The information found on the Batterson family and property was reamed from many old publications. I hope the information does not appear to be too fragmented. None the less, I have always found the Batterson's an interesting subject. I hope you do as well. Although the grand fireplace and primitive barn still stand 221 years later, in 2014, they are in deplorable condition. The burial plot is also in poor condition with only a few grave markers remaining, but there is great clarity in the markers that exist. The burial plot rests behind the barn and access to it is difficult. This is a private property on the Wilawana Road in the Town of Chemung and the owner would need to be contacted before entering. - Mary Ellen
Taken from Town of Chemung Files, article originally from an Elmira Newspaper, August 22, 1937
- copied from a scrapbook owned by Isabelle Ridall, Elmira, N.Y. -
- copied from a scrapbook owned by Isabelle Ridall, Elmira, N.Y. -
Old stone masonry was built to endure and thus it is that the fireplace Abijah Batterson built for his home in 1793 still stands today.
The old log house Batterson built with a pioneers pride 144 years ago along the Wellsburg-Wilawana highway, on the south side of the Chemung River, has long since been torn down. Today, unsupported by the hewn logs and rising gaunt and lonely atop a hillside three miles southeast of Wellsburg, the old walls of the fireplace yet stand defying the elements.
It is a huge thing, this old fireplace. Built of native stone, it is all of 12 feet high. It has frowned down on the highway alone for 40 years, since Augustus G. Hillman, late father of Harry A. Hillman of Wellsburg, chairman of the present board of supervisors, tore down the old log house.
"I remember my father demolishing the house" says Mr. Hillman. "I was only a kid then, but I remember that the old logs were in pretty good shape. That house was built to stand".
Last tenant of the house, as Mr. Hillman recalls it, was a man named Ackerman.
The old Abijah Batterson log cabin was a pretentious one. Ordinarily log houses of those days were one story affairs, with a loft to which some or all of the family climbed to sleep.
Abijah, however, must have been a man who liked comfort and good things. His log cabin was two stories high, Mr. Hillman says and more unusual still, had a cellar. Today that cellar may still be seen, although it is overgrown with brush and weeds and the debris of four decades have nearly filled it up. The house had two rooms on the first floor, two on the second.
Augustus Hillman took possession of the place about 1876. The farm of 24 acres is now owned by the supervisors chairman. For the past 15 years it has been occupied by a tenant farmer, Charles Voorhis.
The old log house Batterson built with a pioneers pride 144 years ago along the Wellsburg-Wilawana highway, on the south side of the Chemung River, has long since been torn down. Today, unsupported by the hewn logs and rising gaunt and lonely atop a hillside three miles southeast of Wellsburg, the old walls of the fireplace yet stand defying the elements.
It is a huge thing, this old fireplace. Built of native stone, it is all of 12 feet high. It has frowned down on the highway alone for 40 years, since Augustus G. Hillman, late father of Harry A. Hillman of Wellsburg, chairman of the present board of supervisors, tore down the old log house.
"I remember my father demolishing the house" says Mr. Hillman. "I was only a kid then, but I remember that the old logs were in pretty good shape. That house was built to stand".
Last tenant of the house, as Mr. Hillman recalls it, was a man named Ackerman.
The old Abijah Batterson log cabin was a pretentious one. Ordinarily log houses of those days were one story affairs, with a loft to which some or all of the family climbed to sleep.
Abijah, however, must have been a man who liked comfort and good things. His log cabin was two stories high, Mr. Hillman says and more unusual still, had a cellar. Today that cellar may still be seen, although it is overgrown with brush and weeds and the debris of four decades have nearly filled it up. The house had two rooms on the first floor, two on the second.
Augustus Hillman took possession of the place about 1876. The farm of 24 acres is now owned by the supervisors chairman. For the past 15 years it has been occupied by a tenant farmer, Charles Voorhis.
Excerpts taken from Ausburn Towner's, Our County and It's People, A History of the Valley and County of Chemung, From the Closing Years of the Eighteenth Century.
The first record made of a surveyed road was in 1807, and it ran from Owego to Elmira on both sides of the Chemung River. The commissioners at that time were Jacob Batterson, Thomas Burt and John Kent.
