I am looking for the Thomas Bates Parents names....I know that Thomas Bates was born in Virginia about 1816 and died in Carroll County, TN in 1897, he is buried in a now unmarked grave in the Grant-Bates cemetery. I also know that his wife's name is Nancy. He first appears in the Carroll County Census in 1850. His children's names that I know are Matthew, Isaac, Emily, James, Jesse, Thomas, Michael, Josephine, & Margaret. Thanks Stacey Bates