BATES, Elizabeth
1750 - 1846 (96 years)
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Name BATES, Elizabeth [1] Born 1750 Virginia, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 4 Oct 1846 Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, USA [1, 2] Buried St Johns, Perry, Illinois, USA [2] - McElvain Cemetery
Person ID I44466 Brasfield ~ Brassfield Genealogies Last Modified 9 Jan 2022
Family WELLS, Lewis, b. 22 Jun 1750, Edgefield District, Greenville, South Carolina, USA , d. 12 Aug 1846, Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, USA (Age 96 years) Children 1. WELLS, Elijah, b. Abt 1784, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA , d. 2 Nov 1868, Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 84 years) [natural]2. WELLS, Giles, b. 15 Apr 1799, Greenville, South Carolina, USA , d. 15 Dec 1894, Ashland, Jackson, Oregon, USA (Age 95 years) [natural]Last Modified 9 Jan 2022 Family ID F1583 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 1750 - Virginia, USA 
Died - 4 Oct 1846 - Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, USA 
Buried - - St Johns, Perry, Illinois, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - "...It must have been about the time of the Revolution that little Elizabeth Bates was stolen by the Indians. She was 12, the oldest of five children. Her parents had gone to a clear spot in the South Carolina wilderness where they had raised a crop. The group was preparing to return to the settlement, fearing an Indian attack. The father was helping the mother mount a horse when a war whoop broke the stillness.
Mrs. Bates begged her husband and neighbor to run. the women and children were taken prisoners. In camp, in the evening, some of the tribe brought in scalps. Elizabeth knew by the color of the hair and the bloody clothes that her father and his helper had met their deaths.
A little baby brother was born after that. then the Indians continued to retreat with their captives and in attempting to ford the swollen Roanoke River, the baby was drowned. The rest of the family were prisoners about a year.
Finally the whites and Indians exchanged prisoners and the Bates family went back to the home settlement."
Source: Perry Co., Illinois web-site
- "...It must have been about the time of the Revolution that little Elizabeth Bates was stolen by the Indians. She was 12, the oldest of five children. Her parents had gone to a clear spot in the South Carolina wilderness where they had raised a crop. The group was preparing to return to the settlement, fearing an Indian attack. The father was helping the mother mount a horse when a war whoop broke the stillness.
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Sources - [S1375] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online.
Record for Elizabeth Bates - [S5570] Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Database online.
Record for Elizabeth Bates Wells
- [S1375] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online.