Elizabeth (Bettie) Bass Rogers

Begins With a Vowel - Elizabeth

Dad is my grandfather, George, Mother R. is Elizabeth "Bettie" Bass Rogers, and Elmore is an uncle who died in childhood. Taken in Galveston TX. I think her strange skirt was added by the photographer because her legs are still visible through the dark swath.

I haven't been able to find much information on my great grandmother, Elizabeth Bettie Bass Rogers, from my father's side. But there are some interesting facts about her own family tree. Here's a repost from February 12, 2014

Champion Travis Traylor Sr. 

1770 - February 6 birthday... born in Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, an unincorporated township in a rural county about halfway from Richmond south to the North Carolina border.  His parents were William Michael Traylor who fought in the Revolutionary War, and Priscilla Nanny Perkinson Traylor.

Spanish moss growing on Live Oak trees.

How is he related to me?  Glad you asked.

My generation is 1
My father George is 2
His father George is 3
His mother Betty Bass Rogers is 4
Her mother Mary Ann Elizabeth Powell Bass is 5
Her mother Nancy Jones Traylor Powell is 6
and her father Champion Travis Traylor Sr. is generation 7 from mine, or my 4 times great grandfather.

Champion married 15 Aug 1797 in Wilkes County, Georgia, to the beautiful (of course) Sarah Jones (daughter of Susanna (Sukey) Claiborne (Clairborne) and Frederick Jones.  Since her family was also from Virginia, it seems probable that they were also immigrating elsewhere at that time, and may have settled in Georgia. 

At age 42, in 1812, Champion Travis Traylor (Sr.) fought against the British in the War of 1812.  He received a land grant of 169 acres as a result of this service, in Cahabu, Perry County, Alabama, where he moved before the actual deed was granted.  This is known because his death in Perry County, Alabama occurred in 1832, and the deed was signed by the secretary to President Andrew Jackson in November, 1833.

 From US Archives.

Possibly the Cahaba River near it's intersection with the Alabama River

Now Cahabu is known as Cahawba, the first capitol of Alabama, which has virtually vanished.  Here's a link to information on it...and it's a few miles south of Selma, Alabama, of which you may have heard. 

The Traylors had 12 children, all of whom at least reached their 20th birthday.  My ancestor, Mary Jones Traylor Powell was their third child, born in Oglethorpe County, GA in 1804. They lived there where 6 more brothers and sisters were born, until her little brother, Josiah, was born in 1817 in Selma, Dallas County Alabama. By 1819 the last 2 Traylor children were born in Perry County, AL, which might mean a change of name of the county while they were living in the same place.  There are 2 family Bibles available apparently, which list important life events, mostly in agreement. They state the family moved from Georgia to Alabama in 1820.

By April of 1820, Champion was a Justice in Perry County, AL.

Historic St. Luke Episcopal Church, Cahawba, Alabama

The above photos shared on this post are from .cahawba.com/index.

Champion Travis Traylor died on April 4, 1832 at age 62.  I don't know where he is buried.
Many of my ancestors received land in Alabama, and most of them moved on to Louisiana then to Texas.

And our ancestress, Nancy, married Sept. 19, 1822 to James Moore Powell in that county.  Nancy and James' second child was Mary Ann Elizabeth (Mae) Powell Bass.  Nancy died June 27, 1881, in Old Waverly, Walker County, TX.

Mae Powell married Col. Richard Bass in 1839 in Perry County AL. Their seventh of twelve children was Elizabeth (Bettie) Bass Rogers, born in 1860 in Old Waverly, Walker County TX.  She would become my great grandmother (whom I never knew.)

A blog giving lots of information about her siblings, and my conjectures as to how she raised her children after becoming a young widow is HERE.

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Light a Candle

 An interesting topic for 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks.

I would like to light a candle on a glitch which exists in my Ancestry tree. My cousin is a DAR member, among other accepted credentials that prove our ancestors took part in the American Revolution, and then the Confederate Army in the Civil War. We also have ancestors who fought on the side of the Union, but I don't know if she has that affiliation also.

But her tree has our dear first immigrant as Giles Fitz Rogers (1643-1730) who came to Virginia in 1664 and 1670...who married in England and brought his wife and early children later to the wild new world.

Next in line was either their son, Peter Iverson Rogers (1677-1724) who had been born in England and had 9 children. My cousin believes he was the link in our ancestors.

BUT...I have his brother John Rogers (1680-1762) as the link for our ancestry.

It all comes down to a documented ancestor, Henry Rogers, several generations later. Unfortunately some eager DAR members gave his parentage as Mary Byrd, daughter of William Byrd. Nope. She didn't marry a Rogers, and there are lots of documents about who she did marry.

So whenever I look at documents on Ancestry, I check to see if they go back to these DAR documents. DAR doesn't necessarily mean things are facts. Original documents (wills, birth certificates or baptisms, land purchases) are what piece together the little we know about early colonists.

I do want to know more that has been researched in various journals by genealogists, and perhaps I'll find something that proves my theory wrong.

Barsically I've come up with this other line. It works with real people. But it doesn't include a Mary Byrd, but a Molly (Mary) of unknown parents, who was born around 1699 in England or America, and she married John Rogers (1680-1762). (This John was the son of Giles Rogers)

Their son George Rogers (1721-1802) fought for the Revolutionaries.  His son Henry Rogers (1741-1794) who also fought in the Revolution, took his family from VA into what became Tennessee eventually. 

There were two George Rogers' listed as fighting for Virginia, in one document is a 2nd. Lt. George Rogers on the brig Liberty from May 18 till July 30 1776 (a payroll document). The other is a member of the Vriginia Militia. So if we looked into that book on pg. 201 we could see about this amount of information.

