Tillman Patterson BETTIS
HIS WILL( FROM NEIL HARKLEROAD) SHELBY COUNTY WB 2, P. 319 WAS WRITTEN ON 19 AUG 1852.
MARRIAGE TO GRIFFING PRODUCED TWO CHILDREN. MARRIAGE TO TILLMAN BETTIS PRODUCED EIGHT CHILDREN. CALLED SALLIE. HER WILL (SHELBY COUNTY WB 3, P. 255) IS DATED 31 JULY 1860 - FROM NEIL HARKLEROAD. BIRTH PLACE FROM VRB
HER NAME MAY BE ELIZABETH "BETSY" MILLER BETTIS
HE SERVED FOUR YEARS IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, 1861-65, UNDER GEN. N.B. FORREST. HE DIED OF YELLOW FEVER IN 1873
ENLISTED IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, KILLED AT HELENA, ARKANSAS IN 1862
He married Sarah Harkleroad Mar 1827 at Ark . Sarah Harkleroad was born at Missouri 1799 daughter of Daniel Harkleroad, Sr. and Elizabeth Wartimbler .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Samuel G. D. Bettis
born 9 Apr 1828.
Shelby Alexander Bettis
born 19 Oct 1829.
Emma W. Bettis
born 24 Jun 1831.
Anderson Carr Bettis
born 18 Mar 1833.
John Claiborne Bettis
born 1835.
Nathaniel Anderson Bettis
born 30 Apr 1837.
Virginia Caroline Bettis
born 24 Jul 1840.
Tillman Patterson Bettis died 6 Feb 1854 .
Sarah Harkleroad died 1860 .