Cyntha Martin
Born: about 1813-1815 Smith County, TN
Died: Between 1876 - 1878
- Colonel Gilles Martin (later Bates)
Born: 1846
Died: between 9 Jun 1891-1900
Married Feriby Jane Sewell (1845 - bet 1880-1884) on 25 February 1862 in DeKalb County, TN.
Married Nancy Johnson 20 Feb 1884 in DeKalb County, TN. - William Bell "Dol" Martin (later Bates)
Born: 10 May 1847 in Smith County, TN
Died: 9 June 1922 in Otero County, NM
Married Sarah F. Manning (23 December 1862 - 30 August 1933) on 5 December 1875 in Dekalb County, TN.
Dol and Sarah Bates never had any children.
Cynthia Martin married William Bates 16 January 1851 in DeKalb County, TN. Although no adoption papers were found, Colonel and Dol began using the surname Bates.
William Bates
Born: about 1817
Died: before 9 June 1891 (C. G. Bates was appointed the Administrator of Wm. Bates estate) in DeKalb County, TN.
Children of William and Cyntha Bates:
- Martha J. Bates
Born: 2 Dec 1851 in DeKalb County, TN
Died: 18 Dec 1924 in Hall County, TX)
Married: John Oakley in 1867 - Fannie Bates
Born: about 1854 in DeKalb County, TN
Died: between 1877-1880 in DeKalb County, TN
Married James Beaty on 25 Apr 1873 in DeKalb County, TN - John Bates
Born: 1856 in DeKalb County, TN
Died:
Married J. S. Tisdal on 8 Nov 1874 in DeKalb County, TN - Diadma Bates
Born: about 1857 in DeKalb County, TN
Died: about 1884 in DeKalb County, TN
Married William Crook on 28 October 1877 in DeKalb County, TN - Mary A. Bates
Born: about 1858 in DeKalb County, TN
Died: before 1870 in DeKalb County, TN - Isaac Bates
Born: May 1861 in DeKalb County, TN
Died: 21 Dec 1942 in DeKalb County, TN
Married Fannie Oakley (10 Mar 1871 - 17 Jun 1919) on 13 Jan 1890 in Smith County, TN