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From June 29 to September 29, 1812 was in service of the United States near Georgetown, S.C. This company was organized in Marion District, which then included present Marion and Dillon counties, and a part of Florence county. The names are from the original payrolls, copies of which are in the Marion County Library:
Captain: Elisha Bethea Lieutenant: Gadi Crawford Sergeants: Keithy Barfield, Peter McKellar Drummer: Bleakly Shoemaker Fifer: Robert Moody Privates: Shadrack Allen James Barfield Roger Barfield John Bass Solomon Blackmon Stephen Butler Charles Campbell Duncan Campbell Daniel Carmichael Archibald Clark John Clark Kenneth Clark Burel Coward Lewis Coward Stephen Crawford George Davis James Davis Isaac Driggers John Driggers Evans Ellis Abraham Foxworth (Serg) Joseph Futrell Asa Hairgrove John Hodges William Huggins Absolom Jackson Benjamin Johnson Alexander Lane James Lane John Lee James Lewis Isaac Lewis Charles McArthur Randal McDonald Duncan McDuffie Murdock McInnis Archd McLellan Daniel McLellan Neill McLellan Roderick McLeod John Manning John Martin Moses Martin, Jr. Lathel Moody Thomas Moody Samuel Pitman John Powers Joel Riggel (Ridgel) John Rice Lazure Riols Morton Roberts Readen Roberts Reading Roberts Jonathan Rogers Timothy Rogers David Rowell Edward Sampson Andrew Seales Jacob Seales Daniel Stafford John Smith Lewis Taylor John Thomas
Captain Elisha Bethea's Company of Major Loveless Gasque's Battalion, 27th Regiment, S.C. Militia, was in federal service of the United States from September 21, 1814, to December 5, 1814, near Georgetown, S.C. The names are from the original rolls, copies of which are in the Marion County Library, Marion, S.C.
Captain: E. [Elisha] Bethea Lieutenant: J. [John] Shackelford Ensign: H.N.D. McQueen Sergeants: Ths. [Thomas P.] Godfrey, John McKay, Edward [Edmond] Price, Wm. White Corporals: Wm. Bartell, Wm. Johnson, Jno. Poston, Dawson Walters [Waters] Privates: Elias Adams Jno. Avant David Barnes Gadi Barnes Briant Bass Edward Bartley Hansel [Handsell] Beckwith John Berry Cade Bethea Philip Bethea Arthur Bird [Burd] Dempsy Blunt Moses Boid [Burd] Benj. Buffin [Bufkin] Robert Bullard Arcd Campbell Wm. Campbell Hosea Cole James Creel [Creal] Randall Daniels Daniel Davis John Dew Wilson R. Dew Daniel Dilling [Dillen] Wm. Evans Chas. Finklea Joel Fore Abel Foxworth Henry Foxworth Job Foxworth John Ganett [Garrett] Thomas Graves Jno. Hairgrove [Hargrave] Wm. Hamilton Benj. Harrell Alexander Henderson Laban Jackson Thos. Lane Jas. Looup Angus McInnis Jno. McLaurin John Martin Jno. Matheson Hodge Middleton Jesse Mobbs Noah Mobbs Robert Moody John Owens David Page Stephen Paul Joseph Perritt Eli Poston Francis Poston Hugh Poston Thomas Poston Ethelred Rogers Pharoah Scott Blakely Shoemaker [Shelly?] Silas Sweat Nathan Tanner John Thompson Stephen Turbeville James Water William Water Bryan West Obediah WilliamsBe sure to check the muster for Gasque's Regiment. There are a number of Dillon-Marion names on the compiled Gasque muster roll which do not appear on Captain Bethea's Regiment (shown here), and vice-versa. The source used for Gasque's Regiment muster roll was: : Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812 in Organizations From the State of South Carolina Microfilm, ID M652, Record Group 94 from the National Archives.
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