JESSE BROWN BATTLE
21 December 1849
3 February 1924
1849 Jesse Brown Battle was born in Hancock County, Georgia. His mother was Elizabeth M. Pierce Battle, a very young bride. She was a bride, a mother, and a corpse before she was seventeen years of age (family legend). I have not yet found proof of her age at the time of the marriage. The family legend continues that Jesse Brown Battle was wet-nursed by a slave-mother on his grandfather's/father's land. I have not found proof of this either. It is reasonable to assume this was the case, but--no proof.
The Marriage Records for this time period of the State of Georgia reflect that on the 3 October 1848 Elizabeth M. Pierce and Henry Lamar Battle and Susan Pierce and John Randolph Battle were married in a double brother-sister wedding in Hancock County. These ladies were daughters of Thomas Pierce and Rebekah Wells.
[My grandfather, Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1849, is found on the 1850 Federal Census as living in the home of his grandfather (also Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1788) in Hancock County, GA. This Jesse Brown Battle (1788) was the owner of about 50 slaves, as enumerated on the Slave Census for this year of 1850, some of them of child-bearing age.]
We do know that the father of Jesse Brown Battle (born 1849) was Henry Laurens Battle, the seventh child of Jesse Brown Battle (born 1788) and Martha Battle Rabun. The Battle Book.
1850 My Great Grandmother, the mother of Jesse Brown Battle (Elizabeth M. Pierce Battle) died during this year. [Mortality Schedule, State of Georgia.] The Federal census for Hancock County, Georgia shows Jesse Brown Battle (age 1) living in his grandfather's household (Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1788) with his father, Henry Laurens Battle, b. 1826)
In 1852 Jesse Brown Battle's father married Anna M. Chambliss and he was blessed, thereafter, with four brothers and sisters. Anna died in 1872.
Henry Lauren Battle married again in December of 1873 to Julia Ann Polhill. Five additional brothers ad sisters were added in this union. Jesse Brown Battle's second step-mother was seven months younger than he, she having been born 25 July 1850.
At some point in time, Jesse Brown Battle, (b. 21 Dec. 1849) and Henry Laurens Battle, Jr., a younger brother, (b. 22 July 1857), left Jefferson County, Georgia; I suppose, to "seek their personal fortunes"…? I have found no record of their whereabouts until the record of Jesse Brown Battle and my grandmother, Sallie Herrin Salter's, wedding 1 November 1877 in Limestone County, Alabama.
Aunt Anna Battle Ivey told me that the two families (Battle and Salter) traveled along together from Alabama to Texas where they all settled in Hunt County first then later they are shown on Fannin County records. Aunt Lucy was the last child born in eastern Texas in 1889. There is no 1890 Federal Census to check but we do know they were in Collingsworth County by 1892 to welcome Aunt Anna's birth. (She was also born in a dugout.) Uncle Jesse Mercer Battle was killed in 1895 when a horse ran away with him, threw him, and he hit his head on a stone. My mother was born 29 October of 1896. Aunt Noma eloped to marry Uncle Ez McDowell in 1900. The remaining family is shown on the 1900 Federal Census in Collingsworth County, Texas.
For some reason the family is shown on the 1910 in Sulphur, Oklahoma. Aunt Emma married Robert Ernest Larmer there 14 November of 1909 so they must have moved at least by 1908 (?). Two more children were married in Sulphur, Oklahoma: Uncle Jim (James Bailey) married Elizabeth May Meadors, 4 December 1911; and Aunt Lucy married Robert Pence Chaney on the 9 June 1911.
Then, for some reason, they moved completely across Texas down to Kingsville, Texas in Kleberg County. Aunt Anna was married in Kingsville to James Ford Ivey in 1912. That left my Mother, Helen Marie Battle, as the only child left in the home.
1920 Federal Census in Dallas, Texas. Census taken 21 January, 1920. Helen is still at home. Helen married on February 14, 1920, in Dallas to Sam Houston Slaughter, II. Aunt Lucy and Uncle Pence Chaney were also in the household "May he rest in peace."
