Captain Elisha Cochran BETHEA, Sr.

1807 - 1886  (79 years)

• Name	Elisha Cochran BETHEA  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Captain
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	28 Feb 1807
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	he was a very successful man as a farmer and well to do in life  [1]
  _UID	3CF241DEA69948AFAE990D96055821816CCE
  Death	5 Apr 1886  [3]
  Person ID	I22290	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Philip BETHEA,   b. 25 Apr 1781, Cheraw District, South Carolina d. 22 Nov 1865, near Latta, South Carolina (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Rachel COCHRAN,   b. 3 Feb 1781, Marlboro County, South Carolina d. 10 Oct 1843, South Carolina (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1801	Marion County, South Carolina   [4]
  _UID	FD60F39580CA4FE7A9CB78CB0D6538B47A51
  _UID	FD60F39580CA4FE7A9CB78CB0D6538B47A51
  Family ID	F15714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Ann /WALTER S,   b. 30 Aug 1810   d. 18 Oct 1891 (Age 81 years)
  _UID	0149E986913F4B0588BB45D30B6D6CEE06D2
  _UID	0149E986913F4B0588BB45D30B6D6CEE06D2
  Children	1. Philip W. BETHEA   2. John J. BETHEA   3. Robert Cochran BETHEA,   b. 12 Dec 1831   d. 15 Dec 1915 (Age 84 years)   4. James R./A. BETHEA   5. Elisha Cochran BETHEA, Jr.,   b. 8 Jun 1838   d. 18 Apr 1903, Marion County, South Carolina (Age 64 years)   6. Pickett BETHEA   7. Morgan BETHEA   8. George BETHEA   9. William W. BETHEA   10. Clarence BETHEA   11. Julius BETHEA   12. Elizabeth Ann BETHEA   13. Wilmina R. BETHEA   14. Augusta B. BETHEA   15. Alice BETHEA
  Family ID	F15723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Seven of Eliaha’s nine sons were in the Confederate Services. [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S172] W. W. Sellers, (Southern Historical Press, Inc. P.O. Box 1267 375 West Broad Street Greenville, S. C. 29602-1267), page 403. [S22833] . [S417] Lineage Chart 50 Vol. IV. [S419] Lineage Chart 133 Vol. IV. [S415] Philip Y. Bethea and Power W. Bethea, (The State Company Columbia, SC 1926), Page 7.