Seeking parents of John Bates (d Oct 1797) who married Susannah Huckaby in 1786 in Granville, CoTN. In records, sometimes he was listed as John Beats. As a minimum, the above couple had three children: John, William and Frances (Franky) Bates. After 1797 death of John Bates, widow Susannah married Thomas Howell. In the 1850 census of Wilson CoTN, Thomas Howell was age 75 and his wife Susannah Huckaby Bates Howell was age 80. Both were born in NC Wayne Witt Bates The Bates Family of Old Virginia