21 December 1849
3 February 1924
1849 Jesse Brown Battle was born in Hancock County, Georgia. His mother was Elizabeth M. Pierce Battle, a very young bride. She was a bride, a mother, and a corpse before she was seventeen years of age (family legend). I have not yet found proof of her age at the time of the marriage. The family legend continues that Jesse Brown Battle was wet-nursed by a slave-mother on his grandfather's/father's land. I have not found proof of this either. It is reasonable to assume this was the case, but--no proof.
The Marriage Records for this time period of the State of Georgia reflect that on the 3 October 1848 Elizabeth M. Pierce and Henry Lamar Battle and Susan Pierce and John Randolph Battle were married in a double brother-sister wedding in Hancock County. These ladies were daughters of Thomas Pierce and Rebekah Wells.
[My grandfather, Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1849, is found on the 1850 Federal Census as living in the home of his grandfather (also Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1788) in Hancock County, GA. This Jesse Brown Battle (1788) was the owner of about 50 slaves, as enumerated on the Slave Census for this year of 1850, some of them of child-bearing age.]
We do know that the father of Jesse Brown Battle (born 1849) was Henry Laurens Battle, the seventh child of Jesse Brown Battle (born 1788) and Martha Battle Rabun. The Battle Book.
1850 My Great Grandmother, the mother of Jesse Brown Battle (Elizabeth M. Pierce Battle) died during this year. [Mortality Schedule, State of Georgia.] The Federal census for Hancock County, Georgia shows Jesse Brown Battle (age 1) living in his grandfather's household (Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1788) with his father, Henry Laurens Battle, b. 1826)
In 1852 Jesse Brown Battle's father married Anna M. Chambliss and he was blessed, thereafter, with four brothers and sisters. Anna died in 1872.
Henry Lauren Battle married again in December of 1873 to Julia Ann Polhill. Five additional brothers ad sisters were added in this union. Jesse Brown Battle's second step-mother was seven months younger than he, she having been born 25 July 1850.
At some point in time, Jesse Brown Battle, (b. 21 Dec. 1849) and Henry Laurens Battle, Jr., a younger brother, (b. 22 July 1857), left Jefferson County, Georgia; I suppose, to "seek their personal fortunes"…? I have found no record of their whereabouts until the record of Jesse Brown Battle and my grandmother, Sallie Herrin Salter's, wedding 1 November 1877 in Limestone County, Alabama.
Aunt Anna Battle Ivey told me that the two families (Battle and Salter) traveled along together from Alabama to Texas where they all settled in Hunt County first then later they are shown on Fannin County records. Aunt Lucy was the last child born in eastern Texas in 1889. There is no 1890 Federal Census to check but we do know they were in Collingsworth County by 1892 to welcome Aunt Anna's birth. (She was also born in a dugout.) Uncle Jesse Mercer Battle was killed in 1895 when a horse ran away with him, threw him, and he hit his head on a stone. My mother was born 29 October of 1896. Aunt Noma eloped to marry Uncle Ez McDowell in 1900. The remaining family is shown on the 1900 Federal Census in Collingsworth County, Texas.
For some reason the family is shown on the 1910 in Sulphur, Oklahoma. Aunt Emma married Robert Ernest Larmer there 14 November of 1909 so they must have moved at least by 1908 (?). Two more children were married in Sulphur, Oklahoma: Uncle Jim (James Bailey) married Elizabeth May Meadors, 4 December 1911; and Aunt Lucy married Robert Pence Chaney on the 9 June 1911.
Then, for some reason, they moved completely across Texas down to Kingsville, Texas in Kleberg County. Aunt Anna was married in Kingsville to James Ford Ivey in 1912. That left my Mother, Helen Marie Battle, as the only child left in the home.
1920 Federal Census in Dallas, Texas. Census taken 21 January, 1920. Helen is still at home. Helen married on February 14, 1920, in Dallas to Sam Houston Slaughter, II. Aunt Lucy and Uncle Pence Chaney were also in the household "May he rest in peace."
