William Sloan Oates was born on 11 Jun 1803 in Kings Mountain, NC, USA. His parents were John Oates (1775 - 1849) and Mary Jane (Brawley) Oates (1770 - ~1827).
His siblings were...
William married Sarah Smith (1807 - 1875).
Their daughter was Mary Brawley (Oates) Haney (1825 - 1872).
William died on 7 Jan 1878 in Hill, Texas, United States aged 74.
William was born about 1803. He is the son of John Oates and Mary Jane Brawley. [1]
Buried in Mount Antioch Cemetery, Prairie Hill, Limestone County, Texas. [2]
"North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch [1], 7 December 2014, William S A Oates, 1865; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Forty-ninth Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M270 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 478.
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