Genealogy

Pedigree of:
Joel Battle
1779-1829

___?
___?
___?-___?

Henry
HORN
___?-1785

Charity
HORN
1760-___? = William
BATTLE
1751-1781

Joel
BATTLE
1779-1829

Notes and Links

Joel Battle*; b. May 16, 1779, Rocky Mount NC; d. Aug. 25, 1829, Rocky Mount NC. He was the son of William Battle* (1751-1781) and Charity Horn* (1760-___?). Charity was the daughter of Henry Horn*, a Quaker settler in Colonial Virginia.

m. Mary Palmer Johnston* (1786-1866), on Apr. 9, 1801, Edgecombe County NC.
Children:
- William Horn Battle (1802-1879)
  - m. Lucy Martin Plummer (1805-1874), daughter of Kemp Plummer and Susan Martin.
  - William and Lucy had 10 children:
    - Julian Plummer Battle (1826-1827), died in infancy.
    - Joel Dossey Battle (1828-1858)
      - m. Harriet Bunting
    - Susan Catherine Battle (1830-1867)
    - Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919), Historian and President of the University of North Carolina during 1875-1891.
      - m. Martha Ann "Pattie" Battle; his 2nd cousin once removed.
      - Kemp and Pattie had 7 children:
        
        Cornelia Viola Battle (1857-1886)
        
        m. Richard H. Lewis II (1850-1926)
        
        Kemp Plummer Battle, Jr. (1859-1922)
        Thomas Hall Battle (1860-1936)
        Herbert Bremerton Battle (1862-1929); author of the Battle Book, a genealogy of the Battle family.
        Susan Martin Battle (1864-1870)
        Penelope Bradford Battle (1866-1868)
        William James Battle (1870-1955)
    - William Horn Battle II (1833-1893)
      - m. Saphronia "Sophie" Ann Lindsay.
    - Richard Henry Battle (1835-1912)
      - m. Annie Ruffin Ashe
    - Thomas Devereux Battle (1837-1838)
    - Mary Johnston Battle (1829-1865)
      - m. William Van Wyck II
    - Junius Cullen Battle (1841-1862)
    - Wesley Lewis Battle (1843-1863)
- Amos Johnston Battle (1805-___?)
  - m. Margaret Hearne Parker
- Richard Henry Battle (1807-1882)
  - unmarried.
- Catherine Ann Battle (1809-___?)
  - m. Dr. John Wesley Lewis
- Benjamin Dossey Battle (1811-1857)
  - m. Henrietta Sabra Hearne Parker (1815-1889)
- Christopher Columbus Battle (1814-1859)
  - unmarried.
- Isaac Luther Battle (1816-1843)
  - unmarried.
- Susan Esther Battle (1819-1851)
  - m. Dr. William Henry McKee (1814-1875)
- Caroline C. Battle (1822-1823), died in infancy.
- Laura Caroline Battle* (1824-1919)
  - m. Dr. Charles Phillips* (1822-1889)

Brief Biography:

Joel Battle (1779-1829) studied at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1798-1800. In 1820 he built one of the first cotton mills in NC at the Falls of the Tar River. The cotton mill survived through many subsequent generations of the Battle family. Joel's son Benjamin Dossey Battle (see above) ran the mill after Joel died.

References

The Battle Book, by Herbert Bremerton Battle, 1923, Table 58, page 484.
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