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I am not sure this will help but a white ancestor, Thomss Aggrippa Batchelor was born in Franklin Co., NC, served in the Army in 1812, and was awarded Bounty Land in Amite Co., MS.
One son, Thomas Aggrippa, Jr. moved to Batchelor, Louisiana where he owned a plantation near the junction of the Red and Mississippi Rivers (the ante-bellum home is still on tour there). T.A., Jr. is mentioned in the book "The Civil War" and the TV mini-series by Ken Burns (p. 234)as he wrote letters to his sons during the CW.
Another son, Napoleon Bonaparte Batchelor, owned Hoboken plantation 13 miles East of Vicksburg, MS. Although he died in 1850, the tale of his widow, her five children, and 85 slaves as they struggled to survive the CW is told in the book "From the Pen of a She-Rebel" by Emily Riley McKinley. There are many (44) slaves named in this book. Mrs. Ellen Noland Batchelor's parents also owned Sligo Plantation a few miles away. Mrs. Batchelor and most of her slaves were members of the St. Alban's Episcopal Church several miles north of Bovina, MS, although some may have gone to closer Baptist and Methodist churches (both named Mount Alban, they had their own cemeteries). All Batchelors (and presumably their slaves) were buried at the Noland family cemetery on Sligo Plantation.
Another son, James Madison Batchelor, lived at Gains Landing near Lake Village, AR, and was a State Representative from Chicot Co., AR, from 1858-1860. He was a Captain commanding Co. E, 2d Louisiana Infantry Regiment during the CW. Chicot borders Desha County and you may well be descendants of these slaves. Unfortunately, I have no further information on them.
The Virginia/North Carolina Batchelors were Quakers during the 1600-1700 period and did not own slaves but a few did in the 1800s.
Although probably not pertinent to your search, two Batchelor brothers owned plantations on either side of the Haywood/Madison County line in western Tennessee and many of the descendants of their slaves now own farms there that formerly belonged to their "masters".
I am sorry I can not be of more help but I hope there is something here to help in your quest.
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