James Bates O'Quinn

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James Bates O'Quinn moved to Clinch County shortly before the War Between The States. He was one of the first residents of the newly established town of Homerville in 1860-61. Later on he acquired some land in land lot 412, 12th District. He lived there a year or two during the war.

He enlisted in Company "I", 4th Georgia Calvary, a Confederate Company raised at Homerville In January 1863. Due to differences with his officers, James left his command and moved to Picolatta, Florida, near Jacksonville, which territory was under Federal control. He later enlisted in the United States Army and served until the end of the war.

In 1866 James returned to Clinch County for a brief time and then moved back to Baker County, Floirda. Finally in 1873, he moved to the Buffalo community in lower Wayne County, now part of Brantley County, and then to Charlton County where he lived until his death in 1914.

James' wife, Mary Lou, was born in 1837, probably in Appling County, Georgia. She died in 1918. James and Mary are buried in the Dowling Cemetery near the Satilla River in Brantley County.

It has been told that James was raised by the BATES family, after his parents & siblings were killed by Indians in 1838. He took the middle name of BATES to honor them. It is believed his given middle name was originally Baird or Briant. He refuse to change his middle name back when he became an adult.

GEDCOM Note

3/10/2019 Information obtained from Jacklyn O'Quinn Family Tree (jacklyn O'quinn).