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Family: PATRIOT Spencer Betts / Nancy Fowlkes (F6544)  [1



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  • Father | Male
    PATRIOT Spencer Betts

    Born  1759  Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1837  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married     
    Father   
    Mother   

    Nancy FowlkesMother | Female
    Nancy Fowlkes

    Born  3 Jul 1763  Nottoway County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Apr 1804  Nottoway County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Father  John A. Fowlkes | F1349 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah Jennings | F1349 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    + Nancy Betts

    Born  9 Aug 1789  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Feb 1854  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  John Woody | F2978 
    Married  8 Dec 1817  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Lucy Agnes BettsChild 2 | Female
    + Lucy Agnes Betts

    Born  7 Feb 1797  Lunenberg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Jan 1869  LaGrange, Fayette Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  James Lipscomb Blackwell | F1350 
    Married  24 Jan 1811  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    Elisha Betts

    Born  22 Nov 1789  Lunenburg, Virginia  Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Oct 1872  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Frances H. 'Fannie' Marable | F7562 
    Married  1810  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70660881/spencer-betts.
      Spencer Betts
      Birth 6 Apr 1759
      Northumberland County, Virginia
      Death 2 Nov 1837 (aged 78)
      Halifax County, Virginia
      Burial
      Betts Family Cemetery
      Cluster Springs, Halifax County, Virginia
      Children
      Elisha Betts, 1789?1872


      Tombstone in Betts Family Cemetery, "Snow Hill", Halifax County, Virginia

      "In memory of Spencer Betts
      a Revolutionary Soldier
      B. Apr. 6 1759
      D. Nov 2, 1837
      He was a deacon of the Baptist church 49 years

      Erected by his son Elisha Betts"