I've xeroxed the pages containing BATES from GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION FILES if you have a name you'd like me to look up. My line is a John A BATES born about 1796, married Margaret CUNNINGHAM. They would up in Cherokee County, North Carolina. The may have been from Cleveland County, Tennessee, or Bates Cove or just NC in general. ........................................................ iWon.com http://www.iwon.com why wouldn't you? ........................................................