Nancy Vinnie Batiste

Abt 1794 - 1868  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Nancy Vinnie Batiste  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1794	Mississippi   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	31 Aug 1868	Mississippi   [2, 3]
  Notes	According to Merritt Mullen, her maiden name is variously shown as Batiste, Baptiste, Battiece. ... Merritt writes that Nancy (Vinnie) Batiste is believed to be a Choctaw Indian, probably born in the territory of Mississippi (census records indicate she was born in South Carolina, but there are no Batiste families there). A tradition in different branches of the Fairchild family says her grandchildren are 1/4 Indian, and the early Choctaw Indian rolls for Mississippi show Indian families using the surname of "Batiste" (with various spellings such as Battist, Battiese, Battice, Bapten). The name is also found among the Choctaws who migrated to Oklahoma Indian Territory. "Batiste" is a variant spelling of the French name "Baptiste" (as in the common name "Jean Baptiste", or John the Baptist). The Baptistes were prominent early settlers of the Gulf Coast around what is now Mobile, Alabama. Jean Baptiste (dit Graveline) Baudreau came from Montreal (Canada) to the Gulf Coast with the brothers d'Iberville and Bienville, sent by King Louis XV to build Fort Louis and explore the Gulf Coast to protect the huge holdings (Louisiana Purchase area). It was in 1699/1700 that Jean Baptiste Baudreau came to the Pascaqoula/Bay St. Louis area on the Gulf Coast. The family history of the descendants of Jean Baptiste Beaudreau indicates it was common for the male descendants to have both a French and an Indian wife, and children with both of them. A grandson of the first settler, Jean Batiste Baudreau, Pierre Baptiste (also called Pedro, during the Spanish era on the Gulf Coast) was probably 1/4 Indian and 3/4 French. He married a Choctaw Indian and had a daughter by her named Michou Jenny (or Jincy) Batiste (or Battiest), who married Daniel Anderson. It is possible that a brother of Jenny was the father of Nancy Vinnie Baptiste. If Nancy's mother was a full-blood Choctaw, then Nancy would be 3/16 French and 13/16 Indian. Nancy was living in Copiah County, Mississippi with her son, John, at the time of the 1860 Census. Larry Kingsley & Merritt Mullen both note that she died in Scott County, Mississippi.
  Person ID	I25615	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Moses McLemore,   b. Abt 1787, South Carolina d. 18 Mar 1857, Copiah County, Mississippi (Age ~ 70 years)
  Marriage	Between 1810 and 1815  [1]
  	May also be the parents of an Elizabeth McLemroe, born 1820 and married James Lowery of the Cherokee Nation East. (MaryLynn Santa and Mark Freeman both reference her, but neither William McLemore or April Makerney have her listed).
  Children	1. Aquilla "Quillie" McLemore,   b. Between 1815 and 1820, Tennessee d. 17 Jun 1888, Copiah County, Mississippi (Age ~ 73 years)   2. Sarah McLemore,   b. 25 Jul 1815, Tennessee d. 22 Jul 1872, Copiah County, Mississippi (Age 56 years)   3. John T. McLemore,   b. 8 Mar 1817, Mississippi d. Nov 1862, Copiah County, Mississippi (Age 45 years)   4. Craven Purline McLemore,   b. Abt 1826, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   5. Lavinia McLemore,   b. May 1828, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   6. Juriah McLemore,   b. Abt 1833, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mary J. McLemore,   b. Bef 1835, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   8. Moses McLemore,   b. Between 1832 and 1835, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   9. Nancy McLemore,   b. Aft 1835, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1794 - Mississippi Death - 31 Aug 1868 - Mississippi  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S511] Makerney, April (amakerney@yahoo.com) "Ancestors of April (Wharton) Makerney and Connected Families" Ver. 2009-07-12 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=amakerney. [S542] Mullen, Merritt D. (mmullen8014@mchsi.com) "Fairchilds of the Southeastern USA" Ver. 2004-08-03 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=fairchild. [S321] Freeman, Mark (mwfgenealogy@verizon.net) "Mostly Southern" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=markfreeman ; Ver. 2008-09-19 17:51:13.