Thomas R. Batts - Thomas R Batts

Hi Peggy,

I believe it is the same Jordan Batts.

I did not have any information that Thomas R. Batts had a second wife so thank you for that information!

Benjamin Batts and his brother Jordan Taylor Batts were the sons of Thomas Batts and Sophrona A. Meadows Batts. We have information about other children of Thomas Batts but some of those children (like Maggie and Joseph) must be from his second wife.

Jordan Taylor Batts married Nannie Batts in Union County in 1882 and their daughter Ruth Batts Akins is my 2nd great-grandmother.

Which Batts does your husband descend from?

I hope this helps,
Jackson Laumas

My husband, Charles Emerson Batts is the son of J.T. Batts, born 1914, the grandson of Dillard Batts, born 1885 and the great grandson of Jordan Batts born either in 1856 or 1857. I have quite a bit of information on the Batts family. i just typed alot of it and the computer wiped it out before I could post it. I will do it again later. We still live near the land where Jordan and Nannie Batts lived. My stepson still owns part of it.

Dear Peggy,

I am Jackson's Aunt Elizabeth and also his genealogy research buddy.

I would love to see what you have on the Batts family! Jackson and I have done the best we could with trying to research Jordan and Nannie using the information my Grandma gave me (Cordelia Keen, daughter of Ruth Akins).

Jackson and I went to Webster County last spring and looked at some of the old land deeds for the Deer Creek area and we tried to drive around to find the land but were pretty lost :-) We also tried to find Jordan's grave but had no luck at all. We were able to find Nannie's but only because my Grandma once showed me exactly where it was.

We are planning to make future trips to Sebree and Onton to do more research. Jackson and I live in Lexington.

Jackson tells me he and you are Facebook friends now. I would love to be Facebook friends with you as well and will send you a request.

Elizabeth Laumas-