Problem with Bethania Lindsey

Find a Grave is really interesting on Bathania implying she married twice - Noting in the bio that she was a widow Cole, but children are all COSTS, she married second the Reverend Elbert Lindsey the first pastor of Hurricane Baptist Church.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96786844/thomas-johnston

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13119980/bethania-h-lindsey

The connection on FAG is the daughter of Bethania - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118386870/rebecca-johnston

I think some of the confusion is with

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179505504/thomas-johnson

and

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96786844/thomas-johnston

Thomas Johnston https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96786844/thomas-johnston had a daughter listed as Martha Johnston Cost
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97523090/martha-cost and she had a son named Eli Cost https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33226852/eli-cost , but he would have been too young to be married to Bathania's husband Eli.

Hi Cousin Susanne, i was notified recently by a man from Clan Lindsey in Scotland that this Lindsey line is a total mess. I believe the ones i added are correct. Anything past what i added i have no idea about. This is the line i was telling Erica Howton about recently as well. The person that contacted me did not offer any help, just criticism.

Hi Cousin Beverly Renee Hallman Marsh, Gedmatch Kit #XK9447597! Thanks for your reply, yes it is in a "fine mess" and I am not sure where to start. Will see if I can find anything about the Lindsey family. Hopefully there is something.

I found the problem when I had a conflict on General Lafayette Johnson who may be a son of Bethania and Thomas Johnston/Johnson. I honestly believe that the two Thomas Johnsons noted above are part of the problem. Need better sources. Hope to find them. May take a while.

I have a Johnson/Johnston line and so maybe I can find something to straigthen that part out, but then there are the Lindsey lines and that is learning something new. :-)

Just posting some resources for futher research when I can come back.

http://www.southern-style.com/Family%20Groups%20of%20Lindseys%20in%...

https://www.worldcat.org/title/lindsey-family-of-georgia-ca1721-197...

Search for the ancestry of Jacob A. (Abel or Abram) Lindsey (1806-1876), who married Emeline Catherine Jane Hamilton, and lived in Georgia, moving later to Banner, Calhoun County, Mississippi. It is thought he might possibly be a descendant of Thomas Lindsey (1721?-1769), who moved to Frederick County, Virginia about 1735. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and elsewhere. Includes research notes of an extensive search of various kinds of records in Georgia, including land, probate, pension records, etc.

This one looks promising David Lindsey family of Alabama:

https://archive.org/stream/DavidLindsay/The%20David%20Lindsay%20Fam...

https://algenweb.org/shelby/lindsay.html

https://archive.org/details/TheDavidLindsayFamilyOfAlabama/mode/2up

I will be back....

https://omeka.lib.auburn.edu/items/show/1061#?c=0&m=0&s=0&a...

http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/David_Lindsay

Thank you for working on this...i wish a curator would help. I told a few of them not long ago that a Lindsey Clan member said it was a mess...hopefully one of them will help. Im not a researcher lol.

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Consistency Check:Thomas Lindsey is in a relationship cycle within the immediate family.Mary Lindsey (Casey) is over 55 years old for the birth of her child Bethania H Lindsey.Thomas Lindsey is under 12 years old for the birth of his child Thomas Lindsey.Thomas Lindsey is under 12 years old for the birth of his child Rachel Lovelady (Lindsey).Thomas Lindsey is under 12 years old for the birth of his child Sarah Huldah Crowson (Lindsay).Thomas Lindsey is under 12 years old for the birth of his child John L. Lindsey.Thomas Lindsey is under 12 years old for the birth of his child Lydia Canterberry (Lindsey).Thomas Lindsey is under 12 years old for the birth of his child Mary Elizabeth Hail (Lindsey).Thomas Lindsey is under 12 years old for the birth of his child Eiljah Lindsey.Thomas Lindsey is under 12 years old for the birth of his child Mary Lindsey Clossin.Elizabeth Lindsey is over 55 years old for the birth of her child Emily Williams.Elizabeth Lindsey is over 55 years old for the birth of her child Mary Ann Lindsey.More than 22 year age difference between Bethania H Lindsey and her husband Thomas Johnson.

Per census records, she was born about 1803. Adjusted date.
Other changes can be seen on the revisions tab.