JESSE BROWN BATTLE
21 December 1849
3 February 1924
1849 Jesse Brown Battle was born in Hancock County, Georgia. His mother was Elizabeth M. Pierce Battle, a very young bride. She was a bride, a mother, and a corpse before she was seventeen years of age (family legend). I have not yet found proof of her age at the time of the marriage. The family legend continues that Jesse Brown Battle was wet-nursed by a slave-mother on his grandfather's/father's land. I have not found proof of this either. It is reasonable to assume this was the case, but--no proof.
The Marriage Records for this time period of the State of Georgia reflect that on the 3 October 1848 Elizabeth M. Pierce and Henry Lamar Battle and Susan Pierce and John Randolph Battle were married in a double brother-sister wedding in Hancock County. These ladies were daughters of Thomas Pierce and Rebekah Wells.
[My grandfather, Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1849, is found on the 1850 Federal Census as living in the home of his grandfather (also Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1788) in Hancock County, GA. This Jesse Brown Battle (1788) was the owner of about 50 slaves, as enumerated on the Slave Census for this year of 1850, some of them of child-bearing age.]
We do know that the father of Jesse Brown Battle (born 1849) was Henry Laurens Battle, the seventh child of Jesse Brown Battle (born 1788) and Martha Battle Rabun. The Battle Book.
1850 My Great Grandmother, the mother of Jesse Brown Battle (Elizabeth M. Pierce Battle) died during this year. [Mortality Schedule, State of Georgia.] The Federal census for Hancock County, Georgia shows Jesse Brown Battle (age 1) living in his grandfather's household (Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1788) with his father, Henry Laurens Battle, b. 1826)
In 1852 Jesse Brown Battle's father married Anna M. Chambliss and he was blessed, thereafter, with four brothers and sisters. Anna died in 1872.
Henry Lauren Battle married again in December of 1873 to Julia Ann Polhill. Five additional brothers ad sisters were added in this union. Jesse Brown Battle's second step-mother was seven months younger than he, she having been born 25 July 1850.
At some point in time, Jesse Brown Battle, (b. 21 Dec. 1849) and Henry Laurens Battle, Jr., a younger brother, (b. 22 July 1857), left Jefferson County, Georgia; I suppose, to "seek their personal fortunes"…? I have found no record of their whereabouts until the record of Jesse Brown Battle and my grandmother, Sallie Herrin Salter's, wedding 1 November 1877 in Limestone County, Alabama.
Aunt Anna Battle Ivey told me that the two families (Battle and Salter) traveled along together from Alabama to Texas where they all settled in Hunt County first then later they are shown on Fannin County records. Aunt Lucy was the last child born in eastern Texas in 1889. There is no 1890 Federal Census to check but we do know they were in Collingsworth County by 1892 to welcome Aunt Anna's birth. (She was also born in a dugout.) Uncle Jesse Mercer Battle was killed in 1895 when a horse ran away with him, threw him, and he hit his head on a stone. My mother was born 29 October of 1896. Aunt Noma eloped to marry Uncle Ez McDowell in 1900. The remaining family is shown on the 1900 Federal Census in Collingsworth County, Texas.
For some reason the family is shown on the 1910 in Sulphur, Oklahoma. Aunt Emma married Robert Ernest Larmer there 14 November of 1909 so they must have moved at least by 1908 (?). Two more children were married in Sulphur, Oklahoma: Uncle Jim (James Bailey) married Elizabeth May Meadors, 4 December 1911; and Aunt Lucy married Robert Pence Chaney on the 9 June 1911.
Then, for some reason, they moved completely across Texas down to Kingsville, Texas in Kleberg County. Aunt Anna was married in Kingsville to James Ford Ivey in 1912. That left my Mother, Helen Marie Battle, as the only child left in the home.
1920 Federal Census in Dallas, Texas. Census taken 21 January, 1920. Helen is still at home. Helen married on February 14, 1920, in Dallas to Sam Houston Slaughter, II. Aunt Lucy and Uncle Pence Chaney were also in the household "May he rest in peace."