Stephen B. Leonard opened a stage line at an early day and Joseph Batterson was one of the first drivers. Jacob Batterson was Justice of the Peace in 1832.
Excerpts taken from History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties, New York, Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign 1879.
It is possible that two or three families may have settled here as early as 1785, but, in the absence of any written record to the contrary, we believe that no permanent settlement was made here until the spring of 1786, when William Wynkoop, William Buck, and his son, Elijah Buck, Daniel McDowell, Joseph Bennett, Thomas Burt, Enoch Warren, and his son, Enoch Warren, Jr., came up the Susquehanna and Chemung Rivers in canoes and Durham boats and made a settlement extending from Wynkoop's Creek west to the second Narrows Hill. Israel Parshall, Samuel Beidelman, Jonathan Griswold, John Squires, Abijah Batterson, Jacob Kress, Thomas Keeney and Isaac Baldwin and his sons came the next year (1787) and settled in the valley west of the Narrows Hill (Squires, Batterson and Keeney taking up a location on the south side of the river); and they were followed soon after by Ebenezer Green, Jacob Lowman, James Wilson, Uriah Wilson, David Burt, Justus Bennett, Benjamin Wynkoop, John Hillman, Joseph Drake, Moses DePuy, Jacob Decker, Samuel Westbrook and at least twenty other families, prior to 1800.
December 10, 1799, "An Act for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes" with assessment made by John Kress, Thomas Keeney and Elijah Buck, assessors of the town of Chemung: Abijah Batterson, house and farm were valued as: Value of Real Estate $1,695.00 with value of Personal Estate $89.00.
Excerpts taken from: Pioneers of the Southern Tier, Chemung County by Doris Reynolds Hoiland 1974, with the source of material for this book being "The History of Seven Counties", published by the Gazette Weekly of the Elmira in 1885 and no longer in print.
Listed as "other first in Chemung not listed previously": Joseph Batterson drove the first stage in the Town of Chemung. He was later killed by the Indians. (No other explanation given.)
The following information was taken from Twin Tiers Genealogical Society, Cemeteries of Chemung County, New York. Compiled in the years 1931 and 1932 by Chairman of Historical Research and Preservation of Records , Addie Johnston Staver (Mrs. Hugh Quigley Staver), assisted by Hugh Quigley Staver for Chemung Chapter of NSDAR.
We crossed a bridge and followed the south river road about halfway to Wellsburg, on the right hand side on a bank are ruins of a chimney and large double fireplace, built of stone. This is all that remains of the Abijah Batterson homestead. He was probably a soldier of the Rev. as he came to this county with all of the soldiers who settled here, who were in Sullivan's army.
Away back from the road, in a field behind a barn is located the Batterson Cemetery. The farm is now owned by a son of Augustus G. Hillman (This is Chemung Twp.) The following names on well kept markers are located in the Batterson Cemetery:
In memory of Abijah Batterson, who died the 24th of Jan. 1835 aged 71yrs. 3 mo.
In memory of his wife Anna who died Aug. 29, 1837 aged 60 yrs. 7 mo. 8 da.
Nellie Ann, wife of Joseph Batterson, died Sept. 11, 1830 aged 33 yrs. 6 mo. 19 da.
Martha, daughter of Jacob and Harriet Batterson, died Nov. 19, 1848 aged 13 yrs. 9 mo. 11 da.
James Smith died Sept. 22, 1842 aged 30 yrs. 11 mo. 11 da.
Adah, his wife, died Jan. 7, 1843 aged 29 yrs. 3 mo. 15 da.
Stephen B. Leonard opened a stage line at an early day and Joseph Batterson was one of the first drivers. Jacob Batterson was Justice of the Peace in 1832.
Excerpts taken from History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties, New York, Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign 1879.
