Bethena Bonner1

Female, #45920, (20 Dec 1802 - 27 Jun 1881)

Father*Whitmal Bonner2 (c 1775 - 1821)
Mother*Alice Selman2 (1779 - 28 Jul 1836)
Bethena Bonner|b. 20 Dec 1802\nd. 27 Jun 1881|p45920.htm|Whitmal Bonner|b. circa 1775\nd. 1821|p45935.htm|Alice Selman|b. 1779\nd. 28 Jul 1836|p45936.htm|Thomas Bonner|b. circa 1744\nd. 1805|p51900.htm|Margaret Jones|b. say 1747|p51901.htm|||||||

Name Variation  Bethena Bonner was also known as Berthena.3 
Birth*20 Dec 1802 She was born on 20 Dec 1802.1 
 She was the daughter of Whitmal Bonner and Alice Selman.2 
Married Name1819  As of 1819, her married name was Sterling. 
Marriage*28 Jan 1819 She married Wiley Jefferson Sterling at Jasper Co., Georgia, on 28 Jan 1819.4 
Relocation1826 Virginia Jefferson Sterling and Bethena Bonner was an accompanying familiy member in the relocation of Wiley Jefferson Sterling in 1826 at Troup Co., Georgia, from Pike Co., Georgia. 
1830 Census1 Jun 1830 Bethena was probably a free white female, age 20 and under 30, in Wiley Jefferson Sterling's household, on the 1830 Census at Troup Co., Georgia.5 
1840 Census1 Jun 1840 Bethena was probably a free white female, age 30 and under 40, in Wiley Jefferson Sterling's household, on the 1840 Census at Troup Co., Georgia.6 
1850 Census1 Jun 1850 Bethena, Mary, Missouri, John, Henry and John was listed as a household member (Bethiane Sterling, 48, F, W, GA) living with Wiley Jefferson Sterling on the 1850 Census at Troup Co., Georgia.7 
1860 Census*1 Jun 1860 Bethena was listed as the head of a family (Bethena Sterling, 57, F, W, Farmer, R=$7,000, P=$18,000, GA) on the 1860 Census at East Vernon, Troup Co., Georgia.8 
1870 Census1 Jun 1870 H. and Bethena was listed as a household member (B. Sterling, 67, F, W, Keeping house, AL) living with John Randolph Sterling on the 1870 Census at Troup Co., Georgia.9 
1880 Census*1 Jun 1880 Bethena was listed as the head of a family (Bethenia Stirling, HH, F, Wd, Wh, 78, GA, GA, GA) on the 1880 Census at East Vernon, Troup Co., Georgia.10 
Death*27 Jun 1881 She died at LaGrange, Troup Co., Georgia, on 27 Jun 1881.1 
Burial*after 27 Jun 1881 Her body was interred after 27 Jun 1881 at Hillview Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup Co., Georgia.11 

Family

Wiley Jefferson Sterling (1 Jul 1796 - 7 Nov 1851)
Children

Charts Warren Culpepper's Ancestry Chart
Last Edited 8 Aug 2004

Citations

  1. Dorothy McClendon / Lillie Lambert / Danny Knight, Family, Church, and Community Cemeteries of Troup Co., GA, LaGrange, GA: Family Tree, 1990, Repository: Georgia Department of Archives & History in Atlanta.
    Hillview Cemetery.
  2. , RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
    Family of H. R. Darden. Contact: Amy Estelle. <e-mail address>
  3. E-mail from Karen Jackson Goudelock, e-mail address, Shalimar, FL to Warren Culpepper, 1999, 2004.
    Berthena is the spelling on her tombstone.
  4. Forrest Clark Johnson III, editor, A History of LaGrange, Georgia, 1828-1900, Vols. I & III, LaGrange, Georgia: Family Tree, 1980, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.8463 H2j v. 1,3.
    p. 489.
  5. 1830 Federal Census, United States.
    Capt. Todaway's Township, Troup Co., GA, from Ancestry.com image 3 of 4.
  6. 1840 Federal Census, United States.
    Dist 656, Troup Co., GA, page 339, Ancestry.com image 2 of 6.
  7. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 135, Lines 33-39, 656th District, Troup Co., GA
    Wiley J. Sterling, 54, M, Planter, RE=$25,000, SC
    Bethena Sterling, 48, F, GA
    Georgia Sterling, 17, F, GA
    Missouri L. Sterling, 13, F, GA
    John R. Sterling, 11, M, GA
    Henry C. Sterling, 5, M, GA
    John C. Sterling, 3, M, GA.
  8. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 234, Lines 8-10, East Vernon, Troup Co., GA
    Bethena Sterling, 57, F, Farmer, RE=$7,500, PE=$18,000, GA
    J. B. Powell, 11, M, GA
    E. Powell, 15, F, GA
    (The Powell chlidren may be orphaned grandchildren).
  9. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 154, Lines 15-17, (No township listed), Troup Co., GA
    J. R. Sterling, 31, M, Farmer, RE=$125,000, PE=$5,000, GA
    H. C. Sterling, 25, F, Keeping house (sic), GA
    B. Sterling, 67, F, Keeping house, AL.
  10. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    East Vernon, Troup Co., GA, Page 678A, LDS CD and verified on Ancestry.com image 71 0f 78.
  11. Forrest Clark Johnson III, Memories in Marble, Hill View and Hill View Annex Cemeteries, LaGrange GA Author, 1993.
    page 91, Lot 523.
  12. , RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
    Susanna Stringfellow Jakubik. <e-mail address>
  13. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
    656th District, Troup Co., GA, Page 2, Ancestry.com image.