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Excerpt from A History of Marion County; South Carolina: From Its Earliest Times to the Present; 1901The wife of Buck Swamp John was Absala Parker; 'hence their youngest son was named Parker. Buck Swamp John' settled on the plantation now owned by one of his de scendants; John C. Bethea; of Dillon; he was a prosperous man - took up and owned at the time of his death; in 1821; six or eight thousand acres of land around him and in near by parts; the most of which is now owned by some one or another of his descendants; he farmed and raised stock; drove it to Charleston; had and raised large orchards; raised fruit; made cider and brandy; and sold it; in his day; without let or hin drance; he accumulated a large estate for his day and time; which he gave almost entirely to his five sons; William; James; Philip; Elisha and Parker - giving nothing; comparatively; to his four daughters; Sallie; Pattie; Mollie and Absala (i think; was the name of the latter). Sallie married Levi Odom; of Revolutionary fame; two of them; Absala and Mollie; married a Mr. Owens; and Pattie married another Mr. Owens. None of them except Pattie have descendants in this State - as Sallie and Absala died childless; and Mollie and her M-r. Owens emi grated to Natchez; Miss. The five sons all settled; lived and died in Marion County. William; the eldest; married; first; a Miss Crawford; had one child; a son; John C. Bethea; his second wife was Mary (polly) Sheckelford; the fruits Of the marriage were five sons; Levi; Willam S.; Frank; George J.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work; preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases; an imperfection in the original; such as a blemish or missing page; may be replicated in our edition. We do; however; repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.