Hi List :) Finally got around to joining the Bates e-list and I know I'll feel right at home, just as Wayne Bates has made me feel. I'm a new member of the Bates Booster Club and just tickled that I've been provided so much information regard the JS branch of this wonderful family. I'm still seeking information about my great-great grandfather, George Washington Bates. Below is the genealogy report that I've been able to produce thus far: GEORGE WASHINGTON BATES (MOSES DUNCAN, JAMES M., REUBEN, JAMES) was born February 22, 1835. He married SARAH SAFRONI MANLY YARBOROUGH October 26, 1864 in Sumter County, Alabama. She was born 1841 in Alabama. Children of GEORGE BATES and SARAH YARBOROUGH are: i. MARTHA PAULINE BATES, b. February 06, 1868; d. Unknown. ii. FLOYD MONROE BATES, b. 1871; d. Unknown. iii. JAMES MARTIN BATES, b. 1874; d. Unknown. iv. GEORGE EPES BATES, b. 1876; d. Unknown. v. JOSEPH BATES vi. SARAH ESTELLE BATES, b. November 18, 1875, Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama; d. March 26, 1962 vii. BLANCHE BATES, b. 1876; d. Unknown. The above Sarah Estelle Bates was my great-great grandmother. I know next to nothing about the rest of George and Sarah's children and am hoping to share information with any descendents. I am also looking for the death dates of George and Sarah and if an obituary for either is in existance. Many thanks! Lori Our Mixed Nuts .. err .. Roots http://www.redrival.com/alana