WILLIAM THOMAS BATES
1 stTENNESSEE MOUNTED INFANTRY
USA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 18 January 1846 in Smith County, Tennessee
Died: 26 April 1904 in Wilson County, Tennessee
Buried: Bates Family Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee
Parents: Benjamin and Teresa (Scudder) Bates
Married: Permelia "Melia" Bartlett on 17 March 1869 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: 6 March 1848 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Died: 2 May 1938 in Wilson County, Tennessee
Buried: Bates Family Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee
Parents: Joshua and Anna Meador (Anderson) Bartlett
Children:
- Isaac Bates
- Joshua Bates
- Martha Bates
- Mary F. Bates
- John C. Bates
- Bethel Bates
- Thomas Bates
- Virgil Bates
RELATIVES WHO SERVED
- Brother-in-law: William Wade Jones - 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry - USA
MILITARY INFORMATION
1 stTennessee Mounted Infantry
Company G
USA
ABSTRACT:
- Listed as Thomas Bates
- Enlisted as a Private. Left service as a Corporal.
- Enlisted 14 Feb 1864 in Alexandria, TN
- Muster in 21 Mar 1864
- Age 18
- Enlistment to 30 Apr 1864: Present
- May - Dec 1864: Present
- 19 Sep 1864: Promoted to Corporal
- Mar & Apr 1865: Mustered out of the service 18 April 1865
- Enlistment Papers
- Born in Smith County
US PENSION APPLICATION
Pension Application:
- Filed 1 August 1890
- Invalid: 844356; Certificate: 991902
- Widow's Application Filed: 31 January 1905
- Widow's Application: 821120, Certificate: 599796; XC2676085
- Click Here to Download Application
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: Smith County, TN, Page 355
- 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 66 (Listed as Thomas Bates and is living with his grandfather Mathew/Mathias Scudder)
- 1870 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 184
- 1880 Census:
- 1900 Census: Sevier County, UT, Page 78B