My Own Bettis Family Page

The Bettis Family website is administered by my uncle, Jesse Bryant Bettis, Jr., and can be found at http://home.swbell.net/jbbettis/ or you can link directly to the history and genealogy section at: https://members.tripod.com/~Barbqr/index-2.html These sites provide a comprehensive overview on the Bettis family, particularly the Southern Branch. Also, my wife, Trix, has a really nice website at https://members.tripod.com/~tbettis2/ that gives a good bit of info on our kids. This site will only concentrate on my own particular lineage in the Bettis Family.

For My Father, For My Family

My Dad really enjoyed family history and telling us kids stories about the family. He passed away on March 8, 1997. He would really have enjoyed seeing this website. His family was everything to him. Unfortunately, he left this life too soon. He missed seeing his newest grand-daughter, Nichelle (Nikki) Angela Marie Bettis, who was born May 14, 1998. She is pictured at the right with mom, Trix, and big brother, Allen III. This site is for my Dad, who told me all about my ancestors, and for my family, to know where they came from. We miss you Daddy.

My Lineage

MY GREAT(x7)-GRANDFATHER:

John Bettis, Sr. born (c.1700) and died (c.1750) Pasquotank Co. or Albermarle. NC. He was married to Mary Doser (Dozier?); their children: John, Jr., James, Thomas, Doser (Dozier?), Francis, and William.

MY GREAT(x6)-GRANDFATHER:

Francis Bettis, Sr., the son of John, Sr., was born in Albermarle, NC. He received a land grant on Rock Fish Creek, Cumberland Co. NC, later he moved to Edgecombe Co. NC on the south side of the Tar River, between Tarboro and Rock Mount. There he raised cotton and tobacco. He was married n 1757 to Mary Evans; their children: Elijah, Elisha, Francis, Jr., Irvin, John, Mary, and Janet.

MY GREAT(x5)-GRANDFATHER:

John Bettis, Sr., the son of Francis, Sr., was born in Edgecombe Co. NC and died (c.1781 or 1782) in Edgefield, SC shortly after his Revolutionary War service. He was married in 1760 to Mary Wilson (Willson?); their children: Stephen, Jane, John, Jr., Sarah, Margaret (Peggy), Matthew, Mary, and Francis.

MY GREAT(x4)-GRANDFATHER:

Stephen Bettis, Sr. was born in Cumberland Co. NC and died (c. 1824) in Clarke Co. AL, he was named administrator and heir to his father's estate and moved his family to Alabama (c.1818). He married first to Delilah Burt; their children: Stephen, Jr., William, Francis, Moody, Delilah, and another daughter. He married second to Mary Lott (the younger sister of his brother Matthew's second wife); their children: Elijah and Elisha. He married a third time to Mary Porter; their children: Eliza Ann, John W., Benjamin Porter, Willis I., Martha Emily, and Stephen Francis.

MY GREAT(x3)-GRANDFATHER:

Moody Bettis was born 7/19/1793 in Edgefield Co. SC and died (c. 1865 or 1866) in Clarke Co. AL. He moved with family to Alabama in 1818 and there married his first cousin, Sophia Swearingen, daughter of Frederick and Sarah Swearingen, their children: Zachariah Lawrence, Alfred, John M., Frederick F., Marshall, Sarah Jane Margaret, Matthew, and Jesse Richard.

MY GREAT(x2)-GRANDFATHER:

Jesse Richard Bettis was born 8/15/1835 in Grove Hill, AL and died 2/28/1908 in Blanket, TX. He was a Confederate Veteran, serving with Company I (Grove Hill Guards) of the 5th Alabama Infantry in the Army of Virginia. He saw action at Ball's Bluff, Bull Run, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Gettysburg. He married first (c.1857) to Ann Stutts, they had one child, Susan Alice. After his wife's death he married a second time to his deceased wife's younger sister, Ruanna Eliza Stutts; their children: Eugene August, infant (died at birth), infant (died at birth), Annie E., Bryant Howard, Mary Sophia (Dimp), Zachariah Moody, Jesse Alford, Elmo Grey, Gerard, Clair, and Irma. He moved his family to the Brown/Comanche Counties area, Texas in 1880. He donated a portion of the family homestead to be used as a community cemetery, known today as Antioch Cemetery.

MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER:

Bryant Howard Bettis was born 2/10/1872 in Clarke Co. AL and died 9/5/61 at May, Brown Co. TX. A prominent member of the community, he owned the bank and a general mercantile business. He married first (6/23/1895) to Nancy Canzady Hefner; their children: Ila, Jesse Bryant, Henry Hefner, Ruby Mae, Alys Ann, Lee Watson, Robert Allen, and Louise Vera and Lillian Valera (twins, Lillian died less than a year after birth). He married a second time to Lettie Coggin Hooper, her children: William Hooper and Mary Bess Hooper. He is buried at Antioch Cemetery.

MY GRANDFATHER:

Jesse Bryant Bettis, Sr. was born 3/31/1898 in Brown County, Texas and died 6/30/70. He married first (4/30/16) to Georgia Garlyn Jowers, their children: Henry Mike, Jesse Bryant, Jr., Joseph Robert, Allen Clair, and Judith Garlyn. He worked for the WPA during the depression and served in the US Army (GHQ) during and after WWII. After the war, he became a government appointee. He married a second time to Avis Marie Tallackson, they had no children. He retired from the government as Deputy Regional Commissioner of the General Services Administration to become a rancher near Zephyr, Brown County, Texas. He is buried in Antioch Cemetery.

MY FATHER:

Allen Clair Bettis, Sr. was born 9/23/35 in Brownwood, TX and died 3/8/97 in Austin, TX. He was married 11/11/58 to Martha Santillana Arias, their children: Allen Clair, Jr., Iliana Kathleen, and Anthony Tristan. One of the earliest computer programmers in the future "high-tech" industry of Austin, he retired from IBM shortly before he passed away. In his last years, his greatest joy was his grandchildren. He is buried in Antioch Cemetery.

MY FAMILY:

Allen Clair Bettis, Jr. was born 10/27/59 in Austin, TX. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1983-1989 and has earned a BA from Southwest Texas State University and an MA from the University of Texas at Austin; he is currently working on his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University. He has a small consulting business working as an Archaeologist. He married 5/15/93 to Beatrix Maryke Schlosser (3/21/61) from Michigan, their children: Allen Clair Bettis, III (born 9/20/95) and Nichelle (Nikki) Angela Marie (born 5/14/98).