electronic media as “Bertha,” which is an inaccurate rendering of the correct name, “Bethia.” A certain biographical sketch, which was included in “Memoirs of Georgia” (Vol. II, Pages 747-48) and devoted to the life of one of her sons, contains “Berthia.” In short, misspelled versions of “Bethia” abound.
Despite the useful (accurate) information in the “Memoirs of Georgia” profile, which was published in 1895, there is a glaring error that concerns Bethia Grier’s father, who is identified incorrectly as James Grier. Bethia Grier’s father was Thomas Grier; her eldest brother was James Grier.
Bethia Grier was one of nine children named in her father’s will, which was made in Jasper County, Ga., on December 6, 1815, and probated in neighboring Morgan County early in 1816. Her name is spelled “Bethia” in the will.
According to the “Memoirs of Georgia” text that focuses on her eldest son, J.T. (Joseph Thomas) Bailey, Bethia Grier had already married Zachariah Bailey when the Baileys moved from Morgan County to Randolph County, Ga., in the early 1830s. The same text indicates that Zachariah Bailey was born in 1793 and died in 1845; it also shows that Bethia Grier was born in 1804 and died in 1864.
In J.T. Bailey’s “Memoirs of Georgia” entry, the children of Bethia Grier and Zachariah Bailey are named in this fashion: “To this union [Grier and Bailey] were born six children: Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, who lives in Clayton, Ala.; Mrs. Mary Key, deceased; Mrs. Sarah Harris; J.T., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Mildred Sharp, of Dawson, Ga., and Zacharias, of Robinson county, Texas.”
Mrs. Sarah Harris, named immediately above as one of Bethia Grier Bailey’s daughters, was born Sarah Bethia Bailey (and “Bethia” as a middle name is, of course, significant). Sarah Bethia Bailey married John West Harris in 1847. The monument that stands over her grave in Greenwood Cemetery (Cuthbert, Ga.) reads: Sarah Bethia Harris, Born Feb. 15, 1832, Died July 17, 1873.
Joseph Thomas Bailey, Sarah Bailey Harris’s eldest brother and the man featured in the biographical sketch, married Mary Bethia Jenkins, whose mother (Mary Grier Jenkins) was one of Bethia Grier Bailey’s sisters. Thus, J.T. Bailey and his wife were first cousins. (His wife, as is noted in this paragraph, also had “Bethia” in her name.)
Some eight years after her first husband’s death, Bethia Grier Bailey married John Roe in 1853. Her name on the marriage license, which was filed in Randolph County, is “Bethia Bailey.”
Bethia Grier Bailey Roe’s exact date of death, like her precise date of birth, is not known.
Her place of burial, however, is indicated (albeit indirectly) in her second husband's "Cuthbert Appeal" (newspaper) death notice, which appeared in the March 9, 1883, issue. The first sentence reads:
"Mr. John Roe, one of the first settlers of Cuthbert, died near Sparta, in Hancock county, on Sunday last, and his remains were brought to Cuthbert and deposited by the side of his two wives and two sons, in the Western cemetery."
The Western Cemetery is also known as Greenwood Cemetery.
Despite the useful (accurate) information in the “Memoirs of Georgia” profile, which was published in 1895, there is a glaring error that concerns Bethia Grier’s father, who is identified incorrectly as James Grier. Bethia Grier’s father was Thomas Grier; her eldest brother was James Grier.
Bethia Grier was one of nine children named in her father’s will, which was made in Jasper County, Ga., on December 6, 1815, and probated in neighboring Morgan County early in 1816. Her name is spelled “Bethia” in the will.
According to the “Memoirs of Georgia” text that focuses on her eldest son, J.T. (Joseph Thomas) Bailey, Bethia Grier had already married Zachariah Bailey when the Baileys moved from Morgan County to Randolph County, Ga., in the early 1830s. The same text indicates that Zachariah Bailey was born in 1793 and died in 1845; it also shows that Bethia Grier was born in 1804 and died in 1864.
