This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bates, Marryman, Perkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/277.279.2 Message Board Post: My mother was a Bates from Robertson Count Texas. My Grandfather was Omie B. Bates who moved to Robertson Co. in the early 1930's. He came from Upshire Co. Texas. Hew as born in Paris Texas and married Irene Merryman from Robertson Co.