Bates In Georgia

FIRST SECTION
John Bates
Julius Bates
Elizabeth Bates

SECOND SECTION
Bates Family Confederate Soldiers

THIRD SECTION
Murray County Cemeteries

John Bates Cemetery Restoration Project

Researchers

Hazel Everett

Kaye Nicholson

Carol Graham

Buddy Jackson

In the Memory of Richard Bates who passed away December 10, 2009. Beloved Husband, Father, Friend and a Great Historian. He will be missed by many and he will never be forgotten.

What a great family we have. Many researchers have contributed to this page and I would like to thank them for everything. We have been in contact with many family members and the information keeps growing. Family is the most important part of anyone's life. Please let us know any new information that you might have so we can update our pages as needed. Please pass along pictures, diaries, letters to others so we can follow the lives of our ancestors.

John Bates was born September 15, 1778 in Greenville, South Carolina. It is known that Johns had a brother Julius Bates and sister Elizabeth Bates.

Julius married Temperence West, and Elizabeth married Thomas Jackson. John Bates married Barbary Crenshaw 1802 or 1803 in South Carolina. By 1817, he was Justice of the Peace for Jackson County. John was Hall County's first representative to the State Legislature and held that position for 16 years. He was commissioned a Major General in the 7th Division of the GA Militia on December 7, 1832. He resigned on December 14, 1835. Could he have resigned because of a commission to help with the removal of the Cherokee in Murray County? After Barbary's death, John Bates married Nancy McDonald. When John Bates died, where did Nancy McDonald Bates go?

Julius Bates was believed to have been born on June 3, 1780 in Greenville County, South Carolina. Julius Bates married Temperence West about 1802-1803 in South Carolina. It is noted in documents that Julius Bates bought land with Isabell or Isabella McCleskey in 1814 in Jackson County, Georgia. Was she a relative of Julius, John and Elizabeth? Could she have been Mother or Aunt to the Bates Children?

Elizabeth Bates was born December 8, 1784, in Greenville, South Carolina. She had 2 siblings that have been proven to date, although there are likely others. Elizabeth Bates married Thomas Jackson in South Carolina. Thomas Jackson was the son of Nathaniel Jackson. Thomas Jackson was born September 25, 1776, in South Carolina. Both are buried at the Sardis Church Cemetery in Hall County. Their graves were relocated to the South Bend Methodist Cemetery in Hall County, as a result of Lake Lanier being filled.

Many questions are being ask to the siblings of John, Julius and Elizabeth. It has been established that we are related to some of the Bates in England through DNA test. How does the line progress to the United States? It is a question that our relatives are researching and hope to someday connect the missing links. If you have any information on any of the Bates Family, Please contact one of the researchers.

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