It is possible that two or three families may have settled here as early as 1785, but, in the absence of any written record to the contrary, we believe that no permanent settlement was made here until the spring of 1786, when William Wynkoop, William Buck, and his son, Elijah Buck, Daniel McDowell, Joseph Bennett, Thomas Burt, Enoch Warren, and his son, Enoch Warren, Jr., came up the Susquehanna and Chemung Rivers in canoes and Durham boats and made a settlement extending from Wynkoop's Creek west to the second Narrows Hill. Israel Parshall, Samuel Beidelman, Jonathan Griswold, John Squires, Abijah Batterson, Jacob Kress, Thomas Keeney and Isaac Baldwin and his sons came the next year (1787) and settled in the valley west of the Narrows Hill (Squires, Batterson and Keeney taking up a location on the south side of the river); and they were followed soon after by Ebenezer Green, Jacob Lowman, James Wilson, Uriah Wilson, David Burt, Justus Bennett, Benjamin Wynkoop, John Hillman, Joseph Drake, Moses DePuy, Jacob Decker, Samuel Westbrook and at least twenty other families, prior to 1800.
December 10, 1799, "An Act for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes" with assessment made by John Kress, Thomas Keeney and Elijah Buck, assessors of the town of Chemung: Abijah Batterson, house and farm were valued as: Value of Real Estate $1,695.00 with value of Personal Estate $89.00.
Excerpts taken from: Pioneers of the Southern Tier, Chemung County by Doris Reynolds Hoiland 1974, with the source of material for this book being "The History of Seven Counties", published by the Gazette Weekly of the Elmira in 1885 and no longer in print.
Listed as "other first in Chemung not listed previously": Joseph Batterson drove the first stage in the Town of Chemung. He was later killed by the Indians. (No other explanation given.)
The following information was taken from Twin Tiers Genealogical Society, Cemeteries of Chemung County, New York. Compiled in the years 1931 and 1932 by Chairman of Historical Research and Preservation of Records , Addie Johnston Staver (Mrs. Hugh Quigley Staver), assisted by Hugh Quigley Staver for Chemung Chapter of NSDAR.
We crossed a bridge and followed the south river road about halfway to Wellsburg, on the right hand side on a bank are ruins of a chimney and large double fireplace, built of stone. This is all that remains of the Abijah Batterson homestead. He was probably a soldier of the Rev. as he came to this county with all of the soldiers who settled here, who were in Sullivan's army.
Away back from the road, in a field behind a barn is located the Batterson Cemetery. The farm is now owned by a son of Augustus G. Hillman (This is Chemung Twp.) The following names on well kept markers are located in the Batterson Cemetery:
In memory of Abijah Batterson, who died the 24th of Jan. 1835 aged 71yrs. 3 mo.
In memory of his wife Anna who died Aug. 29, 1837 aged 60 yrs. 7 mo. 8 da.
Nellie Ann, wife of Joseph Batterson, died Sept. 11, 1830 aged 33 yrs. 6 mo. 19 da.
Martha, daughter of Jacob and Harriet Batterson, died Nov. 19, 1848 aged 13 yrs. 9 mo. 11 da.
James Smith died Sept. 22, 1842 aged 30 yrs. 11 mo. 11 da.
Adah, his wife, died Jan. 7, 1843 aged 29 yrs. 3 mo. 15 da.
