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[Graham Buxton]

Bethune, a 347 inhabitant town located in the Kershaw County South Virginia shares the name with my hometown located in northern France. I wish I could find the reason why.

I am guessing you are referring to the Bethune in South Carolina.
Wikipedia says the town was named after a local landowner named Daniel Murdock Bethune.

A couple of references:
https://www.sciway.net/city/bethune.html
https://www.scpictureproject.org/kershaw-county/bethune-presbyterian-church.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethune,_South_Carolina

Bethune was originally called Lynchwood, and a post office was established there in 1828. However, when the railroad came to Lynchwood, the right-of-way passed though the property of Daniel Murdock Bethune and when the town was chartered in 1900, its name was changed from Lynchwood to Bethune.
https://www.sciway.net/city/bethune.html

[ALAIN DELASSUS]

Graham, thank you so much for  your very interesting links .