So I got an email this morning from my mama regarding our family tree on her side of the family. Apparently my aunt went and did tons of research and interviewed family members, the whole nine yards. She was able to trace the Bates name to all the way to 1830's in Jefferson, Alabama...now a suburb of Birmingham. She wasn't able to go any farther back than that because people weren't to consistent about keeping up with slave records at the time. I always thought that I would be the one to trace the family lineage, being the history buff that I am, but I'll definitely try to add some more info to this down the road.
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