Joseph Batterson bpt 15 May 1757 Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut entered the service during the American Revolution at Fairfield, Connecticut on 7 Apr 1777 and served until 7 June 1783, m. 25 Mar 1781 Rebecca Dodd b. 11 May 1762 daughter of Caleb Dodd and Mary Harrison. Enumerated in Weston in 1790 with one male over age sixteen (b. before 1774), two males under age sixteen (b. 1775-90), and four females. They accompanied Nathaniel Morgan and Sarah Chapman, David Watkins and Mary Seeley, Oliver Canfield (Revolutionary Soldier) and Sarah Bradley, Jeremiah Chapman, Aaron Bennett (Revolutionary Soldier) and wife, and Samuel Lamphere (Revolutionary Soldier) and wife Mary to Columbia Township, Bradford County in 1800. Enumerated in Ulster Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in 1800 (that portion that became Columbia Township, Bradford County) with two males under age ten (b. 1791-1800), one male of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1785-1790), one male of age sixteen and under age twenty six (b. 1775-1784), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1756-74), one female of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1785-90), and one female over age forty five (b. before 1755). They removed soon after to Ridgebury Township. Enumerated in Smithfield Township, Lycoming County (that portion that became Bradford County) in 1810 with one male under age ten (b. 1801-1810), two males of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), three males of age sixteen and under age twenty six (b. 1785-1794), four males of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-1784), one male over age forty five (b. before 1765), one female of age sixteen and under age twenty six (b. 1785-1794), and one female over age forty five (b. before 1765). Joseph appears on the first assessment of 1812-13 of Athens Township (included portion of Ridgebury). Joseph applied for a pension, 11 Sept 1820, while a resident of Ridgebury, farmer, wife aged 57 years of age, son “weak-minded” age 21, and a daughter “weak-minded” age 18. Enumerated in Unadilla, Otsego County, New York in 1820 with one male under age ten (b. 1811-1820), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-1794), one male over age forty five (b. before 1775), one female of age sixteen and under age twenty six (b. 1795-1804), one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-1794), and one female over age forty five (b. before 1775). Enumerated in Unadilla in 1830 with one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1811-1815), two males of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800), one male of age seventy and under age eighty (b. 1751-1760), two females under age five (b. 1826-30), two females of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-1825), two females of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-1820), one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1801-1810), one female of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1771-1780), and one female of age sixty and under age seventy (b. 1761-1770). Joseph d. 30 Apr 1838 85y (ts) Otsego County, New York buried Unadilla Cemetery. A modern marker indicates he d. 1841 age 85.
1. Caleb Batterson b. 1781 New Jersey (death record).
2. Rachel Batterson b. 18 May 1783 Weston.
3. Seymour Batterson b. 25 Sept 1785 Weston.
4. Jacob Oysterbank Batterson b. 10 Mar 1788 Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey m. Maria Mead.
5. Jeptha Batterson b. c. 1790 New Jersey (death record).
6. Lewis Batterson b. c. 1791 Rahway, New Jersey m. Ann Squires.
7. Anna Batterson b. 15 Sept 1793 Philipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey m. Nathaniel Newton.
8. Henry Batterson b. c. 1799.
9. Maria Batterson b. c. 1802.
Second Generation:
1. Caleb Batterson b. 1781 was enumerated with a family in Unadilla, Otsego County, New York in 1820. Caleb m. Hannah Wheeler (2)Elizabeth Covey, known as Betsey, b. 19 Oct 1791. Enumerated in Nottawa Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan in 1850. Betsey d. in the 1850’s. Caleb m. (3)Barbara Clark. Caleb d. 10 May 1867 85y in Florence Township (death record).
Children of Caleb and Hannah:
son b. 1795-1804.
Charity Batterson b. 1795-1804 m. 25 Oct 1825 in Unadilla, New York, Joseph Benedict and she d. 11 Feb 1829 Unadilla.
Ezekiel Wheeler Batterson b. 9 Mar 1810.
daughter b. c. 1812 (b. 1811-20; 1820 census)
Caleb Batterson b. 1814.
Children of Caleb and Elizabeth:
Henry Batterson b. c. 1816 (not enumerated in 1820).
daughter b. c. 1818 (1820 census and 1830 census).
Kingsbury Covey Batterson b. c. 1820.
Barnett Batterson b. 10 July 1823.
Rebecca Batterson b. 27 Oct 1824.
son b. c. 1826.
Elizabeth B. Batterson b. 28 Dec 1828.
Heman Batterson b. 7 Jan 1830.
Anna W. Batterson b. c. 1831.
Sarah Batterson b. c. 1833.
Zebulon Batterson b. c. 1837.
2. Rachel Batterson b. 18 May 1783 m. Eli Barber. Resided Unadilla, Otsego County, New York. Rachel d. 19 Nov 1827 and Eli d. 3 Oct 1843 buried Unadilla Cemetery.
daughter b. 1801-10.
Harvey Barber b. c. 1808.
Charles T. Barber b. Aug 1811.
daughter b. 1816-20.
Joseph Barber b. c. 1819.
