Jesse Oates (abt. 1756 - 1831)

Born about 1756 in Duplin, North Carolina Territory

Ancestors

Husband of Loruhama (Stevens) Oates — married 3 Mar 1782 in Sampson, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Zilphia Ann (Mason) Oates — married 13 Apr 1798 in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1831 at about age 75 in Graham, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Major Oates served with Duplin County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Major Oates is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A085486.

It is said that Jesse Major Oates served under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, in South Carolina. He fought at Marion at King's Mountain, Cowpen's Battlefield, and Camden Battlefield. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant. His nickname was Major.^{[citation needed]}

Descendants

1. According to Page 92 of Rothert’s “History of Muhlenberg County”:

After the death of his first wife, who was the mother of his five oldest children, he [Jesse Oates] married again and became the father of twelve more. All of his children except one, Mrs. Campbell, settled in Muhlenberg, where most of them are now represented by many descendants. ...[Footnote 7] His second wife was Zilpah Mason, to whom he was married April 13, 1798, and who died October 1, 1849. Major Jesse Oates was the father of (1) William; (2) Jethro; (3) Mrs. Nancy (Charles) Campbell; (4) David; (5) Bryant; (6) John Mason; (7) Mrs. Betty (V.L.) Dillingham; (8) Jesse; (9) Richard M.; (10) Rachel (Mrs. Lemuel Bogess, later Mrs. Wickliffe); (11) Mariah; (12) Mrs. Zilpah (Edmund) Dunn; (13) Matthew Mason; (14) Harriet (Mrs. Gough, Mrs. Robert Wickliffe, Jr., Mrs. Williams); (15) Oliver Hayes (bachelor); (16) Wyatt; (17) Charles Campbell Oates.

Slaves

See Free Space Page for further research on both named and unnamed enslaved people from censuses. (1790 and 1800 in Sampson, South Carolina, and 1810-1830 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky) 1. Extract from Will of Jesse Oates signed 14 April 1831 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. This extract regards enslaved people: 29 total enslaved people are named in the Will, six going to his wife Zilpha and 23 going to ten of his children as follows:

• To wife Zilpha: Olive, Press, John, Hardy, and two old slaves: James and Becky.
• To son Mathew: Peter and Mahalia.
• To son Oliver: Jacob, Fanney, and William.
• To son John: boy Waitman.
• To son Charles: Bayles, Riley, and Ally.
• To son Wyatt: Daniel, Everitt, and Sarah.
• To son Richard: Charlotte and her two children.
• To daughter Rachel Bogess: Bristo, “provided he is humanely treated. Otherwise, it is my will that my executors (who are to judge of his treatment) shall sell him at private sale for the best price they can get & pay the proceeds to my Daughter or her heirs.”
• To daughter Betsey Dillingham: woman Polly.
• To daughter Zilpha Oates: Nihor, Isaac, and Bob.
• To daughter Harriet Gough: Peggy, Ester, and Jackson.

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online,DAR search link "Record of Jesse Oates". Ancestor # A085486.
• Family and Will of Jethro Oates, Posted 23 Dec 2012 by leehanson100
• 1790; Census Place: Sampson, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 115; Image: 413; Family History Library Film: 0568147
• 1800; Census Place: Fayetteville, Sampson, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 32; Page: 528; Image: 538; Family History Library Film: 337908
• 1810; Census Place: Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 7; Page: 385; Image: 00396; Family History Library Film: 0181352
• 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lewisburg, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Page: 142B; NARA Roll: M33_20; Image: 163. Family Search citation: "United States Census, 1820," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-DHD : accessed 20 June 2021), Jessee Oates, Lewisburg, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 20; FHL microfilm 186,180.
• 1830; Census Place: Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 40; Page: 99; Family History Library Film: 0007819. FamilySearch citation: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-WZ9 : 20 February 2021), Jesse Oats, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States; citing 99, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 40; FHL microfilm 7,819.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 15 Apr 1831. Ancestry.com Record
• Find A Grave: Memorial #112637572
• Will of Jesse Oates, signed 15 Apr 1831, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Probate Records, Wills Vol 2-3, 1814-1877 (image on Ancestry.com).
• A History of Muhlenberg County (Kentucky), Otto A. Rothert, Heritage Books, Inc., Westminister MD, 1913 reprinted 2007. Text online at: [1]