Donna,
The Batson’s seem to be
connected to the Alexanders although after checking the Alexander information, I
did not find anything to verify that. My wife worked with the Alexander
researchers quite a bit and remembers a connection. Priscilla Alexander may be
able to help. Here are the three people we worked
with:
Edna
Kokanour
Priscilla Alexander
Wally McGahan
There is also a Paul Batson who may have some
information. He is listed in the surnames section under Batson. His email is :
Paul Batson
I also found this
marriage:
Groom
Bride
Date
Vol/Page
Lic
County
MCGEHE,
WILLIAM BATSON, ATHELIA 08/25/1836 001/0045 00000387 SCHUYLER
Brown County did not exist until
1839, so anyone born or married there were recorded as Schuyler County. So for
an initial search you may want to look for them in Schuyler. I can tell you that
Brown County records have very few Batsons. Here is the reference you requested
on John Batson:
1860 Census
of Brown County, Illinois, Mt Sterling Twp
277/261
John H. Alexander 36 m farmer
Tennessee
M. A. Alexander 38 f
Kentucky
John A. Alexander 6 m
Illinois
Martha Alexander 1 f
Illinois
John Batson 83 m
Georgia
This is probably the marriage of
this couple:
ALEXANDER,
JOHN PERRY,
MARGARET ANN 03/17/1855
A&B/ 00000413
BROWN
I was hoping the marriage might
show that John was a relative. He might still be a grandfather on one of the
maternal sides. If John is buried in Brown County, his burial has been lost. But
I would check the Schuyler cemeteries before giving up if he is of interest to
you.
I also checked the 1840 Census
for Batson and did not find any listed there. Either they were living with
someone else who is listed as the head of household or they have moved out of
the county before the census was taken.
Sincerely,
Ken
Huffman
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Subject: Brown County (1860 Census
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Found
"John Batson" in 1860 Federal Census.--MStwp277.Trying to find Anna Batson who
married William McGehe,born 1839 in Brown Co. per deathcert. of his son in
McDonough Co. Do you have more information or direction to
share?
Donna
M.