In J.T. Bailey’s “Memoirs of Georgia” entry, the children of Bethia Grier and Zachariah Bailey are named in this fashion: “To this union [Grier and Bailey] were born six children: Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, who lives in Clayton, Ala.; Mrs. Mary Key, deceased; Mrs. Sarah Harris; J.T., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Mildred Sharp, of Dawson, Ga., and Zacharias, of Robinson county, Texas.”
Mrs. Sarah Harris, named immediately above as one of Bethia Grier Bailey’s daughters, was born Sarah Bethia Bailey (and “Bethia” as a middle name is, of course, significant). Sarah Bethia Bailey married John West Harris in 1847. The monument that stands over her grave in Greenwood Cemetery (Cuthbert, Ga.) reads: Sarah Bethia Harris, Born Feb. 15, 1832, Died July 17, 1873.
Joseph Thomas Bailey, Sarah Bailey Harris’s eldest brother and the man featured in the biographical sketch, married Mary Bethia Jenkins, whose mother (Mary Grier Jenkins) was one of Bethia Grier Bailey’s sisters. Thus, J.T. Bailey and his wife were first cousins. (His wife, as is noted in this paragraph, also had “Bethia” in her name.)
Some eight years after her first husband’s death, Bethia Grier Bailey married John Roe in 1853. Her name on the marriage license, which was filed in Randolph County, is “Bethia Bailey.”
Bethia Grier Bailey Roe’s exact date of death, like her precise date of birth, is not known.
Her place of burial, however, is indicated (albeit indirectly) in her second husband's "Cuthbert Appeal" (newspaper) death notice, which appeared in the March 9, 1883, issue. The first sentence reads:
"Mr. John Roe, one of the first settlers of Cuthbert, died near Sparta, in Hancock county, on Sunday last, and his remains were brought to Cuthbert and deposited by the side of his two wives and two sons, in the Western cemetery."
The Western Cemetery is also known as Greenwood Cemetery.
Bethia Grier, daughter of Elizabeth Alexander and Thomas Grier, was named for her mother’s mother, Bethia Castellaw Alexander. Unfortunately, her name has been reported in electronic media as “Bertha,” which is an inaccurate rendering of the correct name, “Bethia.” A certain biographical sketch, which was included in “Memoirs of Georgia” (Vol. II, Pages 747-48) and devoted to the life of one of her sons, contains “Berthia.” In short, misspelled versions of “Bethia” abound.
Despite the useful (accurate) information in the “Memoirs of Georgia” profile, which was published in 1895, there is a glaring error that concerns Bethia Grier’s father, who is identified incorrectly as James Grier. Bethia Grier’s father was Thomas Grier; her eldest brother was James Grier.
Bethia Grier was one of nine children named in her father’s will, which was made in Jasper County, Ga., on December 6, 1815, and probated in neighboring Morgan County early in 1816. Her name is spelled “Bethia” in the will.
According to the “Memoirs of Georgia” text that focuses on her eldest son, J.T. (Joseph Thomas) Bailey, Bethia Grier had already married Zachariah Bailey when the Baileys moved from Morgan County to Randolph County, Ga., in the early 1830s. The same text indicates that Zachariah Bailey was born in 1793 and died in 1845; it also shows that Bethia Grier was born in 1804 and died in 1864.
In J.T. Bailey’s “Memoirs of Georgia” entry, the children of Bethia Grier and Zachariah Bailey are named in this fashion: “To this union [Grier and Bailey] were born six children: Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, who lives in Clayton, Ala.; Mrs. Mary Key, deceased; Mrs. Sarah Harris; J.T., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Mildred Sharp, of Dawson, Ga., and Zacharias, of Robinson county, Texas.”
Mrs. Sarah Harris, named immediately above as one of Bethia Grier Bailey’s daughters, was born Sarah Bethia Bailey (and “Bethia” as a middle name is, of course, significant). Sarah Bethia Bailey married John West Harris in 1847. The monument that stands over her grave in Greenwood Cemetery (Cuthbert, Ga.) reads: Sarah Bethia Harris, Born Feb. 15, 1832, Died July 17, 1873.
