Bethany Rogers

Per oral history from Max Rogers she and Delilah Nation were orphans. Joseph Nation was a brother 6 years younger.

Her name was Bethany Nations ( its in her own bible, in her own handwriting, which is in the possession of Patricia Brown who submitted the Daughters of the Republic of Texas application with scanned images) and she is buried in East Boone Prairie cemetery likely sister or first cousin of Delila Nation. Poss. related to Matilda Hancock.

Tombstone gives her birth date of Nov 3, 1797. Death in 1887. Last years of life in Franklin, TX with daughter Frances "Fanny" Rogers Brown, she lived most her years with son, Robert in Nacogdoches.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3147349&... Note from this site said below Albert G (deleted) but that was not her child he was the son of Robert Rogers III m. Delila Nation. Also she was married in Jefferson Co., AL on Oct 31, 1819 not as said TENN (deleted)

ROGERS, BETHANY NATIONS, 10.03.1797 - 11.24 .1887, d Joseph & Phoebe Barton Nations, b SC, h Joseph Rog ers, c Polley, Ruthy L. Barfield, Albert G., Elizabeth Baul ch, Frances "Fannie" (Mrs. Beaufort Warren) Brown, Robert , Hannah R. Smith Barfield, Stephen, grandmother of France s Rebecca “Beckie” Brown Lawson Winkler From Texas General Land Office Austin Texas File #3368 Vol 24 page 195 Petition No. 86 Translated from Spanish for the biennium of 1834 and 1835 Honorable Special Commissioner of teh Supreme Government o f teh State to give possession and issue land titles to te h settlers of this Frontier: I, Bethany Rogers, a native of South Carolina, with du e respect appear before you with due respect and say: Tha t , not having any property for agriculture and stockraisin g, and having immigrated to this State in teh year of 183 2 in November, being married with a family consisting of si x persons, I beg you please by the exercise of your authori ty to grant me possession, and to issue to me the correspon ding title of teh land to which I am entitled, accompanyin g is a certificate as proof of my statement. Therefore , I beg you please to do as I request, wherein I shall rec eive favor and justice. San Augustine, August 17, 1835. S ign of the cross of Bethany Rogers Box 91 Folder 11 Archives and Records Division, Spanish Col lection Free State of Coahula Texas Municipality of San Augustine I certify Bethany Rogers a native of South Carolina is a wi dow woman and a woman of family consisting of six person s and a woman of good moral habits, industrious and a goo d citizen and friendly to the laws andreligion of teh count ry said Bethany Rogers emigrates to this country Nov. 183 2 given at the instance of the party interested August 17, 1835 Samuel Thomps on Aled (Research):1835 Residents of TX 1782-1836 Census Report o f Sabine. Blake Collection Vol. XIX pp. 166-227 Nacogdoche s Archives vol. 85 pp. 80-180, 1835 Bethany Rogers widow catholic 34 Rut h 13 Elizabeth 9 Fann y 9 Rober t 6 Hannah 4 Stephen 2 1850 Nacogdoches Co. TX Oct 21, 1850 Roll M432_913 page 63 Bethany Rogers 50 born South Carolina Robert 21 Alabama Stephen 17 TX 1860 Bethany Rogers age 59 living with son Robert Rogers ag e 31 and wife Martha J. age 24. Nacogdoches County Cherin o Post office. Living next door to Frances Rogers Lawson w ith husband Andrew and one year old daughter Martha Jane La wson.