Sarah Bates (abt. 1833)

Ancestors

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Biography

Research Notes

Sarah has a profile on Family Search^[1] however, some of the information listed there is not accurate. There is another Sarah Ann Bates that was born around the same timeframe but the other Sarah was born in Indiana and married Andrew McCormack. Sources on Family Search are mixed between the two Sarah's. For instance, we know that this Sarah is listed with her parents on the 1850 Census^[2] in Bedford, Virginia where she married Charles Wesley Witt in December of 1854. We know that they had a daughter; Eliza J. Witt in September of 1858.^[3] The census report for Sarah McCormack for 1860 in Indiana and the Find-a-Grave Memorial attached for May of 1863 cannot be correct because no records indicate that this Sarah was ever in Indiana and although the 1860 Census for her has not been located she is listed on the 1870 Census in Virginia with her husband Charles and six children which is proof that she did not pass away in 1863 nor was she married to Andrew:

• Sarah A Witt: United States Census, 1870
• Name: Sarah A Witt
• Event Type: Census
• Event Date: 1870
• Event Place: Carroll, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Sulphur Springs, Carroll, Virginia, United States
• Sex: Female
• Age: 35
• Race: White
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1835
• Birthplace: Virginia
• Page Number: 12
• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• Charles W Witt Male 32 Virginia
• Sarah A Witt Female 35 Virginia
• McHenry Witt Male 14 Virginia
• Eliza J Witt Female 12 Virginia
• Phoebe A Witt Female 9 Virginia
• Sarah A M Witt Female 6 Virginia
• Mary D Witt Female 4 Virginia
• Irma Witt Female 0 Virginia
  • Source^[4]

Marriage

• Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989
• Name: Charles W Witt
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 18 Dec 1854
• Event Place: Bedford, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Bedford, Virginia
• Sex: Male
• Spouse's Name: Sarah Bates
• Spouse's Sex: Female
  • Source^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LZDS-M6L
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M885-MGK : 23 December 2020), Sarah A Bates in household of Samuel Bates, Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5DV-ZY7 : 6 August 2020), Sarah A. Witt in entry for Eliza J. Witt, 1858.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLG-7C9 : 29 May 2021), Sarah A Witt in entry for Charles W Witt, 1870.
5. ↑ "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZH3-KJY7 : 28 June 2022), Sarah Bates in entry for Charles W Witt, 18 Dec 1854; citing Marriage, Bedford, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Rob Bates for creating WikiTree profile Bates-4296 through the import of Bates II Family Tree.ged on Oct 26, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Rob and others.