There were BATES in Montgomery County, PA in 1787, which before 1784 was part of Philadelphia County. My great-grandfather, George Casner Bates, b. 1787 had 16 !!! children, at least four of whom moved west. in the middle of the 1800's , There was a different family of BATES in Pennsylvania in Luzerne County. All no doubt descended from the Thomas BATES who arrived in Philadelphia in 1687. Making the links is the tricky part. There were BATES who arrived in Virginia in 16 something, and BATES who arrived in the Massachusetts Colony early on -- all different families, or sons of the same people if you back far enough. Good luck. I can't find George Casner BATES baptismal record. or who his parents were. I'm looking at all the wills of all the BATES in Montgomery County and then Philadelphia in that time period. I may never find him. Ruth in GA ----- Original Message ----- From: Monty Bates <monty.bates@bbs.chemek.cc.or.us> To: <BATES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 9:06 AM Subject: [BATES-L] Fw: Southern Bates > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ray Shelton <rshelton@saber.net> > To: Monty Bates <monty.bates@bbs.chemek.cc.or.us> > Sent: July 04, 2000 12:06 PM > Subject: Southern Bates > > > Anyone have any information they can share with Ray? > > > I am sure there at least two or three lines of Bates in the South, even in > Ark. > > > > My interest lies in the Bates in Polk Co. Ark in the 1850- 1900 range. > > My G-mother Mary Alice (Roberts) is buried (after 1910) along with her > last baby in the Bates Family cemetary near Mena.Polk Co. > > > > She was a Roberts, and of course married My G-father Samuel Thomas Shelton > (my Brick wall)b.Mar.1885 in Ark. > > They were Houston Twp. Leflore City, Okla. listed together in the1910 > Census, he was a Teamster for the lumber mill there. > > > > I don't know any of the Bates, but since she was buried there I might find > some Info to help with finding the rest of the story. > > > > Any info you would care to share would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Ray > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Ray Shelton > > rshelton@saber.net > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > > <HTML><HEAD> > > <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> > > <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> > > <STYLE></STYLE> > > </HEAD> > > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Monty, I am pleased to meet you.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>I am sure there at least two or three lines of Bates in > the > > South, even in Ark.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>My interest lies in the Bates in Polk Co. Ark in the > 1850- > > 1900 range. </FONT></DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>My G-mother Mary Alice (Roberts) is buried (after 1910) > along > > with her last baby in the Bates Family cemetary near Mena.Polk > > Co.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>She was a Roberts, and of course married My G-father > Samuel > > Thomas Shelton (my Brick wall)b.Mar.1885 in Ark.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>They were Houston Twp. Leflore City, Okla. listed > together in > > the1910 Census, he was a Teamster for the lumber mill there.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>I don't know any of the Bates, but since she was buried > there > > I might find some Info to help with finding the rest of the story. > </FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>Any info you would care to share would be greatly > > appreciated.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>Thank you in advance.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>Ray</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>Ray Shelton</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2><A > > href="mailto:rshelton@saber.net">rshelton@saber.net</A></FONT></DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > > > > > > > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >