Hello, Heather,
I am a descendant of B.C. Battle. In fact, my grandfather, Benjamin Caswell Campbell, who was born in Bibb County, was named after him. BCB would have been his grandfather. I began about a year ago to build a family tree and came upon alleged parents of his from other family trees -- a "Cherokee Woman" named Elizabeth Arrington, who married James R. Battle. They had a number of children, and she is said to be the mother of our Benjamin, but she would have had to have had him prior to this marriage, and she would have been rather young. Not impossible, but it makes me wonder if these parents I found in the family trees are really the right ones. Just wondering if you have seen any of these trees with Elizabeth Arrington:
Birth 27 Mar 1809 in North Carolina, USA
Death 1870 in Clarke, Mississippi, USA
If any of this is true, it could be that the father of B.C. Battle was indeed a Cherokee man, and that Elizabeth had had this son early on, but married a Battle later. In which case, those of us who list BC as our ancestor would not be Battles at all.
I do not know where the other researchers got the information that Elizabeth was Cherokee; there is nothing in their trees that suggests that. Her parents and grandparents are named and look to be English types, although one can't strictly tell just from names.
Would love to hear what you think about this.
Linda Thornton