Battle, Mills M. (1800–1856). Mills M. Battle, early settler and public official, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 20, 1800. He was a partner of M. Berry and John Williams, Sr., as one of the families of the Old Three Hundred. One sitio of land now in Matagorda County was deeded to them by the Baron de Bastrop on August 10, 1824.