Elijah Bates

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From " Bates Booster" January 1974 Volume 3., No. 1

Personal Property Tax List for Wythe County, Virginia

over 16 BLACKS horses/mules
Year Name wh. men over 12/over 1 6 colts/mares

1796 -Elijah Bate s 1 0 0 6
1798 - Elijah Bate s 1 0 0 3
1800 - Elijah Bate s 1 0 0 2



1820 Franklin County Alabama Census

Bates, Elijah 1 Male over the age of 21
2 Males under the age of 21
2 Females over the age of 21
1 Female under the age of 21
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1830 Cooper County, Missouri

Bates, Elijah 1 Male age 60-70
1 Female age 60-70
1 Female age 15-20

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Cooper County, Missouri - County Clerk's books



Book D, Page 128, Cooper County, MO Marc h 19, 1832

Elizah Bates of Cooper County being desirous that my son-in-law , Thomas Hardcastle of the same County shall have the tract of l and, from which I now reside, at my death; thereforth in conside ration of the love and affection for him and also for and in con sideration of the sum of $20.00 by him in hand paid, the receip t of which is hereby acknowledged, do hereby covenant to and wit h the said Thomas and his heirs for the proper use of said Thoma s and his heirs forever and it shall and will be lawful for hi m after my death to enter into and operate the said land and hol d same in fee simple forever which said tract of land containin g 122 Acres being the SW fractional quarter of Section 18, TWP 4 7, Range 16 and I do hereby further covenant wo and with said T homas shall have free privilege and liberty to improve said lan d in any manner he may think proper and to occupy the same wit h me my life reserving to myself should I decide to cultivate.



Book D, Page 321 Cooper County, MO Apri l 14, 1834


Know all men by these presents that Elijah Bates of Cooper Co. i n the state of Mo. for and in consideration of the love and affe ction I have for my son, Henderson Bates and for the further con sideration of the sum of $5.00 in hand paid by the said Henderso n have granted and by these presents do hereby grant, bargain an d sell to the said Henderson Bates, his heirs and assigns all o f the land contained in the SW fractional quarter of Section 18 , TWP 47, Range 16 situated in said Cooper Co. amounting to 12 0 and 40/100 more or less.

Signed and sealed in prsence of Geo. Crawford



Book D, Page 326 Cooper Co. Oct . 8, 1834

Know all men by these presents that we Elijah Bates and Priscill a, wife of said Elijah Bates and Henderson Bates and Mary, wif e of said Henderson Bates all of Cooper County in the state of M o, for and in consideration of the sum of $500. to us in hand pa id by Ely Maxwell.


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Elijah married Priscilla Patrick on 01 Sep 1789 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Priscilla (daughter of Hugh Patrick and Susannah) was born about 1770 in James River, Montgomery, Virginia; died about 1835. [Group Sheet]

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1820 Franklin County Alabama Census

Bates, Robert 1 Male over the age of 21
2 Males under the age of 21
1 Female over the age of 21
1 Female under the age of 21


1830 Franklin County Alabama Census

Bates, Robert 1 Male age 30-40
2 Males age 10-15
1 Female age 30-40
2 Female age 5-10
1 Female under 5



1840 Franklin County Alabama Census

Bates, Jane 1 Male 5- 10 years old
1 Female 40-50 years old
2 Females 10-15 years old

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From "Ancestors and Descendants of George and Margaret Bates Mar tin" by Lois Firmin:

FROM THE PLATTE CITY LANDMARK, dated Oct. 2. 1874 Page 4, Col. 5 .

Mrs. Martin mother of Captain John W. Martin, died at the reside nce of her son in this county last week. The deceased was advanc ed in years and her death has been expected for some time. She w as a good woman and posses many friends who lament her loss."

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1820 Franklin County Alabama Census

Bates, Henderson 1 male over 21
l female over 2l
l female under 2l


1830 Franklin County Alabama Census

Bates, Henderson 1 Male 30-40 years old
1 Male 5-10 years old
1 Female 30-40 years old
1 Female 20-30 years old
1 Female 10-15 years old
1 Female 5-10 years old




1840 Franklin County Alabama Census

Bates, Henderson E. 1 Male 40-50 years old
1 Male 15-20 years old
1 Female 40-50 years old
1 Female 15-20 years old


1850 Franklin Co AL Census

877 877 Henderson Bates 52 M Farmer 250 KY
Edy Bates 25 F TN


Edy is marked as not being able to read/write.

