Joseph Daniel Bethune (July 3, 1842 – October 8, 1912) was an American jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1894 till 1897.

The wound suffered at Chickamauga resulted in an extended hospital stay and its lingered for the rest of his life.

[2] The union produced six children: Frank, James N., Isabelle, Joseph D., Fannie, and Mary Agnes.

[3] On March 22, 1894, Marshall H. Williams received Senate confirmation to become Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court.

[7] Williams eventually decided to not accept the position and Chief Justice Albert C. Baker recommend the next candidate be selected from outside the territory and thus not aligned with any of the battling factions.

[10] In Evans v. Blankenship, 4 Arizona 307 (1895), David Neahr, an early settler in the Phoenix area, had set aside a section of land in 1880 to use as a "public square".

[12] Bethune's time as a judge ended on August 10, 1897, when he administered the oath of office to his successor, George Russell Davis.