"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRL-K7T : 7 September 2017), Wm Gates, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 219, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 217; FHL microfilm 14,841.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLG-LW5 : 12 April 2016), William L Gates, Polk county, Polk, Texas, United States; citing family 209, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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