1850 Franklin County Agricultural Census

Henderson Bates 40 Acres of Improved Land
100 Acres of Unimproved Land
250 Cash Value of Farm
10 Value of Farm Implements & Machinery
100 Value of Livestock


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Later found this:


1870 Carter County, MO census, Carter Twp, p 471, House/Visit 71
BATES, Henderson, age 69, b TN, Farmer
" , Edy , age 52, b TN

Henderson married Mary Martin. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel Martin and Elizabeth Ray) was born about 1800 in Cumberland, Kentucky U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Numerous "rumors" have stated that Elizabeth Bates was part Cher okee or Choctaw Indian, I can't find any indication in the Bate s or the Martin family to suggests this is true.

Elizabeth married Peter William Patterson on 12 Sep 1839 in Franklin County, Alabama U.S.A.. Peter (son of Robert Patterson and Margaret Nowlin) was born on 02 Apr 1815 in Rutherford County, North Carolina U.S.A.; died on 26 May 1899 in Pleasant Site, Franklin, Alabama U.S.A.; was buried in Strickland Cemetery, Franklin County, Alabama U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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1850 Franklin County Alabama Census - District 6 - 4 Jan 1850

Bates, Elija age 27 Male farmer born in Alab ama
Emily age 31 Female born in South Caro lina
Henderson age 9 Male born in Alabama
Robert age 5 Male born in Alabama
Clarissa age 3 Female born in Alabama
William age 1 Male born in Alabama



1850 Franklin County Agricultural Census

Elijah Bates 24 Acres of Improved Land
250 Acres of Unimproved Land
400 Cash Value of Farm
45 Value of Farm Implements & Machinery
80 Value of Livestock



1860 Franklin County Alabama Census

Gates, Elijah J. age 40 Male born in Alabama
Matilda age 30 Female born in Alabama
Henderson age 18 Male born in Alabama
Robert age 15 Male born in Alabama
Sarah J. age 14 Female born in Alabama
William age 12 Male born in Alabama
Joseph age 10 Male born in Alabama
Balinda age 5 Female born in Alabama
John age 2 Male born in Alabama


1880 Sharp County Arkansas Census

Bates, Elijah age 67 born in Alabama father born in TN m other born in KY
Matilda age 60 born in Tennessee father born in TN mother bor n in TN
John age 21 born in Alabama father born in AL mother b orn in TN
Sterling age 17 born in Alabama father born in AL mother bo rn in TN

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1870 Franklin County, Alabama Census
Household 60 65

H. W. Patterson 26 MW Farmer - 250 AL
Margaret 20 FW MS

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Henderson Washington Patterson


Henderson Washington Patterson was born in Alabama on February 4 , 1842. His parents were Peter William and Elizabeth Bates Patt erson. Peter was born on April 2, 1815 in North Carolina and di ed on May 26, 1899 in Franklin County, Alabama. He is buried i n Strickland Cemetery in Franklin County. The 1850 Census show s Peters family living in Franklin County, Alabama as farmers . The following family members were reported; Peter, age 35, bo rn in North Carolina, Elizabeth, age 31, born in Alabama, Lucind a M., age 12, born in Alabama, Henderson, age 11, born in Alabam a, Lily, age 8, born in Alabama, Mary Arminda, age 5, born in Al abama, Peter Calvin, age 4, born in Alabama, and David, age 1, b orn in Alabama. Three more children were born after the 1850 Ce nsus was taken; Eadiette E., born in Alabama in 1852, Mabel M. , born in Alabama in 1854, and Eliza, born in Alabama in 1857 . Peter married a 2nd time to Eliza Jane Smith in about 1860 . They had the following children; Varina D., born in Alabama i n 1862, Beatrice, born in Alabama in 1864, and Ida, born in Alab ama in 1869.

At age 19, H.W. Patterson joined the Confederacy and served in t he Wines 4th Alabama Cavalry Regiment. His commanders were Cols . William A. Johnson, and Phillip D. Roddey, Lt. Col. E.M. Winde s, and Majors R.W. Johnson and John E. Newsom. The regiment wa s formed at Tuscumbia, Alabama in October 1862 and moved to midd le Tennessee. In spring 1863 the regiment was sent to the Tenne ssee River Valley in Northern Alabama. In April 1864 the regime nt was transferred to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, an d East Louisiana. After a fight at Brice's Cross Roads, the reg iment fought in conflicts from Montevello, Alabama to Selma, Ala bama where, on April 2, 1865, most of the unit was captured. Th e remaining part surrendered at Pond Spring. H.W. Patterson wa s then 23 years old.

