Posted By:	J Scott
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	Subject:	Alfred Bettis of Wilson Co., Tennessee
	Post Date:	June 17, 2009 at 09:53:46
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/tn/wilson/messages/1003.html
	Forum:	Wilson County, TN Genealogy Forum
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Adele Cobb Kerrigan Book and the "Lost son of Tennessee" Adele, in her research and the story that was given by Mrs. John A. Lott conclusion was that Alford Bettis of Wilson, Co., Tennessee was that lost son of Tennessee and his first name was Marshall. Adele shows no Sources to prove her theory and the possible that Alford Bettis was Marahall and the son of Matthew of Edgefield, SC are essential nil. Just because it was written in a Book does not make it fact and there must be proven Sources. Dr. Nat C. Bettis in his Book and the gg grandson of Alford Bettis states; "For certain, I would be very pleased to find more material that would be pertinent, in particular, to the ancestry (or descendants for that matter) of ALFORD BETTIS of Tennessee (1798-1859 or 1869) I do not subscribe to the Kerrigan view he was the "lost son, Marshall, of Matthew and Winniford Lott Bettis of Alabama." If Alford Bettis had in fact been the son of Matthew and was born in South Carolina he would have had no relationship with Wyatt Bettis and his family in Wilson Co., Tennessee and because of that connection it leads one to be believe with certain that Alford was the Son of Wyatt Bettis of Wilson Co., Tennessee. Alford's son John Calvin Bettis death Certificate #55856 Clearly States that his father was Alford Bettis, information given by his son A.L. Bettis (Alford Lance Bettis). And in the Bio of George Washington Bettis, Alford's son comes this; G.W. Bettis, Goodspeed Biography G.W. Bettis is a Wilson Co. Tennesseean, born in 1822, one of nine children, seven of whom are living, born to Alfred and Maggie (Conyers)Bettis. The former was born in North Carolina and came to Tennessee when a boy and to west Tennessee in 1835.