Re: "Bloody Bill Bates"
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In reply to:
Re: "Bloody Bill Bates"
10/25/00
I thought my mom was making stuff up!I am just starting (not having much luck) to research her father's family. He died when I was a baby.He was James W Bates of Spartanburg. His father was Frank, married to an Annie Mae something, and son of William Bates who was in the Spanish American War. Frank and William are buried in a cemetary in Pelzer SC. She always said her family lore was that they were related to a Bloody Bill Bates...she thought he was an outlaw.Do any of these names fit with what you have ..and was he an outlaw or a soldier?
Thanks,
Kim