3. Seymour Batterson b. 25 Sept 1785 m. Elizabeth Johnson daughter of William Johnson of Columbia Township (Estate of William Johnson dated 1813). Enumerated in Smithfield Township, Lycoming County (that portion that became Bradford County), Pennsylvania in 1810 with a male (presumed son) under age ten and several others in the household. Seymour voted in the first election of the newly created Bradford County on 13 Oct 1812. Seymour appears on the Smithfield assessment lists of 1813 and 1814 (compiled fall of 1813), but not thereafter. On 16 Nov 1813 the first notice of a Coroner in the County was John Horton, and he held an inquest on the body of Seymour Batterson, and charged the County $24.75 for the inquest.
Alson Batterson b. c. 1810 m. Susan Williams.
In Upper Gillett Cemetery, South Creek Township are markers for Semer Batterson b. 13 June 1834 d. 28 June 1905 and wife Loes Batterson b. 2 Apr 1831 d. 17 Dec 1901.
5. Jeptha Batterson b. c. 1790 m. Mary Newton. Jeptha appears on the first assessment of Athens Township (included a portion of Ridgebury) in 1812-13. Enumerated in Ridgebury Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1820. Jeptha d. 5 Apr 1880 89y (Elmira, New York city death record) buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira.
daughter b. c. 1817.
Phebe Batterson b. c. 1819.
Huldah Batterson b. c. 1821.
Electa Batterson b. c. 1823.
Harriet Batterson b. c. 1825.
Eleanor Batterson b. 9 Aug 1826 d. 28 June 1843 16y 10m 19d (ts) Dutchtown Cemetery, Town of Chemung.
Clarissa Batterson b. c. 1828.
Sarah Batterson b. c. 1830.
8. Henry Batterson b. c. 1799 m. Hannah Goff b. c. 1804 daughter of Solomon Goff of Wells Township. Henry first appears on the 1829 assessment list of Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania along with Silas Batterson who first appears on the 1825 assessment list. On the 1830 assessment list (compiled fall of 1829) is the notation “gone.” Enumerated in Wells in 1830 as Harry Buttison next to household of Silas Buttison. Silas and Henry last appear on the 1831 assessment list. They removed to Ohio. Enumerated in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1840 with one male under age five (b. 1836-40), two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800), one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10). They removed to Illinois about 1844. Enumerated in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois in 1850, laborer.
27. William Henry Batterson b. 5 July 1829/30.
28. Solomon E. Batterson b. 26 Aug 1830/1 Hume.
29. Horace Batterson b. c. 1833 Hume.
30. Charles Batterson b. c. 1837 Ohio.
Charles Batterson and Silas Batterson appear on the 1818 assessment list of Columbia Township, both single. Charles appears on the 1819 assessment list with one horse. Neither listed as single on 1819 assessment. Neither enumerated in Columbia in 1820. Charles was enumerated in Columbia in 1840 with three males under age 5 (b. 1836-40), two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10).
J. Kelsey Jones, Chemung County Historian
1. Caleb Batterson b. 1781 New Jersey (death record).
2. Rachel Batterson b. 18 May 1783 Weston.
3. Seymour Batterson b. 25 Sept 1785 Weston.
4. Jacob Oysterbank Batterson b. 10 Mar 1788 Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey m. Maria Mead.
5. Jeptha Batterson b. c. 1790 New Jersey (death record).
6. Lewis Batterson b. c. 1791 Rahway, New Jersey m. Ann Squires.
7. Anna Batterson b. 15 Sept 1793 Philipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey m. Nathaniel Newton.
8. Henry Batterson b. c. 1799.
9. Maria Batterson b. c. 1802.
Second Generation:
1. Caleb Batterson b. 1781 was enumerated with a family in Unadilla, Otsego County, New York in 1820. Caleb m. Hannah Wheeler (2)Elizabeth Covey, known as Betsey, b. 19 Oct 1791. Enumerated in Nottawa Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan in 1850. Betsey d. in the 1850’s. Caleb m. (3)Barbara Clark. Caleb d. 10 May 1867 85y in Florence Township (death record).
Children of Caleb and Hannah:
son b. 1795-1804.
Charity Batterson b. 1795-1804 m. 25 Oct 1825 in Unadilla, New York, Joseph Benedict and she d. 11 Feb 1829 Unadilla.