Joseph Thomas Bailey, Sarah Bailey Harris’s eldest brother and the man featured in the biographical sketch, married Mary Bethia Jenkins, whose mother (Mary Grier Jenkins) was one of Bethia Grier Bailey’s sisters. Thus, J.T. Bailey and his wife were first cousins. (His wife, as is noted in this paragraph, also had “Bethia” in her name.)
Some eight years after her first husband’s death, Bethia Grier Bailey married John Roe in 1853. Her name on the marriage license, which was filed in Randolph County, is “Bethia Bailey.”
Bethia Grier Bailey Roe’s exact date of death, like her precise date of birth, is not known.
Her place of burial, however, is indicated (albeit indirectly) in her second husband's "Cuthbert Appeal" (newspaper) death notice, which appeared in the March 9, 1883, issue. The first sentence reads:
"Mr. John Roe, one of the first settlers of Cuthbert, died near Sparta, in Hancock county, on Sunday last, and his remains were brought to Cuthbert and deposited by the side of his two wives and two sons, in the Western cemetery."
The Western Cemetery is also known as Greenwood Cemetery.
Despite the useful (accurate) information in the “Memoirs of Georgia” profile, which was published in 1895, there is a glaring error that concerns Bethia Grier’s father, who is identified incorrectly as James Grier. Bethia Grier’s father was Thomas Grier; her eldest brother was James Grier.
Bethia Grier was one of nine children named in her father’s will, which was made in Jasper County, Ga., on December 6, 1815, and probated in neighboring Morgan County early in 1816. Her name is spelled “Bethia” in the will.
According to the “Memoirs of Georgia” text that focuses on her eldest son, J.T. (Joseph Thomas) Bailey, Bethia Grier had already married Zachariah Bailey when the Baileys moved from Morgan County to Randolph County, Ga., in the early 1830s. The same text indicates that Zachariah Bailey was born in 1793 and died in 1845; it also shows that Bethia Grier was born in 1804 and died in 1864.
In J.T. Bailey’s “Memoirs of Georgia” entry, the children of Bethia Grier and Zachariah Bailey are named in this fashion: “To this union [Grier and Bailey] were born six children: Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, who lives in Clayton, Ala.; Mrs. Mary Key, deceased; Mrs. Sarah Harris; J.T., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Mildred Sharp, of Dawson, Ga., and Zacharias, of Robinson county, Texas.”
Mrs. Sarah Harris, named immediately above as one of Bethia Grier Bailey’s daughters, was born Sarah Bethia Bailey (and “Bethia” as a middle name is, of course, significant). Sarah Bethia Bailey married John West Harris in 1847. The monument that stands over her grave in Greenwood Cemetery (Cuthbert, Ga.) reads: Sarah Bethia Harris, Born Feb. 15, 1832, Died July 17, 1873.
Joseph Thomas Bailey, Sarah Bailey Harris’s eldest brother and the man featured in the biographical sketch, married Mary Bethia Jenkins, whose mother (Mary Grier Jenkins) was one of Bethia Grier Bailey’s sisters. Thus, J.T. Bailey and his wife were first cousins. (His wife, as is noted in this paragraph, also had “Bethia” in her name.)
Some eight years after her first husband’s death, Bethia Grier Bailey married John Roe in 1853. Her name on the marriage license, which was filed in Randolph County, is “Bethia Bailey.”
Bethia Grier Bailey Roe’s exact date of death, like her precise date of birth, is not known.
Her place of burial, however, is indicated (albeit indirectly) in her second husband's "Cuthbert Appeal" (newspaper) death notice, which appeared in the March 9, 1883, issue. The first sentence reads:
"Mr. John Roe, one of the first settlers of Cuthbert, died near Sparta, in Hancock county, on Sunday last, and his remains were brought to Cuthbert and deposited by the side of his two wives and two sons, in the Western cemetery."
The Western Cemetery is also known as Greenwood Cemetery.
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