This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wright, Keels, Bateman Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.henry/857.1081.1095.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Bill Bateman, There may be a connection between my WRIGHT and your BATEMAN but it is more likely indirect. My Reubin WRIGHT, son of Solomon WRIGHT - Rev. Soldier from Darlington Co. SC. - married Hester Ann KEELS (b. 16 Feb. 1836 Sumter Co. SC) in Henry Co. AL on 31 March 1859. Reubin WRIGHT died as a POW in Civil War. His widow, Hester (KEELS) WRIGHT, and 2 sons came to TX around 1800 and settled in Trinity / Houston Co. area. Some still live there. The mother of Hester Ann KEELS was Luanza [varied spellings] maiden neme not known. Luanza later married a BATEMAN and signed as Luanza BATEMAN the permission for her underage daughter, Hester KEELS, to marry Reubin WRIGHT. I am a member of Old Darlington Dist. SC & Sumter Co. SC Genealogical Societies and am slowly working on both areas. I keep an eye out for BATEMAN because of the KEELS/WRIGHT conection. I can send you drafts of some family writeups that may be helpful in working for further evidence on your lines. My e-mail address is wbehill@earthlink.net. I will need your e-mail address to send the drafts as attachments. Emma Hill, Fort Worth, TX