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Probate - Benjamin Gates: "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992" Wills 1831-1903 (Meriwether County, Georgia); Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County) Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #1464296 (accessed 19 January 2023) Sims in probate for Benjamin A Gates.
Probate Inventory - Slave List of Sam M Gates Estate, Georgia Wills and Probate Records, Meriwether County, Returns, Vol E, 1858-1863, page. 220, image 144 Ancestry.com LinkFamilySearch.org Link
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1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census" Year: 1870; Census Place: Harris, Georgia; Roll: M593_156; Page: 59A Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #14231613 (accessed 21 January 2023) Sims Gates (70), Farm Laborer, in Harris, Georgia. Born in Virginia.
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