Thanks Laurel, this is L112. ----- Original Message ----- From: <laurelbaty@comcast.net> To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 12:08 PM Subject: [BP2000] Joseph Baty Civil war Illinois | Joseph Baty Civil War Pension filed by mother Nancy Batey (#137,785) | | On the 5th of February 1866 Nancy Batey, aged 54, of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois filed a "Mother's Claim for Pension." She stated that she was the widow of Joseph Batey and the mother of Joseph Batey, Jr., deceased who was a Private in Company "C" commanded by Captain Brown in the 28th Regiment of Infantry, Illinois Volunteers who died at Vicksburg, Mississippi on August 24, 1863 of chronic diarrhea. | | In another application dated January 21, 1865 Nancy states that she married Joseph Batey on the 20th day of August 1830 in Sangamon County. She says that she has 7 children: Mary; Eliza A.; William H.; Joseph; Nancy; Soprona: Elgeline - "Mary J. & Nancy only are lively." | | In 1865 Caleb Jackson & John W. Delay of Sangamon County, Illinois state ".Joseph Batey Sr. husband of applicant.died some time in the year 1853.the exact date they did not remember, and this knowledge they derive from having been present at the funeral of said Joseph Batey Sr." | | In 1869 Caleb Jackson and Louisa E. Lures state that they have known Mrs. Nancy Baty -"Mr. Jackson Thirty nine years & Mrs. Lures fifteen years." They state "for about five or six years previous to entering the army said Joseph Baty worked out by the month and supported his mother by paying rent for the house she lived in and providing her with food and clothing. The rent of the house being part of the contract when hiring out.Said Caleb Jackson also certifies that the husband of Mrs. Baty and father of said Joseph Baty died in December 1849 -and that he left no property except a little furniture to keep house with." | | In 1869 William J. Garland, late Captain of Co. "C" 28th Reg't of Illinois Volunteer Infantry and resident of Scott County, Illinois states "said Joseph Baty.proved a good faithful soldier until about May 1863 when he was taken sick while on duty with pneumonia and was sent to Hospital in Vicksburg Miss. where he died on or about the 24th day of August 1863 of pneumonia contracted while on duty." | | 1850 Census Sangamon County, Illinois, page 269 | William Beaty 50 | Eliza 47 | Jane 10 | Louisa 7 | | Next Household | | Joseph Beaty 41 | Nancy 41 | Mary 17 | Eliza 15 | William 12 | Nancy 8 | Joseph 6 | Sophronia 1 | | 1870 Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois p. 353 | Beaty Nancy 58 KY | Jackson, Caleb 69 KY | | Laurel Baty, L252 | | | ==== BP2000 Mailing List ==== | Recommend a cousin ! Send name and email to: | Mike Allen, Executive Director <naturalsoft@ameritech.net> | Ray Beaty, founder, BP2000 <RCBDJR@AOL.COM> |