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Finding Aid for the Joseph Bates Family Papers, 1833-1919, 2007


MS-3040

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Sarena Cleeton, May 18, 2007
Finding Aid written by: Laurel Rozema, May 22, 2007
Encoded by: Laurel Rozema, May 22, 2007

Summary Information
Title: Joseph Bates Family Papers

Date/Date Range :   1833-1919, 2007

Extent: 3.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection houses primarily legal documents (including land transfers and deeds) documenting the Joseph Bates family from 1833 to 1919. There are also descriptions of each document and information about the Bates family provided by donor Jerry Brooks.

Call number: MS-3040

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection purchased by the UT Special Collections Library in March 2007.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Joseph Bates Family Papers, MS-3040. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of two boxes in two series:

  1. Series I. Background Information, 2007
  2. Series II. Original Documents, 1833-1919

Biography / History

Joseph Bates was born in Washington County, Virginia, on May 6, 1777, to William and Margaret Young Bates. William (1737-1811) was elder in the Ebbing Springs Presbyterian Church and signed the Watauga Petition to the North Carolina Council, which was endorsed by the state in 1776. He also fought at the Battle of King's Mountain on October 7, 1780, along with his father-in-law Robert Young, Sr. and his neighbor Col. William Campbell.

Joseph married Mary King Gentry on January 8, 1798, and the couple settled in Bates Cove, Overton County, Tennessee, before the formation of the county in 1806. They had seven children: William Mitchell, Minerva King, Elizabeth, George W., Rev. Thomas Fletcher, Tennessee Dillard, and Joseph Benson Bates. Joseph served in the First Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteer Militia Infantry in 1813 and was trustee of the Pleasant Forest Academy. Mary died before 1830, but Joseph died April 2, 1849.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection houses primarily legal documents (including land transfers and deeds) documenting the Joseph Bates family from 1833 to 1919. There are also descriptions of each document and information about the Bates family provided by donor Jerry Brooks.

Subject Terms

  • Bates, Joseph, 1777-1849.
  • Legal documents -- United States.
  • Overton County (Tenn.) -- History.
Contents List
   

Series I. Background Information, 2007
Box   1     Folder   1    
Genealogical Research, 2007

Box   1     Folder   2    
Collection Description, 2007
   

Series II. Original Documents, 1833-1919
Box   1     Folder   3    
(Document 1) Land transfer from Joseph Bates to William M. Bates (son), 1833

Box   1     Folder   4    
(Document 2) Land transfer from William M. Bates to Joseph Bates (father), 1836

Box   1     Folder   5    
(Document 3) Land transfer from Joseph Bates to Jacob Anderson, John B. Murphy, and Thomas Champlin, 1838

Box   1     Folder   6    
(Document 4) Slave transfer from Joseph Bates to Robert L. Mitchell (transcription only), 1838
Box   1     Folder   7    
(Document 5) Inventory of William M. Bates estate, undated
Box   1     Folder   8    
(Document 6) Article of agreement between Joseph Bates, Nathaniel Trunsdell, Pleasant M. Armstrong, and Alvan Cullom, 1841

Box   1     Folder   9    
(Document 7) Land transfer from John Kennedy to Joseph Bates, 1842

Box   1     Folder   10    
(Document 8) Description of land granted to Martin Cox and William M. Bates, undated
Box   1     Folder   11    
(Document 9) Land transfer from Joseph Bates and Martin Cox to Addie Ann Bates and James Campbell Bates, 1844
Box   1     Folder   12    
(Document 10) Land transfer from Martin Cox to Joseph Bates (transcription only), 1845
Box   1     Folder   13    
(Document 11) Land transfer from Joseph Bates to Josiah Muse, 1846

Box   1     Folder   14    
(Document 12) Transaction records, 1847-1848
Box   1     Folder   15    
(Document 13) Transaction Records, 1848
Box   1     Folder   16    
(Document 14) Request for judgment over land dispute, 1849

Box   1     Folder   17    
(Document 15) Receipt, 1849
Box   1     Folder   18    
(Document 16) Land transfer from G. G. Osborne to Elizabeth A., Fannie P., and Magdalene R. Finch, 1858
Box   1     Folder   19    
(Document 17) Land transfer from Harvey Haynes to Thomas F. Bates (son), 1860

Box   1     Folder   20    
(Document 18) Land petition, 1873
Box   1     Folder   21    
(Document 19) Land transfer from S. S. Johnson to W. B. Clay, 1893
Box   1     Folder   22    
(Document 20) Land transfer from J. G. and Melie Walker to Holy Grove Primitive Baptist Church, 1910

Box   1     Folder   23    
(Document 21) Correspondence from James E. Bates to Alice Bates (daughter), 1902
Box   1     Folder   24    
(Document 22) Poem by Thomas F. Bates, 1879
Box   1     Folder   25    
(Document 23) Bible Songs, undated
Box   1     Folder   26    
(Document 24) Deed for cemetery plot, 1908
Box   1     Folder   27    
(Document 25) Catechism certificate, 1916
Box   1     Folder   28    
(Document 26) Subscription for Victory Liberty Loan, 1919
   

Oversized Material, 1836-1860, 1910, 2007
Box   2     Folder   1    
Genealogical Research, 2007

Box   2     Folder   2    
(Document 2) Land transfer from William M. Bates to Joseph Bates (father), 1836

Box   2     Folder   3    
(Document 3) Land transfer from Joseph Bates to Jacob Anderson, John B. Murphy, and Thomas Champlin, 1838

Box   2     Folder   4    
(Document 6) Article of agreement between Joseph Bates, Nathaniel Trunsdell, Pleasant M. Armstrong, and Alvan Cullom, 1841

Box   2     Folder   5    
(Document 7) Land transfer from John Kennedy to Joseph Bates, 1842

Box   2     Folder   6    
(Document 11) Land transfer from Joseph Bates to Josiah Muse, 1846

Box   2     Folder   7    
(Document 14) Request for judgment over land dispute, 1849

Box   2     Folder   8    
(Document 17) Land transfer from Harvey Haynes to Thomas F. Bates (son), 1860

Box   2     Folder   9    
(Document 20) Land transfer from J. G. and Melie Walker to Holy Grove Primitive Baptist Church, 1910