David Conner wrote: > > I asked Eunice Kirkman this question (Eunice is a local historian in > Patrick County and here was her response: > > "At one time this was a small community just south of Stuart. It was > renamed > Claudeville. There still is a Bateman family living there, distant cousins > of mine" > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Hooker [mailto:jackhooker@earthlink.net] > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 1998 4:01 PM > To: VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Bateman, Virginia? > > Jmmjsm@aol.com wrote: > > > > According to the book "AMERICAN PLACE NAMES of Long Ago" by Gilbert S. > Bahn, > > Bateman was in Patrick County, VA. The 1898 population shown for Bateman > was > > 19. My current maps don't show Bateman. The referenced book is a > > republication of the index to Cram's Unrivaled Atlas of the World as Based > on > > the Census of 1890. James > > James, > > Thanks for the info. I realize that Batement is in Patrick County. It > was listed in 1898/99 as "Batement Post Office." My challenge is in > trying to find where it is/was located in Patrick County. It, more than > likely, was a very small community that could have been absorbed into > another community. > > Thanks to all for trying. If I locate it, I will let you know. > > Jack > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick County, Virginia Home Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapatric/ David, Thank you so much for finding the answer for me. It truely is a small world, I have driven through Claudeville several times not knowing that Claudville was once Bateman. I had several Hooker ancestors around that area in the 1800's. Jack Hooker