Henderson was married to Margaret Ann Norman on January 13, 186 9 in Mississippi by his uncle, Rev. Harden Patterson. He was 2 6 years old and she was 19. Her parents were Thomas and Louis a Eliza/Samantha McClung Norman from Southern Tishomingo County , Mississippi. Census records from 1850, 1860, and 1870 show th at Thomas Norman was born in South Carolina, moved to Alabama a s a wagon maker and farmer, married Louisa McClung, who was bor n in Alabama, and that the following children were born; John, a bout 1841 in Alabama, Benjamin about 1843 in Alabama, William, a bout 1845 in Mississippi, Margaret, November 19, 1849 in Mississ ippi, Emiline, about 1851 in Mississippi, Zachariah P., August 1 8, 1852 in Mississippi, Louisa Samantha, born March 7, 1855 in M ississippi, Lafayette, about 1858 in Mississippi, and Mary L., a bout 1860 in Mississippi.

Hendersons first son, William Monroe Patterson (Willie), was bo rn July 7, 1870 in Alabama. Their second child, Carrie was bor n October 4, 1871 in Mississippi, but died July 5, 1872. Lelan d Patterson was born in Alabama on March 8, 1873. Thomas Floy d Patterson (Floyd) was born December 1, 1875 in Alabama.

Margaret, Henderson, and three sons, William, 7, Lee, 4, and Flo yd, 2, moved to Prairie Lea, Texas (Caldwell County) in 1877 whe re they lived and farmed for 22 years. Margaret's mother and fat her, Louisa Eliza/Samantha and Thomas Norman, Margarets sisters , Emma, Samantha, and Mary, and brother D. Lafayette also move d to Prairie Lea close to the same time.

Two of Hendersons cousins already lived in Caldwell County. Th ey were Barney Duff and Andrew C. Patterson. Their father was J oseph Patterson from Davidson County, Tennessee, according to th e Tennessee 1850 Census. Barney and Andrew also served in the c onfederacy.

Jennie Lou Patterson was born July 4, 1880 in Prairie Lea, Texas . Margaret and Hendersons last child, Lillie Mae Patterson, wa s also born in Prairie Lea on February 26, 1887.

The H.W. Patterson family moved to Hillsboro, Texas (Hill County ) about 1899. Then, in 1900, Henderson, Margaret, Jennie, and L illie moved to Dawson, Texas (Navarro County) where they made th eir final home. William became a cotton buyer and married Hatti e Williams on November 22, 1898. Leland became a farmer and mar ried Clara Dickson. They made their home near Hillsboro, Texas . Thomas Floyd married Jennie Mae Morrison and they lived in Hi llsboro, Texas. Jennie Lou was 20 years old when her family mov ed to Dawson. She married a bookkeeper named Jesse Keeton and t hey lived in Dawson. Lillie Mae was 13 years old when they move d to Dawson. She never married.

H.W. Patterson, "Uncle Pat," died at age 80 of Dengue Fever (acc ording to Jennie Lou) on September 25, 1922 and is buried in Daw son Cemetery. Margaret Ann Norman Patterson died at age 81 fro m cerebral arterial sclerosis on May 19, 1931 and is buried in D awson Cemetery. Lillie Mae Patterson (Aunt Niddie) died at ag e 59 from Breast Cancer on April 23, 1946 and is buried in Dawso n Cemetery. William Monroe died of tuberculosis on February 10 , 1951 at the Davis Hotel on Gould Street in Hillsboro, Texas (i nstead of June 6, 1950) and is buried in Dawson Cemetery (accord ing to death certificate). Note: date of death is wrong on head stone. Leland Patterson died of heart failure at age 40 on Apri l 16, 1913 (according to death certificate), and is buried in Da wson Cemetery. Thomas Floyd died at age 82 from a cerebral hemo rrhage in Hillsboro, Texas at Grant Buie Clinic on March 8, 195 7 (according to death certificate), and is buried in Ridge Par k Cemetery in Hillsboro with his first wife Jennie Mae who die d April 30, 1912 and his second wife, Lana Patterson, who died i n 1959. His residence, at the time of his death, was 205 E. Fra nklin, Hillsboro, Texas. Jennie Lou Patterson Keeton Morter die d at age 104 of old age on February 16, 1985 and is buried in Da wson Cemetery after living in Austin, Texas for 50 years.

