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Batson families resided in Green Bay

A search for the burial site in Covington County of a Confederate veteran led to this feature on the Batson family.

Although this name is practically nonexistent in the county today, there was a large family who resided here after the end of the War Between the States.

Prior to moving to Covington County, several Batson families resided in Coosa County in 1850 and later in Jefferson County in 1860.

Their ancestors had lived previously in Virginia and then South Carolina.

The earliest one identified is William Batt (Batson) who was born in 1760 in Virginia and died in 1824 in Chesterfield, S.C.

He was married to Lucy (Outlaw) (1765-1835), and they had a son, William Batson, born in 1799 in Culpepper, Va., who moved to Jefferson County.

William Batson was married to Pheobe Mahon (1805-1880), and they reared a large family. Various records indicate they may have had the following 14 children: Nathan, b. 1822, d. 1870; Rebecca, b. 1822, d. 1915; John R., b. 1823, d. 1901; George Washington, b. 1827, d. 1904, m. Mary E. Sewell; William H., b. 1828, d. 1920, m. Mary Kelly; Phoebe Pluby, b. 1830, d. 1865, m. William Vessel; Charles, b. 1833, d. 1925; Zilphia, b. 1835, d. 1919, m. Charles Gilliland; Mary, b. 1835, d. 1864; Elizabeth, b. 1836, d. 1910, m. Nicholas Jordan; Arena “Irena,” b. 1836, d. 1900, m. H.G. Harden; Zilpher, b. 1838; Benjamin Franklin, b. 1840, d. 1862; and David, b. 1845, d. 1910.

There is some question as to whether Charles, Mary and Zilpher were indeed the children of William and Pheobe.

The older children of William and Pheobe were born in Milledgeville, Ga., before the family moved to Autauga County before 1850.

Several of the sons served in the Confederate Army – Nathan possibly with a Mississippi Company, George W. and David in the 28th Ala., and William in the home guards.

As the children were beginning to settle into their own homes, several of them moved into Florida, and their descendants have an annual family reunion there.

South Carolina Foundations Meet with Congressman Clyburn - RE ...

Pictured: (back row) Drs. Bruce & Lee Foundation President Bradley Callicott, Southeastern Council of Foundations Director of Member and Government Relations Helen Ishii, Representative James E. Clyburn (D-SC), J. Marion Sims Foundation President Jim Morton and The Duke Endowment Staff Counsel Arthur E. Morehead IV (front row) The Spartanburg County Foundation Executive Vice President Mary L. Thomas, The Springs Close Foundation President Angie McCrae and Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina Director of Communications and Public Policy Brooke Bailey

Representatives from Drs. Bruce & Lee Foundation, J. Marion Sims Foundation, The Duke Endowment, The Spartanburg Community Foundation, The Springs Close Foundation and Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina met with Representative James Clyburn (D-SC6) at his district office in Columbia. Assistant Minority Leader Clyburn is one of 12 appointees on the new congressional “super committee” on deficit reduction. The committee is charged with cutting the budget deficit by more than a trillion dollars over 10 years.

The purpose of this meeting was to remind Representative Clyburn about philanthropy in his district, the state and the southeast, advocate on issues affecting foundations and encourage Clyburn and his staff to view foundations as resources on key public policy issues.

In addition to sharing the impact of foundations’ work in South Carolina, the team expressed the importance of philanthropy in the state. Philanthropy is independent, innovative and an investment in communities. It uses private resources to do public good, and its independence allows the philanthropic sector to takes risks, achieve greater results and affect change. 

The members asked that—especially with increasing demands on nonprofits—public policy support charitable giving. Specifically, requesting that current law is maintained on charitable deduction rates with respect to itemized deductions for charitable contributions. At this time nonprofits are faced with increasing demands and government cuts; thus, it is important for public policy to support and encourage charitable giving.

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