Person:Lorinza Batson (2)

"They built their home and reared their family not far from present Brooklyn Miss. inan area long called "The Batson Steelement" There was an old road leading from Mobile and Fort Stoddart, to the Old FOrd Fort on Pearl River; it passed the James Batson Plantation and wound it's lonely course on past the home of his son Lorinza. Their lands were fenced with zigzagged hand split rails, which fence continued acress the pathway of the Road. Lorinza was a framer and cattleman and dealt in hides. From a tiny handful of good cotton seeds ehich his father had given him, and a small back yard patch, he soon realized a tidy sum from the sale of cotton. he shipped resin, potash made my himself, coal and sold surplus crops not needed for family use. This was transported to market in oxenfrawn carts. Lorinza's Uncle Tom Batson, III operated a trading post at the Pass, and all these settlers did most of their trading with him. Lorinza had a large well cared for fruit orchard. He was a handsome man, whow ore a perpetual smile, was good natured and extremely kind in heart, benevolent to the sick, handicapped and unfortunate. These Barson men were all the kindest of souls! Lorinza held weekly spelling bees at his house, and when a lad reached the age of 16 he saw to it that he could spell every word in the book. He encouraged the young to become proficient in one subject such as addition, subtraction, division. There is an old Bible in this family, thumbed into shreds by little Batson fingers, from which Lorinza and Elizabeth taught their children to read. During the war, their slaves deserted and the family worked the plantation by themselves. " The Batson Family by Vivian Davis Bornemann.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).