Rogers, George, S. L., S. June 28, 1779.
Comments	VIRGINIA MILITIA IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PART III Virginia's Share in the Military Movements of the Revolution
Page number	page 201

I am partial to the one in the Militia of Virginia, rather than a navy 2nd Lt.  These Rogers families were farmers, not sailors that I know of.

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What's coming up?

April
Week 14 (Apr. 2-8): Begins With a Vowel
Week 15 (Apr. 9-15): Solitude
Week 16 (Apr. 16-22): Should Be a Movie
Week 17 (Apr. 23-29): DNA

May
Week 18 (Apr. 30-May 6): Pets
Week 19 (May 7-13): Bald
Week 20 (May 14-20): Bearded
Week 21 (May 21-27): Brick Wall
Week 22 (May 28-June 3): At the Cemetery

June
Week 23 (June 4-10): So Many Descendants
Week 24 (June 11-17): Last One Standing
Week 25 (June 18-24): Fast
Week 26 (June 25-July 1): Slow

July
Week 27 (July 2-8): The Great Outdoors
Week 28 (July 9-15): Random
Week 29 (July 16-22): Birthdays
Week 30 (July 23-29): In the News

August
Week 31 (July 30-Aug. 5): Flew the Coop
Week 32 (Aug. 6-12): Reunion
Week 33 (Aug. 13-19): Strength
Week 34 (Aug. 20-26): Newest Discovery
Week 35 (Aug. 27-Sept. 2): Disaster

September
Week 36 (Sept. 3-9): Tradesman
Week 37 (Sept. 10-16): Prosperity
Week 38 (Sept. 17-23): Adversity
Week 39 (Sept. 24-30): Surprise

October
Week 40 (Oct. 1-7): Longevity
Week 41 (Oct. 8-14): Travel
Week 42 (Oct. 15-21): Friends
Week 43 (Oct. 22-28): Dig a Little Deeper
Week 44 (Oct 29-Nov. 4): Spirits

November
Week 45 (Nov. 5-11): War and Peace
Week 46 (Nov. 12-18): “This Ancestor Went to Market…”
Week 47 (Nov. 19-25): “This Ancestor Stayed Home…”
Week 48 (Nov. 26-Dec. 2): Troublemaker

December
Week 49 (Dec. 3-9): Family Recipe
Week 50 (Dec. 10-16): “You Wouldn’t Believe It”
Week 51 (Dec. 17-23): Cousins
Week 52 (Dec. 24-31): Me, Myself, and I

Membership

There are some interesting affiliations in my family tree. 

But for membership of one special person in my ancestry...

I choose Sir John Fitz Roger (Rogers) (1386-1441). I am not certain which king he was knighted by, as Richard II and Henry IV had reigns in England during his lifetime. He is not mentioned in any of the rebellions within royalty or the insurections from the nobility...so it's possible that he went on a crusade with one of the kings. This was the times of the Hundred Years War with France.

While Richard II reigned, Bollingbrook (later to become Henry IV) went on crusades to Lithuania (1390) and Prussia (1392). Richard II abdicated in 1399 and Henry IV became king.

There were battles galore...with Irish, Welch, French and others.

John Fitz Roger received a knighthood through recognition of military service performed, according to notes from the Ancestry site.

He was my 16th times great grandfather.

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Week 13 (Mar. 26-Apr. 1): Light a Candle

April
Week 14 (Apr. 2-8): Begins With a Vowel

Lucky

 This week's topic, Lucky.

My first thought was my parent's photo from Fri. the 13th.

Clipping says: "When Mataley Munhall and George E. Rogers walked into county clerk's office for marriage license Friday they didn't know it was the dire Friday 13. Told of the date, they hesitated not one whit, flaunting the age old superstitions. Wedding is set for November 21."

They did marry on Nov 21, 1936. They had a nice long marriage of 49 years, with Daddy dying at 70 in January of the year they would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. But actually, they weren't into celebrations that much. They just had their own interests, and of course loved their grandchildren...though they seldom saw my children.

I believe I've had a pretty lucky life. I've made some really risky choices, but they came out alright in the end. And I've also made some fantastic choices. No further information here. I just feel pretty lucky.

I've been trying to find the Buckminster Fuller quote about "not having to have a job, because the universe will support those who are working to further the needs of the universe," or something close to that. I've ordered the book Critical Path where I think he says that idea. (He does say the universe is supported by people who stand up as individuals and speak the truth. Pretty good that.)

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Week 12 (Mar. 19-25): Membership

Translation for Native Americans meeting first Enlishmen in Virginia

Captain Nathaniel Basse, arrived in 1622 on the Furtherance (probably at Jamestown) and founded the Isle of Wight in 1607 (that's what Ancestry says...perhaps it was given to him from the Englishmen who made land decisions - maybe a company supporting this exploration.) He did establish his own plantation "Basse's Choice, " He was my Great times nine grandfather.

I am descended from some of the Powotan tribes of Virginia, with links to the famous Pocahontas. 

They had to learn a way to communicate, and the Christian efforts of churchmen brought many of the Native Americans into their flock. As one would expect, the Natives had to learn English. Of course they couldn't read or write it, but were able to communicate adequately for meeting the demands of the Englishmen.

His son John Tucker Basse married a Baptized Native American woman, Elizabeth Tucker (Kesiah Tucker) Basse. There are documents of John and Elizabeth's marriage. She had to have been given a Christian name, of course, so Kesiah was not used any more. But interestingly enough, many decendants did gete the name Kesiah in my tree.

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