MY BATES FAMILY, Page 2
JAMES CHARLTON "Chat" BATES
(son of James Shockley Bates and Miss Forrester)
Born February 29, 1839, 1842, or 1843[1] in Franklin Co, GA
Died Dec 22, 1904 in Newton Co, GA
Married Feb 25, 1866 in Newton County, Georgia to:
(daughter of Laban Horton and Martha Jane Bishop)
Born May 12, 1850 in Starrsville, Newton Co, Ga.
Died Sept, 22, 1937 in Newton Co, GA.
Both are buried in the Bates Cemetery, Bates Road, in Covington, Newton County, Georgia.
Their children:
1-DORA JEAN BATES (b. Feb.11, 1867 d. Oct 25, 1930).
Married CHARLES WALKER OSBORN Nov 6, 1881.
Child:
1a-J. ORIAN OSBORN (b.May 15, 1892-d.Dec 30, 1918). Married on Dec
17, 1916 MARY LEACH (Sep 18, 1899-Aug 1, 1975). Buried in Carmel
Baptist Church Cemetery, Mansfield, GA.
Dora Bates Osborn’s 2nd marriage was to: JB "Young" WHITE on April 5,
1902 in Newton Co.
2-SARAH A. BATES (b.1870-died young)
3-ANGIE L. BATES (b.1871-d.after 1880)
4-WILLIAM "ALGIE" BATES (b.Apr 6, 1873-d.Feb 1, 1920).
Married JESSIE E. SMITH[2] on March 16, 1902 in Newton Co, GA.
Children:
4a.ANNIE MAUDE BATES (b.March 1, 1904-d.Dec 3, 1992). Married on
Aug 20, 1918 to: TROY MILTON JOHNSON (b.Oct 22, 1898-d.Mar 6,
1982). Buried in Bates Cemetery.
4b.ALICE BEATRICE BATES (b.Jan 21, 1906-d.Sept 4, 1991).
1st married to CHARLIE TUGGLE (b. 1903. Buried in Mooresville, NC).
4c.CARRIE BELL BATES (b.April 2, 1908-d.Nov 30, 1992). Buried in
Liberty Cemetery, Porterdale, GA. 1st married to BENJAMIN H.
SHROPSHIRE (b.1900-d.1957, buried at Bates Cemetery).
4d.FANNIE AGNES BATES (b.Aug 26, 1909).
1st married to CLYDE SMITH. 2nd married to ED WILLE PATRICK
(b.Oct 9, 1906-d.June 26, 1976).
4f.JOHN BAPTIST BATES (b.Aug 24, 1915-d.Oct 1, 1982). Buried in
Lawnwood Memorial Park. Married LAURA NELL CURTIS.
4g.VERTIE INEZ BATES (b.Dec 9, 1918-d.in 1940). Buried in Bates
Cemetery. 1st married HORACE JONES.
2nd marriage was to ROLLIE C. THOMPSON (b.May 12, 1912-d.July
1, 1987).
5-JOSEPHUS CHARLTON "Joe" BATES (b.May 10, 1877-d.Sept 1, 1957).
Married ANNIE YANCEY (b.Jan 30, 1874-d.July 15, 1933) on Dec 20, 1896
in Newton Co, GA. Both buried in Bates Cemetery. See tombstone photos here:
Children:
5a.WILLIAM "CLARENCE" BATES (b.Sept 23, 1897-d.Jan 22, 1972 in
St Petersburg, FL), married LIZZIE IRENE McCULLOUGH on Aug 3,
1919. He and his brother Thomas were married on the same day, in a double
wedding, in the Brick Store Community, near the Hub, Newton Co. Buried in
Salem Cemetery.
5b.THOMAS MILTON BATES (b.Oct 5, 1899-d.Dec 27, 1988).
Married ANNIE MAE JONES[3] on Aug 3, 1919. Buried in Covington
Cemetery.
5c.NEBERKANEZER "Neb" BATES (b.Nov 5, 1902-d.Jan 9, 1961).
He was crippled for life by being shot in the head, and the bullet could not be
removed. He died when his clothes caught on fire and he burned to death.
Buried in Bates Cemetery. See tombstone photo HERE.
5d.TENNIE MYRTIS BATES (b.Apr 8, 1905-d.May 15, 1980). Married
REBER LEE JONES[4] on Oct 7, 1923 in Newton Co. Buried in
Lawnwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Grandparents of Kaye Stowe.
5e.JAMES IDUS BATES (b.Mar 16, 1907-d.July 15, 1992).
Married MARY ELIZABETH KING on Aug 24, 1929.
Buried in Oxford Historical Cemetery Oxford, GA.
5f.JOE CLARK "JC" BATES (b.Dec 2, 1909-d.Jan 12, 1983, Atlanta).
Married ANNIE LAURA "Doodle" JORDAN.
Buried in Bates Cemetery. See tombstone photo HERE.
5g.HENRY CLEVELAND "Cleavy" BATES (b.Oct 16, 1911-d.Aug 20,
1980), married MARY LIZZIE JONES[5]. Buried in Bates Cemetery. See
tombstone photo HERE.
5h.ANNIE LOIS BATES (b.Nov 16, 1914),
married JEWIE HENRY CUNARD on Dec 20, 1931.
