Posted on: Talbot County, Ga Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Talbot/10706 Surname: Bateman ------------------------- My Bateman line left Talbot Co, Ga, in the 1850s and settled in Smith Co, TX, next county over from Rusk. I believe William D Bateman traveled with his inlaws, Routon family, to Texas. Could have been others in the 'party'