Thomas Floyd and Jennie Mae Patterson had one son, Thomas Denzil . Denzil married Katherine ??. They had no children. Leland Pa tterson had two children, Bill and Margaret. Jennie had one ch ild, Jessie Leora Keeton (Leora) born November 19, 1906 in Hubba rd, Texas, from her first marriage to Jesse Keeton who was bor n October 7, 1875 in Alabama. Jesse Keeton died of tuberculosi s in Dawson, Texas on March 9, 1909 (according to death certific ate) and is buried in Dawson Cemetery. Jennie married Ray P. Mo rter October 27, 1912. They had no children. After her mother' s death in 1931, Jennie ran a boarding house until she and Ray m oved to 4303 Bellvue Avenue, Austin, Texas in the early 1950's . Ray Morter died April 1, 1960 in Austin, Texas and is burie d in Dawson Cemetery.

Leora married George Henry Shafer on March 25, 1933 in Georgetow n, Texas. They had three children: George Alan, born July 4, 1 934 in Malakoff, Texas, James Ray, born June 9, 1941 in Livingst on, Texas (Polk County Hospital), and Judy Kay, born August 8, 1 949 in Austin, Texas (Seton Hospital).

George Alan married Zoe Ann Derden from Austin, Texas. They ha d two children, Cheryl Ann, born October 28, 1963 in Dallas, Tex as and Georgeann, born May 24, 1965 in Dallas, Texas. Zoe Ann d ied of cancer in 1979 and is buried in Dallas, Texas. George th en married Shirley Davis Colley in 1981. Shirley had three chil dren from a previous marriage, John, Paul, and Cathleen Colley . Cheryl Ann married Scott Poynor in February 1986 in Waco, Tex as and they had three children, Michella, born June 24, 1988 i n Dallas, Texas, Rebekah, born August 16, 1991 in Dallas, Texas , and Laura, born February 14, 1994 in Little Rock, Arkansas. G eorgeann married Jeff Winston and they had two children, Chase , born 19xx, in Tennessee and Chandler Nicole, born April 1996 i n Houston, Texas.

James Ray married Terese Ann Sullivan August 5, 1967 in Austin , Texas. They had two children, Mindi Lee, born September 30, 1 972 in Dallas, Texas and James Sullivan, born October 24, 1975 i n Dallas, Texas.

Judy Kay married Michael Wesley Diver August 1, 1969. They ha d two children, Jennifer Michelle, born January 5, 1971 in Austi n, Texas and Jana Kay, born April 29, 1975 in Austin, Texas. Th ey divorced in 1987. Jana Kay married James Epperson November 2 0, 1996. They had one child, Sierra Michelle, born May 13, 1996 .

Leora died at age 68 of breast cancer on November 27, 1973 in Au stin, Texas where she and George lived at 3318 Big Bend Drive fo r 22 years. George never remarried and remained in their home u ntil his death at age 89, May 14, 1993, when he died of heart fa ilure. He is buried in Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, Austin, T exas, next to Leora.

revised 7/8/98
Judy Kay Shafer

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From Marriage Certificate:

Peter C. Patterson of Franklin County, Ala. and Lydia F. Powel l of Franklin County, Ala. on December 10th, 1872 at Mathew Powe lls. by Rev. William Blackborn.

Witness: Neomo Strickland
W M Patterson

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1900 Census Franklin County, AL
Peter C. Patterson Head W M July 1848 51 M 27 AL AL AL
Lydia F. Patterson Wife W F July 1854 45 M 27 AL NC SC
James C. Patterson Son W M Feb. 1879 21 S AL AL AL
Robert T. Patterson Son W M Oct 1880 19 S AL AL AL
Cloria? B. Patterson Daug W F Oct 1882 17 S AL AL AL
Arthur L. Patterson Son W M Mar 1884 15 S AL AL AL
Francis H. Patterson Daug W F May 1885 14 S AL AL AL
Pater H. Patterson Son W M Mar 1885 14 S AL AL AL doesn't make s ense look like Mar her's like May? Both 14? Might be 86?
Lyda J. Pattertson Daug W F Mar 1888 11 S AL AL AL
Hosea E. Patterson Son W M Jan 1873 7 S AL AL AL
Mattie M. Patterson Daug W F Feb 1895 5 S AL AL AL
Alice A. Patterson Dau W F Oct 1898 1 S AL AL AL
Mollie E. Patteson Grand Daug W F Aug 1898 1 S AL AL AL

