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Nancy Vinnie Batiste

Female Abt 1794 - 1868  (~ 74 years)


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  • Name Nancy Vinnie Batiste  [1, 2
    Birth Abt 1794  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 31 Aug 1868  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1857, Copiah County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1888, Copiah County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)
     2. Sarah McLemore,   b. 25 Jul 1815, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1872, Copiah County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     3. John T. McLemore,   b. 8 Mar 1817, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1862, Copiah County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     4. Craven Purline McLemore,   b. Abt 1826, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Lavinia McLemore,   b. May 1828, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Juriah McLemore,   b. Abt 1833, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Mary J. McLemore,   b. Bef 1835, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. Moses McLemore,   b. Between 1832 and 1835, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Nancy McLemore,   b. Aft 1835, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F8514  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1794 - Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Aug 1868 - Mississippi Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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.

    3. [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.