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Wiley Batton was born on 1 Apr 1812 in North Carolina. He died on 2 Feb 1909 in Vigo County, Indiana. He married Anna Russell in Richmond County, North Carolina in about 1835. The Batton's and the Underwood's both come from traditional Choctaw Nation areas. The migration path that Wiley and Anna took coming to Indiana went thru Ohio first. Wiley married Nancy Calloway on 24 Nov 1864 in Vigo County, Indiana.

Wiley and Anna had the following children:

Daniel T. Batton was born on 07 Sep 1836 in Richmond County, North Carolina. He died on 30 Jan 1917 in Terre Haute, Indiana. He married (1) Rutha E. Bell, daughter of Henry J Bell and Helen Mariah Clark, on 19 Dec 1870 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was born about 1849 in Indiana. She died on 28 Oct 1875 in Vigo County, Indiana. He married (2) Malinda Hagel on 25 Feb 1889 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was born about 1829 in Virginia.

John Batton was born about 1841 in North Carolina.

Julia Ann Batton was born in 1843 in North Carolina. She married Bennett Stewart, son of Tazewell Stewart and Delana Harris, on 13 Mar 1862 in Vigo County, Indiana. He was born about 1841 in Indiana.

Martha Ellen Batton was born on 29 Jul 1845 in North Carolina. She died on 15 Jan 1931 in Vigo County, Indiana. She married (1) Marshall Harris, son of Eliza Harris, on 14 Nov 1861 in Vigo County, Indiana. He was born about 1833 in Indiana. He died on 18 Jun 1916 in Vigo County, Indiana. She married (2) Joseph Z. Bushnell, son of Benjamin Bushnell and Eliza Ann Beaty, on 28 Oct 1880 in Vigo County, Indiana. He was born on 27 Nov 1833 in Vigo County, Indiana. He died on 11 Feb 1911 in Vigo County, Indiana.

James W. Batton was born in 1848 in Ohio.

Joseph Batton was born on 10 Dec 1852 in Indiana. He died on 16 Feb 1930 in Terre Haute, Indiana. He married Rebecca Jane Pettiford, daughter of Isaac Pettiford and Mary Ann M. Larter, on 12 Feb 1874 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was born on 09 Jan 1843 in North Carolina. She died on 15 Dec 1943 in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Mary Batton was born in 1857 in Indiana. She died about 1899 in Vigo County, Indiana. She married (1) William Woods on 13 Jul 1876 in Vigo County, Indiana. He was born about 1855 in Kokomo, Indiana. He died before 1905. She married (2) James Jasper, son of Alexander 'Sandy' Jasper and Edith Chandler, on 10 Sep 1885 in Vigo County, Indiana. He was born in 1854 in Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana. He died on 27 Nov 1919 in Lost Creek, Vigo, Indiana.

Rhoda Batton was born in 1858 in Indiana. She married Simon Archer on 26 Sep 1885 in Vigo County, Indiana.

Wiley Batton and Nancy Calloway had the following child:

John Wesley Batton was born on 21 Aug 1866 in Vigo County, Indiana. He died on 16 Mar 1946 in Vigo County, Indiana. He married (1) Jennett Powell, daughter of Eaton Powell and Angeline Bass, on 14 Oct 1886 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was born in 1862 in Indiana. He married (2) Cory A Roberts, daughter of Aurelius Roberts and Fannie E Brown, on 05 Jun 1898 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was born in Mar 1880 in Indiana. He married (3) Annie Rosa McCurdy, daughter of William McCurdy and Nancy Mitchum, on 24 Dec 1908 in Vigo County, Indiana. She was born on 04 Mar 1878 in Mound City, Effingham, Illinois. She died in Dec 1945 in Vigo County, Indiana.

The 1895 map to the Lost Creek Settlement shows the property owned by Wiley Batton, highlighted in red.