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/an/jV.2ADE/18.1.1 Message Board Post: The only information I have was given to me by my father's sister about 3 months ago. Jim Bates siblings were Will Bates,Josie Bates,Ora Bates and Johnny Hudson. I have to talk to my aunt again and see if she knows a little more. Please let me know if any of these names are familiar. Thanks, DONNA BATES HORNSBY!