This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZcB.2ACE/337.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Barnwell County: Chesley Bates B.1824 Died 1862 Civil War in Charleston S.C. James Island.In the same troop was a R.R. Bates, Elbert Bates All from Barnwell County There is A Chesley Bates Born in 1861 or 1862 Not the one I'm looking for. Chesley's was married to a Mary ? Children: William Rebecca Henry B.1849 my greatgreat grandfather Henry Bates married to Eliza Harvey she is buried in Warrenville cemetery. Henry and Eliza son James Edward Bates Buried in Montmorenci Cemetery Aiken James Edward Bates was my great grandfather his son was Levins Ray Bates Sr. Buried in Langley Cemetery Levins Ray Bates Sr. son was Levins Ray Bates Jr.Buried in Langley Cemetery. My Father.