↑ Obituary of Bryant Bateman from Washington Baptist Association Minutes of 1904, in Donna Burge Adams, "Baptist and Methodist Records of the Florida Parishes of Louisiana," vol 4, 23.
Bro. Bryant Bateman was born in Georgia in about 1833. on 12 Jan 1858 he married Miss Martha Brantley. Just one year later he moved to Washington Parish, Louisiana. Sometime in 1876 he joined the Baptist Church at Franklinton, where he remained a member until his death on 6 May 1904.
↑ Louisiana Confederate Pension Application, digitized in "Louisiana Confederate Pensions 1898-1950" at familysearch.org.
Gives year and place of birth. Shows that he moved to Washington Parish LA in 1858.