This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HS.2ADI/1280 Message Board Post: According to the Chilton County, Alabama property records Ashley Bates in 1836 purchased 40 acres of land adjacent to the property of Sidney Bates, my gggrandfather. This land is in what was Jumbo, AL, in the northeast corner of Chilton County near the intersection of county rd 8 and county rd 61. Hiram Bates was a brother of Sidney Bates and he located some distance away. I am looking for information on this Ashley Bates. Was he a brother of Sidney?