Re: John C. Bates b.1805? Eng. , d.1850? Tx
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In reply to:
John C. Bates b.1805? Eng. , d.1850? Tx
MARIAN DAHLIN 8/01/06
It appears that your John was still alive in 1880. Here is what I found.
Name: JOHN C. BATES - Lamar County, TX
Years: 1841 and 1846
Database: Texas Tax List Index, 1840-1849
1850 Census, Milam and Williamson, Milam, Texas
John C Bates, 45, Farmer
shown with Eliza, age 40, b.VA, and an assortment of children with varying last names as those you listed originally.
1860 Census, Precinct 1, Collin, Texas - P.O. McKinney TX
John C Bates, 55
b.Staffordshire,England
John C Bates 55, Eliza Bates 52,Henry E Bates 18, Amos C Bates 13,George A Bates 11, Elizabeth Chiniworth
1880 Census, Sherman, Grayson, Texas
John C. Bates, age 78, Born England, Parents born England
Eliza Bates 71,
Jefferson Davis 16(grandson, b. TX)
and, lastly, maybe this is your guy & his first marriage:
Texas Marriage Records, 1814-1909
John C Bates to Nancy O Neal, 28 Mar 1841, Lamar TX