Bathsheba Rogers Amonette (1765 - 1835).

Another sibling of Rev. Elijah Rogers (my 4 greats grandfather.) So may I introduce five times great Aunt Bathsheba Rogers Amonette (1765 - died after June, 1835). Elijah was the youngest child of Henry Rogers (1741-1794) and Elizabeth Lankford Rogers (1743-1787), while Bathsheba was their third child (according to Ancestry DOT com.)  She was born in Virginia, then probably moved with her parents to Sevier County TN around 1791.

There are 3 suggested dates and places of her marriage to John Amonette (1756-1833). First when she was 17 she might have married him in Laurens County, South Carolina in 1782. Or maybe she married him in Knox County, TN in 1789, or perhaps in 1794 in Tennessee.  There are no documents to substantiate where or when, but these are the dates and places on Ancestry trees. Since John Amonette is considered to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and his life used by Daughters of the American Revolution for such, I am voting for either of the places in Tennessee, with dates of 1789 or 1794. Those aren't so far apart after all.

John Amonette served from  Nov. 21, 1776 to Nov. 7, 1779 as a private, 10th Virginia Regiment, and 6th Virginia Rgt. (According to headstone application for him in 1937 by Vivian D. Vaughn.)

Aunt Bathsheba had 7 children, 4 girls and 3 boys. They were born between 1790 and 1809.  I don't know the date when John and Bathsheba Amonette moved to Madison County AL. This was probably a result of his receiving a land grant for his service in the war. In his obituary in 1833, his residence in Madison County is stated to be at least 20 years.

There's no date of Aunt Bathsheba's death, except that it was after June 1835. I don't know what that was based upon. As is often the case for women, there aren't many documents with her name on them. But I find the many documents about her husband, especially those substantiating his soldiering history, do give a glimpse into her life.  The pension record is practically illegible, but I think it stopped when he died. It spelled his name Ammonet, rather than Amonett, which is what was used in most other records. He was buried in Donaldson Cemetery, Hazel Green, Madison County, Alabama. But the family trees over on Ancestry say that Aunt Bathsheba died in either Washington County, TN, or Memphis, Shelby County, TN. She probably was living with one of her children, or even grandchildren.

The big question that I have in the back of my mind, is what she was called...you know, her nickname.