John Watkins BATEMAN

M, b. 18 May 1827, d. 18 March 1864
John W. Bateman, tombstone
     John Watkins BATEMAN was born on 18 May 1827 in Georgia the son of James W. and Cassandra Bateman. He was the grandson of Jesse Bateman and Elizabeth Watkins.1,2 He was a plantation overseer.

John married Mary Ann BURT, daughter of Martin Ross BURT and Delilah Anne GRIFFIS, on 5 February 1857 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama.3

John saw military service during the War Between the States. His name appears on a 16 Sep 1861 muster roll of the "Autauga Guards", which were assigned to Co. G Blythe's Mississipi Infantry Battalion and later the 44th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He re-enlisted in Co. A 8th Alabama Cavalry and died in service of pneumonia.

On 18 March 1864 John Watkins died at age 36 leaving Mary Ann a widow. He was buried in Burt Family Cemetery, Prattville, Alabama.
Last Edited=28 Jun 2023

Children of John Watkins BATEMAN and Mary Ann BURT

Citations

  1. [S18] Autauga Genealogical Society, Autauga Cemetery Records.
  2. [S645] Ellis Bateman, "John Watkins Bateman," e-mail to John K. Brown, 25 Jul 2007. Cassandra Bateman and one of her grandchildren are buried in the Hardaway Cemetery in Macon County, Alabama. She died 6 Dec 1850.
  3. [S45] Autauga Genealogical Society, Marriage Records of Autauga, Book 4, pg. 126.

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