5i.LAURALEE BATES (b.Sept 25, 1918-d.Dec 31, 1918).
Buried in Bates Cemetery. See tombstone photo HERE.
5j.EZRA LEE BATES (b. Dec 3, 1919), married BETTY JO CALVERT.
6-LUZARN HANSOM BATES (b.Aug.1, 1879-d.Nov 21, 1963).
Married FANNIE KATE SMITH[6] on Aug 13, 1905 in Newton Co, GA.
Both are buried in the Lovejoy Methodist Church Cemetery, Newton Co, GA.
Children:
-WILLIAM HOWARD BATES (b.Oct 27, 1907).
-MAGGIE "PAULINE" BATES (b.July 13, 1910-d.June 2, 1983)
Buried at Lovejoy Cemetery.
-LUCIUS "EDWARD" BATES (b.Feb 9, 1912-d.Feb 2, 1985). Buried at
Lawnwood Cemetery)
-JAMES LAMAR BATES (b.July 12, 1906-d.July 29, 1983). Buried at
Oxford Historical Cemetery.
7-SAMUEL ALLEN BATES (b.Feb 18, 1880 or 1884-d.Feb 3, 1963) married
AMANDA JANE SMITH[7]. See seperate page for them.
8-JAMES MONROE "Jimmie" BATES (b.Nov.13, 1885, d.in TX or FL).
Married JESS SMITH[8] after her husband William Algie Bates died.
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James "Charlton" Bates was born in Franklin Co, GA in either 1839, 1842, or 1843, as the records of his birth vary. The date of 1839 is consistent with the later census records.
In 1850, he lived with his father in Franklin Co, GA.
From History of Hall Co, Georgia, Volume 1, by James Dorsey, p. 69:
William Bates and Charles Bates were arrested for horse theft in 1858 near Sugar Hill. (as reported in the Southern Watchman, Nov 11 and 18, 1858). Note: it is believed that the “Charles” mentioned above was “Charlton” Bates.
James C. Bates enlisted into I Company, 12th Tennessee Cavalry[9] (USA) in Parksville, TN, on March 10, 1864, at age 22. His military record states that he was a saddler. He was wounded Oct 27, 1864 while skirmishing, when he fell from a horse and landed on a saber, puncturing his lower abdomen. From this wound he suffered his entire life. He was discharged Dec 25, 1864 from Kansas City, MO. His record states that his occupation before the war was a shoemaker. He was also listed as having blue eyes, dark complexion, light hair, and stood 5'6" tall.
The story goes that James and Charity met when the Federal troops occupied Covington, Georgia and he went back after the war to marry her. It is said that he took a train to Gainesville, then walked from there to Covington, which took 14 days.
In 1865, he went to live with his father in Hart Co, GA[10].
In 1870, he lived with his family in Newton Co. GA, in Brewers Locality: He was a farmer, with real estate valued at $700, and personal property at $200.
It must have been around 1871 that James and family went to live in Arkansas for a while.
They left Georgia with little more than their two children and a horse drawn wagon. No one knows exactly how long they were there, but they engaged in farming while out there. When an epidemic of yellow fever swept through the area, killing one of their children, they sold their possessions and started back home. Their funds provided tickets to Georgia for wife and 2 children, but only to the next town for James. When his ticket ran out, he started walking the tracks. After 8 days, the train stopped as it passed James, and they took him aboard anyway.
Two years later, he purchased a covered wagon and he and his family set out again. Funds must have been exhausted by the time they reached Atlanta, for they stopped there, where he obtained employment. In the course of time, the call of the hills grew too strong, and they returned to the old Bates homestead. (Taken from the Newton Co History Corner, written by Tom M. Bates, former Newton Co Commissioner, and Pauline Bates Turlington, both grandchildren of James and Charity)
In 1880, he and his family lived in Newton Co. GA, in Gaithers District.
In 1893, in an affidavit to the pension board, L.C. Horton (age 18) and S.A. Ozburn (age 23) stated that they had lived with James Bates and family for the past 3 years[11].
In 1900, James Bates and family lived in Newton Co. Georgia
James C. Bates died on Dec 22, 1904 in Newton Co, GA.
On Jan 10, 1905, his widow Charity applied for widow's pension from Starrsville, Newton Co., GA
On Feb 17, 1906, in an affidavit to the pension board, Charity Bates stated that James had 135 acres of land assessed to him at $675, "but would bring twice as much at a good sale". The land had belonged to her mother, and would be equally divided among her children. He also had a pair of mules worth $200[12].
In 1910 and 1920, Charity Bates lived in Newton Co. GA.
On Sep 22, 1937, Charity Horton Bates died. She had lived in Atlanta with her son Sam and his wife Lena Bates while sick, and was also nursed by her granddaughter, Tine McCray.
They moved her back to Covington and she died soon afterwards.
My Grandma Sudie has told me stories of when she was growing up, her family lived with her grandmother Charity Bates for a while. She was born the year James Charlton Bates died.
They were members of Gaither’s Methodist Church, where Charity Bates was a Sunday school teacher. There is a stained glass window there with her name on it.
Thanks to all my Bates cousins that have contributed information!
A special thanks to cousin Kay Stowe who sent the photos of the tombstones.
This page created March 19, 2001 by Julie Hampton Ganis
Updated 3-25-2006.
Feel free to email me for more information!!