21 December 1849
3 February 1924
1849 Jesse Brown Battle was born in Hancock County, Georgia. His mother was Elizabeth M. Pierce Battle, a very young bride. She was a bride, a mother, and a corpse before she was seventeen years of age (family legend). I have not yet found proof of her age at the time of the marriage. The family legend continues that Jesse Brown Battle was wet-nursed by a slave-mother on his grandfather's/father's land. I have not found proof of this either. It is reasonable to assume this was the case, but--no proof.
The Marriage Records for this time period of the State of Georgia reflect that on the 3 October 1848 Elizabeth M. Pierce and Henry Lamar Battle and Susan Pierce and John Randolph Battle were married in a double brother-sister wedding in Hancock County. These ladies were daughters of Thomas Pierce and Rebekah Wells.
[My grandfather, Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1849, is found on the 1850 Federal Census as living in the home of his grandfather (also Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1788) in Hancock County, GA. This Jesse Brown Battle (1788) was the owner of about 50 slaves, as enumerated on the Slave Census for this year of 1850, some of them of child-bearing age.]
We do know that the father of Jesse Brown Battle (born 1849) was Henry Laurens Battle, the seventh child of Jesse Brown Battle (born 1788) and Martha Battle Rabun. The Battle Book.
1850 My Great Grandmother, the mother of Jesse Brown Battle (Elizabeth M. Pierce Battle) died during this year. [Mortality Schedule, State of Georgia.] The Federal census for Hancock County, Georgia shows Jesse Brown Battle (age 1) living in his grandfather's household (Jesse Brown Battle, b. 1788) with his father, Henry Laurens Battle, b. 1826)
In 1852 Jesse Brown Battle's father married Anna M. Chambliss and he was blessed, thereafter, with four brothers and sisters. Anna died in 1872.
Henry Lauren Battle married again in December of 1873 to Julia Ann Polhill. Five additional brothers ad sisters were added in this union. Jesse Brown Battle's second step-mother was seven months younger than he, she having been born 25 July 1850.
At some point in time, Jesse Brown Battle, (b. 21 Dec. 1849) and Henry Laurens Battle, Jr., a younger brother, (b. 22 July 1857), left Jefferson County, Georgia; I suppose, to "seek their personal fortunes"…? I have found no record of their whereabouts until the record of Jesse Brown Battle and my grandmother, Sallie Herrin Salter's, wedding 1 November 1877 in Limestone County, Alabama.
Aunt Anna Battle Ivey told me that the two families (Battle and Salter) traveled along together from Alabama to Texas where they all settled in Hunt County first then later they are shown on Fannin County records. Aunt Lucy was the last child born in eastern Texas in 1889. There is no 1890 Federal Census to check but we do know they were in Collingsworth County by 1892 to welcome Aunt Anna's birth. (She was also born in a dugout.) Uncle Jesse Mercer Battle was killed in 1895 when a horse ran away with him, threw him, and he hit his head on a stone. My mother was born 29 October of 1896. Aunt Noma eloped to marry Uncle Ez McDowell in 1900. The remaining family is shown on the 1900 Federal Census in Collingsworth County, Texas.
For some reason the family is shown on the 1910 in Sulphur, Oklahoma. Aunt Emma married Robert Ernest Larmer there 14 November of 1909 so they must have moved at least by 1908 (?). Two more children were married in Sulphur, Oklahoma: Uncle Jim (James Bailey) married Elizabeth May Meadors, 4 December 1911; and Aunt Lucy married Robert Pence Chaney on the 9 June 1911.
Then, for some reason, they moved completely across Texas down to Kingsville, Texas in Kleberg County. Aunt Anna was married in Kingsville to James Ford Ivey in 1912. That left my Mother, Helen Marie Battle, as the only child left in the home.
1920 Federal Census in Dallas, Texas. Census taken 21 January, 1920. Helen is still at home. Helen married on February 14, 1920, in Dallas to Sam Houston Slaughter, II. Aunt Lucy and Uncle Pence Chaney were also in the household "May he rest in peace."
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