Re: JohnGates/Rebecca Barksdale ?
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In reply to:
Re: JohnGates/Rebecca Barksdale ?
4/25/01
I think there were two John Bedford Gates, both descendants of
John and Rebecca.I descend from the older John Bedford who married Mary Ann Everett and lived in Simpson and Rankin Counties, MS, all his life.He is buried, so we are told, without a headstone in one of the Gates Cemeteries near
Puckett, MS.I descend from his son, William Rufus Gates.
Yes, I too have wondered where the names Barksdale and Collier
came from.Bet they are significant!!
We may never know.I have almost surrenderedf to that
conclusion after over 20 years of research and worry!!
John Palmer
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