I think she is fixed now.

Still need proof of parents.
She was apparently married four times.

Yep, still a mess. I don't know any more than I posted, Cynthia Curtis, A183502, US7875087. I wish I did. Off the grid right now for a while.

Susanne Floyd not a mess now lol
Just needs source for parents if they are correct

There are zero inconsistencies and I added links that can help folks connected to her but she is not a direct or a close relative to me so I made sure her husbands and her children were all correct.
She is probably pretty close to being able to ask for her to be MP'd

Bethania H Cost Lindsey Ozley Johnston (Lindsey) was born circa 1803 in Tennessee, United States. Her parents were David Elijah Lindsey, Jr. and Mary Lindsey (Casey).She was married four times.

Bethania married Eli Cost on January 20, 1846 in Alabama, USA. Together they had the following children:

John Wesley Cost;
James Cost;
Rebecca Johnston (Cost);
Nancy Caroline Cost;
Allen Perry Cost;
Andrew Cost;
Sarah Evaline Cost;
Henry Harrison Cost.
Bethania married Rev Elbert Lindsey.

Bethania married Gilbert Ozley. Together they had the following children:

Amos Ausley.
Bethania married Thomas Johnson on August 6, 1850 in Barbour County, Alabama, USA. Together they had the following children:

General Lafayette Johnson.
She died on May 20, 1884 in Geneva, Geneva County, Alabama, United States and was buried in Hurricane Baptist Church Cemetery, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina, United States.

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/1012287?mark=b491cf49daa71d713a240...
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1138924:4192?ssrc...
Name: Theny Cost
Gender: Female
Spouse: Gilbert Ozley
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 20 Jan 1846
Marriage Place: Shelby
Performed By: JP
Surety/Perf. Name: John W. Naish

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/1028236?mark=b83056f1b2c82b9e6023e...

I found almost nothing on Rev Elbert Lindsey

I think I found a will for him and added a link but no marriage record-- just the FAG showing them connected.
She married him, they say
Then she was Barthany Lindsey married Eli Cost 12 Apr 1837 at Bibb, Alabama, USA
next Theny Cost married Gilbert Ozley 21 Jun 1846 at Shelby Co, Ala or 20 Jan 1846-- I found two different records so may need to check whether is license obtained vs marriage recorded
Last married Thomas Johns(t)on and died with his name outliving him.

Thanks, as always, Cynthia Curtis, A183502, US7875087!

<3

Happy New Year

I am happy I could work on her and I hope others will pick up where I left off.
Such a sad thing when we see so many spouses and yet such an amazing LIFE waiting to be shared

Bethania H Cost Lindsey Ozley Johnston (Lindsey)
Marriages:

Name Mithany Lindsy Or Lindsey
Gender Female
Marriage Date 12 Apr 1827
Marriage Place , Bibb, Alabama
Spouse Eli Cost (Costs, Cast)
FHL Film Number 1031263
Film Number 001782873

Name Theny Cost
Gender Female
Spouse Gilbert Ozley
Spouse Gender Male
Marriage Date 20 Jan 1846
Marriage Place Shelby
Performed By JP
Surety/Perf. Name John W. Naish

Name Bethenia Cost
Gender Female
Marriage Date 06 Aug 1850
Marriage Place Barbour,Alabama
Spouse Thomas Johnson
FHL Film Number 1289482

No Elbert. Can't have married him second... Her FAG says: Bethania Lindsey, wife of Elbert Lindsey, was the former Bethania Cole, a widow. She was on both the 1840 and 1850 census in Newberry County, born ca. 1803 in South Carolina. In 1850, Bethania lived with her son-in-law, Henry M. Hunter.
There is a court case that involved Bethania Cole Lindsey and her second husband, Elbert Lindsey
Elbert Lindsey
1800–1862

I think this is a different couple

There are NO Ancestry hints for him on his Findagrave memorial which I am finding often means the memorial has errors and no hint found

Also-- she is NOT a "Cole widow". Disconnecting from him as spouse.

Found this cleaning out my pictures just now!:
https://media.geni.com/p14/54/07/4d/11/534448636f438a8d/13119980_43...