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Thomas [uncertain] LeRoy [uncertain] Bates [uncertain]

Born about 2 Apr 1819 in Franklin, Alabama, United States

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Ancestors

Son of Ezekiel Bates [uncertain] and Hannah (Hill) Bates [uncertain]

Brother of James Russell Bates, Permelia Andrea (Bates) Peck, William Henry Bates, Ann Catherine Bates, Cynthia Jane Bates, Cicero McClain Bates, Margaret Tennessee Bates, Creed Fulton Bates [half], Henderson Clark Bates [half], John Douglas Bates [half], Lafayette Wilford Bates [half], Bishop Pierce Bates [half], Hannah Adelia (Bates) Dickey [half], Nancy Eliza Bates [half], Beauregard Lee Bates [half] and Charles W. Bates [half]

Husband of Cynthia (McCarty) Bates — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Elizabeth Culton — married 29 Jul 1868 [location unknown]

Father of Clementine A. Bates, Frederick A Bates, Catherine H. (Bates) Bryan, Cynthia J. Bates, Walter C Bates, Thomas T. Bates, James M Bates, Sarah M Bates and Nancy A Bates

Died about 24 Aug 1916 at about age 97 in Bradley, Tennessee, United States

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1 Biography
2 Research Notes
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgments

Biography

Thomas Leroy Bates was born on 2 Apr 1819 and was 97 when he died. He married first, on January 4, 1844, Cynthia McCarty (1824-1867), but she died young. He then married Emaline Culton (1842-??) on July 29, 1868.

Thomas died on 24 Aug 1916 and is buried in the Tasso United Methodist Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.

Parents:

Father: Ezekiel BATES b: 14 OCT 1794 in GA
Mother: Hannah HILL b: 13 FEB 1796 in Green County, GA

Thomas Bates' first wife, Cynthia MCCARTY, was born on 24 JUL 1824 in Meigs County, TN. She died on 25 JUL 1867 in Bradley County, TN (perhaps of childbirth).

He then married, on 29 JUL 1868 in Bradley County, TN, Emaline CULTON, who was born on 11 APR 1842 in McMinn County, TN.

Census Records

1850: Subdivision 26, Bradley, Tennessee T L Bates 31 Cynthia Bates 26 Sarah Graham 35 Thomas Graham 6

1880: District 7, Bradley, Tennessee T. L. Bates 61 M. L. Bates 38 Wife b. 1842 Kitten Bates 16 b. 1864 Cynthia Bates 12 b. 1867** Gussie Bates 8 Thomas Bates 6 Clint Bates 3 James Bates 1

1880: District 7, Bradley, Tennessee T. L. Bates 61 M. L. Bates 38 Wife Kitten Bates 16 Cynthia Bates 12 Gussie Bates 8 Thomas Bates 6 Clint Bates 3 James Bates 1

Education

College education in Knoxville, Tennessee

ELEC

Sheriff of Bradley County and served several terms

Religion

Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Residence

Lived on his father's farm until he married.

After marriage, moved to the Seventh Civil District of Bradley County

After serving as Sheriff of Bradley County, he moved back to his farm

Moved from Bradley County to Cleveland, Tennessee

Event

Deed Records

He owned 360 acres, two improved lots in Cleveland, and two and a half acres of unimproved land in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Interests

"He was interested in religion and education and contributed heavily to both."

Organizations

Instrumental in instituting a Masonic Lodge at Chatata. He was a Master Mason.

"By Thomas' marriage to Cynthia McCarty, there were eight children - all died in infancy except two daughters."

"History of Thomas LeRoy Bates" is from "Goodspeed", p 936."

Research Notes

Thomas L. Bates was in 1850 census with wife Cynthia but did not appear in 1860 and 70, and the 1880 census show a younger wife M. L. which is Emaline CULTON.

Sources

Find A Grave: Memorial #15835054 Thomas Leroy Bates

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZT-4N4 : accessed 20 June 2019), Thomas Bates, Civil District 7, Bradley, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 3B, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,559.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Theresa Ellenwood for creating WikiTree profile Bates-3550 through the import of LucindaElizaBatesAncestors.ged on Mar 5, 2013.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas: