Life History

Notes

• 1840 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, District 825, p 11
  John Bates
  Free White Males - 15 thru 19: 1;  Free White Males - 60 thru 69: 1
  Free White Females - 15 thru 19: 1;  Free White Females - 30 thru 39: 1
  Free White Females - 60 thru 69: 1;  Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
  Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1;  Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
  Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:  2;  Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 2
  Persons Employed in Agriculture: 8;  Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
  Free White - 20 thru 49: 1;
  Total Free White Persons: 5;  Total Slaves: 7
  Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 12
  
  1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 12 November, page 228, House/Family #1557
  John Bates 72 M  Farmer born SC
  Nancy Bates  30 F GA
  Frances Bates  40 F SC
  
  Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832
  John C. Bates
  Number 132
  11th District, Second Sectioni, Cherokee
  Residence Whelchel's, Hall County
  Granted previous to the first day of January, 1838
  
  Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
  John Bates
  Spouse Nancy McDonald
  Marriage 27 Oct 1848 Murray County, Georgia
  
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  Gen John Bates
  Birth Sep. 15, 1778 Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina
  Death Oct. 20, 1854 Crandall, Murray County, Georgia
  
  John Bates was born September 15, 1778 in Greenville, South Carolina. John married Barbary Crenshaw in 1802 in South Carolina. John was active in the War of 1812 and was believed to have been active in the Indian Wars and later the Cherokee Removal. He moved to Jackson County, Georgia (cut from Franklin County) in 1815 or 1816.
  
  By the year of 1817, John was Justice of the Peace for Jackson County. Hall County was formed in 1818 (out of Jackson County) and he was on the committee to select, buy and lay out the land for the County seat. It is known that John was one of the first five Justices of the Inferior Court of Hall County. John is also noted as the 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 Georgia Militia on December 7, 1832. He resigned on December 14, 1835. Why did he resign is commission? Did he remove himself because of the Cherokees that were being removed? He was leader of the Union Party in Hall County, and he chaired the Union Democratic Republican Convention, July 1, 1835. He was also keeper of the Penitentiary in Milledgeville in 1835.
  
  He moved to Murray County about 1836. He was the Murray County Representative to the State Legislature in 1839. He was Justice of the Inferior Court for Murray County 1842-1852 (Justice of the Peace). It is from family lore that Barbary was a full blooded Cherokee. She had long black hair and dark eyes.. This has not been proven, but still one seems to wonder as to why Major General John Bates would resign his commission from the Georgia Militia right when the removal began.
  
  After Barbary's death, John married Nancy McDonald on October 29, 1848 and there were no children of this marriage. John Bates died October 20, 1854 in Murray County and his death was due to being thrown from a horse and hitting his head on a hitching post. John and Barbary are buried in Eton, Georgia on the old home place. It is not known the exact number of people buried in this cemetery but restoration is underway to preserve the cemetery.
  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kaye/general.htm
  
  Some of their children were Elias Ezkiel, John Crenshaw, Nancy, Sara, Clayton, ,Lauriette ,Napoleon, Rice Ross maybe others.
  
  Spouse Barbary Crenshaw Bates (1779 - 1848)
  Children:
  Elias E. Bates (1807 - ____)
  Larriett Bates Hulsey (1815 - 1887)
  Harriett Bates Evans (1818 - 1855)
  
  Burial John Bates Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia
  
  Created by Kaaren Crail Vining Jun 15, 2006
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #14615931, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14615931
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Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Sinclair Ancestors, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1071070/person/-2003570125
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 12 November, page 228, House/Family #1557
• 4. Georgia Marriages to 1850
• 5. Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
• 6. Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832
• 7. 1840 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • District 825, p 11
• 8. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 12 November, page 228, House/Family #1558
• 9. Ancestry Trees
  • Richard Bates, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I00253
• 10. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 28 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hopler's Mills page 100, House #706, Family #671
• 11. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 12, House/Family #85
• 12. Ancestry Trees
  • Sinclair Ancestors, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1071070/person/-2003569829?ssrc=&ftm=1
• 13. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 17 June, 1015th District, Enumeration District 155, page 17, Hse/Fam #184