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From "History and Families
Tishomingo County Mississippi"

Peter Calvin Patterson

Peter Calvin Patterson , the fifth child of Peter N. and Elizabe th Bates Patterson was born in Franklin County, Alabama, July 25 , 1848. On December 10, 1872, he married Lydia Frances (Fanny) P owell, born July 23, 1854, to May 25, 19 10.

Peter Calvin was a farmer, had his own blacksmith shop, kept hi s tools in shape, made hoe and axe handles, loved working in woo d and made some furniture. A devout Christian, he invariably sai d grace before meals and held devotional services each night a t bedtime. He was a quiet, soft spoken, good natured man.

Lydia Frances was also good natured, jolly and fun loving. She w as an only child of Matthew and Mary Carlin Bonds Powell; thoug h she had another daughter, Naomi, by a former marriage to T. R . Johnson. Naomi was only three years old when her father died . Mary Carlin had only the two children, but the two bore her 3 0 grandchildren.

Peter Calvin and Lydia Frances lived on at the Powell place afte r her parents died. Later they sold the Powell place and bough t a farm a few miles away on Little Bear Creek, which was probab ly a mistake for soon a dispute arose with Naomi's son over th e property line. They drove nails in the Patterson's wooden was h tubs kept down at the springs where the family laundry was don e. They also threw dead animals and other offensive things in th e spring, which was the sole source of water for family use. Pet er Calvin, not want trouble, but having no peace, decided to sel l out and move to Texas where one daughter, Luie Bolton had alre ady settled. Peter Calvin's family settled near Hillsboro, Texa s.

Before the Patterson family left Alabama, William Bonds and Mar y Elizabeth had both married Crawfords, started families and fin ished their families in Mississippi.

Robert Turner and Arthur Lee, unmarried at the time, chose to re main in Alabama where Robert Turner married and reared his famil y.

Arthur Lee moved to Mississippi, lived with his sister, Mary Eli zabeth Crawford, later married and reared his children in Tishom ingo County.

After a few years on March 25, 19 10, Lydia Frances died and i s buried in Prairie Dale Cemetery in Texas. Peter Calvin becam e so despondent he moved with his single children into Nevada Co unty, Arkansas, near Emmet. Peter Calvin died August 26, 1914, a nd is buried in Little Bodcaw Cemetery near Emmet, Arkansas.


To this union 17 children were born:

(1) Matthew Wiley, October 17, 1873, to June 25, 1882;

(2) William Bonds, March 20, 1875, to February 11, 1934;

(3) Mary Elizabeth September 6, 1876, to May 10, 1917;

(4) Luie Neonia, January 5, 1878, to August 1, 1961;

(5) James Calvin, February 21, 1879, to December, 1941;

(6) Robert Turner, October 5, 1880, to May 22, 1957;

(7) Cloie Bell, October 3, 1882, to April 20, 1963;

(8) Arthur Lee, March 6, 1884, to April 1, 1972;

(9) Frances Helen, May 1885, to March 21, 1982;

(10) Peter Henderson, March 28, 1887, to February 14, 1968;

(11) Lydia Jane, March 21, 1889, to July 28, 1970;

(12) Sidney Austin, February 26, 1891, to August 29, 1892;

(13) Hosey Ernest, January 13, 1893, to May 10, 1954;

(14) Mattie Madenia, February 28, 1895, to June 3, 1974;

(15) Virginia Ethel, December 23, 1896, to January 26, 1897;

(16) Alice Arrena, October 29, 1898, to January 20, 1932; and

(17) Infant son, June 9, 1900, to June 9, 1900.

Submitted by Lee Crawford (page 461)

Peter married Lydia Frances Powell on 10 Dec 1872 in Franklin County, Alabama U.S.A.. Lydia (daughter of Matthew Powell and Mary Carlin Bonds) was born on 23 Jul 1854 in Franklin County, Alabama U.S.A.; died on 25 May 1910 in Hillsboro, Hill, Texas U.S.A.; was buried in Prairie Dale Cemetery, Texas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Elizabeth died the same day as her mother.