I received this e-mail and am unable to help this person out. I was hoping that perhaps some of you good folks might be able to do so. Shelta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorene Thomsen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 10:25 AM Subject: Bates > Dear Coordinator: > > I am looking for a Sara Ann Bates born in Macon, Tenn. Do not know name > of father or mother. I am assuming that it is Macon County in 1837 or > 1839. She married James Harvey Penney. Family letter say that when she > got married she did not know how to cook as her family was always taken > care of by servants. She and Mr. Penney die in Nebraska and are buried > at St. Edward. I can see by your site information that this is before > records available in your state. I do not see a Bates family listed as > slave owners in 1844. Are there any slave owner lists after 1844? Or > was the Bates family perhaps also working on a farm also? Being from > Nebraska do not fully understand the slave system. Can you give me a > direction? Incidently when she dies she is known as Sarah Jeanette > instead of Sarah Ann. Suppose she could have had two middle names. > > One source says that they were married in Praire De Chaine, Wisconsin. > > This is all I have to go on > > > Sincerely, Lorene Thomsen