Ezekiel Wheeler Batterson b. 9 Mar 1810.
daughter b. c. 1812 (b. 1811-20; 1820 census)
Caleb Batterson b. 1814.
Children of Caleb and Elizabeth:
Henry Batterson b. c. 1816 (not enumerated in 1820).
daughter b. c. 1818 (1820 census and 1830 census).
Kingsbury Covey Batterson b. c. 1820.
Barnett Batterson b. 10 July 1823.
Rebecca Batterson b. 27 Oct 1824.
son b. c. 1826.
Elizabeth B. Batterson b. 28 Dec 1828.
Heman Batterson b. 7 Jan 1830.
Anna W. Batterson b. c. 1831.
Sarah Batterson b. c. 1833.
Zebulon Batterson b. c. 1837.
2. Rachel Batterson b. 18 May 1783 m. Eli Barber. Resided Unadilla, Otsego County, New York. Rachel d. 19 Nov 1827 and Eli d. 3 Oct 1843 buried Unadilla Cemetery.
daughter b. 1801-10.
Harvey Barber b. c. 1808.
Charles T. Barber b. Aug 1811.
daughter b. 1816-20.
Joseph Barber b. c. 1819.
3. Seymour Batterson b. 25 Sept 1785 m. Elizabeth Johnson daughter of William Johnson of Columbia Township (Estate of William Johnson dated 1813). Enumerated in Smithfield Township, Lycoming County (that portion that became Bradford County), Pennsylvania in 1810 with a male (presumed son) under age ten and several others in the household. Seymour voted in the first election of the newly created Bradford County on 13 Oct 1812. Seymour appears on the Smithfield assessment lists of 1813 and 1814 (compiled fall of 1813), but not thereafter. On 16 Nov 1813 the first notice of a Coroner in the County was John Horton, and he held an inquest on the body of Seymour Batterson, and charged the County $24.75 for the inquest.
Alson Batterson b. c. 1810 m. Susan Williams.
In Upper Gillett Cemetery, South Creek Township are markers for Semer Batterson b. 13 June 1834 d. 28 June 1905 and wife Loes Batterson b. 2 Apr 1831 d. 17 Dec 1901.
5. Jeptha Batterson b. c. 1790 m. Mary Newton. Jeptha appears on the first assessment of Athens Township (included a portion of Ridgebury) in 1812-13. Enumerated in Ridgebury Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1820. Jeptha d. 5 Apr 1880 89y (Elmira, New York city death record) buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira.
daughter b. c. 1817.
Phebe Batterson b. c. 1819.
Huldah Batterson b. c. 1821.
Electa Batterson b. c. 1823.
Harriet Batterson b. c. 1825.
Eleanor Batterson b. 9 Aug 1826 d. 28 June 1843 16y 10m 19d (ts) Dutchtown Cemetery, Town of Chemung.
Clarissa Batterson b. c. 1828.
Sarah Batterson b. c. 1830.
8. Henry Batterson b. c. 1799 m. Hannah Goff b. c. 1804 daughter of Solomon Goff of Wells Township. Henry first appears on the 1829 assessment list of Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania along with Silas Batterson who first appears on the 1825 assessment list. On the 1830 assessment list (compiled fall of 1829) is the notation “gone.” Enumerated in Wells in 1830 as Harry Buttison next to household of Silas Buttison. Silas and Henry last appear on the 1831 assessment list. They removed to Ohio. Enumerated in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1840 with one male under age five (b. 1836-40), two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800), one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10). They removed to Illinois about 1844. Enumerated in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois in 1850, laborer.
27. William Henry Batterson b. 5 July 1829/30.
28. Solomon E. Batterson b. 26 Aug 1830/1 Hume.
29. Horace Batterson b. c. 1833 Hume.
30. Charles Batterson b. c. 1837 Ohio.
Charles Batterson and Silas Batterson appear on the 1818 assessment list of Columbia Township, both single. Charles appears on the 1819 assessment list with one horse. Neither listed as single on 1819 assessment. Neither enumerated in Columbia in 1820. Charles was enumerated in Columbia in 1840 with three males under age 5 (b. 1836-40), two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10).
J. Kelsey Jones, Chemung County Historian